Hated, hated, hated it!

Rating: 1/10 (15 April 2007)

I was really disappointed in this movie. When I saw the previews, I thought it looked totally awesome and couldn't wait to see it, thinking it might finally redeem Tarantino in my eyes, but it didn't. I know some people who really loved it, but I think it's a movie that either you really love or really hate...it's not going to evoke any lukewarm feelings in the middle. Screw the cost of the ticket, I just felt that I had wasted 3 1/2 hours of my life that I would never get back--absolutely the worst movie I have ever seen ever. If I hadn't been on a date, I would have left the theater. As it was, I pretended I needed to visit the ladies' room just to have the opportunity to leave the theater and hang out in the lobby for a while.
Violence doesn't bother me, but grossness for the sheer sake of grossness does, as do references to cannibalism. There's a reason that's called the "last taboo"--and if a director has to resort to that to add oomph to his flick, then there's not much there to begin with. Who was it who said "It takes a lot of time and money to look cheap and trashy"? That's how I felt about this film. They really tried to work the genre fantastically, which is what intrigued me in the first place, but what seemed to be forgotten was the fact that B-movies were corny and funny, and "Grindhouse" got a little close in some parts, but not nearly enough to fully earn the title or "resurrecting the genre". Sure, I've been told I took this movie too seriously, and that it wasn't meant to be taken like that. My response to that is that it should have been a whole lot cornier and stupid, not just gross.