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I've watched a few recently...

Get Him to the Greek. I felt that the film, although quite funny in places, didn't strike the right balance between realism and it's outlandish moments, which is probably down to the narrative arc - it doesn't have one really - with it all being an excuse for endless moments of debauchery and madness, which I wouldn't have a problem with usually, but the attempts to anchor it in truth didn't sit well with me at all. It felt really awkward and untrue in parts.

Having said that, there's some moments that I wont forget in a hurry but yeah, the whole thing didn't amount to anything really.

Machete. Now this is my type of film. Crazy, gratuitous and very stylishly shot in the style of 70's exploitation flicks, this feels like something the South Park team would do if they had any skills at directing live action. It's all very silly fun with over the top violence and dialogue, but I love the social commentary going on within it too, where you have disillusioned Mexican illegal immigrants at one stage going at it against corrupt law enforcers.

I mean, who wouldn't love to see a Mexican beating the shi^ out of people with gardening tools, Lindsay Lohan dressed as a nun taking pot shots at anything that moves or DeNiro as a right wing Senator shooting down illegal aliens as the try to get over the border? It's just madness, and I really loved it.