Grindhouse: Planet Terror
I didn’t like this as much as I did Death-Proof, which I thought was really, really good, despite me liking Robert Rodriguez’s films more than Quentin Tarantino’s films generally.
Part of it was the genre: zombie flicks have never really appealed to me, other than intellectually. Part of it was that Rodriguez was much more true to the grindhouse inspiration, and made a film much more over the top than Death-Proof and less in keeping with modern sensibilities. (The trailer for Machete, shown before Planet Terror, does the same things, but since it’s a 90 second or so short, it’s just flat-out hilarious.)
As a film geek, it was interesting to note that Planet Terror seems to be “officially” part of the Tarantino universe, with a reference to the death of Jungle Julia (from Death-Proof), Red Apple cigarettes and, of course, Texas Ranger Earl McGraw (also seen in From Dusk Till Dawn and Kill Bill).
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