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By the way, after watching Death Proof (not all that great, but has some fun moments) I have come to the conclusion that the most under-rated actor in Hollywood is Kurt Russell.  Sometimes it's hard to remember when he stars in crap like "Poseidon" or "Miracle", but he can be really great. He's the best thing in Death Proof .... actually he's the best thing in all of Grindhouse. He's kind of funny and creepy and then becomes pathetic. He's really great. Speaking of Grindhouse, I'd give it a 6.5 or so, and I'm not surprised it tanked at the box office. I liked Robert Rodriguez's movie (Planet Terror) more than Tarantino's (Death Proof) because it's kind of funny and gross and exciting, even though it's bad. It oscillates between being deliberately bad and just plain old bad. Tarantino's movie plays like a few long pointless scenes. Individual scenes are okay, but they never really build to anything. The first car crash scene is great though. And Kurt Russell gets all the great lines:
STUNTMAN MIKE
So, how about that lap dance?
ARLENE
I think I'm going to have to give you a rain check.
STUNTMAN MIKE
Well since you'll be leaving in the next couple of days, that rain check will be worthless.
But that's okay. I understand if I make you uncomfortable. You're still a nice girl, and I
still like you. But I must warn you of something - you know how people say "You're okay
in my book" or "In my book, that's no good"? Well, I actually have a book. And everybody
I ever meet goes in this book. And now I've met you, and you're going in the book! Except,
I'm afraid I must file you under ... chickenshit.
Yeah, it's good dialogue. I think Tarantino gets horny writing dialogue for his favourite actors. Or maybe it takes those actors to deliver Tarantino's dialogue well. For example, while Russell is great, the performances of the girls in Death Proof come off a little forced, a little affected. (by the way, Sam Jackson still holds the "Best delivery of Tarantino dialogue" award. It's an honourary, lifetime award.) The "fake trailers" in Grindhouse are okay. Rob Zombie's trailer sucked, but the rest weren't bad. The best scene in the trailers was from Eli Roth's trailer for "Thanksgiving". Michael Biehn is playing a detective. He and a cop are crouched next to a decapitated dead body
COP
(touches the corpse, then tastes his finger)
It's blood.
DETECTIVE
(looks away)
Son of a bitch
One hilarious moment. But the only one. All in all, I'd say Grindhouse is probably worth watching, but I wouldn't want to sit through the whole thing. If you, like me, have Tivo, you can watch it in segments. It's better that way :). |
APR 25, 2008 01:34 PM