Don't see movies like this anymore, it's a pretty darn good experience and for the most part fun

Rating: 7/10 (7 October 2010)

I gotta admit the reason I went to theaters in order to watch this back to back feature film was cause one of the film "Death Proof" is directed by Quentin Tarantino. And to my surprise I enjoyed watching "Planet Terror" directed by Robert Rodriguez more. It just had that exploitation film feel to it and was more entertaining to watch all the outrageous and zombie mayhem that happens on screen. "Death Proof" on the other hand is a self indulgent film, which I usually don't complain about but when I first watch it, it was pretty dull. With it's endless dialogue that wasn't that intriguing or interesting, and Tarantino is known for writing some amazing and immersive dialogues. The second time I watched "Death Proof" though I got to appreciating the film a bit more. So yeah "Planet Terror" started out with a bang and was just great to watch some of the crazy stuff on screen although some stuff just didn't make any sense and was really random. But that was how horror/exploitation films were like, even if this film had a budget of $53 million, when those grindhouse theater films was a lot cheaper. I also liked how it purposely has the damaged and aged effects in the film, the unconventional techniques made it feel like your watching one of those exploitation/horror films from the 70's well at least sort of. In theaters I wished the movie had intermissions, yeah it has fake trailers where you could go take a break and not miss the movie parts, but I really wanted to watch all the fake trailers as well. As a double feature film, it really is worth the price of admission. But if you separate the film and if it wasn't a back to back double feature film, than it's worth just renting it. I don't know how many of the fake trailers is going to be a full feature films. Since "Machete" is now a full feature film and all, but looking forward to other ones as well. I am also glad Quentin decided to become a director instead of an actor, cause he is just a terrible actor although his cameo was somewhat interesting. The other actors and actresses that shows up for the fake trailers and both the movies or at least a cameo was a pretty cool idea though.
7.9/10