3.45 hours of pure dynamite!

Rating: 9/10 (22 October 2007)

Well finally I saw this movie the way it was intended. And to do that I had to do something I am usually against that is download it and burn it to DVD myself. Luckily it was excellent quality. Anyway I'm sure you know my reason's namely Weinstein's teasing UK movie fans for 6 months then giving Death Proof a release so limited that I'm not sure if there was a week between the trailer and the end of it's run.
Anyway the film, the over all 3.45 hour Grindhouse experience is well fantastic I give it 9/10.
Individually the films don't fair so well, Planet Terror is by far my favourite of the two, maybe because it captures the flavour of horror I am biggest a fan of, the works of Romero, Raimi and carpenter. Rodriguze's Carpenter inspired score is fantastic it must have unlocked some part of my mind that made me believe I was really watching an early 80s Carpenter flick at times. This fused with Rodrigueze's own hyper reality style made it sheer entertainment. The cast was fantastic in fact all that was missing was Danny Trejo, but his Machete trailer was kick ass enough! It is however Death Proof I unfortunately found many faults with, mainly what the hell is it supposed to be? A Car Chase Thriller or a Horror Slasher or a Revenge Thriller. it ends up none of the above. there is not enough car chases or cop involvement for it to be a Car Chase thriller, There is not enough suspense or deaths for it to be a horror slasher in fact all the deaths happened at once half way through the movie and relate to nothing. And the revenge aspect comes in far to late and to tell the truth there doesn't seem that much for them to get revenge for. What I see is a movie where women babel on so much dialogue I forgot what I was watching. it's a real shame as Kurt Russel was fantastic and Tarantino's camera work was great too. I just feel a little more Christine/Halloween influence and a little less Sex in the City would have made a more entertaining flick.