MamaGravity
good back-story, and good acting
Caryl
It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
Rob Starzec
Grindhouse is a rare experience since double features are not regularly made nowadays. The style that was put into making this double feature particularly makes it feel like two older movies (perhaps from the 70s) but with contemporary actors we know and love like Bruce Willis, Josh Brolin, and Rosario Dawson to name a few. Together, Planet Terror and Death Proof bring an interesting experience to viewers. Separately, each is a good (but not great) B movie.What worked for Planet Terror: it is awesome as a "disease" or "outbreak" movie. Even though the film is generally darkly lit, the killing of the infected proves to be action-packed and very bloody (did Tarantino ghost direct certain parts)? Wray is a really cool character with a clear expertise on guns and a great shooter. Cherry is good as well, but a little more bland than Wray. While the coolest aspect of the film has to be when Cherry gains a gun for a leg it defies the logic of her knowing how to operate it without pulling a trigger of any sorts. Also, it does not seem to run out of ammo. But this logic is somewhat irrelevant since it is clear Planet Terror was made for fun.What worked for Death Proof: Tarantino is at it again with conversations that connect dots between various situations. For example, in the first half of the film a girl is told to do a lap- dance for the first man who says something specific to her, and her friends urge her not to be "chickens***." When Kurt Russell tries this on this same girl later in the film, he makes an analogy to the common phrase "in my book" and threatens to put this girl under "chickens***" in his "book." Unlike most Tarantino movies, however, it lacks substance, and at its most basic, Death Proof is about Kurt Russell tracking two sets of girls - one in the first half and another in the second half. Even with Tarantino-esque dialogue, this segment falls short of great, but Kurt Russell's performance in this movie is convincing and impressive.It is a fun experience to watch this double feature, but do not expect to watch two masterpieces by any means.3.0/4.0
dragokin
I had the opportunity to see Grindhouse in its entirety. And i was grateful it happened at home since it turned out that the spoof trailers between Death Proof and Planet Terror were the best part of it.Death Proof would have went below any movie goer's radar hadn't it been directed by Quentin Tarantino. It was plain boring. I wouldn't be able to repeat Planet Terror was nice in it's own right if you like horror films. Otherwise it was a trashy flick which generally went unnoticed because Tarantino directed the other movie.Overall, Grindhouse wasn't total crap only because it was produced with an A-movie budget, i.e. moving pictures had nice colors.
kastellos
I'm not sure I can write a 1000 words or ten lines about this movie, but I will try. It is a total piece of junk. Crap disguised as art and enjoyed by the multitude of pretentious people who suffer from the "tyranny of being cool." It has lousy acting (I've seen better at middle school plays), poor cinematography (makes "Blair Witch" look like "Lawrence of Arabia"), stupid story lines (appears to have been written by a committee of 10 yr old psychopaths) stupid "cutiness" (the dumb trailers), and all this in name of emulating 1950s bad horror flicks. To begin with, why emulate junk? I know that the majority of IMDb reviewers really love this type of garbage (Check the ratings of "Snatch," "Pulp Fiction,", etc.), but this really goes beyond bad taste. Hopefully, future generations will be able to see this type of truly meaningless scatology for what it really is.
Christian_Dimartino
I live in Indiana. And by us is one of the last Drive-in theatres in existence. There, they play two movies in a row for the price of one. Grindhouse,which is the over-the-top double feature from gory directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, is an experience I would've killed to see on the big screen. It's bloody, hilarious, stupid fun. And proud of it.The first film, Planet terror,from director Robert Rodriguez,is one of the most disgusting films i've ever seen. It actually made my stomach churn. But I laughed hysterical many times and I had a lot of fun with it.I'm not even sure what the hell it's about. But from what I got out of it, it involves a stripper(Played by Rose Magowan) and her old fling(played by Freddy Rodriguez),who is like an old war hero, are going on the run from zombies who got started because of a government experiment.The second film, Death proof, from Quentin Tarantino, isn't quite as disgusting or ridiculous. It is however a little more slow and less action packed then Planet terror. But yet it's better. I found it to be a bit more interesting and refreshing than Planet terror.Not much goes on here. The film is about a movie stuntman named Stuntman Mike, who follows these groups of women around then collides cars with them. But he runs into a gang of movie involved women who decide to fight back.I'm not positive which film is better. But no matter what happened I really had a blast with Grindhouse. Rodriguez's film involves removed testicles in a jar, a penis that looks like goo, a stripper with a gun for a leg, and a lot more blood. Death proof keeps it safe, and the acting isn't quite as ridiculous, and as always Tarantino's dialogue illuminates the screen and kept me interested through. If you have the stomach for it, give them a go. If not, stay away.Planet terror:3.5/4 Death Proof:3.5/4 Grindhouse overall:3.5/4
