Finally watched them-prefered deathproof by a mile yet would have imagined i would have loved planet of terror-yup it was smart,funny,quirky but strangely i just found it a wee bit too boring-which surprised me cos give me a machine toting one legged flesh eating zombie ass kicking film and i should be in cinematic heaven!

but i found deathproof realy enjoyable-who'd have ever guessed those films would have bomber so badly!!

maybe the lack of commercial success adds to the whole grindhouse thing lol!

i thought planet terror was great dumb fun. it would be a good double feature with "snakes on a plane".

i thought "deathproof" was more self-indulgent quentin tarantino crapola. hated it.

I hated Deathproof. Loved Planet Terror.

When I think of those movies I think of the person I watched them with and the awesome sex we had after the movies were over.

I also think of that ugly-hot chick getting her face destroyed by the tire.

This was the best time i'd had at the movies in YEARS.
Me and my best friend saw this at the theater between us 12 times.

We just started dragging friends to it.

Classic Tarantino, Classic Rodriguez.

And the trailers!!!!!

"You just fucked with the wrong Mexican!"

ButterscotchPimp said:

"Don't!!" was the best!!!

Stymie said:

and that scene from "Thanksgiving"?????

"and Nicolas Cage as Fu Manchu!"
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Deathproof has a few great scenes but overall it´s
unforgivably boring and the dialogue is so irritating.
it´s the first QT movie I don´t like

I haven´t watched Planet Terror yet.

so disappointed in deathproof. loved planet terror. it was just over the top zombie and gore stuff. no dull moments.

I don't get all of the disappointment with Death Proof?
If you've ever watched a Tarantino flick, it's classic form!
The dialogue is trememdous! The buildup is slow and painstaking, but the payoff is so freaking good!!!!! The first accident? Classic?

And the ending?
It's a total chick revenge flick!


Sorry, i loved both of these movies to pieces.

ButterscotchPimp said:

Chicks talking.

Yeah loved both!

I love 80's horror and zombie films, so planet terror ticked all the right boxes!!!

I also love revenge, and powerful aggressive women, so the whole second half of Death Proof just rocked. not that there was anything wrong with the first half as it set the build up of how effective the impact of the second story had!!!


What with the trailers - a good package all round!!!

Obviously, as with anything you could pick holes in it - but the film is no where near as bad as the critics would have you want to believe!!!

Stymie said:

Sorry. Personally i love chicks talking. If they're hot, even better. Sydney Portier? HOT. Rosario Dawson? HOT. Hell, all of those chicks were hot!

ButterscotchPimp said:

Yeah, they were hot but all the talking irritated me. And the gratuitous use of the N word? Why?

Planet Terror was fantastic. DeathProof was

ButterscotchPimp said:

i like chicks talking in 'sex and the city'. i liked chicks talking on 'cagney & lacey'. but these are shows where chicks talking are kind of integral to the whole point of the show. chicks talking in 'death proof' had precious little to do with the storyline, and it just bogged things down so QT could share some more of his precious pop culture obsessions with the audience. that schtick is so boring. start a blog to talk about your little musical fascinations. quit thinking we want to hear about it in your movies.

I have yet to see either.... hope they are good....

jonylawson said:

loved both movies

watching the extras i was struck at how cool rodriguez is and quintien???

perhaps the campest heterosexual ive ever seen!

I liked them both. The really are 2 different beasts.

Death Proof is a lot slower and more dialogue driven as is Tarantinos style. It was also more creepier. The crazy scenes are few and far inbetween but when they happen it's a rollercoaster ride! The end part where that chick ties herself to the hood of the car was plain crazy!

Planet terror is simply a new take on a Zombie Movie. Lots more action and way more gory, which made it a lot of fun. Rose McGowan had a great part.

I do have to say that while decent, I don't see the point of doing these movies. Clearly not either of their best work. They aren't bad and I say are worth seeing. Just don't live up to the hype.

jonylawson said:

They really ought to have released these separately and as a double feature.

love both.


Planet Terror was the one I liked better at first. It got the more immediate reaction. After a few viewings, I'd say Death Proof is the one I like more now. It never fails to get the adrenaline pumping, whereas once you've seen Planet Terror a few times, the jokes are less funny (obviously). Of course Rose McGowan with a machine gun leg is something I was waiting for my entire life, but I just didn't know it until I saw it.

Anxiety said:

I thought it had a Faster Pussycat feel to it. That was a lot of talking amongst chicks...abeit no Tura Satanta though.
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Anxiety said:

Yeah. I liked the theater version better. On the DVD, the only thing added was MORE TALKING () ... and a lap dance. It's the one I favor of the two, but all the talking pushes me to the edge.

i loved every mintue of both.
But Im pissed like mf that they didnt come out on dvd WITH the trailers

horatio said:

What? They don'thave the trailers on the DVDs?

Stymie said:

I thought they did.

Stymie said:

I sure didn't see them when I rented deathproof.
AND both dont come on the same dvd/packaging. you have to buy them seperate.
So Im waiting, hoping they come out with everything, trailers and both movies in one package before I buy it.

Stymie said:

Planet Terror has at least one trailer. Machete?

the version of Death Proof that I rented didn't have the trailers that aired between the films.

but they might be on the double disc? i don't know. they were by different directors, so that may be why they aren't included.

horatio said:

Yeah, this irritated me too. I just rented them because they were missing most of the trailers. They should be released the way the were shown at the theaters.

That Thanksgiving clip was fucked up...