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-Don Fowler (1996) "Even Better Than The Real Thing"

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Hundred Reasons For Desperado - JAK


Hashing Out Movies is a creature of the growing kind, composed of 100 opinions, reviews, tributes, and other movable parts. Although aspects of itself often disagree, HOM has always found unification within itself through the singular movement of its being: forward, towards a movie-talking space. As part of the celebration centering around HOM’s first 100 reviews, I thought it would be fun to take this to the atom-level by looking at the top 100 reasons to watch the best movie ever made.

Hundred Reasons to Watch Desperado:*

(*Note: This list is composed of lesser gems culled from my previous “100 Reasons Why Tecate is better than Corona”)

  1. Salma Hayek: A frisky, bookshop owner who holds her own not only in the violent chaos of gang-torn Mexico but also in the arms of Banderas. I refer, of course, to that scene with the flame and the spur and the all-too-quick camera cuts.
  1. Los Lobos: There are no sexier, more dangerous, just plain cool guitar licks anywhere on the planet.

42. Banderas: He deserves a tribute all his own. See Costner tribute and times it by 2.

  1. Steve Buschemi: “….” . “…3”.
  2. It’s smoother and has less carbonation.
  1. Mexico: Officially known as the United Mexican States, the land mass commonly refereed to as “Mexico” is bordered to the north by the United Sates of America and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. It spans nearly 2 million kilometres and is the 14 th largest independent nation in the world. It speaks Spanish and has a vibrant culture.
  1. Quentin Terrantino: Teller of the best joke in any movie, ever. It’s all in QT’s manic delivery and bizarre voice.
  1. Cheech: The Corsican Brothers was a great film.
  1. Robby Rodriguez: According to his autobio, Rebel without a crew, Rodriguez wrote the screenplay to Desperado’s precursor, Il Mariachi, during his months in the hospital, earning money for his film by being a guinea pig for pharmaceutical companies
  1. Mariachi Bands: We always knew that it took a bad-ass to put on such a crazy get-up.
  1. VHS: This type of movie never made the transition to DVD. It looks like we’ll never be able to rewind to the good old golden days of action movies; which reminds me, never under any circumstances watch Desperado on TBS, TNT or any channel other than Cinemax.

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