I didn't think it was so great

Planet Terror is fun. Lots of humor, lots of gore. Very lightweight, especially compared to Sin City, this is more of a parody of the zombie movie than a reinvention.

I had big problems with Death Proof. It is mostly Tarantino's dialogue. And I have been a big fan of Tarantino's dialogue. Generally it has been tough men dropping incongruous pop culture references along with a lot of salty sex talk. Here it is tough women. But the same old thing, pop culture references and salty sex talk. It was fun in Reservoir Dogs, transcendent in Pulp Fiction, here it's more of the same.

So the first set of women just love an old rock group and groove to the song on the radio from - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich. That would be cool, except the hip music maven woman says Mitch instead of Mick- and she does it several times. That bugged me.

If you don't buy the dialogue as entertainment, the rest is a couple of car chases. OK, they are well done, but hardly groundbreaking. I did like Kurt Russell and his dialogue seemed more on target and far more interesting than the girls'. But it wasn't much of the movie.

This was easily my least favorite Tarantino effort, sluggish and rather dull.

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Topic - Hmmm, ...no one seems to be posting on Grindhouse; well , let me remedy that: - Audiophilander 15:21:53 04/13/07 (19)

If they split this up, for their penance.... - rditmars 07:58:48 04/16/07 (1)

Re: If they split this up, for their penance.... - Bubba 20:40:24 05/02/07 (0)

Saw it based on yer rec today. WTF??? - Road Warrior 20:07:32 04/15/07 (0)

F'ing A Bubba - Daryl Zero 22:24:04 04/13/07 (0)

OK, so it's great... - Dalton 20:46:30 04/13/07 (9)

No it isn't - Analog Scott 09:01:25 04/15/07 (0)

Jesus, let's hope your tongue is at both sides of your mouth! - tinear 16:18:20 04/14/07 (3)

Re: Jesus, let's hope your tongue is at both sides of your mouth! - Dalton 18:44:24 04/16/07 (1)

You're full of beans, Dalton m'lad. - Audiophilander 22:27:53 04/16/07 (0)

"LofTR...'great?' Harrummmmmph." - You're right; great isn't strong enough. Superb is more like it. - Audiophilander 23:57:21 04/14/07 (0)

Are you serious? (nt) - EBerlin 06:50:44 04/14/07 (2)

No. (nt) - Dalton 13:46:29 04/14/07 (1)

That's a relief! (nt) - EBerlin 14:00:07 04/14/07 (0)

"But is it 'Lord of the Rings' great? " - Not the same, just different.... - Audiophilander 00:54:51 04/14/07 (0)

I used to like gratuitous violence... - DWPC 16:42:43 04/13/07 (3)

Umm, sorry, but not gratuitous violence, IMIO. These are parodies of a specific genre wrapped in a homage to the genre. - Audiophilander 00:30:39 04/14/07 (2)

So, it's a gratuitously violent film honoring similar films. nt - tinear 11:37:02 04/14/07 (1)

Not at all, but I suppose it depends on your definition of gratuitous. - Audiophilander 23:55:03 04/14/07 (0)

I didn't think it was so great - tunenut 15:48:15 04/13/07 (0)

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