Nacho Libre - Page 2

Ray Chuang · 06-13-2006, 12:20 AM

Interestingly, one of the potential issues about this movie is whether it denegrates Mexican culture. Hopefully, the producers/writers of Nacho Libre did carefully consult with people who knows about the Mexican wrestling scene of the 1950's and 1960's (when this type of wrestling was extremely popular in Mexico) and the movie will be as authentic as possible.

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Random Hero · 06-14-2006, 03:02 AM

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Alf S · 06-14-2006, 07:53 AM

We saw it last night and we all loved it! Jack was hilarious as was his sidekick...there were a few slow spots, but overall it was a lot of fun with some very offbeat humor.

Not sure the general public will embrace it, but the 20-30 something crowd (full house) we saw it with loved it...laughed a lot actually.

I'd give it 4 out of 5 nachos.

Oh and we got some fun free stuff..

"Nachoooooooooooooooooo!"

James@R · 06-14-2006, 01:44 PM

Jack Black was on the Tonight Show last night, and he revealed that part of his inspiration for Nacho was Ricardo Montalban's performance in Wrath of Khan.

TedT · 06-15-2006, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Ray Chuang

Hopefully, the producers/writers of Nacho Libre did carefully consult with people who knows about the Mexican wrestling scene of the 1950's and 1960's (when this type of wrestling was extremely popular in Mexico) and the movie will be as authentic as possible.

First of all, it's based on a true story.

Secondly, I believe that this type of wrestling is still VERY popular in Mexico, maybe more so now than ever.

Nathan V · 06-16-2006, 03:17 PM

Here come the reviews, which are all over the place- 52 at metacritic, 38 at RT (46 cream of the crop).

Regards,
Nathan

Sam E. Torres · 06-17-2006, 04:58 PM

the soundtrack is so good!...and it's not available ANYWHERE. this frustrates me greatly.

Patrick Sun · 06-17-2006, 10:05 PM

It wasn't the greatest movie, but I laughed nonetheless, both at Jack Black's performance as Nacho, and his tag team partner, Esqueleto (his expressions and body language also provided some good laughs). It's got some good underlying intentions, and plenty of heart. Will it be a cult favorite like Napolean Dynamite, getting funnier with repeated viewings, not sure, but it entertained me on a superficial level.

I give it 2.5 stars, or a grade of C+.

Shawn_KE · 06-17-2006, 10:58 PM

Thought it was a decent movie. Black was great, but the movie did drag a bit.

JediFonger · 06-18-2006, 10:57 PM

ain't it from same producer/writer of school of rock? any more reviews? i might catch this in 4 weeks if it ain't out of cinemas by then.

Colin Jacobson · 06-19-2006, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by YiFeng

ain't it from same producer/writer of school of rock?

Mike White co-wrote both and produced "Nacho" but didn't produce "School". They do share an executive producer...

Chuck Mayer · 06-19-2006, 07:58 AM

I enjoyed it, but most of the truly funny moments (not all) were in the advertising campaign. I believe the joke of Nacho's physique was played out for me long before the director got tired of it

Some nice gags, though.

Brian W. Ralston · 06-21-2006, 09:36 PM

An update on the "confusion" on the score for Nacho Libre. According to filmmusicworld.com

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By Mikael Carlsson

Danny Elfman has written the majority of the original score music featured in Nacho Libre, the upcoming Jack Black comedy directed by Jared Hess. But the composer has decided not to take the usual ”Music by” credit in the film. Elfman was hired to replace a score written by pop artist Beck, but in the final mix of the film both scores were used. Instead of claiming a ”Music by” credit, Elfman therefore chose to take credit for the cues he composed in order to avoid confusion and identify his contributions to the film.

According to our sources, about 1/3 of the original Beck remained in the final cut of the film. Nacho Libre was his first film score. The film opens in the US on Friday.

http://filmmusicworld.com/radio/inde...products_Page=

It is not a good thing for an individual's first film score to be rejected on any level. It looks like some of Beck's score did remain...but situations like this will only show the studios that composing music for a film is a much different talent than writing songs or composing an album. It looks like Elfman has taken a very professional "high road" approach to his involvement in the film and has not allowed the spotlight to only shine on him by not taking the "music by" credit that the studio offered to him...even though he did most of the movie.