[Movie] Grindhouse

I saw a showing Friday night with a packed crowd and it was one of the best movie going experiences I've had to date.

Rodriguez's Planet Terror was better than I was expecting it to be. Cheap thrills, cheesy dialog and plenty of gore that ended up being fun as hell. Michael Behn is one of the standouts though and a film that rescues both him and the Lawnmower Man from obscurity is A+ in my book.

Death Proof was a different kind of beast though, I mean I enjoyed it but just not as much as Planet Terror. The film starts off well enough but when we get to the second act and having to watch a group of women talk on and on and on for what seems like forever almost killed the entire film for me as it sucked out just about all the momentum and pace of the thing, especially after Planet Terror and the faux trailer's batshit insanity they had bulit up but the finale and car chase actually made the pay off worth it.

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.

Originally Posted by Bradylama

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.

Yeah it's true and what's worse is that the Weinstein's are contemplating doing the same thing here by pulling the film and then re-releasing it as seperare films a few weeks later. Unfortunately whether they do or not the DVD release will have the films being seperate anyways but for anyone who wants to see Grindhouse as it was intended to be then now will be your last chance.

Originally Posted by WolfDemon

The trailers were hilarious, most notably Machete and Thanksgiving, with Werewolf Women of the S.S. and Don't following very closely. Has anyone else heard the rumor of Machete being a feature-length film for the DVD release?

Supposed to be. IIRC Rodriguez had mentioned he had already shot over 40 minutes of Machete which some of it made up the trailer. There's been some talk about the other trailers becoming features too be it direct-to-DVD or possibly on the big screen but with how Grindhouse is performing it's hard to say for sure.

Jam it back in, in the dark.