The Death Proof Terror Planet of My Dreams

harlkyn, toob and I went to see Grindhouse yesterday, which was a whole lot of fun, and totally worth the price of admission. Two full-length features by the most stylish directors in Hollywood? Yes, please! The fake trailers were pretty awesome, too. "Werewolf Women of the SS" was my personal favorite. "Thanksgiving" was pretty cool, too. "It's blood." "Son of a bitch!"

Overall, I liked "Death Proof" a bit more than "Planet Terror." Rodriguez directed the more solid movie, in my opinion, but...I was not expecting it, so it took me a bit to get into. Tarantino's movie was such a huge shift in tone from the previous one that it's easy to get impatient with it, but if you stick with it I think it pays off pretty big in the end. Zoe Bell vs. Buffy Summers, who would win? Tube whispered to me that Whedon could basically use "Death Proof" as stealth porn at one point. I tend to agree.

"Planet Terror" had the added bonus of little Frederico from Six Feet Under being a complete hard-ass, and Sayid from LOST as a British scientist with a penchant for taking the balls out of people. The movie comes together in a climactic fight scene at an abandoned military base, and pulls off well. The epilogue has some *great* imagery, too, though Rose McGowan keeps slipping into her role in Charmed occasionally. *shudder*

Grindhouse didn't too well at the box office this weekend, which is kind of unfortunate, but not surprising. Consider all that it has going against it: it carries a hefty R rating, which limits the number of people who are going to see it, it's over three and a half hours long, and it proudly wallows in its pool of blood, gore and sex that so many people are really sensitive about nowadays. There's no way they could expect it to be a number one movie, star/director power and all. Hopefully, word of mouth will make it successful, ultimately.

I have a dream to post about, but it will have to wait for later I'm afraid. Right now, I must see off Mr. Awesome Ratty himself. :)