GrindHouse

[jt112]

ok, well i saw this a couple of days ago and i think i am going to get a lot of people disagreeing with me because it seems as if everyone loved the movie.

Ok lets talk about Planet Terror:
I had a lot of problems with this one. And I feel like i'm missing something because everyone that i've talked to said that this movie rocked. alas, i am going to have so say that it lacked a lot of things. (however style was not one of them and i will give Rodriguez that) I can totally understand and respect a movie that is so bad and campy that its good. However, that kind of movie rewards the viewer with an inherent satirical or ironic tone. Usually this is apparent in the acting and the way the characters interact. This was somewhat apparent in certain characters but was obviously lacking in almost all of the female characters. On that note, the best part of the movie was when Fergie was trampled by an onslaught of disfigured blood thirsty zombies. i will make the cliche joke of saying that i'm sure she tasted "fergalicious". And i must say that Freddy Rodriguez's hotness made me stay and watch the movie. very very sexy man.

please feel free to disagree! what do you think?

[knight42]

OK, I was not really that interested in seeing this movie (this was about a week ago, before it was released). I am not a very big Tarantino fan (liked Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill Vol. 1, but everything else was only so-so to me). Then, then, then, I started hearing the reviews. First, I heard a review on NPR's Fresh Air (sorry, didn't mean to class the boards up) and they reviewed it really well. Then I heard a friend of mine raving about it. Then, and this is the clincher, Kevin Smith on his SModcast this week gave it raving thumbs up. Of course, the fact that The Totally Rad Show gave it thumbs up (at least for Planet Terror which I am more interested in seeing since I'm a huge Rodriguez fan) just means it has to be seen!

Soooooo, I think I'm going to go with a buddy of mine this Sunday and catch it. I'm hoping to see it with a good sized crowd!

[magunwarrior]

I saw it earlier today, I really really really loved Planet Terror, but Death Proof was pretty meh really, it had some cool moments, like when (minor spoiler) the chick gets a tire to the face...