Big Trouble...(spoilers!)

Rating: Null/10 (9 April 2007)

in Little China!
Jack Burton's tank top from John Carpenter's ahead of its time kung fu comedy. Look for it in the bar in Death Proof.
What fun this was....i am jazzed from this movie.
I enjoyed Rodriguez's homage to John Carpenter's better films. Planet Terror was laugh out loud funny in many points, and had some very nice zombie movie moments. Of the two films, I think it was more of a romp than the second...
Death Proof, was more my kind of film....And I have to say that because I love me some Kurt Russell!
He's back! He has always been one of my fave actors and it is nice to see some fanboy service from the sometimes annoying but still talented Tarantino.
Stunman Mike....There is something charming about his character, even though you know he is a killer. The car stunts are amazing, and it was awesome to see these muscle cars, in all their gas guzzling glory. banging around modern day heaps of plastic and fuel efficient poop. I think it was a jab from the director to kind of show us how much things have changed.
I have to say, as usual, Tarantino has his excess in jive talk and really long conversations, with characters interrupting each other, and saying stuff that seems real. I can overlook that...that is his thing.
What gets kind of tedious is the foot fetish he has....he loves to show womens bare feet to an obscene degree. I have always noticed this as in FROM DUSK TIL DAWN drinking booze from Salma's toes and plenty of closeups of Uma's feet in KILL BILL. Okay Quentin....we got it...you like feet. Move on!
Otherwise, Death Proof is my favorite of the two. But it is mainly because of Kurt, and the Mad Max high speed car action.
Now back to Planet Terror. This one was good, but the last third of it was kind of getting too over the top, even for the expected amount of cheesiness. Good Rodriguez action, but a little less Quentin cameo please.
I also liked how once again, more fanboy service was paid to Michael Beihn. He's in another action movie, again, and gulp....he gets mortally wounded. Think Jim Cameron might give him another job? Who cares!
These two guys keep on making fun stuff like this, I will gladly see Michael get wounded in every one.
Now for the trailers, I can only say...they are good. Thety really have that crappy over the top feel and they fit in well.
Also worth note is the perfectly recreated or maybe recorded announcements. FEATURE PRESENTATION with the psychedelic colors....that reminds of me of old theater days in the 80s and especially drive in theaters. It was a nice contrast, since the theater I saw this in is a modern multiplex with computer generated ads. It was a nostalgia shock to the senses.
Occasionally, the buzzing sound on PLANET TERROR was a little more than I liked, and the purposeful clip stuttering in DEATH PROOF was irritating as well. I know, that was completely intentional, but after they made their presence known, both directors went back to completing these crazy ideas with finesse.
Also, the stunts top notch and the gore was spot on.
I really enjoyed myself, and this reminds me that I love my home DVD theater system, but some movies are made to be seen at the theater.
And this one needs to be seen at the theater...
If you like drive-ins, this would be a good one to see there as well.
I "get" these movies and most of the inside references. It is nice to see the movie geeks at work again.