Wow what a crazy fun time.
This was the last official Tarantino movie I had to watch to have kind of seen all of his movies, and I've finally done it. Even though I watched the a little shorter Grindhouse version, with trailers and Planet Terror attached to it.
First, the fake trailers: They were so much fun. I still can't believe that these little fake trailers were directed by Eli Roth, Rob Zombie and Edgar Wright, even though it makes total sense. I enjoyed all of the trailers and they actually helped setting a mood.
The first feature, Planet Terror, about a virus breaking loose, turning everyone into Zombie-like beings. While watching this all I could think of was "this is what happens if you take a horror-movie fan and just give him all the money he wants to do whatever he wants. Even though it's all cheesy and over the top, that's how it should be and I know that that is exactly what he was going for. You can see the heart he put into this movie.
All the actors did a great job being over the top and I even liked Tarantino in his role. Everything just fit together perfectly. The gore and explosions were just crazy, especially the scene where Tom Savini himself is ripped to shreds by the Zombies. I just really love this movie for what it is.
And then there is Death Proof. I actually managed to go into this movie blind, only know the bare minimum (Kurt Russel is in it, it got cars in it). To be honest, it started off a bit slow. Where Planet Terror was right at the cheesy action and acting from the very beginning, Death Proof starts off really chill, you have no idea what's going to happen. We have a big cast of characters, and you guess it might become a Cabin in the Woods kind of situation, where a group of girls goes to party and then wants to go to a cabin by themselves. But then thinks happen that are not expected at all.
Kurt Russel is just great in this movie, such a great character, perfectly portrait by Russel. But I got to give props to Zoe Bell, who plays herself and does her own stunts. And what she does is unbelievable. After a slow start Death Proof turns into one of the greatest car chases imaginable, with some of the greatest stunt work I have ever seen.
All in all, I loved the double feature idea, loved the way it was done, loved everything about it. I just wish I could have watched this in a cinema, but maybe some day I will. I'm rating this movie 4 out of 5 stars, and it's crazy to hear me say this, but I actually thought Tarantinos segment was the weakest one. I know, right? But still, this will become on of my favorites, and I can't wait to watch the full length cut of each of these movies.
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