Stunningly Awful

Rating: 2/10 (22 January 2008)

Tarantino had a lot of fun making this movie! Unfortunately it was a lot less fun to watch it. While Grindhouse does have classic one-liners and great visual effects, that is also the movie's sum total. Plot is thin and hackneyed, characters are under developed and absurd, and I'm sad to say I was bored throughout.
While I am a big fan of both the directors and actors, the plot and dialogue severely let them down. To those who rate the movie so highly, I can only imagine you were stoned, or else stared so deeply through the screen that you imagined something of substance shining back.
If indeed Grindhouse is 'art' rather than the B-movie it appeared, then, simply put, I do not get it.