Grindhouse

[jackiel1219]

Wow, this is a fucking awesome movie!!!!!!! I just got back from watching it and it's easily one of the best movies I've seen.

[SpursWoman]

Is that the one with the chick with the machine gun leg or whatever? Chris is dying to see that. :rolleyes :lol

[mookie2001]

no waay

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I will see it for Rosario Dawson alone.

[jackiel1219]

Is that the one with the chick with the machine gun leg or whatever? Chris is dying to see that. :rolleyes :lol

yes it is

[mookie2001]

I will see it for Rosario Dawson alone.shrda, this movie seems like sin city + kill bill 3, which means it would make the life aquatic look like robocop

[AnkleBreaker21]

I will see it for Rosario Dawson alone.
yah shes so fucking hott :toast

[Borosai]

How long is each movie?

[jackiel1219]

How long is each movie?

They're about an hour and a half long and there is an intermission at the end of the first movie.

[leemajors]

i hear quentin's part sucks ass and needs more pointless talking!

[atxrocker]

rosario dawson is easily the most overrated streetrat in hollywood. even trashier than eva longoria which says alot. at least longoria is easy on the eyes and trash, as opposed to just being trash.

[Spurminator]

"Planet Terror" is fantastic the whole way through. "Death Proof" is useless for the first 80% of the movie, but has a fantastic payoff. It's almost as if Tarantino wanted people to get up and leave before it was over (and several people in my theater did.)

[nkdlunch]

you kiddin?

that shit looks fucking stupid. and Dawson is as hot as a regular mexican chola

[slayermin]

Tarantino rules. He is the ultimate film buff and it shows. I don't there is anyone who knows and appreciates cinema like QT.

Robert Rodriguez is a capable director but I don't think he has the vision, charisma, or writing ability of Tarantino.

[mookie2001]

tarantino nearly ruined himself with the kill billls, those movies were some of the worst ive ever seen


he can never be trusted again, just like pop

[slayermin]

tarantino nearly ruined himself with the kill billls, those movies were some of the worst ive ever seen


he can never be trusted again, just like pop

Not his best work but there were some interesting ideas in both movies. I'm not a huge viewer of asian cinema but I have seen enough to appreciate what he was trying to do. And obviously, Tarantino watched his share.

I thought Vol. 2 was very good and underrated by many people because they were disappointed by Vol. 1.

[Pugglekicker_21]

iI think these suck compared to the old grindhouse movies....

Planet Terror has one of the dumbest heroines ive ever seen, c'mon a freaking go go dancer with a gun for an leg? there was this one part in the trailer where she was walking on it and looked so dumb I burst out laughing....

i am dissapointed that kurt russell got the main part in death proof.....

then again, this movie does look alright so i will give it the BOTD and check it out..

[hater]

tarantino blows. He is a one hit wonder. w/Pulp fiction.

[leemajors]

Tarantino rules. He is the ultimate film buff and it shows. I don't there is anyone who knows and appreciates cinema like QT.

Robert Rodriguez is a capable director but I don't think he has the vision, charisma, or writing ability of Tarantino.

tarantino has written some of the consistently worst dialogue i have ever had the misfortune to hear. what's really odd for how much i dislike what he has become is how much i agree with his all time faves as far as movies. kill bill part 1 had some cool stuff in it, but kill bill 2 outside of the mexican pimp was trash, and i am still a carradine fan from the kung fu series. rodriguez has always been a b movie director.

[Pugglekicker_21]

Looks like this thread is going to be a whose the better director thread...

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Rosario Dawson has some of the nicest skin tone/breast size ratios on the planet, have none of you seen Alexander? The violent sex scene with her is absolutely amazing.

BTW, Tarantino is still tight, regardless of kill bill...everyone knows that shit shoulda been cut down to one movie and all the boring excess shit deleted...but at the end of the day you're always a bitch to The Man.

[CuckingFunt]

I loved the Kill Bills just as they were. With the exception of the tacked on cliffhanger/preview ending to vol. 1, which was a studio thang.

Also think that, despite any issues with style, genre, writing style, etc., both Rodriguez and Tarantino are incredibly gifted when it comes to the technical aspects of making a film. A lot of the criticisms regarding their films come down to personal choice, which is purely subjective and hard to argue, but it's hard to deny the actual talent there.

Also, I did not see Grindhouse tonight. Yes, I'm bitter about it. :madrun

Lastly, Rosario Dawson = nasty trash? Craziness.

[leemajors]

Also think that, despite any issues with style, genre, writing style, etc., both Bay and Harlin are incredibly gifted when it comes to the technical aspects of making a film. A lot of the criticisms regarding their films come down to personal choice, which is purely subjective and hard to argue, but it's hard to deny the actual talent there.

[Ronaldo McDonald]

I loved the Kill Bills just as they were. With the exception of the tacked on cliffhanger/preview ending to vol. 1, which was a studio thang.

Also think that, despite any issues with style, genre, writing style, etc., both Rodriguez and Tarantino are incredibly gifted when it comes to the technical aspects of making a film. A lot of the criticisms regarding their films come down to personal choice, which is purely subjective and hard to argue, but it's hard to deny the actual talent there.

Also, I did not see Grindhouse tonight. Yes, I'm bitter about it. :madrun

Lastly, Rosario Dawson = nasty trash? Craziness.


I've got to argue that Rodriguez just can be mentioned in the same breath as Tarantino. From Dusk till Dawn was a film written by Tarintino, and IMO besides maybe MAYBE The Factory that is his only film that is intriguing enough to actually buy. Rodriguez hasn't done anything close to as great as PULP FICTION, RESERVOIR.., KILL BILL 1 and 2

[CuckingFunt]

I've got to argue that Rodriguez just can be mentioned in the same breath as Tarantino. From Dusk till Dawn was a film written by Tarintino, and IMO besides maybe MAYBE The Factory that is his only film that is intriguing enough to actually buy. Rodriguez hasn't done anything close to as great as PULP FICTION, RESERVOIR.., KILL BILL 1 and 2The Factory... you mean The Faculty?

From Dusk Till Dawn, Desperado and even the first Spy Kids were all different, interesting well made movies, but not at the same level as Tarantino's work. Sin City is right up there, though.

Also, the other time they went head-to-head in the same project was in the largely unwatchable Four Rooms -- Rodriguez's segment blew Tarantino's out of the water.

[Ronaldo McDonald]

The Factory... you mean The Faculty?

From Dusk Till Dawn, Desperado and even the first Spy Kids were all different, interesting well made movies, but not at the same level as Tarantino's work. Sin City is right up there, though.

Also, the other time they went head-to-head in the same project was in the largely unwatchable Four Rooms -- Rodriguez's segment blew Tarantino's out of the water.

Never Saw Four Rooms, but I heard it was pretty crappy. I liked True Romance. I would mention NBK but it was only written buy him--and I don't think he could have done what Oliver Stone did with it visually.

Desperados' only visual appeal was Salma Hayek. I don't remember it well enough to give a critique with any more thought than that.

Sin City is skim milk. I should mention that I HATE Frank Millers shit, including 300, because of his dense, ultra bad ass dialogue that grows stale after hearing the 100 of variants of a dialogue which is as deep as "I'm a bad ass hero, your the ruthless murderer and now I'm going to cut your fucking head off."

[jaespur21]

idk i dug sin city is was an awesome movie.....IMO but i used to spend my money as a kid on comic books soooooooo

[baseline bum]

These guys have balls.

Grindhouse has to be seen on a Friday or Saturday night, in a packed theater. It's built specifically to be played to this audience, and it's done masterfully. It'll never work on DVD, and cannot have the same impact at a matinee.

Death Proof is the better movie, although Planet Terror is the most fun. Machete is maybe the best leadoff I've ever seen in a movie. At a time when movies are so stale with remakes and sequels, it's refreshing to see something unlike anything I've ever seen before. Brilliant movie. The only other time I've ever walked out a theater and thought I wanted to see the movie again right away was when I saw Pulp Fiction.

[G-Nob]

Don't wait for the DVD on this one. Grindhouse is phenominal all the way through. Planet Terror is supposed to be cheesy with overdone action. Thats what makes the parody of it so funny.
The fake trailor for "Machete" is so freakin hilarious.
Death Proof is classic Tarentino with long dialoge scenes and hot chicks. But the car chase scene is the ultimate payoff. The best non-CGI chase scene I've ever scene in a movie.

[leemajors]

Don't wait for the DVD on this one. Grindhouse is phenominal all the way through. Planet Terror is supposed to be cheesy with overdone action. Thats what makes the parody of it so funny.
The fake trailor for "Machete" is so freakin hilarious.
Death Proof is classic Tarentino with long dialoge scenes and hot chicks. But the car chase scene is the ultimate payoff. The best non-CGI chase scene I've ever scene in a movie.

maybe you should watch bullitt or the french connection.

[G-Nob]

maybe you should watch bullitt or the french connection.


Haven't had the pleasure yet.

[baseline bum]

I'm going to go see it again tonight. Can't wait.

[E20]

This movie looks stupider than fuck. A girl with a gun for a leg........


Wow, what were they thinking?

[rasho8]

Grindhouse was terrible... I KNEW I shouldnt have let my buddy talk me into going and wasting money on that crap.
GOD I feel stupid for shelling out hard earned money for shit like that. It just makes the movie people put out MORE shit like this.
Terrible... terrible movie.

[tlongII]

From Dusk till Dawn is one of my favorite movies. It rules for the Salma Hayek scene alone.

[atxrocker]

the fact that this movie ended up about 3 mil behind are we done yet is quite disturbing.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

the fact that this movie ended up about 3 mil behind are we done yet is quite disturbing.

I blame Jesus.

[Spurminator]

maybe you should watch bullitt or the french connection.


I haven't seen Bullitt, but the Death Proof car chase beats French Connection easy.

[leemajors]

I haven't seen Bullitt, but the Death Proof car chase beats French Connection easy.

bullitt has the edge over near anything since it's in san fran.

[Medvedenko]

Grindhouse was the shit. I truly enjoyed the experience. Death Proof was wicked and really built up the the tension. Planet Terror was fun and creative with a great script. The trailers were cool, loved machette, but I loved Thanksgiving more...also "don't" was pretty great as well. The most fun I had a theatre in a long time.

[baseline bum]

How can anyone not like the trampoline scene?

[Pugglekicker_21]

Still have yet to go see this movie. Im waitng for either the good reviews to outweigh the bad ones or vice versa..

[leemajors]

damn are we done yet kicked grindhouse's ass. the predator!~

[King]

I want to see it, but the 191 minute run time sure doesn't sound appealing.

[Spurminator]

This would be perfect for a drive-in movie with a bunch of friends and a cooler of cheap beer.

[CuckingFunt]

How can anyone not like the trampoline scene?For me, it was akin to a guy watching a particularly vicious knee to the groin. Hilarious, but... ouchies. The very quick last shot of the Thanksgiving preview took me very much by surprise, but was oddly not as much of an MPAA issue as the trampoline.

As for the Grindhouse experience in general... I'll be going again tomorrow even if I can't find anyone else to go with me. Not for everyone, but as a huge fan of the source material, I pretty much personify the target audience. I fucking loved every minute of it. Death Proof slows a bit, but is still good. Also, the preview for Werewolf Women of the SS was not as funny as it should have been. But Planet Terror and the preview for Don't were spot-on perfect parodies of the genre.

[CuckingFunt]

I want to see it, but the 191 minute run time sure doesn't sound appealing.I typically have a tolerance for long movies, but this one doesn't feel like three hours. When I saw it, I don't think there was a person in the audience who wasn't ready for more as soon as it ended.

Well, except for the fucktards a few rows back who brought a toddler. Merry Christmas, dumbasses, now you get to explain skull fucking to a confused 3-year-old.

[J.T.]

I typically have a tolerance for long movies, but this one doesn't feel like three hours. When I saw it, I don't think there was a person in the audience who wasn't ready for more as soon as it ended.

Well, except for the fucktards a few rows back who brought a toddler. Merry Christmas, dumbasses, now you get to explain skull fucking to a confused 3-year-old.

I worked at a theatre a few years ago and some idiot brought his 3 year old son and daughter to see Team America. I guess watching dolls fuck each other is easier than having to give "the talk" yourself. Parenting is funny.

[Faccia di Angelo]

I loved it. Over the top fun. I noticed a lot of people walking out on Death Proof too but it did have a good ending once you got past the long dialogue and slow start. I'd definitely check them out again.

[Kevin Blackistone]

The fact that people walk out on a movie because it actually employs dialogue just goes to show how dumbed down and retarded our society is on average. What? No shiny objects and bright flashing lights? Well then, fuck it!! It sucks. Bring on Spiderman 3 or any other movie that appeases our 30 second attention span. God, sometimes I just fucking hate this society.

[to21]

I worked at a theatre a few years ago and some idiot brought his 3 year old son and daughter to see Team America. I guess watching dolls fuck each other is easier than having to give "the talk" yourself. Parenting is funny.

:lmao

I guess we all have some funny theater story.

Like the time I went to see Fight Club and there was a HUGE Brad Pitt fan behind my girl and I fingering herself till she nearly fell off her chair.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I typically have a tolerance for long movies, but this one doesn't feel like three hours. When I saw it, I don't think there was a person in the audience who wasn't ready for more as soon as it ended.

Well, except for the fucktards a few rows back who brought a toddler. Merry Christmas, dumbasses, now you get to explain skull fucking to a confused 3-year-old.
When I worked at a movie theatre one of my manager's favorite story to tell was about this stupid mother who took her three year old to see the Passion of the Christ. When the theatre refused to sell her and the kid tickets to the movie because of the subtitles and gore she bought tickets to something else and then snuck into the theatre showing the Passion. Once in there she proceeded to tell the kid every line of dialogue off of the subtitles. It was a ways into the movie before someone in the theatre was finally bothered enough by it to leave and get a manager.

When the lady was confronted she decided that she was going to have it out with the manager right there in the theatre rather than step outside. So she's throws a screaming fit. By that point pretty much everyone in that theatre was paying more attention to her than the movie. Well, everyone except her son who was still watching when the real gruesome stuff started happening and he started screaming at the top of his lungs. So finally this idiot woman and her hysterical kid are taken out of the theatre where she DEMANDS A REFUND! Apparently, even though she had been refused the tickets initially, lied, and snuck into the theatre she wouldn't have done of all that if someone had properly informed her just how violent this movie was going to be. Police had to escort her out of the building.

[leemajors]

The fact that people walk out on a movie because it actually employs dialogue just goes to show how dumbed down and retarded our society is on average. What? No shiny objects and bright flashing lights? Well then, fuck it!! It sucks. Bring on Spiderman 3 or any other movie that appeases our 30 second attention span. God, sometimes I just fucking hate this society.

talking about nothing does not good dialogue make. constant pop culture references and talking about how cool austin is isn't dumbed down?

[J.T.]

Just saw it, fucking incredible. I regret seeing the 11PM showing though because I am getting no sleep tonight thanks to that. Oh well, what's life without regrets? If you don't see this, or wait for DVD, you are missing out. It won't have nearly the same effect on DVD. In fact if I was Rodriguez and Tarantino, I wouldn't even release a DVD just to spite all those who didn't see it...but then people like me would bitch about there not being one, and would be mucho pissed.

[SCdac]

Just saw it recently as well, and I thought it was oustanding. A movie going experience not to be missed. Sure, it's long, but bring a couple of beers with ya' or something.

I will say, after all the 'bad' reviews I got from friends, going into the movie I really underestimated "Death Proof". Was expecting it to be much worse, with the way it's being talked about. Loved how off-beat it was from "Planet Terror", great contrast, as the viewer it kept me on my toes. Walked away glad that the experience wasn't over-saturated with action, gore, etc. Kept on expecting to hate it, but I found it's "imperfection" rather enjoyable.

The trailers were awesome, as was that random tex-mex clip and other stuff. "Machete" and "Thanksgiving" were the best. Only one I felt could have been better was "Werewolf Women of the SS", just lacked something. The dirtiness of the film and "missing reels" were very cool too. As a projectionist, it was a trip to watch, because I'm so used to trying to achieve the total opposite of that (ie. clean, scratch free film).