I think you may have missed the point of the movie. It's a contest winning gag that premiered as a fake movie trailer for Grindhouse. Stupid and unnecessary was it's mission statement.TorchofThanatos said:Must resist primal urge to rant about how much I hated Hobo with a shotgun. Must resist. ARGGGGGGG! Why did you bring up that movie! Now I am stuck remember all it's stupid, stupid scenes and unnecessary everything and... okay I am better now.
The point of the movie wasn't stupidity and unnecessary everthing but rage. Rage aimed at the cops, society, T.V and what ever else. I can enjoy stupid and unnecessary but what I don't enjoy is anger. Machete was stupid and unnecessary but funny so I enjoyed it. If you like it as B-movie junk food the sweet enjoy it but I won't touch it. I got it and I didn't like it but no one is going to enjoy everything. I don't even know how that movie ends I walked out maybe 50 mins-ish in, I can't remember. If the third acts really picks it up then maybe I missed something but not worth it.UberPubert said:I think you may have missed the point of the movie. It's a contest winning gag that premiered as a fake movie trailer for Grindhouse. Stupid and unnecessary was it's mission statement.TorchofThanatos said:Must resist primal urge to rant about how much I hated Hobo with a shotgun. Must resist. ARGGGGGGG! Why did you bring up that movie! Now I am stuck remember all it's stupid, stupid scenes and unnecessary everything and... okay I am better now.
However, I think the movie hovers around likable B-movie junk food, thanks mostly in part to the performance by Rutger Hauer.
That's a pretty authoritative statement about a movie you didn't finish watching.TorchofThanatos said:The point of the movie wasn't stupidity and unnecessary everthing but rage. Rage aimed at the cops, society, T.V and what ever else. I can enjoy stupid and unnecessary but what I don't enjoy is anger.
Wait, did you not think Machete was angry? The rage and frustration at American policy and government officials - sometimes quiet, sometimes overt - condoning of bigoted attitudes surrounding immigration and the US/Mexican border is pretty blatant.TorchofThanatos said:Machete was stupid and unnecessary but funny so I enjoyed it.
I urge anyone with a Netflix account to watch Hobo with a Shotgun start to finish, you missed out on a great finale.TorchofThanatos said:If you like it as B-movie junk food the sweet enjoy it but I won't touch it. I got it and I didn't like it but no one is going to enjoy everything. I don't even know how that movie ends I walked out maybe 50 mins-ish in, I can't remember. If the third acts really picks it up then maybe I missed something but not worth it.
Rage was the main theme of the movie and I can figure that out without having to sit through that last part of it. Unless it pulled some magic out in the last act but if it did, I don't care. I didn't like the first part anyways. I watch movie for enjoyment. I don't like it I stop watching. Simple as that. Yeah I might have missed out of something cool and interesting, you think it is worth your time, but I didn't think it was.UberPubert said:That's a pretty authoritative statement about a movie you didn't finish watching.TorchofThanatos said:The point of the movie wasn't stupidity and unnecessary everthing but rage. Rage aimed at the cops, society, T.V and what ever else. I can enjoy stupid and unnecessary but what I don't enjoy is anger.
Hobo with a Shotgun's depiction of the fictional 'Hope Town' isn't meant to be a reflection of the real world, it's a hyper-violent suburban dystopia, partially riffing off of 80s movies depictions of gangland America. It's parody.
Wait, did you not think Machete was angry? The rage and frustration at American policy and government officials - sometimes quiet, sometimes overt - condoning of bigoted attitudes surrounding immigration and the US/Mexican border is pretty blatant.TorchofThanatos said:Machete was stupid and unnecessary but funny so I enjoyed it.
I urge anyone with a Netflix account to watch Hobo with a Shotgun start to finish, you missed out on a great finale.TorchofThanatos said:If you like it as B-movie junk food the sweet enjoy it but I won't touch it. I got it and I didn't like it but no one is going to enjoy everything. I don't even know how that movie ends I walked out maybe 50 mins-ish in, I can't remember. If the third acts really picks it up then maybe I missed something but not worth it.