Review of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) by Coda — 23 Oct 2011
Falls short of being a great western due to poorly executed non-linear storytelling and elemental directorial mistakes. The Tarantino-style cuts of the first third of the movie serve only to confuse; it feels like very raw cuts with no transition between each scene. In the last two thirds this is mostly abandoned and the movie vastly improves. There are also a couple of jarring scenes where film crew invade the shot: a camera operator blatantly visible in the reflection of a car window and a dude in a t shirt not crouched down in the jimenez scene.
Despite the confusing disjointedness of the first part of the film it becomes an engaging, compelling movie during the last two-thirds.
This review of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) was written by Coda on 23 Oct 2011.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada has generally received very positive reviews.
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