Another vengeance story: "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada."

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You want really great vengeance? See some Chun-wook Park films, like the two about which I recently wrote.
This film, directed and starring Tommy Lee Jones is a simplistic (not simple) story about a man exacting vengeance on the person whom he feels wrongly killed his friend.
Yes, it's worth seeing but it pales beside "Unforgiven," which is a very good American film, but which also is a bit moralistic and simplistic but far superior.
The main problem with Melquiades is the acting and directing. Tommy ain't no leadin' man and neither is his "victim." The directorial style, if I may be so bold as to call it such, is pretty much "connect the dots."
A good film, mind you, but it fails from a lack of mystery and complexity.
Tommy is a Harvard man and a polo aficionado so I think he may be doing a bit of pandering here... kind of like W chainsawin'.

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Topic - Another vengeance story: "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada." - tinear 16:34:13 03/02/06 (8)

vengeance is not the right word - tunenut 18:31:24 03/02/06 (7)

Vengeance is one of the six themes of any Western. You'd prefer to call - tinear 04:19:27 03/03/06 (4)

if I were forced to use a single word, I would use "loyalty" - minor spoiler... - tunenut 10:16:15 03/03/06 (3)

Not so fast. There was a MAJOR flaw in the film and that - tinear 18:25:14 03/03/06 (1)

wow that was Levon Helm... - tunenut 19:34:24 03/03/06 (0)

Re:Good points (nt) - Jeff Starrs 16:31:10 03/03/06 (0)

Re: I thought it was.. - Jeff Starrs 01:27:04 03/03/06 (0)

Tommy Lee is great in Lonesome Dove - grinagog 22:21:15 03/02/06 (0)

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