Grindhouse

[Mistwell]

Report that planned splitting of Grindhouse into two films for re release has been ditched:

http://www.3www.cinematical.com/200...indhouse-for-u-s-re-release-abandoned-source/

Also, the marketing budget for Grindhouse was just revealed, which tacks on another $30 Million to the cost of this film, making it a $100 Million dollar film that will not even make 25% returns in the first four weeks of release:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article1672383.ece

Eee gads! It still could theoretically make it up in DVD sales. But that's a long, unlikely road. Even if it hits Napolean Dynamite DVD numbers in sales (which it won't), if you factor in the DVD costs, that would mean it still wouldn't break even...

 

[freebfrost]

Who else is pre-ordering Machete???

 

[Insight]

Who else is pre-ordering Machete???

I'd buy it RIGHT NOW if I could!

MACHETE!

 

[Sir Brennen]

Just saw this last night with my wife and a friend. Lots of fun. The obviously fake gore of Planet Terror had me snickering. The magically healed broked wrist (that made me wince) seemed deliberately illogical to stay true to the source material. The Death Proof chase scene with Zoe on the hood had me tensed up the whole time. I laughed at the missing reels. I was even a little disappointed that Death Proof wasn't as grainy and streaky as some of the other parts of the movie.

But at the same time, I kind of understand why this movie didn't do that well. It was nostalgic for something which many people just hadn't experienced. The second review in Mistwell's links above said it pretty well: "And it’s true that there is something insufferably esoteric about the whole notion of Grindhouse." Alot of people, upon viewing even just the trailers, probably just didn't "get it."

The movies were more spoof than homage, and while they did transcend their source material, that transcendence didn't rise to the level of the directors' other movies. But you can at least tell they had fun making Grindhouse, self-indulgent or not, and I had fun watching.

"If you're thinking about messing with this SS Werewolf Mexican on Thanksgiving... DON'T!!!"

 

[Simplicity]

I liked both movies, but my wife and I refer to Deathproof as "The Ya-ya Sisterhood", directed by Quentin Tarantino. I tried to get my wife to go see a really violent movie for my birthday, but I got tricked into watching a chick-flick! Dang it!