Bloody Marvellous

Rating: 2/10 (5 March 2008)

This movie changed my life. Ah the blood, the gore, the random executions... what can a viewer ask for more. I just could not wait for that psycho killer to shoot another man. And that old sheriff... he delivers such clever philosophic thoughts there. I will treasure them for the rest of my life.
And I also like the accurate depiction of Mexicans: nearly every Mexican in this movie is either a drug dealer or a hired gun; well there is also the other type of Mexican, i.e. street guitarists in sombreros. Then, I did not know that Mexico had hospitals, but strangely we can't see any Mexican doctors; could it be because they are too busy with their other job as drug dealers?
And the reality factor is great too: the psycho killer is free to move around Texas killing men by the dozens without ever encountering a police roadblock. He also finds a clever use for this compressed-air pistol, which also seems to give no backlash at all when used to shoot out key locks from doors... think of the great work those engineers must have done to bend the laws of physics that way.
Seriously, the things that this movie has taught me, are:
1) Oscar prizes mean nothing.
2) most people think "if it won an Oscar, it MUST be good"
3) Some people find amusing to watch other people being slaughtered and have no objection at all to that. That's what scares me the most.
I give this movie two stars for the good acting and filming, but otherwise it is just another step in the planned de-humanization of the western people.
I am really, really sorry that I wasted my 7 euros on this.