nkotb
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Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 03:02 PM UTC
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Anyone going tonight?
Honestly, with this description, how does anyone NOT want to see this???
"In "Death Proof," a psycho named Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) stalks and kills beautiful women with his car. In "Planet Terror," a small-town sheriffs' department has to deal with an outbreak of murderous, infected people called "sickos." A gun-legged woman named Cherry (Rose McGowan) and her martial arts-wielding partner (Freddy Rodriguez) take on the zombie army."
Darth Ed
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 03:04 PM UTC
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I'll definitely be seeing it, but it'll be sometime next week, unfortunately.
kosmo
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 03:13 PM UTC
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I want to see this one as well, me dig Robert Rodriguez, not so much QT and his ego… the double feature along with the fake trailers is gonna be killer. Gonna see this one sans Kosmette…
brokensocscene
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 03:15 PM UTC
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I'd see it, though the scene with Quentin in the elevator is bad acting.
nkotb
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 03:42 PM UTC
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Haha…my wife, who is not a fan of gore, zombies, or absurd action (why did I marry her???) just read the Post review. Needless to say, she's not looking forward to tonight.
kosmo
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 03:52 PM UTC
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speaking of zombie movies… anyone seen the trailer or ad for the new movie "Hot Fuzz" from the creators of shaun of the dead? It looks freakin' hilarious…
nkotb
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 03:55 PM UTC
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Yeah, it looks great. I won passes to a free screening at the Cinema Draft House a few weeks ago but I already had plans for that evening and couldn't go. The poster alone kills me:
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Originally posted by kosmo:
speaking of zombie movies… anyone seen the trailer or ad for the new movie "Hot Fuzz" from the creators of shaun of the dead? It looks freakin' hilarious…
alex
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 03:56 PM UTC
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I saw it on Tuesday…it is three hours and five minutes of pure AWESOME.
thatguy
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 04:12 PM UTC
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despite a lack of sleep and way too many shows this weekend, i'm on my way out the door right now to see grindhouse. it comes highly recommended from someone that knows what they are talking about. can't wait.
brokensocscene
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 04:15 PM UTC
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The movie gets a 78 on metacritic and 87% (73 fresh and 11 rotten) on rottentomatoes.com
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 04:17 PM UTC
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Originally posted by kosmo:
speaking of zombie movies… anyone seen the trailer or ad for the new movie "Hot Fuzz" from the creators of shaun of the dead? It looks freakin' hilarious…
yes! i can't wait!
IMAmoose24
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 05:01 PM UTC
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Next 3 weeks are awesome for movies. This week is Grindhouse(Leaving for it in about an hour), next week is Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters, and the week after that is Hot Fuzz. And all of this right after the amazing 300. This is shaping up to be a great movie month.
nhaskins
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 10:01 PM UTC
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Saw it at the Senator this afternoon. It was a blast! The coming attractions were outstanding! If only someone would make "Machete."
gloriaabortion
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 10:56 PM UTC
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I believe Robert Rodriguez is actually developing a full length Machete.
kurosawa-b/w
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 06, 2007 at 11:05 PM UTC
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Hell, yeah. I'm seeing it at the Uptown tonight.
distance
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 07, 2007 at 12:50 AM UTC
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i am not interested.
Reod Dai
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 07, 2007 at 01:17 AM UTC
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I've been looking forward to
Grindhouse for months. Probably more like a year or so, actually. I'm not usually one to rush out and see movies right away, though, no matter how much I want to see them (though there have been exceptions). I only just saw
300 the other night, and I'd really been looking forward to that one. I'll probably see
Grindhouse sometime this weekend. Sunday sounds good.
Originally posted by IMAmoose24:
Next 3 weeks are awesome for movies. This week is Grindhouse(Leaving for it in about an hour), next week is Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters, and the week after that is Hot Fuzz. And all of this right after the amazing 300. This is shaping up to be a great movie month.
Pathfinder is also coming out next week.
Summerteeth
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 07, 2007 at 04:01 AM UTC
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Originally posted by ChampionshipVinyl:
Saw it at the Senator this afternoon. It was a blast! The coming attractions were outstanding! If only someone would make "Machete."
I'd rather see Thanksgiving, but Machete is a close second.
nkotb
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Re: Grindhouse - Roll call
April 07, 2007 at 06:10 AM UTC
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First, the good news. The trailers were incredible, and I agree with anyone that wanted to see full-length versions of any of them. Granted, "Don't" was a bit of a joke (and a hilarious one at that!), but "Thanksgiving" and "Machete" were incredible. Hell, I'd be psyched for "Werewolf Women of the SS" too!
I'm horribly biased, as a fan of gore AND zombies, so "Planet Terror" won me from the get-go. Rodriguez definitely knew what he was doing; everything from the dialogue and facial expressions to the grainy footage and ridiculous cuts were perfect. He kept me in the zone the entire film.
"Death Proof," however, was a little lacking. It started great; Tarantino's "mis-edits" and hyper-sexuality were right on, I thought. But in the second half of his half, it went from 70's sexplotation to just a regular old Tarantino movie. Granted, it was still pretty solid, but the movie itself broke character and I found that a little distracting. Still, you've got to give him credit for what seemed like a 20+ minute continuous shot. Wow. Still, the end more than made up for the shortcomings. I was spazzing out at the last car chase; I don't think I've ever been so stressed out and nervous watching a movie in my life.
One of the high points was a kid that looked 12 sitting a few rows in front of us. He was cackling the entire movie, which made the absurdity of some parts even funnier. Nothing beat his comments after the "lap dance" in "Death Proof"; he screamed out "You gotta be kidding me!" Classic!
