Comments on: PLANET TERROR http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047 Debate and discussion between socialists Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:23:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Louise http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16340 Louise Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:21:49 +0000 http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16340 Korakious: "Spot on Louise If only your orientation to Labour was as great as your feminist analysis :p" LOL!! :) Cheeky squirrel.... aren't you meant to be collecting nuts for the winter? Cheers for the kind words comrade :) Korakious: “Spot on Louise If only your orientation to Labour was as great as your feminist analysis :p”

LOL!! :)

Cheeky squirrel…. aren’t you meant to be collecting nuts for the winter?

Cheers for the kind words comrade :)

]]> By: Red Deathy http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16329 Red Deathy Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:54:27 +0000 http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16329 I actually kinda liked death proof - there were two moments of absolute unrelenting terror (the first crash and the chase with zoe hall on the bonnet of the car) that stood out all the more for the long talking sequences in between - certainly not as good as previous work, but still a worthwhile watch... I actually kinda liked death proof - there were two moments of absolute unrelenting terror (the first crash and the chase with zoe hall on the bonnet of the car) that stood out all the more for the long talking sequences in between - certainly not as good as previous work, but still a worthwhile watch…

]]> By: septicisle http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16247 septicisle Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:12:08 +0000 http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16247 Unfortunately the trailers are likely to be lost due to issues to do with them being different director's work etc. I imported the DVDs of both films from the States, and Machete is still the only one present. Unfortunately the trailers are likely to be lost due to issues to do with them being different director’s work etc. I imported the DVDs of both films from the States, and Machete is still the only one present.

]]> By: Korakious http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16241 Korakious Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:03:43 +0000 http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16241 Spot on Louise :) If only your orientation to Labour was as great as your feminist analysis :p Spot on Louise :) If only your orientation to Labour was as great as your feminist analysis :p

]]> By: Louise http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16224 Louise Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:37:00 +0000 http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16224 Btw: the odd thing about the splitting of the two films is that the fake trailers were lost. I saw one, just before PT, called Matchete (directed by Roderiguez) but there were a couple of others, one directed by Rob Zombie. I didn't see any of the fake trailers before the showing of Death Proof. So, dunno what happened to them, probably have to wait for the DVD. Btw: the odd thing about the splitting of the two films is that the fake trailers were lost. I saw one, just before PT, called Matchete (directed by Roderiguez) but there were a couple of others, one directed by Rob Zombie. I didn’t see any of the fake trailers before the showing of Death Proof. So, dunno what happened to them, probably have to wait for the DVD.

]]> By: Louise http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16190 Louise Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:45:08 +0000 http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16190 Yeah, Tarantino gets his comeuppance precisely with a chair leg in the eye and his balls rather grotesquely fall off.... And I did rather like Dr Dakota Block chucking her syringes, or her "friends" as she like to describe them, with great precision. I did much prefer PT as it did live up to the genre and the true tradition of exploitation unlike Death proof where Tarantino has lost the ability to write good script when his sparring partner, Roger Avary, left. Yeah, the dialogue spoke by the women was utterly unreal and very clunky. And I agree re Kurt Russell and he played Stuntman Mike so well by exposing this man's misogyny, inadequacy and cowardice. But the dialogue was fake. Oh, and Tom Savini was hilarious as the deputy who kept shooting his boss by accident. Yeah, Tarantino gets his comeuppance precisely with a chair leg in the eye and his balls rather grotesquely fall off…. And I did rather like Dr Dakota Block chucking her syringes, or her “friends” as she like to describe them, with great precision.

I did much prefer PT as it did live up to the genre and the true tradition of exploitation unlike Death proof where Tarantino has lost the ability to write good script when his sparring partner, Roger Avary, left. Yeah, the dialogue spoke by the women was utterly unreal and very clunky.
And I agree re Kurt Russell and he played Stuntman Mike so well by exposing this man’s misogyny, inadequacy and cowardice. But the dialogue was fake.

Oh, and Tom Savini was hilarious as the deputy who kept shooting his boss by accident.

]]> By: septicisle http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16179 septicisle Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:49:15 +0000 http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=1047#comment-16179 Indeed, Planet Terror was head and shoulders above Death Proof. The main problem with Death Proof was that Tarantino has either lost his skill with dialogue entirely, or simply can't write it for women. While the chase parts were stunning, the rest of the film was dull and insipid; unlike the very grindhouse films he was trying to emulate. The extending of it after they decided to separate the two films just added in a lot of superfluous talking that rightly ended on the cutting room floor, and Kurt Russell's brilliance as Stuntman Mike just couldn't quite save it. PT, on the other hand, is one of the best zombie films for a long time. I can't resist any film with Tom Savini in it, and the gore lived up to his very best from the 80s standards. The "rape" scene that some were complaining about in the states because they were dolls produced of "Rapist No.1" and "Rapist No.2" actually ends with Tarantino's character getting Cherry Darling's chair leg peg leg in the eye, and then his balls dropping off. Syrupy ending yes, but then nearly all the recent zombie films have been like that, except for the Dawn of the Dead remake. Indeed, Planet Terror was head and shoulders above Death Proof. The main problem with Death Proof was that Tarantino has either lost his skill with dialogue entirely, or simply can’t write it for women. While the chase parts were stunning, the rest of the film was dull and insipid; unlike the very grindhouse films he was trying to emulate. The extending of it after they decided to separate the two films just added in a lot of superfluous talking that rightly ended on the cutting room floor, and Kurt Russell’s brilliance as Stuntman Mike just couldn’t quite save it.

PT, on the other hand, is one of the best zombie films for a long time. I can’t resist any film with Tom Savini in it, and the gore lived up to his very best from the 80s standards. The “rape” scene that some were complaining about in the states because they were dolls produced of “Rapist No.1″ and “Rapist No.2″ actually ends with Tarantino’s character getting Cherry Darling’s chair leg peg leg in the eye, and then his balls dropping off. Syrupy ending yes, but then nearly all the recent zombie films have been like that, except for the Dawn of the Dead remake.

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