Let's face it and this is my opinion only, this movie was terrible not to mention completely cheesy, ok I feel better getting that off my chest!
This entire movie is filled with Mexican stereotypes first all the men in the movie besides maybe two I saw all were rocking the horrible mustaches, all but one or two were involved in gang activity, and what's with all the men carrying around the huge guns in public and running around like they were on Cops?
Is the gang violence commonly associated with Mexican culture... YES! I can think of three or four movies off the top of my head where the "Mexican" character was in a gang and or related to the gang activity.
When the main character of the movie states he just wants to be a Mariachi I think that he just wants to be like his father and grandfather, that it is a honor to play music and tell stories like his family did. When he was talking in the movie he stated "I am not as good as my father or grandfather yet, but I will be someday" I felt that he took pride if what he did for a living and it was important to him.
The Mariachi is a man that plays beautiful music and can tell a story with his music, his purpose in life is to travel around and share his stories with strangers. The Mariachi's job in life is to be a performer to have his guitar be his life.
The music in this movie I feel however cheesy it was, was important in helping tell the story, it helped explain what was going on in the different scenes.
I agree, I thought this film was completely cheesy. The main male characters in the film ran around shooting everyone like they were on a police chase. Not to mention, with all the gun violence and killing, not once in the film did you ever see a police officer. Very realistic. I also agree with you on the music, I may have been corny at times, but it enhanced how the story is told through the Mariachi's point of view.
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