Planet Terror--rocked! Death Proof...needs some work!

Rating: 7/10 (12 April 2007)

As promised, Grindhouse delivers the goods with bawdy 60's and 70's flair! Planet Terror was a gore fest of fun! Showing enough T&A spiced with some gruesome horror, action and comedy! Rodgriguez movie worked, it was a thrill a second. Rose McGowan, where have you been?!! The previews were hilarious and promised some great grindhouse coming attractions! Death Proof didn't work quite as well for me. After the first bloody carnage, rather the second bloody carnage, perped by Stuntman Mike, the movie dragged endlessly. Why? Well, this was the reason for me: Hitchcock once stated that you make your audience feel uncomfortable when you place someone in harms way. For instance, a beautiful woman sits down on a park bench. Someone places a bomb underneath the bench, unbeknownst to the beautiful woman. The audience sits, anxiously, in their seats awaiting for the hero or someone or her to find the bomb.' The woman could strip, could do a lap dance, could recite poetry...anything...but the audience won't pay any attention because they are mesmerized by the ticking bomb. Stuntman Mike was that ticking bomb and all the while Tarantino sets up the scene with the second group of girls, in the cafe, in their car...you are waiting for the ticking bomb...Stuntman Mike to appear with another gruesome display of madcap, brutal and gruesome carnage. So, all the while the gals are talking, I am not paying any attention to those scenes and the movie appears to drag.
All in all, I would say this was a fun movie to go see. Though, be leery of the length of this movie. I missed one of the prevues because I HAD to dash to the restroom so I wouldn't miss any of the full second feature. I paid $9 bucks to see this flick...which I thought was dreadful...like paying huge dough to see the Stones or some other old group ripping off its fans.