spontaneous applause

Rating: 10/10 (16 April 2007)

Just saw it the other day and must say I left the theater electrified. It really is a shame that this is doing so badly at the box office. With all the great reviews from respected and mainstream reviewers to boot. So much artistry went into achieving the warped film look of Planet Terror, though not many seem to notice that Death Proof slowly and subtly dispenses with the conceit, with a fairly clean look by comparison. At the amazing conclusion of Death Proof the audience erupted with claps and whoops! These films are as different as the jungle and the desert. Planet Terror is wet and gooey, jam packed, to the gills, sensory overload that must be hacked thru like a rain forest or jungle. Followed by Death Proof, a dry and dusty, talky, wide open film. Death Proof's final climax made me want to jump up with my hands in the air like I just don't care!