Grindhouse kicks a**

[tyler durden 71351]

Saw it this afternoon. Quite good, especially the Tarantino segment. It's super-gory, super-sexy, super violent, way over the top...better than "Sin City".

 

[kokane_muthashed]

Cool. I plan on seeing it tomorrow afternoon. Either with a friend or solo.

 

[JayFarrar]

What did you think of the trailers between shows?
I heard that the one Eli Roth did was ****ed beyond words.

 

[imjustagirl2]

Our reviewer said the exact opposite...that Rodriguez's portion was great, but Tarantino's had no point and was just tedious.

 

[Perry White]

Our reviewer said the exact opposite...that Rodriguez's portion was great, but Tarantino's had no point and was just tedious.

Most reviewers seem to have the opposite opinion.

 

[tyler durden 71351]

What did you think of the trailers between shows?
I heard that the one Eli Roth did was ****ed beyond words.

The Eli Roth one is siiiiiiiiiick. Rodriguez's trailer is great -- the money quote is "They ****ed with the wrong Mexican". Rob Zombie's is pretty cool...topless Nazi werewolf chicks. The one done by the "Shaun of the Dead" guys is funny.

 

[tyler durden 71351]

Our reviewer said the exact opposite...that Rodriguez's portion was great, but Tarantino's had no point and was just tedious.

I didn't think it was tedious. There is a lot of talking in it...there's a long scene in a diner that is kind of like the start of "Reservoir Dogs". But the dialogue is sharp and the interplay between the actresses is cool. The action at the end of it is gripping.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Our reviewer said the exact opposite...that Rodriguez's portion was great, but Tarantino's had no point and was just tedious.

Ours too.

 

[Buck]

Our critic liked both segments, although he said it was kind of jarring to go from the frenetic action of the Rodriguez segment to the dialogue-driven Tarantino segment.

 

[WazzuGrad00]

From the second graf of the Washington Post review by Stephen Hunter:

Clocking in at more than three hours, the film is one grand self-indulgence that is calibrated exquisitely for an audience that pines for the gory double-feature format that petered out in the early '70s. That audience can be counted: One, two. Named Tarantino and Rodriguez.

 

[Steve Hackett]

8)

http://www.bastardly.com/archives/2007/04/06/a-bastardly-tribute-to-the-hot-women-of-grindhouse/1/

 

[Buck]

From the second graf of the Washington Post review by Stephen Hunter:

Clocking in at more than three hours, the film is one grand self-indulgence that is calibrated exquisitely for an audience that pines for the gory double-feature format that petered out in the early '70s. That audience can be counted: One, two. Named Tarantino and Rodriguez.

Bold criticism.
It's one thing to say a movie is bad. That's a matter of opinion.
It's another to say there's no audience for it. My hunch is this movie will do pretty well, indicating there is an audience.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

What did you think of the trailers between shows?
I heard that the one Eli Roth did was ****ed beyond words.

The Eli Roth one is siiiiiiiiiick. Rodriguez's trailer is great -- the money quote is "They ****ed with the wrong Mexican". Rob Zombie's is pretty cool...topless Nazi werewolf chicks. The one done by the "Shaun of the Dead" guys is funny.

Did they premiere the Rob Zombie Halloween trailer?

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Our reviewer said the exact opposite...that Rodriguez's portion was great, but Tarantino's had no point and was just tedious.

Most reviewers seem to have the opposite opinion.

You're wrong. Most reviews I've seen agree with IJAG's co-worker --- Rodriguez's portion is great, but Tarantino's is just too damn wordy and verbose (which seems to be a problem with literally every movie he shoots --- the Run DMC lyric that best describes QT in general is You talk too much/You never shut up/I said you talk too much/Homeboy you never shut up).

And at three hours and 11 minutes, it's just too ****ing long.

(Award pre-nom for Robert Rodriguez in the category of Best Director Who Slept With His Lead Actress And Destroyed His Marriage Because His Wife Was One Of The Movie's Producers.)

 

[TigerVols]

Watch ReelzChannel's Dailies show (channel 238 on DirecTV) for lots of Grindhouse coverage and discussion. They say that Planet Terror and Death Proof are being split and shown separately overseas and on the DVDs.

 

[tyler durden 71351]

What did you think of the trailers between shows?
I heard that the one Eli Roth did was ****ed beyond words.

The Eli Roth one is siiiiiiiiiick. Rodriguez's trailer is great -- the money quote is "They ****ed with the wrong Mexican". Rob Zombie's is pretty cool...topless Nazi werewolf chicks. The one done by the "Shaun of the Dead" guys is funny.

Did they premiere the Rob Zombie Halloween trailer?

Yes. Doesn't look that hot. And why isn't it coming out closer to Halloween?

 

[Songbird]

Our critic liked both segments, although he said it was kind of jarring to go from the frenetic action of the Rodriguez segment to the dialogue-driven Tarantino segment.

Kind of like Kill Bill 1 and Kill Bill 2.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

What did you think of the trailers between shows?
I heard that the one Eli Roth did was ****ed beyond words.

The Eli Roth one is siiiiiiiiiick. Rodriguez's trailer is great -- the money quote is "They ****ed with the wrong Mexican". Rob Zombie's is pretty cool...topless Nazi werewolf chicks. The one done by the "Shaun of the Dead" guys is funny.

Did they premiere the Rob Zombie Halloween trailer?

Yes. Doesn't look that hot. And why isn't it coming out closer to Halloween?

Hmmm. this makes me sad. I've got high hopes for the Halloween RE-IMAGINING (scoff scoff remake). What was shown?

 

[tyler durden 71351]

What did you think of the trailers between shows?
I heard that the one Eli Roth did was ****ed beyond words.

The Eli Roth one is siiiiiiiiiick. Rodriguez's trailer is great -- the money quote is "They ****ed with the wrong Mexican". Rob Zombie's is pretty cool...topless Nazi werewolf chicks. The one done by the "Shaun of the Dead" guys is funny.

Did they premiere the Rob Zombie Halloween trailer?

Yes. Doesn't look that hot. And why isn't it coming out closer to Halloween?

Hmmm. this makes me sad. I've got high hopes for the Halloween RE-IMAGINING (scoff scoff remake). What was shown?

Lots of quick cuts. See for yourself
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809784517/info

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

Tyler: Dude, I love the way it looks so far. It's got a good feel about it and the mask, for the first time since the first two, looks awesome. I'm stoked!