Grindhouse. Hrm.
Apr. 6th, 2007 16:49![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
viktor_haagJust saw "Grindhouse". Frankly, I could have done without all the fake trailers, and I could also have done without Robert Rodriguez' contribution. I appreciate what he was attempting to do, but I didn't see much point in his half of the movie.
But Tarantino's half of the movie is very good. Tarantino has, once again, proven that he's idiosyncratic and extremely talented. While I felt that Rodriguez was a bit ham-fisted in his pastiche, Tarantino's half was a loving and very carefully built homage that nevertheless transcended it's inspirations.
I would highly recommend Tarantino's half, and it's a bit of a shame that you have to sit through 90 minutes of stomach churning carnage to get to it.
I might even suggest that you buy your ticket, wait 90 minutes, and then enter the theatre, but "Planet of Terror" isn't that bad (it is, however, stomach churning).
"Death Proof" is perhaps brilliant, though and will no doubt get my dollars when it arrives on DVD. And bravo to Kurt Russell for essaying this role.
But Tarantino's half of the movie is very good. Tarantino has, once again, proven that he's idiosyncratic and extremely talented. While I felt that Rodriguez was a bit ham-fisted in his pastiche, Tarantino's half was a loving and very carefully built homage that nevertheless transcended it's inspirations.
I would highly recommend Tarantino's half, and it's a bit of a shame that you have to sit through 90 minutes of stomach churning carnage to get to it.
I might even suggest that you buy your ticket, wait 90 minutes, and then enter the theatre, but "Planet of Terror" isn't that bad (it is, however, stomach churning).
"Death Proof" is perhaps brilliant, though and will no doubt get my dollars when it arrives on DVD. And bravo to Kurt Russell for essaying this role.
