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Rating: 8/10 (7 April 2007)

I am so happy. It's been a long, long time since I've seen a good movie. GrindHouse, to put it simply, was amazing.
The first movie is one of the (if not THEE) best zombie movies ever. It packs an actual story line (hey remember those?), tonnes of action, gore and an odd ending to boot. It was fantastic.
However, not the same could be said for the latter movie. Death Proof was pretty bad, not 'good' bad. It starts off with several characters and develops them for a good 20 minutes. Then, the said characters abandon the screen. Poof... OK? Soon later, another group of girls arrive. They are much more fleshed out but still don't seem to have a purpose. All the while, we are also tracking Kurt Russel's character. He too doesn't seem to have a point.
There was no back story, no real 'kick ass' scene (aside from maybe two), nada. Fact, he seemed more like a deus ex machina for the most part.
The girls then ensue in a very long car chase (amazingly done BTW). I had a problem with this one. I won't spoil anything, but why didn't they just brake!? Argh, I just cannot buy this "can't think straight during a crisis" BS anymore.
Anywho, as long as you don't really pay attention to the first half of the second movie, you'll enjoy it.
Also, the faux trailers rocked. Some of them -- most notably "Thanksgiving" -- should get made. Though, one trailer I had a problem with was Rob Zombie's take. It was just a huge blur of scenes.
So despite a poorly done second half, GrindHouse is a fantastic movie. Just make sure you have the right attitude going into this -- it's supposed to be cheesy, mmk? 8.5 useless talent number 32s out of a possible 10.