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Grindhouse : 2 of 5
4.24.2007 7:40 AM \| Link	I'm not really a fan of Tarantino or Rodriguez (although both of them have made some good stuff I've enjoyed), but the concept for this double-feature was so good that I had to check it out with my pals Tom, Chris, and Ernesto. I love the idea of celebrating the genre of these movies, complete with fake trailers (which was my favorite part of the experience) and lots of grainy "bad print" effects. Rodriguez gets things off to a great start with Planet Terror, an awesome zombie movie featuring a hot chick with a machine gun leg! There's plenty of gore, but it's the kind that's so gooey that it's laughable, and Rodriguez fills his plot with corny jokes and over-the-top action that really make the movie fun. After some more great fake trailers, Tarantino's Death Proof takes the screen, and I've never seen such an incredible turd of a movie! On the plus side, there's about 20 minutes of fantastic car chase to enjoy, but you have to suffer through more than an hour of absolutely boring scenes of characters that you care nothing about, talking on and on about things you don't care about, and then getting killed so there was no point watching them in the first place. Tarantino just crapped out the movie that he wanted to make, almost ignoring the genre, and forces you to watch it - it's just as terrible as the Rodriguez movie is good! So, if the concept sounds good to you, take a look at Grindhouse, but you might want to walk out in the middle. Labels: movies


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