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DonutBoy sends in a review from the Austin Premiere of GRINDHOUSE!!!
Hey folks, Harry here with the spottiest frickin' wifi in and out signal known to man. Third attempt to post this - I've no idea if it'll work this time. I'll be working up my review soon - still waist deep on the move. GRINDHOUSE is a fucking blast! Here's Donut Boy
Call me Donut Boy.
My friend does PR for Vanessa Ferlito and that's how I got my ticket to the Premiere of Grindhouse in Austin, TX. I got to the theater about an hour early and before I walked to my seat, I stopped by and said hi to Harry who was very friendly and even introduced me to his fiancee. I got to my seat which was right smack in the center of the theater on a row that was reserved for the actors in the movie. Kurt Russell, flanked by two gorgeous girls sat down next to me. Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino took the stage to a thunderous roar and began to introduce the film. They mentioned that the film has already screened in LA, but they were really more psyched to screen it here in Austin because first, they don't like watching movies with agents, and all those other suits and second, the films were done here in Austin and they purposely put in a lot of very Austin items that were sure to please the crowd. They even went on to tell us to cheer loudly and have a great time. Then before leaving the stage, Tarantino got us doing a pretty good cheer-off.
The first trailer starts and it is immediately grainy like it has been shown a thousand times. This sets the tone for the entire film which I wasn't at all expecting. The trailer for the first for a film is called "Machete." This trailer is hilarious and obviously paying homage to those seventies gore fests. Danny Trejo plays a hired assassin who gets framed for a crime and then goes after the bad guys. The plot seemed similar to that new Marky Mark flick (Shooter?) and although I haven't seen it yet, the trailers do seem similar. Picture Trejo driving a motorcycle with a large machine gun canon mounted between the handlebars. The Audience is cheering and clearly ready for more.
Robert Rodriguez's feature "Planet Terror" is next and this one pays tribute to early zombie flicks. I really enjoyed Freddy Rodriguez in this one. He is so talented and gets the best lines in the film. Rose McGowan didn't really do it for me, although she is really hot, even with one leg. There is anappearance by John Mclaine, I mean, Bruce Willis and he is essentially playing the same tough guy from all of his tough guy movies. Nothing to impressive really. The overall plot was fairly predictable and I found myself getting bored with parts. One memorable moment happened right before Freddy and Rose's characters were about to have sex, the scene changed to a message saying "Missing Reel" which had us all laughing because we missed a memorable sex scene. I guess this was a common thing back in the seventies when reels went missing. Wow, that must have been frustrating. There were some very gross scenes which had us all cheering and some very cool action. After this one ended, the audience buzzed for a bit and then a few more trailers.
Only one of the trailers really stood out for me. It was called "Thanksgiving" and was about a guy who chops people's heads off during Thanksgiving. There were scenes with cheerleaders about to make out with their boyfriends and their boyfriends get their heads chopped off. In one scene a cheerleader goes down on a guy in the back of a car and then looks up to see his head missing. It had the audience roaring with laughter. The final scene (i swear to god) had the killer having sex withsome one's decapitated head in the SNL "dick in the box" way. I couldn't believe this movie wasn't rated X. I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it was okay.
The final film and the highlight for me was Quentin Tarantino's film "Death Proof." This one had Tarantino's name written all over it. Its about a former stunt man who kills people with his car. Tarantino sets up the victims in great Austin locations with dialog reminiscent of Pulp Fiction and really gets us to like them before they are killed. And when they are finally killed, boy do they die violently. He definately didn't hold back when doing the death scenes and had all of us holding our hands to our faces like "did that just happen?" I was really pissed off actually when the first batch of victims die because Tarantino spent so much time making us like them and then so quickly kills them. This ended up being great for the revenge that takes place later and I really give Tarantino props for doing a good job playing with our emotions. Kurt Russell's performance was spot on and I really enjoyed watching him work his magic. Apparently he enjoyed watching himself too because every time I looked over at him he was laughing and smiling. The other performance that stood out for me was Zoe Bell who played this Australian stunt driver who ends up in the most ridiculous car chase scene while she is holding on to the hood of a car. She had a really likable personality, great lines and by the end of the film, I was cheering really loudly for her. At the end of the film, the main characters get revenge and I've never heard a movie theater audience cheer as loud as they did that night at the paramount. It was the most satisfying ending of any movie I've ever seen. Better than Darth Vader admitting toLuke that he was his father, better than Old Yeller dying, better than Gweneth Paltrow's head in a box from Seven, ... you get the picture.
I was really surprised that Robert Rodriguez (whom I really like) agreed to do a double feature with Tarantino. Quentin's film was much stronger and I enjoyed it so much more that I kind of felt bad for Rodriguez. Rodriguez's movie on its own would've been fine, but back to back with Tarantino, he's out matched.
I would highly recommend Grindhouse.
Peace out - Donut Boy.
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..has been done before,in Haute Tension.So nothing new there...
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...maybe 2nd.I don't care anymore.
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Fuck it,why even try.
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NOTHING in cinema history will ever be as jaw droppingly cool as when Darth Vader dropped the father bomb on Luke towards the end of Episode IV. Fucking plant.
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Should I get tickets for the 5pm showing and expect to stay there until 8:30? Or are each movie like an hour long?
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...so I guess it was okay." A perfect ethical barometer if ever there was one. Whenever I set about pitching a sci-fi-rape-torture-comedy film I always go through a script with Kurt, just to reassure myself that I haven't gone too far. Strangely he always laughs. Maybe he's crazy or perhaps he's just into some really sick shit.
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"I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it was okay."
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I guess we have different taste, but I enjoyed Planet Terror mmore than Deathproof. Liked it enough, but there was a little too much diaogoue for an action flick. The film tednded to slow down cause of it. They should have showed the lap dance(which they filmed), and cut the scene with the girls stopping the car just to put on the jacket and remove belts. Your right though..overall it was a fun show with a very excited crowd. I'll check it out again@the Drafthouse.
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... where Eddie Murphy plays a fat ass again. I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing, so I guess it was okay.
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like any fanboy is going to give a bad review
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Where's the SPOILER WARNING, you fucking fucktard?!!!
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Wasn't Neills the definitive? Even moreso since it made MiraJeff cry like a lil bitch?
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A bet your friend that works at Vanessa Ferlito's office is thrilled about this review.
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he was skull fucking his very own severed head. That crazy Kurt. But he was laughing, so everyone was okay with it.
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Farther than "bomb in ribcage" ?Or will it soar to "drinks a beer and cheets on his wife" ?
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How did Ben Kenobi know Alderan blew up from light years away? Luke wasn't in tune with the force when he wanted to do up Leia, therefore he didn't know.
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GOLD. Especially with Chevy's waxy skin and "wide open mouth with no teeth showing" look.
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and fed her to my dog..but Kurt Russell so was laughing so I guess it was okay.
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in ROTJ, when he was now a bad ass motherfucker of a Jedi. All of a sudden he just knew, because he could tell through the force. I watched Jedi a couple of weeks ago. I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing, so I guess it was okay.
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then spread mayo all over it, and ate it...but I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing, so I guess it was okay.
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Curses!!
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Shia LaBeouf, and Gerard Butler as snake..I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard..so I guess it was okay.
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I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard..so I guess it was okay.
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But I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing, so I guess it's okay.
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lol that drives me crazy, too.
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Learn to count in Roman Numerals! I really want to watch this film, but I'm such a girly man when it comes to violence. As long as it looks fake, I may be able to enjoy this. BUT I WILL BE PISSED IF THERE ARE 8 YEAR OLDS RUNNING AROUND IN THE THEATER WHERE I SEE THIS!
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what kind of f'd up logic is that? This sounds horrible.
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I really doubt this is a legit thing almost everything he said u can get online from other reviews or BTS footage.
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All riiiiighty then. I think Kurt Russell liked them.
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Luke's last name was Skywalker. Vader was no idiot (before the prequels, which, incidently, Kurt Russel dug the hell out of, so I guess they were ok). You really think the rebellion could hide the fact from the Empire that a guy named Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star? And Vader knew he was strong in the force. 2+2= chocolate pudding.
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But I think the fact that they had the same last name might have tipped Vader off, as well.
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... but Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it was okay.
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Damn you, Cartagia. That will teach me to not refresh before posting.
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Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard so I guess....
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So I guess it's the new "Bomb in the ribcage"!
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and licks blood clots from a rust vagina, but Kurt Russell laughed so i guess it was ok
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My friend was at the Grindhouse premiere, and after the movie he went up to Quentin to congratulate him on a "job well done" on his section of the film. Quentin's reaction, I'm afraid, was a little on the bizarre side. He immediately pulled out a gun and pointed it at my friends head, and said the following: "You know what this is? Its simplicity itself. You see you point it at what you wanta die, and you pull the lil trigger here, and the lil bullet comes out here, anlilbullet...hits you right DERE". He taps my friend's face, he's getting a little nervous now. But what QT said next is what REALLY disturbed my friend: "And you know what? YoudontlooklikeAvaGardnernomore...". Which is strange since my friend weighs about 250 pounds, has a beard, and looks nothing like Ava Gardner...
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his wife. After all, the emperor said she was dead, and that he killed her, so the kids would probably be dead too.
Yeah, the bad guy in LOTR was a giant fuckin eyeball. But a giant eyeball on fire! And a giant eyeball that can control armies of hundreds of thousands of orcs. That's a pretty bad assed eyeball any way you cut it. -
and he didn't pay child support. He just sat around fucking ewoks, and doing coke off a dead Rancor's asshole
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was freaking HUGE. That battle kicked the ass of so many other on screen battles. And the eyeball wasn't even there!
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Star Wars should be wiped off the face of the planet and from the memories of pimple stained, 30 year olds, living in their parents basement forever. All the movies sucked. George Lucas just wants your money. George Lucas doesn't care about black people
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That was a great review! Thanks! Looking forward to it.
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but it's kinda like casting LOTR all with native americans, but picking a fat bald mexican as golum
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but I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it was okay.
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Seriously, compare the two.
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Is English DonutBoy's second language?
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When Lopan does anything, you best get the fuck out of the way because he will cut a bitch any day of the week
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Yes , I was shrooming and watched Smurfs crawl out of my ass and when the skull-fucking part came on the BIG SCREEN , I ran over to do the same to Kurt Russell and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it was okay.
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so I Kurt Russell over and Kurt Russell was Kurt Russell and Kurt Russell Russell Kurt Kurt Kurt Kurt Russell
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and I believe in dinosaurs. It's not like they are some govt conspiricy or anything
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They did that documentary... what was it? Jurassic Park. Who wouldn't believe
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So i can't speak really for the general populace.
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just remember; it's cyanide, then kool-aid. it washes that flavor out of your mouth. you'll be Stirin' up Singles before no time!
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Donutboy or anyone else who was present at the premier, can you tell me at what time the point where you looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard occurred? I mean, I know it was during the Thanksgiving trailer, but how many minutes into the film is that?
I have a handheld-cam recording of the premier, but I don't want to watch the whole thing.
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you gonna post it on you tube?
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One can only hope
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Dictator Bush will pull him up by his own bootstraps, anally rape him, while shitting on the U.N. and eating the flesh of an iraqi baby
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for now
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so it's Okay.
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my mother pleasured herself with a clarenet infront of all the tutors. i looked over and kurt russell was laughing. even though it must've been ok, i still ran over and punched my ma in her tits. i looked over and kurt russell wasn't laughing. i knew i did bad..
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wants to sex his sister, I looked over at kurt russell, and he was sexing your sister pretty hard, so I guess it was okay.
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Too soon,
Gorden has a beer and cheets on his wife
with a bomb in his ribcage!?
But I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard,
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we should make a computer simulation of kurt russell while he still lives, then use it in every court of law, and see if he laughs or not at the charges. i wonder how he would've handled OJ? he did laugh at the decap blowjob...
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Sucks to loose a loved one...no I'm not going to say it.
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..has already been started. Beholding Kurt Russell laughter will determine what is "okay" and "not okay" and his worshipers will react accordingly. "Looking over for signs of laughter" will replace "Thou shalt" and "thou shalt not"
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Sure, Gwai was recording the film. The theater gestapo was about to throw him out, but they looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing, so I guess it was okay.
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And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses [were] as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. But then I lookith at Kurt Russell, and he doth laugh pretty hard, so I guess it was okay.
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uwe boll once tickled kurt russell with the severed hands of his children. but he was laughing pretty hard, so it's ok.
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Miraba encima Kurt Russell y él reía realmente difícilmente, así que conjeturo que era aceptable.
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我把一個小孩兒， 撕開他的喉嚨，就喝光倒出來的血。我向kurt russell一看，居然他正在笑者如狂，所以我做得都應該還好吧。。
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Someone did a head, and there was guns and death. I looked over at Kurt Russell and he was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it was okay, BROTHER!
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Are there closing credits at the end of "Planet Terror"? I hope so - will give me enough time to run to the bathroom and back before the trailers start. Hopefully the mgmt at the Mission Tiki Drive-In will insert their own intermission in between.
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Ich betrachtete rüber Kurt Russell und er lachte wirklich stark, also schätze ich, daß es okay war.
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in their seats. I looked around before I drained the lizard, and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it was okay.
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not Australia mate.
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will kurt russell be laughing when he sees transformers?
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Violence has reached a level that is historic and unprecedented. Some films, it sounds like this one, SHOULD be rated NC-17, not for violence but for sex and especially for sexual violence or violent sex. No big deal, just rate it so 'this film is for adults' and let things go.
This quote summed up the MPAA perfectly, it is just how they think:
"I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it was okay." -
That is all
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Skulls getting fucked over
Movie's end is no closer
We're just wasting the day away chorus But Kurt Russell is laughing So I guess its okayLiving off popcorn and grease Watching prom queens get killed with easeWill these credits end today? But Kurt Russell's laughing And I guess its okayOh how I love GrindhouseWho turned the lights out? Oh shit, its Michael Bay! But Kurt Russell's laughing and I guess everything is okay. Kurt Russell's laughing I think everything is okay Kurt Russell's laughing and everything will be a-ok. -
But Kurt Russell's laughing, so I guess its okay
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Yes Nazi werewolves are meaner than your run of the mill werewolve or Nazi. If we lived in the world of "Underworld" Werewolf Hitler would be calling for the extermination of all vampires, complete with propaganda posters of said vampires sucking the blood of baby werewolves.
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Some of those ones at the beginning of the talkback had me choking back laughter at work, then it seemes as if everyone wanted to jump on the bandwagon and rushed out their own half-baked versions. Come on people, put some thought into it, and give this catchphrase the comeback it deserves.
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But Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it was okay.
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AICN reviews are spoiler-central, sure, but there was no reason to ruin "Planet Terror's" missing reel gag. Mentioning that there IS a missing real gag is one thing, describing it fully is another. There wasn't even a spoiler warning! Why was Harry so determined to post this?
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I was at the GrindHouse Premiere in Austin, and i had the greatest movie experiences ever! Rose Mcgowen stung my penis and it will never heal! Can't wait for the dvd so i can go happy down my pants!!!
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BEST TRAILER EVER!!!MAKE THIS MOVIE,ROTH!MAKE IT NOW!
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"Death Proof." This guy writes like a girl and totally missed the mark on his review. I worship Tarantino, but I have to say Rodriguez beat him on this one. Planet Terror ROCKED! And if you judge by audience reaction, they liked it a lot more than Death Proof. Don't get me wrong, Death Proof was good, but it could've lost some fat - trim that sucker! So, you may take a restroom break when the girls find the white Dodge Challenger. There's about 10 minutes of unessesary dialogue that you won't miss. What a great night to be an Austinite!!!!
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Jesus, this guy gives away a lot of stuff. Would've appreciated a heads up.
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..but Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it's okay.
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PLANTY PLANTY PLANTY PLANT!
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and she was like HEY! but Kurt Russell was laughing, so I guess it's okay...
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But Kurt Russell isn't laughing, so I guess it's not okay...
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Just came back from the NYC advance screening of GRINDHOUSE. It's an enjoyable, entertaining combo of "ewwww", "yikes!" , "I don't believe it!", and funny moments for a good 96 minutes. Unfortunately, the feature is 191 minutes long. Rodriquez's contribution, PLANET TERROR does the trick, as do the fake coming attraction trailers. But Tarantino's concluding contribution, DEATH PROOF, is incredibly, almost unbelievably, t-e-r-r-i-b-l-e.
It has approximately 30 minutes of plot, surrounded by literally (I timed it) 60 full minutes of pointless "dialog" that reportedly exists to make you identify, sympathize, and even like the supposedly stalked quarries of a nutbag who targets women for vehicular homicides.
I can assure you, it does not. These five extended dialog scenes go on for ten, fifteen, and even twenty minutes for no good reason. Virtually nothing that is said has any bearing on what has, does, or will happen.
And while, yes, these sequences strive for a certain realism in female behavior, that could have easily been accomplished in five, ten minutes, tops -- not sixty full minutes of wildly self-indulgent time-killing.
Could it be a satire of the same sort of time-wasting certain no-budget exploitation films indulged in, in order to fill their running time? No, because by that point in this butt-numbing marathon, Tarantino had totally jettisoned the very concept of the project, making this last 90 minutes look and feel completely different than the lean, mean, and satiric 100 minutes which preceded it.
You can literally walk into Tarantino's portion a half hour late without missing a thing, and then go out again ten minutes later, staying away for another full thirty minutes without detracting from the story at all. In fact, your absences would only improve this exercise in masturbatory arrogance.
This reality is all the more surprising and sad because, up until now, Tarantino was considered (even by me) as a dialog master. Not only were these DEATH PROOF scenes redundant, but, worse, uninteresting. They weren't engaging, witty, insightful, clever, or even dramatic in any useful way.
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ending is as good as that of empire strikes back...but I can't fucking wait to see this fucking thing
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he was laughing pretty hard when I told him he's made it into a new talkback motto along with other classics such as werewolves, beanpole, Michael Bay and the countless others people still bring up.
http://tinyurl.com/pv8do -
"Fucking fantastic. So insanely good. Three hours long, but I'd have sat through it again, had they offered to re-run it. See it as soon as you can.
I think, after "Sin City", it might be Robert's best flick to date. Totally fun and really enjoyable.
And "Death Proof" plays like The Sixth Film From Quentin Tarantino. Loved it. Fucking loved it."
http://tinyurl.com/2vfsdb
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I couldn't believe my eyes, but I looked over and kurt russel was laughing, So I guess it was ok. go on, keep it going
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There was alot of stuff we didn't see obie won and Vador talk about in Episode 4. I'm sure they had a nice big catch up. It would have ruined it for the rest of us so we were left deleted from the scene. hahahaha. sorry. I'm hammered
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...DAMN IT!!!
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You know, I just sort of shrug at most of the AICN catchphrases, but this one really has had me laughing a lot tonight for each and every time someone uses it.. I'm on the verge of tears.
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Fuck high tension, to sex sex with a severed head done proper like, watch Bloodsucking Freaks.
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I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard, so I guess it's OK
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and Kurt Russell is laughing! Well, its about to be...check the news if you want to watch it burn!
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egg shen driving his tour bus while I was crossing the street the other day. kurt russel was taking the tour and he saw it all happen and started laughing so i guess it was ok....
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he was catchphrasing pretty hard, so I guess it was ok.
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Well I looked over and Kurt Russell was laughing pretty hard so he might just be a redneck.
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kurt russell has done all of those to goldie, but he laughed, so i guess it was okay.
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Orcus guesses Kurt Russell is OK with that
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