[Movie] Grindhouse

Celebrated the death of Christ watching Grindhouse with some buds and it was more than worth the price of admission. Nothing more needs be said about Planet Terror, so I'll leave it at that, but Tarantino should never write dialogue for women again. Holy fuck was Death Proof boring. Debates on tipping it wasn't. Thank God the climax had such a tremendous payoff.

I'm also hearing talk of the European release having the two movies split up, which would be a mistake since Death Proof can't survive without Terror Planet.

Even though Terror Planet was tremendous, I can't help but think that Kurt Russel and Zoe Bell stood out tremendously. For Bell though, a stuntdriver playing a stuntdriver is sort of like Courtney Love in The People vs. Larry Flynt.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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However with both said and done it was Death Proof that had me thinking more about out of the two mainly because I was just trying to figure some of it out. Like, was it supposed to be out of chronological order? With the second group of girls being the beginning and then the first half the end? In some ways it'd explain the drastic character change with Stuntman Mike and some other details like why his car wasn't "Death Proof" during the chase. This will be why I'll be going back to see Grindhouse though at some point.

You're kidding.

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After "The End" comes up the scene shifts back to the girls, and one of them crushes stuntman Mike's face with her heel.

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If his movies entertain me... then that other shit doesn't matter.

Ah yes. The "Carlos Mencia" defense. I like Tarantino's movies with the exception of Kill Bill, but that doesn't mean he isn't an insufferable quack who should be stopped from putting anything else to film.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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You've had that line on the burner for awhile now haven't you?

I actually just came up with it.

There are also no "tricks" involved, beyond Tarantino knowing the right people to rip off.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.