Half and half

Rating: 7/10 (8 April 2007)

I've just come back from watching this film and i have mixed feelings. Planet Terror was very enjoyable even if the presence of QT ruined it somewhat. The comic book nerdiness of his pre directional days seems to come to its fullest in this episode as he can be seen in an unnecessary gross out scene which seems to be purely there to act out his childhood wet dreams. He can't act to save his life and believes that his fans want to see him in front of the camera for some reason. Other than that the film was great. The made up trailers added fun to the overall experience and were better in total than QT's sorry excuse for a film. Eve though 'Deathproof' lasted for an hour approx it seemed longer than Planet Terror. This was mainly due to the long and drawn out dull conversation which has always been what QT has been famed for. He even ripped off his own Reservoir Dogs floating camera around the restaurant table scene but without the same wit. There is a lot of time given to establishing characters who are bumped off in about 3 seconds with a scene so graphic that it will upset the sensors. We are then introduced to an entirely new set of characters followed by even more unnecessary exposition of their dull stories. The end is great fun and a good twist on the genre but the way in which it reaches it is ridiculous. Whereas RR's film uses the beaten up film stock feel QT doesn't follow suit and seems to forget that his film quality is supposed to be poor too, occasionally throwing in a grain of dust here and there. Ultimately, if it didn't have QT's name attached it would be in most rental shops bargain bin. It lacks the tongue in cheek approach of the first film and takes itself far too seriously for the first 2/3rds of the film. Ultimately, Planet Terror works on its own and doesn't need QT's half arsed movie to bring it down.