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Rating: 6/10 (9 April 2007)

Men, U R in 4 a treat. Yes this hardly is a (f1rst) date movie or something most girls or women would enjoy but who knows... tons of action 4 sure but am not here 2 write up on this. It is more out of contradictory feelings of both satisfaction & disappointment. I will start with the latter. Even though I have a hard time thinking it, Tarantino has (probably) done his best a long time ago. Yes, it was by making Pulp Fiction. Here it seems that he is out of ideas & merely learning the use of digital video. Disappointment all over. A very slow (dragging & lagging for what seemed way 2 long) & turn off story/plot that is devoid of anything stimulating, except of course that one scene with Zoe on the hood.
It feels as if Quentin is broke & is saved by his good friend whom let him use his equipment & some of his late clout 2 make some kind of a comeback. Cause Ladies & Gentlemen, frankly, Kill Bill wasn't all that gr8.I don't think I speak only for myself.
& what was so fresh in Rodriguez segment in term of Xploiting the Grindhouse effect is quickly lost in Tarantino's segment. The image treatment is not all there if @ all, almost looking like a student film (please don't tell me this part of the grindhouse fashion. Go back to "Planet Terror" & there will B your Xample of photographic design). The sound design is really poor. With a really short sighted story & denouement. Yes some will scream, what about those beautiful sequences glitches (dialogs & images jump cut/ repeat) ? Well let me retort: there is nothing fresh here. This was all done sixty years ago by Jean Luc Godard. So please do your homework before salivating on what U might think Tarantino's creative genius is. OK enough bashing (as it may sound) On the other hand, by now this is no news but hey Rodriguez has got it going. His segment is really the creative core of the whole (not without mentioning the pre/in-between movie previews) Grindhouse. Some may reject the gory aspect of the whole but hey watch the previews or read about the movie & you will know what you are getting in2. But look @ it from the design point of view. WoahHHHH.The lighting, the sounds, & the dialogs are all gorgeous. Even the story has got the audience glued 2 the seat. I think if someone is going somewhere it is Robert. @ this point we can forget about this Tarantino's pumpkin head which is about 2 Xplode with all the egocentrism it is pumped with. Chill out Q you are not all that cool.
So why a 6/10
It is easy
Planet Terror 10/10 Death Proof 1/10
11/2= 5.5
& yes am generous so I give it a .5 in addition
Keep on working hard Robert, but please don't hang out with losers like Tarantino, U are only hurting yourself.