whose house? Grind's house!

[grindmonkeh]

Ha!

Going to watch 30 Days of Night tomorrow with Bran. I've been looking forward to this one for a while. XM's Cinemagic is playing a great sit-down with David Slade and Steve Nile. Since I listen to Cinemagic a lot at work I've heard it about three times and counting.

I watched Planet Terror last night, and Deathproof last weekend. I've mixed opinions on both, but these are the epitome of movies that tell you to take your opinions and shove them up your ass. Grindhouse is a double dose of over-indulgence for the film-makers and the viewers. That being said, they were terrible!!! Here's an interesting list of connections Tarentino and Rodriguez made in reference to both b-schlock and movies of their own in this collective homage to the genre. Two thumbsmiddle-fingers up...way up.

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[brokn2pieces.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed Grindhouse. It might have something to do with seeing it in a packed theater on opening night on the big screen but I thought it was a hell of a lot of fun.

O Lordy, what to do when the romance is gone... Oh, Darth!

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

I think it's one of the few movies that I would enjoy more by viewing it with more people. Typically I prefer an empty theater.

[the-gil-monster.livejournal.com]

I actually enjoyed Grindhouse for the most part, only I didn't think it was very grindhouse that we got no filmed training regimen with Cherry's new gun leg- par the course for any exploitation film about any disabled character. And that would have been much preferable than an extended close-up and nasally monologue by The Director's Best Friend- er, I mean Rapist No. 1.

Tarantino bugs the crap out of me. He thinks any crap that played on 42nd Street in the '70s is cinematic gold, and I can't stand the pretentious notion that every film he rips off is a "color in his pallette". But that said, I did enjoy Death Proof sans the endless talking scenes (Gone in 60 Seconds was NOT a good film! And I DO mean the original!)

I don't know why they were released separately as I'd only want them together with all the cool trailers in-between. But then that's probably Quentin's ego in the way- after all, the major critique of Grindhouse was how Death Proof's endless talking scenes drove the film's momentum smack into a wall. Now no longer part of a double bill, the film can be judged on its own merits.

And that also means that I won't buy them.

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

You know...I typed a paragraph and a half of the problems I had with both movies and then I deleted all of it. They're both so obviously bad that it's an exercise in futility...though I do just want to state publicly that Quentin Tarento should stay the fuck away from the whole acting thing.

To respond to your comments...

Was there anything that happened in Death Proof other than talking? I don't remember much of it. Oh yeah...a car crash...lullllllllllllll...a car chase. THE END.

I thought the individual release of the movies was a bad marketing move, if not an obvious blunder.

AND of course Planet Terror needed a fucking machinegun-leg training montage!

[the-gil-monster.livejournal.com]

(mock exasperation) There was MUCH MORE to Death Proof than talking and a car chase!

...There was DRINKING!

It is nice to know of other people in the universe that think QT doesn't shit gold.

[suicideking4766.livejournal.com]

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

Ha! (Donner) Family fun!!!

Fellatio Bear says, "have a good winter!"