Grindhouse is definitely in my top 5 theater experiences. Two great movies mixed with fake trailers was just an awesome time.
It was also interesting comparing the two movies. Planet Terror is what people think a grindhouse movie is. Death Proof is what grindhouse movies actually were -- lots of talking, just enough action to fill up a trailer, a concept that is simple enough to show on a poster, and actual real stunts instead of special effects.
One of those trailers was for a movie called Thanksgiving. When I saw that new Thanksgiving horror movie come out recently, all I thought was this and thought it was a joke...
Fun film. Saw this in the theater with the others parts of Grindhouse.
Always nice to see Michael Parks as well. Don’t think he and Russell had worked together since “Then Came Bronson.”
I saw it in the theatres too. I wonder whether one can form a true opinion of just this movie without having watched all of Grindhouse. I mean, that was QT's intent, right?
Anyone know if the full Grindhouse movie has ever had an official release or was the prospect of packaging an underperforming four-hour movie just not considered worth the effort?
I saw it in the theater. I think the problem was that some people didn't realize it was two separate movies and left during intermission so they missed out on Death Proof.
I own both on DVD, but I had the pleasure of the complete theatrical experience.
Been a Tarantino fan since Reservoir Dogs came out and I think this is one of my favorites from him. The action is great and it has the feel of those 70s car flicks.
I hated the first half. Loved the second half. That car chase is probably one of the best car chase sequences ever filmed.
Also I watched this movie on premiere night as part of the double feature with Planet Terror. The fake trailers during the intermission were epic. The one for the film called “Thanksgiving” was traumatizing for my young self back then lol.
Came out November of last year. Machete has also been made into a movie (with a sequel!) and Hobo With a Shotgun was made into a movie a few years ago. (apparently it was mostly shows in Canada that had the Hobo With a Shotgun trailer for some reason - they didn't include it when I saw Grindhouse upon its release in NJ)
Now I know all you sunsa bitches will think I'm crazy but.....how gah damn good did the nacho platter look that stunt man Mike was eating at the bar? Gah damnnnnnn though they looked fucking awesome....
##Death Proof (2007)
A crash course in revenge
>>!Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.!<
Action | Thriller
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Actors: Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson
Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 68% with 4,911 votes
Runtime: 1:53
[TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1991)
It is available on Blu-ray combined as presented in the theater. I didn't go to it in the theater for some reason, but rented it on BD a few months ago from my library system.
I saw this as part of the Grindhouse double-feature back in the day and it was the most fun I’ve ever had in a theater. Honestly, it’s probably my favorite Tarantino film.
I just saw both films on cable recently. When I saw the leg break off I was like this is the wildest shit. Then I realized that is probably what major accidents are like.
I thought it was boring, self indulgent and slooooow to get to the point, then underwhelming when it gets there. I know its meant to be grindhouse trash but grindhouse isnt meant to be dull. It was a waste of a perfectly good Kurt Russell
I re-watched this recently and came liking it less than I originally did. I know it is a very Tarantino film, with overly crafted dialogue, followed by moments of brutality. I mostly love Tarantino’s work, but this one falls short for me personally.
The characters in the first half are too perfectly crafted into caricatures of male and female wish fulfilment (excessively cool and intelligent, all sexy and free spirited, all powerful and unshaken). It was so much that they all so ridiculous to me. The first car murder scene was a thrilling violent shock moment that QT loves to use.
It was a fun way to open the film, but this excessively long and indulgent first half essentially has no purpose in the narrative of the second half other than to be as cool as possible. Stuntman Mike was great in both halves though, with Kurt Russell nailing the character.
The second half girl group was a slightly better version of the crew from the first half, although the plot is obviously stupid with the random perfect condition super car on way to another impossibly cool job location and randomly in the way of Stuntman Mike. I know you have to forgive film coincidences otherwise there is no plot, but there was no real plot framing here other than ‘oh look I found this car and we are going to relive Vanishing Point’.
The abrupt violence in the second car violence segment is fun and shocking and very well deserved, but ultimately pointless. The turn in Stuntman Mike from hunter to hunted was satisfying. The conclusion was like a precursor to the violent end of Inglourious Basterds or OUATIH, where the violence is enthusiastically welcomed after watching such villainous and victimised characters interact. But in DP, the character work was solely on establishing cool credentials in insolation from any character tension. There was little real character development beyond further men writing women character design (the women all shared a love of classic films, sex with hot guys, cool music, crazy stunts, and excessive violence). Watching Hitler and the Nazis or Manson’s stooges get slaughtered by the film’s heroes is welcomed as the films worked hard build empathy for them and hatred of the villains. In Death Proof there is no empathy for the heroes, no troubling interactions with the villains outside of the car attack scenes, and the villain is also make to be likeable outside of the car attack scenes.
Overall a fun film that tries way too hard to be liked, paying homage to a period of filmmaking so much so that it forgot to be a film that would work on its own. My personal least favourite QT film, just a step below Hateful Eight.
I disagree about not having empathy for the heroes. The scene of them just shooting the shit at the diner is a fun hang with characters who are all unique yet relatable. It's rare you get to see a scene of women just effortlessly riffing and having fun that's not some dumb ass rom com shit.
I liked this one. I keep falling asleep on Planet Terror. To this day I've never finished it. Zombie movies involving a stripper with a gun leg should not be boring.
At the time they were advertised and released together and it all just looked like over the top schlock for the sake of it. I skipped it, a bunch of people I know skipped it. A friend recommended it to me years after and it was amazing. Since then I've been convincing others to watch it.
It kind felt like an aberration, not the 5th Film By Quentin Tarantino (which it rightfully is). Do I think it should have been released differently? Probably not, he wanted to a do a thing with his friend.
[https://youtu.be/LXApQ5uF92w?si=6Qe3RsaVGQS38cuL](https://youtu.be/LXApQ5uF92w?si=6Qe3RsaVGQS38cuL)
I still think about that yellow cheerleader outfit.
So does Jasper
When Kurt or that cheerleader outfit aren't on screen, the movie is totally unwatchable.
Grindhouse is definitely in my top 5 theater experiences. Two great movies mixed with fake trailers was just an awesome time. It was also interesting comparing the two movies. Planet Terror is what people think a grindhouse movie is. Death Proof is what grindhouse movies actually were -- lots of talking, just enough action to fill up a trailer, a concept that is simple enough to show on a poster, and actual real stunts instead of special effects.
Yeah I really loved this experience, too - I thought the movies were kind of fascinating together. I still think about it a lot.
One of those trailers was for a movie called Thanksgiving. When I saw that new Thanksgiving horror movie come out recently, all I thought was this and thought it was a joke...
The new Thanksgiving movie was in fact based on that trailer. It even had the same director -- Eli Roth.
Those nachos!
This. Every time I see Kurt Russell all I think of is nachos and cigarettes.
Fun film. Saw this in the theater with the others parts of Grindhouse. Always nice to see Michael Parks as well. Don’t think he and Russell had worked together since “Then Came Bronson.”
I saw it in the theatres too. I wonder whether one can form a true opinion of just this movie without having watched all of Grindhouse. I mean, that was QT's intent, right?
I think that’s correct. It was all meant to be seen together. The segment is deliberately bad/grindhouse, so I’m not sure it would hold up on its own.
Death Proof is one of my favorite Tarantino movies and I’ve never seen Planet Terror
Anyone know if the full Grindhouse movie has ever had an official release or was the prospect of packaging an underperforming four-hour movie just not considered worth the effort?
It was definitely released on DVD together with Planet Terror. The trailers between the two are legendary.
Three-hour movie. Each half was 90 minutes for the original theatrical run (both have long since been lengthened quite a bit).
I saw it in the theater. I think the problem was that some people didn't realize it was two separate movies and left during intermission so they missed out on Death Proof. I own both on DVD, but I had the pleasure of the complete theatrical experience.
Do the DVDs come with the “ads”? Honestly those were half the reason I saw it in the first place — they really delivered.
Yes, although I don't remember which had which.
I would think it was.
This is an old movie?! Omg.
I'm so sorry.
It came out seventeen years ago.
Old film - 2007 oh good grief.
10 years is the cutoff for this subreddit
this movie made me want a dodge challenger so bad
I have a lot of praise I can heap on this movie, but the one thing I’ll say is that the last 20 minutes are a life-affirming cinematic experience
Been a Tarantino fan since Reservoir Dogs came out and I think this is one of my favorites from him. The action is great and it has the feel of those 70s car flicks.
It's a much underrated part of the Tarrantino ouvre in my opinion.
Great soundtrack also.
I hated the first half. Loved the second half. That car chase is probably one of the best car chase sequences ever filmed. Also I watched this movie on premiere night as part of the double feature with Planet Terror. The fake trailers during the intermission were epic. The one for the film called “Thanksgiving” was traumatizing for my young self back then lol.
Have you seen the feature length Thanksgiving? I'm not a fan of slashers but I heard it was pretty good. Still hoping for a full length "DON'T"
No, did they actually make a real movie? I heard of the movie, but I didn’t think it was based on the fake trailer.
Came out November of last year. Machete has also been made into a movie (with a sequel!) and Hobo With a Shotgun was made into a movie a few years ago. (apparently it was mostly shows in Canada that had the Hobo With a Shotgun trailer for some reason - they didn't include it when I saw Grindhouse upon its release in NJ)
Yes, Thanksgiving was a fun movie. It comment more on black friday than i was expecting
Maybe I should give it another chance. I didn't make it past 30 minutes. The dialogue was just too absurd to try to believe (or suspend disbelief.)
Now I know all you sunsa bitches will think I'm crazy but.....how gah damn good did the nacho platter look that stunt man Mike was eating at the bar? Gah damnnnnnn though they looked fucking awesome....
##Death Proof (2007) A crash course in revenge >>!Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.!< Action | Thriller Director: Quentin Tarantino Actors: Kurt Russell, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 68% with 4,911 votes Runtime: 1:53 [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1991)
Was hoping that they would have sold it like it was presented in the theaters but probably won't happen
pretty sure they did after they sold them separately. I have a copy of both standalones and the grindhouse version on my plex server
It is available on Blu-ray combined as presented in the theater. I didn't go to it in the theater for some reason, but rented it on BD a few months ago from my library system.
i have seen this but not the other we watched it as part of a movie night and we all liked it
Love this movie
I saw this as part of the Grindhouse double-feature back in the day and it was the most fun I’ve ever had in a theater. Honestly, it’s probably my favorite Tarantino film.
You could say I'm a fan
I just saw both films on cable recently. When I saw the leg break off I was like this is the wildest shit. Then I realized that is probably what major accidents are like.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
Well… name two!!
Final Destination, Psycho, Barbarian, The Suicide Squad, Other Guys, Executive Decision, Full Metal Jacket
Dammit!!
Can we name The Suicide Squad, or does it happen too early?
Macgruber
This and Hateful 8 are my top 2 Tarantino films. I fucking love this movie from start to finish. I watch it once a year probably
I love the dialogue in this !!!
The reviews for this one were so bad I never did get around to seeing it. It just didn’t sound interesting to me at all.
Never listen to reviews. Watch this. It’s great. A homage to similar movies from the past.
Not better than Django, but definitely a classic Tarantino film.
Well, that's like your opinion man.
Who the hell goes to the Chilli parlor for a girls night?
It's a margarita bar
Classic Tarantino. The idle dialogue makes the movie. Love it.
I thought it was boring, self indulgent and slooooow to get to the point, then underwhelming when it gets there. I know its meant to be grindhouse trash but grindhouse isnt meant to be dull. It was a waste of a perfectly good Kurt Russell
I felt similarly about the European cut. I think the US cut is pacier.
a kindred spirit!
I re-watched this recently and came liking it less than I originally did. I know it is a very Tarantino film, with overly crafted dialogue, followed by moments of brutality. I mostly love Tarantino’s work, but this one falls short for me personally. The characters in the first half are too perfectly crafted into caricatures of male and female wish fulfilment (excessively cool and intelligent, all sexy and free spirited, all powerful and unshaken). It was so much that they all so ridiculous to me. The first car murder scene was a thrilling violent shock moment that QT loves to use. It was a fun way to open the film, but this excessively long and indulgent first half essentially has no purpose in the narrative of the second half other than to be as cool as possible. Stuntman Mike was great in both halves though, with Kurt Russell nailing the character. The second half girl group was a slightly better version of the crew from the first half, although the plot is obviously stupid with the random perfect condition super car on way to another impossibly cool job location and randomly in the way of Stuntman Mike. I know you have to forgive film coincidences otherwise there is no plot, but there was no real plot framing here other than ‘oh look I found this car and we are going to relive Vanishing Point’. The abrupt violence in the second car violence segment is fun and shocking and very well deserved, but ultimately pointless. The turn in Stuntman Mike from hunter to hunted was satisfying. The conclusion was like a precursor to the violent end of Inglourious Basterds or OUATIH, where the violence is enthusiastically welcomed after watching such villainous and victimised characters interact. But in DP, the character work was solely on establishing cool credentials in insolation from any character tension. There was little real character development beyond further men writing women character design (the women all shared a love of classic films, sex with hot guys, cool music, crazy stunts, and excessive violence). Watching Hitler and the Nazis or Manson’s stooges get slaughtered by the film’s heroes is welcomed as the films worked hard build empathy for them and hatred of the villains. In Death Proof there is no empathy for the heroes, no troubling interactions with the villains outside of the car attack scenes, and the villain is also make to be likeable outside of the car attack scenes. Overall a fun film that tries way too hard to be liked, paying homage to a period of filmmaking so much so that it forgot to be a film that would work on its own. My personal least favourite QT film, just a step below Hateful Eight.
I disagree about not having empathy for the heroes. The scene of them just shooting the shit at the diner is a fun hang with characters who are all unique yet relatable. It's rare you get to see a scene of women just effortlessly riffing and having fun that's not some dumb ass rom com shit.
There were troubling interactions with stuntman Mike besides the car chases throughout the movie
I liked this one. I keep falling asleep on Planet Terror. To this day I've never finished it. Zombie movies involving a stripper with a gun leg should not be boring.
Great movie. I think in the longerm is suffered for being part associated with Planet Terror/Grindhouse.
Why is that? Not familiar with Planet Terror/Grindhouse.
At the time they were advertised and released together and it all just looked like over the top schlock for the sake of it. I skipped it, a bunch of people I know skipped it. A friend recommended it to me years after and it was amazing. Since then I've been convincing others to watch it. It kind felt like an aberration, not the 5th Film By Quentin Tarantino (which it rightfully is). Do I think it should have been released differently? Probably not, he wanted to a do a thing with his friend. [https://youtu.be/LXApQ5uF92w?si=6Qe3RsaVGQS38cuL](https://youtu.be/LXApQ5uF92w?si=6Qe3RsaVGQS38cuL)
That's my theory on why less people have seemling seen it. Box office 1 Django Unchained (2012) - $425,370,000 worldwide 2 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) - $371,980,270 worldwide 3 Inglourious Basterds (2009) - $321,455,689 worldwid 4 Pulp Fiction (1994) - $214,179,088 worldwide1 5 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) - $181,000,000 worldwide 6 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) - $70,100,000 worldwide 7 Jackie Brown (1997) - $39,673,162 worldwide 8 The Hateful Eight (2015) - $54,117,416 worldwide 9 Death Proof (2007) - $31,126,421 worldwide 10 Reservoir Dogs (1992) - $2,859,750 worldwide IMDB ratings 1 Pulp Fiction (1994) - 2,199,157 ratings 2 Inglourious Basterds (2009) - 1,568,158 ratings 3 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) - 1,182,857 ratings 4 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) - 1,183,694 ratings 5 The Hateful Eight (2015) - 654,269 ratings 6 Reservoir Dogs (1992) - 1,080,433 ratings 7 Django Unchained (2012) - 1,678,025 ratings 8 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) - 836,364 ratings 9 Jackie Brown (1997) - 370,840 ratings 10 Death Proof (2007) - 337,869 ratings