Even Russ Meyer would hate this.

Rating: 1/10 (8 September 2007)

As we talk about two separate movies I would say a few words about Rodriguez's part, the Planet Terror. That piece could be rather entertaining. That is an interesting attempt to make a horror movie, which is self ironic, funny, but meant to scare the crap out of you. You can feel the attempt, but that is less than enough, it is not funny as a parody, not scary as a real horror movie, and have a cameo appearance of Tarantino (wich is an other weakness). But the jokes are fine, you could never guess, how useful is the M16 as a prosthesis, and Rodriguez uses all of the clichés of horror movies to emphasize the satirical effort. Close, but no cigar.
And here is the hardest part. Deathproof. First of all, I got the concept. I know that it meant to be some kind of homage to Russ Meyer, not breaking the bonds of the genre. I know that Tarantino really really loves the crap movies. It is shown via the fake trailers, the oldschool 70's visual effects and so. We got the message. But the Deatproof is not the most advanced part of the evolution of the sexploitation movies, it's not even original, there is nothing new on it, it is a dead end. Like Quentin have learned nothing about them, he's not synthesizing, just copying the existing ones and does it without any sign of being talented or any attempt to be unique. The movie only contains boring conversations of different girls, an antihero without the slightest reason to be there, and a predictable ending. Nothing for your brains to work on and nothing for your eyes as well. (The only nicely photographed part is about some flying limbs, that looks fine) It is a movie, inspired by some unique, some really important and some really crap movies. Shame that there is nothing original and enjoyable about it. It's a film made by a director to his very own entertainment of his very own taste (which taste determines the result) It is not my job to tell, why are there so many users who appreciate that so much. I can only guess that they are in the Tarantino Bandwagon. Bad for them, they should get out at the next stop.