Here is the trailer that played during the woefully underseen Grindhouse, introducing us to the character of Machete.
This is a joke trailer that Robert Rodriguez released for Cinco de Mayo, while a feature-length movie based on the above trailer was in production.
And here is a trailer for Machete just released today.
One of these things is not like the other.
The first two trailers showed us a sleaze-tastic good time, filled with hot women, unapologetic action and topical racial humor. But the third one… well, there might be something interesting there, but I can barely see it through the bland dialogue, the boring title cards and the nauseating camera tricks.
Seriously, Rodriguez, what happened? Who thought that the best way to show off a movie would be through slowing down, blurring, rotating and/or repeating every shot? What idiot thought that this trailer was fit for public release? Is this trailer representative of the movie as a whole and if so, can I ask for my money back in advance?
Look, I’m not unreasonable. I know that the first mainstream trailer had to be considerably cleaner and more PC than the first two. But is this movie so racy, mature and potentially controversial that the only way to get the green band was to make it unwatchable? No possible way.
Believe it or not, there are still plenty of movie fans out there who have fond memories of Grindhouse. We’ve been waiting a long time for this, Rodriguez. Don’t fuck it up.
Machete is set for release this September 3rd.
Agreed completely. My first instinct was that they were trying to replicate Exploitation movie trailers. But I studied them in detail and did a presentation on them, and two things were far more dominant than dodgy camera tricks: extreme violence and boobs.
This trailer was a perfectly good idea for the drawing board, but the effect is, as you say, nauseating and makes me think “I don’t want to watch more of this”. Which is a great shame when the other trailers were so awesome.
I admit, I would actually see this. And I am one of the few who are spazzing for Eli Roth’s THANKSGIVING to actually be released.
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