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Old 09-13-2008, 09:44 PM   #28
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I also think Planet Terror was a little bit more honest and focused on what it was supposed to be.

Tarantino couldn't just make a fun, intentionally bad movie that was in turn great. He had to try to inject art into it so he could submit it to Cannes. Granted a lot of it was good, but for the most part he lost the Grindhouse feel to his portion of Grindhouse. Up until the first car crash it really plays like a slasher film. A bit overdone though, with the text message sequence, and the first bar conversation.
Then after that it gets pretentious, until the final car chase which has Vanishing Point, and Faster Pussycat Kill Kill written all over it.

I agree with CoE about Planet Terror starting to drag a bit at the base, but not the first time. Plus of course that ends quickly once the great rapist portion, and the final battle come in.

I like Death Proof just about equally because when it's on fire it's on fire, but it's definitely stretched thin over 2 hours.
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