I'm not really sure why people are surprised that Grindhouse came in at #4 last weekend. They released a 3.5 hour horror film on Easter weekend - I don't know who made that decision, but good job, dumbass! Poor scheduling aside, it's a release that only appeals to a niche market, most of whom have no idea what the Grindhouse concept is really all about.

I saw Grindhouse in a theater that serves food and drink (kind of like at a drive in except with fewer cars) and I think the double feature format fit that setting perfectly. In fact, they do it all the time! I'm not sure it works in your standard 10 theater cineplex. There's a reason the format died out in the 70s.

 

I was expecting this for the dvd (hoping for branching for the missing reels). Releasing the films seprately takes away from the overall experience of "Grindhouse". Given that I would see them individualy anyway.

Hoping for a "Grindhouse" double feature dvd.

 

Yeah, releasing these films in May and June will garner a huge audience for them. They'll only be competing against Spidey, Shrek, 28 Weeks Later, and Pirates. They'll easily make back their hundred million that way.

I'm thinking of adding my own scracthes to the Grindhouse print, and intentionally having it be out of frame for a bit. It'd be artistic.

-Tony!

 

best. cover. ever.

 

Sorry to revive but I finally saw and loved it, as you can see by my new sig/avatar. Only thing that bothered me was the part with the dog...if you've seen it you know what I mean, that was so damn unnecessary.

 

Sorry to bump an old thread, but just saw it last night and I was BLOWN AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

What an awesome movie(s). It was the BEST B-movie(s) I saw in years. Grindhouse FTW!

 

My threads aren't old, they are retro.

 

Like your FACE! Ohhhhh

 

Same here. I'm a sick bastard. I was pretty much laughing the whole time for Planet Terror. It was awesome.

 

Same here. When I saw it last night, people cheered and clapped at the end of it. Something I haven't seen in years in a movie theater.

 

The dog thing just seemed so unnecessary, gave no real emotional value (just JT cursing) like the kid did. It was just for the sake of shock value, and at that point the film was already so fucked up that I don't see what a dog being splattered on the road really added.

I still loved it, don't get me wrong, but I felt that part was kind of in poor taste. I know though, a lot of other people would say every minute of the damn thing was 'poor taste', so you know, I don't mean to really bitch about it. I know it's just fantasy and Rodriguez does not condone running over dogs or anything like that.

 

My problem was killing the dog that way at all, not just showing it splatter, it served no purpose other than "oh look at this happening"

 

I felt that was the point of the whole thing. The films Grindhouse pays homage to didn't have big name actors/directors/or budgets they drew an audiance by the over the top content.

After cringing at the death of the dog I thought "cool they never kill animals anymore".

 

I understand the point completely, and I never meant to make a big deal of it, I just feel there was so much nutty shit in there already, "over the top" had already been accomplished quite well, to the point that they really didn't need that. It served no purpose at all other than "hey, this dog dies horribly, lol!" in my eyes, and I just didn't like it.

Loved every second of every other part though.

 

I don't remember the dog!

I do remember everyone in the theater cringing and "eeugh"-ing at the biker crash in Death Proof, though. Which is good. That was a brutal friggin' crash.

 

That's cool. I was throwing that out there since I hadn't seen it mention in any of the dog replys.

I did the same on that scene. Brutal inded.

 

Planet Terror = fun, Death Proof = zzzzzzzz And that's all I have to say about that. Wake me when Tarantino is done indulging himself.

 

Tarantino has always had a dialogue heavy style. I thought the dialogue in Death Proof was interesting enough, and the bits of action he did throw in were incredible. I loved what he did with the first big car crash