I saw Desperado in the theater when it was released. In San Antonio, Texas, where I grew up. I was in High School, 17 years old. Saw it with my good friend who passed away about 10 years later. Great memories.
Feel like I need this in my collection. I love desperado , one of my favourites I can watch many times. Once upon a time is ok, the thing that bothered me is a lower age rating and holding back on the violence in terms of blood etc, puffs of smoke blasting out of people isn't as good as the blood sprays from desperado haha. Personal preference.
As always, great presentation, thank you! Nice box-set by Arrow video. 👍Was a big fan of El Mariachi and Desperado back in the day. I had the US LaserDiscs of them by Sony. Never really liked Once Upon a Time in Mexico. When Arrow announced this set I revisited the old Blu-ray set (the one you have) and I have to admit I immediately decided that I don’t need the upgrade. El Mariachi still is an interesting piece of no budget cinema, especially with the old commentary by Robert Rodriguez but it is -for my taste at least- lacking in entertainment value, simply because of is massive limitations. Desperado has great action sequences, some superb dialogue and, of course, Banderas and Hayek. Once Upon a Time in Mexico is IMHO mostly boring, the action is stupid, continuity is non existent and, finally, the acting is horrendously bad. Banderas is OK but tired, Depp, at least in some instances quirky. All three show Rodriguez‘ lack of story telling prowess and the scripts are sketchy at best. Fun fact: Adjusted for inflation budgets would be today like this - El Mariachi 16 thousand, Desperado 14.5 million and Once Upon a Time in Mexico close to 50 million US$.
I saw Desperado in the theater when it was released. In San Antonio, Texas, where I grew up. I was in High School, 17 years old. Saw it with my good friend who passed away about 10 years later. Great memories.
A nice 4k and Blu-ray set that is. I liked all the films thought they were really good.
I have this and am very happy with this box set
Feel like I need this in my collection. I love desperado , one of my favourites I can watch many times. Once upon a time is ok, the thing that bothered me is a lower age rating and holding back on the violence in terms of blood etc, puffs of smoke blasting out of people isn't as good as the blood sprays from desperado haha. Personal preference.
As always, great presentation, thank you! Nice box-set by Arrow video. 👍Was a big fan of El Mariachi and Desperado back in the day. I had the US LaserDiscs of them by Sony. Never really liked Once Upon a Time in Mexico. When Arrow announced this set I revisited the old Blu-ray set (the one you have) and I have to admit I immediately decided that I don’t need the upgrade. El Mariachi still is an interesting piece of no budget cinema, especially with the old commentary by Robert Rodriguez but it is -for my taste at least- lacking in entertainment value, simply because of is massive limitations. Desperado has great action sequences, some superb dialogue and, of course, Banderas and Hayek. Once Upon a Time in Mexico is IMHO mostly boring, the action is stupid, continuity is non existent and, finally, the acting is horrendously bad. Banderas is OK but tired, Depp, at least in some instances quirky. All three show Rodriguez‘ lack of story telling prowess and the scripts are sketchy at best. Fun fact: Adjusted for inflation budgets would be today like this - El Mariachi 16 thousand, Desperado 14.5 million and Once Upon a Time in Mexico close to 50 million US$.
That's too bad, I thought they were all on 4k
It's disappointing, but there are very good reasons for the others to not be 4k.
And the award for worst artwork goes to...