Grindhouse: Death Proof

[Bad Wolf]

definetly like the car chase better than the first half hour of Death Proof, when they finally beat up the guy at the end , i was like "FUCKING HELL YEAH!!"

 

[Bolt]

Nah man. I was fine with the 2 good scenes the movie had. But I really lost all interest in the characters when ALL they were talking about was ex boyfriends and other **** that I don't care about. It was a really bad movie in my eyes and although the car stuff was great it could not save the flick for me.

I guess really you have to be a fan of sexploitation cult classics to really appreciate what Tarantino was doing with those dialogue scenes. There was much more going on than just talking, but to people who aren't fans of the genre or don't have any experience with grindhouse cinema I'm sure it must come off as stalling for time. That's one of the downsides of Tarantino's directing style; a lot of his material is lifted directly from other films and sort of remade as an homage to the kinds of movies he watched growing up (Inglorious Bastards was actually an Enzo Castellari flick in the 70s, he even took the title... well, he changed one letter...), so casual viewers and audiences that don't watch the same kinds of movies don't tend to get the fulll effect (although he still makes gazillions of dollars so I'm sure he doesn't give a ****). Still, I take exception to Death Proof being called a bad movie. If you want bad, check out the weak Tarantino-imitator Hell Ride. Unquestionably, definitively, indubitably THE worst movie I've ever seen in my life.

Planet Terror was alot better. I just feel sorry for the poor fucks who paid money to see this **** ass movie.

That would be the exact same people that paid to see Planet Terror, since it was a double feature. I liked Planet Terror when I saw it, but upon repeated viewings it really exposes itself as a schlock "accidental B-movie on purpose," if that makes any sense. It had cool elements, but Rodriguez made it to be intentionally bad while still being cool but it just ended up being kinda bad anyway because he missed the entire point of the *grindhouse* concept.

 

[lycan]

Personally, I liked Death Proof, but then again I'm a sucker for Tarantino's movies, particularly the random banter, followed by scenes that make you go "did that just happen?!". Though I did enjoy Planet Terror more because of the whole zombie theme.

I agree that I can't wait for Machete. I was so psyched to hear that Rodriguez actually decided to make it into a real movie.