| Author |
Message |
|
trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm
Posts: 19697
Location: ville-marie
|
 Get the Gringo Get the Gringo Quote: Get the Gringo (also known as How I Spent My Summer Vacation) is a 2012 American film starring Mel Gibson and directed by Adrian Grunberg.
_________________Magic Mike wrote: zwackerm wrote: If John Wick 2 even makes 30 million I will eat 1,000 shoes. Same. Algren wrote: I don't think. I predict. 
|
| Thu Aug 09, 2012 1:38 am |
|
|
|
torrino
College Boy T
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:52 pm
Posts: 16020
|
Re: Get the Gringo is this a real movie?
|
| Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:21 pm |
|
|
|
David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am
Posts: 34865
Location: Maryland
|
Re: Get the Gringo Not if being a "real movie" requires being shown in theatres.
_________________   1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
|
| Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:24 pm |
|
|
|
Mau
100% That Bitch
Joined: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:42 pm
Posts: 16898
Location: Monterrey, Mexico
|
Re: Get the Gringo It got a release here in Mexico, lol
_________________
Tongue Pop!
I kneel with Magnus.
|
| Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:27 pm |
|
|
|
torrino
College Boy T
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:52 pm
Posts: 16020
|
Re: Get the Gringo Why wouldn't they go with the alt title?
|
| Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:39 pm |
|
|
|
Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm
Posts: 48626
Location: Arlington, VA
|
Re: Get the Gringo The fact that Mel Gibson in a starring role went straight to DVD is lol-worthy. Who would have seen that coming in the 90s.
|
| Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:03 am |
|
|
|
Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm
Posts: 67043
|
Re: Get the Gringo It got a release in the UK. I went to see it. I love Mel Gibson. The alternative title is far better (How I Spent My Summer Vacation).
I loved it. Thought it was Mel back to his badass best. See it if you love the Payback character.
_________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
FIGHT FOR TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE
FREE TIBET
LIBERATE HONG KONG
BOYCOTT MADE IN CHINA
|
| Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:35 am |
|
|
|
David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am
Posts: 34865
Location: Maryland
|
Re: Get the Gringo I was excited to watch it, but this film just did not fly, in my opinion. Mel Gibson remains a genuine movie star, and the initial concept (a resourceful thief trying to survive in a, I presume, heightened, almost psychedelic vision of a Mexican prison) is engaging in large part due to the novel location, but the film often tries too hard. It is so desperate to be hilarious, to be exciting, to be unique, it ends up exhausting and overcharged. And the more absurd and expansive the storyline becomes (by the time, for instance, Gibson blows up the top of a skyscraper), the harder it is to care.
C
_________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
|
| Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:03 pm |
|
|
|
Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm
Posts: 67043
|
Get the Gringo
I've just watched it again since seeing it cinemas. I still love it. Mel Gibson just makes great movies. He keeps making entertaining stories and likeable roles. Out of all of my admissions in 2012, How I Spent My Summer Vacation is the one I'm most proud of. I was supporting a man that has had a tough time in the media. I knew he needed his fans' support, and I acted when it mattered most. Shame that others didn't and the film laregely went unnoticed in the UK (and everywhere), but I did my bit.
B+
_________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
FIGHT FOR TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE
FREE TIBET
LIBERATE HONG KONG
BOYCOTT MADE IN CHINA
|
| Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:25 am |
|
|
|
Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm
Posts: 21641
Location: Walking around somewhere
|
Re: Get the Gringo After the first 20 minutes I'd call it Payback in espanol, but wow what a pleasant surprise. I was expecting it to be really cheap and Gibson to be laughable, and for the first half you really can't get past that ok Gibson is crazy now, and this is a knockoff of another film and god dam he looks really old.
But by the end, I didn't care. In fact I kind of loved it. I thought the film was funny, cool, and kind of a nice redemption for Gibson as Edge of Darkness was very bleh. The kind of film 10 years ago you would never expect from Gibson, but give it a chance, you'll have a good time. The last 20 minutes are pretty awesome, and the rest is just fun. A-
_________________ Chippy wrote: As always, fuck Thegun. Chippy wrote: I want to live vicariously through you, Thegun!
|
| Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:05 am |
|
|
|
Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm
Posts: 67043
|
Re: Get the Gringo Thegun wrote: for the first half you really can't get past that ok Gibson is crazy now  _________________STOP UIGHUR GENOCIDE IN XINJIANG
FIGHT FOR TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE
FREE TIBET
LIBERATE HONG KONG
BOYCOTT MADE IN CHINA
|
| Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:25 am |
|
|
