{"id":178,"date":"2003-09-04T11:01:07","date_gmt":"2003-09-04T15:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/09\/my_review_of_once_upon_a_time_in_mexico\/"},"modified":"2003-09-04T11:01:07","modified_gmt":"2003-09-04T15:01:07","slug":"my_review_of_once_upon_a_time_in_mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/04\/my_review_of_once_upon_a_time_in_mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"My Review of &#8216;Once Upon a Time in Mexico&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a sneak preview of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonypictures.com\/movies\/onceuponatimeinmexico\/\"><i>Once Upon a Time in Mexico<\/i><\/a> last night.  I was very excited to see this movie because I loved <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/tg\/detail\/-\/0767811054\/tradermike-20\"><i>Desperado<\/i><\/a> so much.  So I&#8217;m very disappointed to say that &#8216;Once&#8217; was terrible.  <a href=\"http:\/\/tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/archives\/2003\/07\/once_upon_a_time_in_mexico.php\">I really wanted to like this movie<\/a> but I couldn&#8217;t find much to like.  The plot was convoluted.  The stunts left me saying &#8216;been there, done that&#8217;.  To top it all off, <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000161\/\">Salma Hayek<\/a> was barely in the film.  I won&#8217;t get into some other issues because I don&#8217;t want to give a way the story.  Bottom line &#8212; wait for this movie to be released on DVD or just skip it all together and watch <i>Desperado<\/i> again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a sneak preview of Once Upon a Time in Mexico last night. I was very excited to see this movie because I loved Desperado so much. So I&#8217;m very disappointed to say that &#8216;Once&#8217; was terrible. I really wanted to like this movie but I couldn&#8217;t find much to like. The plot was&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/04\/my_review_of_once_upon_a_time_in_mexico\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Review of &#8216;Once Upon a Time in Mexico&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/20\/once_upon_a_time_in_mexico\/","url_meta":{"origin":178,"position":0},"title":"Once Upon A Time in Mexico","date":"July 20, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Finally! Check out the trailer for Once Upon a Time in Mexico, the sequel to Desperado. 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