I was reading some old threads and one from last year was lamenting the subtraction of the “trailers” from the DVD’s of Planet Of Terror and Death Proof, sold separately. I have no idea why they did it that way, but that’s not my concern.
I’m here to tell anyone with the Starz movie package they can see the whole ding dang double feature complete with “coming attractions” playing this month. I just watched the whole shebang and my opinion is that Planet Of Terror is the better of the two. Zombies, Naveen Andrews and Rose McGowan with a shotgun for a leg. My only question is how the hell did she pull the trigger on that thing?
The absolute best part is the trailers. I particularly loved Nicolas Cage as Fu Manchu and that Thanksgiving scene(you know the one) had me laughing like a maniac. Oh, and Danny Trejo as Machete… that man is fine.
So, if you get Starz, catch the double feature, cause those trailers alone are worth it.
It’s been a minor annoyance to me. Tarantino supposedly wanted to make an old-fashioned grindhouse style movie. But then he throws in a special effect like this that no real grindhouse movie could have ever afforded to use.
I read someone remark that Rodriguez made the movie that you wish actual grindhouse movies had been, while Tarantino made the movie that grindhouse movies really were.
I liked both movies a lot, but yeah, Tarantino’s was a lot more authentic.
I finally got to see it and though I loved the concept and the product as a whole, especially the retro 70’s opening credits on Death Proof, and the jumpy cuts and faux film scraches, I must say QT’s first dud is a whopper. The critique of his that he is not able to write good women’s dialogue must have been a challenge to him, so he goes out and writes 100 minutes of womens dialogue that may or may not be realistic, but was definitely BO-ring. The thing is, listening to how people really talk in bars isn’t something you want to pay 10 bucks to watch in a theatre- you can go to a bar and listen anytime you want. And the dialogue wasn’t that brilliant and insightful anyway.
The “best” part was in the second half where the one girl goes into a Gulp and Blow and disappears for 30 minutes just so we can have this brilliant parking lot conversation with the other two- I’d say she was having sex with the clerk, only he has a copy of Italian Vogue- in Lynchburg TN :rolleyes: . And a 20 something US chick (albeit a DJ) not only calls in to request a 40 year old UK song that didn’t even chart here, but they have it on hand- maybe they pulled it off itunes? And she doesn’t pronounce their name right either (it Mick, not Mitch)- cool song though.
Very derivitive of QT, just ripping off his earlier ripofffs, but as always, a great soundtrack, and the action sequences almost made it worth it, though I don’t see the need in having them go and borrow the muscle car, when they had one already- couldn’t they just have alerady had the one they needed?
I seriously loved the whole thing. Planet Terror was less grindhouse and more 80s video fodder. It reminded me of the trashy movies we used to rent in high school as an excuse to have make out parties. I haven’t seen the uncut Death Proof, but while I really enjoyed the version in the theatrical release, I got the impression that it probably really benefited from the “missing reel”.
Oh, and they weren’t near Lynchburg, they were near Lebanon, Tennessee. Actually, they were pretty blatantly in Southern California, but I thought that was part of the gag. Everywhere looks like Southern California.
Pretty much- the Uncut version added in a lap dance. I’m not complaining, but it’s nothing to really fret about.
But yeah, I def. enjoyed both films, though I prefer Deathproof to Planet Terror, only because I think DP stands alone as a film just to watch for fun, while PT, I couldn’t really watch again and again unless I was in the mood for that specific sort of a film.
The scratchy-print thing really, seriously, utterly, thouroughly and absolutley pissed me off for every second of both movies (it clears up towards the end of Death Proof, but by that stage I was past caring).
“Wow, this movie is new, but they’ve made it look authentically shitty. I like all my movies to look like shit. I certainly didnt call the manager and demand a refund that time a hair or something fell across the projector causing a line across the screen during Return of The King. I guess if things like that are done on purpose, they must be good, right? And look! In the middle of Death Proof, the colour disapears! I truly believe that my projectionist must’a dozed off. Silly man! If this had happened during Batman Begins, I would have burned the cinema down, but seeing as how this is a HOMAGE to days gone by, I will accept it as artisitic genius”
Death Proof was so far up Tarantino’s arse, I felt like I’d paid ten bucks to spend two hours looking at the back of the man’s teeth.
Planet Terror was entertaining, when it wasn’t being downright nasty (Did that kid REALLY have to shoot himself? Did that dog REALLY have to get hit by a truck?).
If I had to sit and watch BOTH these movies, one after the other, I’d probably combust.
Nitpick, but it’s an M-4 carbine with an M203 grenade launcher for a leg, not a shot gun or “machinegun”.
Oh and “Machete” was the best part of the whole damn movie.
The trailer for “Thanksgiving” was also pretty funny where they are examining the headless body of the turkey costumed guy:
I liked Rodriguez’s half better, but I’m only 19 and don’t remember what the old movies were like (though I’m learning, and I loved the trailers and ‘effects’). My dad, who saw stuff like this the first time around, liked Tarantino’s half better.
Oh, and I loved RobRod’s score… repetitive but it worked.
I heard that, too, from a friend who majorly keeps up with film and told me about Grindhouse months in advance (he loves both directors). I’m kind of bummed it didn’t.
I thought it was going straight to DVD. But no clue. :shrug: I do know Eli Roth wants to do a whole movie about nothing but cheesy trailers and such, because he’s had so much fun creating the trailer for this movie. But the name of that film escapes me right now.