Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Brent Burkwell Well, unless you are a liberal, or you are a conservative with your head firmly up your keester, you will likely despise this move as much as I do, along with the left wing lunatic, Tommy (I think I'm a cowboy) Jones. As usual, Jones makes plenty of nasty comments about border patrol officers the same way he did in one of the Men In Black pictures, totally out of place in a comedy by the way. He obviously joins democrats in embracing those who have zero respect for the US border. If Jones and the effeminate Barry Pepper think that Mexico is so fabulous, full of the best the world has to offer, why not move? I know that IMDB is full of left wing lunatics, likely the staff shares Jone's left wing politics, but maybe even left wing fools can grasp the fact that no nation without a border has ever existed, it never will. There is NO utopia, it isn't possible. The United States Constitution applies ONLY to CITIZENS of the United States of America and those who have immigrated legally have the permission of the government to conduct business in the USA or even apply for citizenship. Why is it only Mexicans are allowed to flaunt law? Why not Africans? How about Israelis? No? I didn't think so. This movie is about democrat voter roles, the democrats care nothing for the USA, they simply want power, uninterrupted power. And millions of illegal aliens can give them this power and that is why they are for open borders, no other reason. The Democrat party, party of slavery, Jim Crow, Plessy VS Ferguson/separate but equal, segregation etc etc etc. The high and mighty democrats have a history of racism, while Republicans have always stood for freedom AND the law. If you don't allow this post, you're an idiot.

Ben Larson There is no doubt that this one of the best movies in 2006. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada really captures your attention and never lets go. I know that many people have seen Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals. This is really the same character, in a sense, just looking really scruffy and hard, instead of the smooth look of Marshal Samuel Gerard. He has the same steely purpose in getting his man and keeping his promises. To see his resolve and determination, no matter what it takes, is amazing. This character was made for Jones, and his direction is magnificent. Unlike Brokeback Mountain, which was a love story, this is a real cowboy film. It is hard, dirty, funny, and real. The scenery is breathtaking, and no punches are pulled. It is not a revenge movie, but one that deals with compassion, racism, and promises. Barry Pepper brings a character that he did well in such movies as We Were Soldiers, The Green Mile, and Saving Private Ryan. Needless to say, he is a changed man after Jones gets through with him. There were no snakes on a plane, but there was a snake on the plain, and that really provided some of the best comedy in this film. Some may not like the way the story jumps from past to present and back, but it really makes the film, and helps you to understand the complexity of what Jones is achieving. In a sense, it emulates Crash, and it also brings the same message. If they are going to bring the western back like this, I will be a fan.

tieman64 "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" stars Tommy Lee Jones as Pete Perkins, a rancher stricken by grief when Mel, a close friend and Mexican employee, is killed by a trigger happy border patrol guard. Enraged by the local police force's indifference toward Mel's death, Perkins sets out to fulfil a promise by taking Mel's corpse home to Mexico. He takes Mel's murderer – a deranged border patrolman played by Barry Pepper – with him.The film was written by Guillermo Arriaga ("Amores Perros", "21 Grams"), a writer with a fondness for non-chronological plot-lines. As a result "Burial" is initially off-putting, until its various narrative strands begin to gel and Arriaga's plot becomes cohesive.Like John Sayles' superior "Lone Star", the film is a racial tract dressed up in cowboy garb: an allegory about affluent bullies who exploit their Third World neighbours whilst covering up the misdirected violence of their own hotheaded proletariat. The film works best, though, not as a message movie, but as an evocation of small town West Texas. This is a dead, forgotten world, where emasculated men bully both women and immigrants just to feel alive. The film's title refers to the repeated burials and excavations of Mel's corpse. There are many ways to bury a man, the film says, but only one is right."Burial's" cast is mostly fine, expect Pepper, whose character is written as a raging, caricatural hot head. Not only is his narrative arc clichéd – he moves from resentment to forgiveness, and so redemption, after witnessing the hard lives of Mexicans first hand – but his character demonizes and personalises what are ideological, political and structural problems. Lazy, aggressive, violent, sexual perverts patrol the Mexican borders, the film wants you to believe. Look how they bully poor, nice, kind-hearted Mexicans! Which is not to say that the violence of such men does not spring from feelings of emasculation, but that the issue is infinitely more complicated. For example, just 44 percent of the border is actually patrolled, and what is patrolled is mostly a charade, as there is an unspoken understanding that the US economy is heavily reliant on cheap labour provided by immigrant workers. As much as 1/6th the population of Mexico lives and works in the United States, most of it under conditions of illegality, with little protection from the exploitation of low-wage employers. This, of course, is all engineered to keep the cost of goods low (Wal-Mart routinely makes almost 300 billion in annual sales, 11 million of which goes toward paying reprimands for hiring illegal immigrants) and to prevent the problems and violence of the borders travelling inland and engulfing the white lower and middle classes. A somewhat unconscious decision is thus made: better ticked off, poor Mexicans over the border, than ticked off whites at home. The border is less a cartographic demarcation than an instrument of social and class relations.If Pepper is a caricature who distracts away from the core of real issues, Jones fares better. His grief is palatable, though because his relationship with Mel isn't fully explored, his sorrow isn't as affecting as it should be. Interestingly, the film reduces Jones and Mel's friendship to bouts of shared sex with hookers. In an emasculated town, where everyone plays games of dominance/submissiveness, the hetero-couple's companionship boils down to a willingness to copulate in tandem. To get around the contradiction of these "good" men hiring hookers, the prostitutes are portrayed as "hookers with hearts of gold", their male clients totally submissive to the women's needs and wishes.Mixing noir tropes with that of Westerns and Southern Gothic literature, "Burials" belongs firmly to the "Mexican-American border neo noir", or "Tex-noir" hybrid genre. Some of the sub-genre's better film include "Extreme Prejudice", "Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia", "No Country For Old Men", "Flesh and Bone", "Lone Star", "Lonely are the Brave", and "The Border".7.9/10 - Worth one viewing.

Samiam3 I think Werner Herzog would admire The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. Among other things, it is a story of a man's obsession. As I watched, the names Quentin Tarantino, Sergio Leone, and the Coen bros. also came to mind in several places. Despite an ending that feels unfinished, and some mildly unbelievable story material, The Three Burials is an exceptional modern day western. Tommy Lee Jones is at the top of his game, and he is equally skilled behind the camera as he is in front of it.Texan cowboy Pete Perkins, becomes a fugitive from the law, when he attempts to fulfil a promise he made to his Mexican friend Melquiades. If he were to die, Pete was to take his body across the border to his hometown deep in the Mexican hills. One sunny day, two border guards find the kid's body lying in the desert with a bullet hole in his chest. Pete is distraught, but when finds out who is responsible for the death of his friend, he kidnaps that person, digs up Melquiades body from his 'American' grave, and he makes for Mexico, while the law comes after him.In Tarantino fashion, the movie is split into chapters, and a large section of the first half is out of sequential order. Oddly though, it feels so natural that is wasn't until the end of the first act in which I realized that two flashbacks had already gone by, (and believe me I was paying attention).The simple fact that The Three Burials is able to get my attention and then hold it for two hours, must count for something. The story is a slow mover, and when I look back on it, not a whole lot happens. One could almost look at the film as more character driven than plot driven, but it's pretty solid all the way through.The second half of the film is a gorgeous nature trip of cinematic proportions as we work our way through the desert to Mexico. If there is one moment I wont forget, there is a crane shot as Perkins starts descending on horseback down a mountain slope only a meter and a half wide. As the camera moves towards the precipice, you'd swear you were about to fall off. (or you would if you were watching on the big screen)Overall, The Three Burials of Melchiades Estrada, is a pretty impressive piece of filmaking. It may not be the most emotional of films, but it's engaging.