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Mariachi Gringo (2012)
This is about finding yourself and not settling for the norm
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's a movie about finding your dream; about stepping outside the box, and not being afraid to try something new and different. The movie is about Edward, a young man who wants to be a mariachi. In his quest, we are shown the beautiful traditional culture that makes up Mexico. As a teacher, I endeavor to expose my students to Mexican culture by singing "Las Mañanitas" to them, explaining how mariachis are hired to sing the traditional birthday song to a loved one. How they typically come in the morning and sing outside her window. In this movie, my students will get to see this. I explain to them about the Mariachi culture, and this movie shows this. I teach them about "El día de los muertos" and this movie has beautiful scenes on this. I could go on, but I think you get the picture. Watching this movie, you will see the many wonderful Mexican traditions as Edward goes about finding himself. And if that isn't enough, we are treated to Lila Down's beautiful voice, and beautiful Mariachi music. They tried to pack a lot in to this movie, and that might be the reason for its lack of transition, but in my estimation it makes up for it in heart.
The Last Stand (2013)
Fun to watch
This was not an academy award winning movie. It didn't have academy award winning acting. So if that is what you want, don't bother. What this movie was, was an entertaining, good guys vs bad guys type of movie. It was action packed, it had comic relief, and dare I say a bit of romance??? The scenes were fast moving. The transitions from one scene to the other were good, in some cases you could tell where the cuts were made, but ehh who cares? As you watched the movie, you wondered, how it was going to play out in a believable, and plausible way. I yelled and screamed all through out the movie. Definitely a fun movie to watch.