Grindhouse
Can I say how much I enjoyed this movie?
It was FUCKING AWESOME!!! It should also be known that I didn't expect to love it. On the way there I told Adam that I'd probably like it overall but have some problems with it. This is based on my mixed feelings on just about all of Tarantino's stuff except Pulp Fiction (yes, I do love all of his other movies but only by ignoring things that bug me) and the commercials where there's the close up of the chick saying, "Oh you know we cain't just let you go" in neck swaggling sassy way. I groaned every time I saw that commercial. But I was WRONG. (yeah, Adam and Megan both, go ahead and print screen and highlight it...I actually admitted being wrong). I freaking loved every minute of both of the features. I guess what defied my expectations is that it didn't make the mistake of taking itself seriously - and yet didn't give into the crappy bad jokes and devices that bother me about spoofs or parodies or even satire (these movies are all of these and none of these at once...that doesn't make sense, but it's true) - Adam thought I stated it well by saying these were examples of bad movies being made incredibly well. So well, in fact, that you don't even think about how ridiculous the movie you are watching is. You find yourself swept away in the action and pure fun of it.
Specific things I loved:
1) The badass male lead in Planet Terror just happens to be the actor who plays Carla's brother on Scrubs.
2) Sayid from Lost cuts people's balls off and keeps 'em in a freezer bag in his pocket.
3) Incredible trailers by various awesome directors for movies that will, sadly, never be. I can't describe how great these are - and I think if you watch closely they are filled with star cameos.
4)Uma's stunt double from Kill Bill playing herself in Death Proof.
5)Not just one, but TWO stars of Rent
There's so much more to say...but I think I'll just start putting in pics.
I'm just sad that the gun leg is not in the shot...but Carlos and Sayid are (yeah, yeah, those are their character names from TV shows).
That's ok, cause here it is:
And, come on, as much as I like his movies, I hate listening to Quentin Tarantino talk and have often fantasized about doing this:
That's all I can find that really make me happy. There weren't a lot of good ones from Death Proof.
Apparently, there are action figures...maybe those are a joke, but I love it!
PS - You will either love this movie or hate it. But go see it either way.