2 B movies from 2 A directors

Rating: 6/10 (7 April 2007)

The concept of Grindhouse is nothing short of spectacular. Combining 2 A filmmakers into one good old-fashioned B film double feature is sadly an art that has been out of practice in Hollywood.
As usual the casting is superb. Freddy Rodriguez was a great leading actor in Planet Terror and Kurt Russell was superb in Death Proof. Rosario Dawson is just as sexy as ever as the smokin hot butt kicker, but she also plays a really cute down to earth girl for most of the film.
The trailers in the film beat the hell out of the real ones. In fact I desperately want to see 2 of them. I don't know if it was intentional but they made fun of Rob Zombie's adaptation of Halloween w/ Thanksgiving directed by Rob Zombie as well as putting Nicolas Cage as a mock role in another trailer that came after watching the trailer for another crappy film of his.
My only complaints w/ the films: Planet Terror was just simply way too graphic, to the point where my gag reflex almost came out (which has only happened once). You kinda figure with all the limits being pushed they would've had more sexuality/nudity to make up for the obscene zombie material.
Death Proof lagged w/ all the boring conversation. During the film reels are missing, but at appropriate, or in my case inappropriate times since I wanted to see what would happen next. Unfortunately the actual film stopped playing for 10 minutes b/c the reel had to be changed. When it resumed, the film droned on into the typical Tarantino style of dialog as seen in Pulp Fiction, but this time it really drags out. I was also disappointed w/ how abruptly the film ended as well as the change of heart emitted from one of the characters.
Overall, it is definitely a must-see, but I think for me I'll only see it again if I'm really drunk.
8/10