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In Reply to: I used to like gratuitous violence... posted by DWPC on April 13, 2007 at 16:42:43:
Gratuitous violence is what most folks tend to think of as mind-numbing slasher movies masquerading as horror films, usually done with telegraphed shocks. These are almost always played with droll sincerity. Grindhouse is more akin to a comic satire, like South Park, in some respects (sort of a live-action cartoon for adults, if you will).Certainly you're entitled to criticize that as well, because the irreverence of South Park often crosses the line of good taste and ventures into offensive territory, but there's no mistaking South Park for being a gratuitous, unfunny, exploitive gross-out (except perhaps the weakest of those dozen or so episodes that I've seen over the years).
At it's best, South Park, like Grindhouse, can be a wickedly brilliant parody, a social satire when taken the right way, but it is less consistently funny and entertaining than the Rodriguez/Tarantino double-feature.
>>> "I used to like gratuitous violence but then I hit puberty." <<<
Okay, so you kicked an older kid in the balls and then his friends proceeded to beat the crap out of you; what other traumas would you like to share with us? ;^)
AuPh
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How can over-the-top violence in a clever parody be considered gratuitous? Even the fictitious trailers will leave you in stitches (figuratively speaking of course! -grin). I reiterate, Planet Terror is clearly tongue in cheek, screaming "don't take this seriously" at every opportunity, and the talkier Death Proof is more psychologically intense than violent (liberated femmes being pursued in a hair-raising car chase by a deranged killer, then turning the tables). Every aspect of these two bizarre gems are a send-up of a specific genre of low budget theater chain film from the 60's; they are vastly different, BTW.Seriously tinear, you really should check Grindhouse out: I doubt that you are among the wimps too chicken to see these flicks. Don't prejudge them based upon a few naysayers who more than likely haven't seen them either. Who knows, you might be surprised by just how much you enjoy both, especially those hilarious previews of coming attractions.
Cheers,
AuPh
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