Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez take us back to the good old days of the drive-in B movie double feature. Complete with fake movie trailers and the scratches and pops common in older films, Grindhouse is an entertaining look back for those of us old enough to remember the drive- ins of that era. I'd consider it an entertaining first look for those who aren't.Planet Terror, directed by Robert Rodriguez, is set during a man-made zombie apocalypse. A bio weapon created by the army turns people into flesh eaters. A small band of survivors tries to stop the soldiers and the end result of their weapon while escaping with their lives. Tarantino and Bruce Willis both appear as soldiers. Rose McGowan has a gun for a leg. Does anybody else that's kinda hot?Death Proof, directed by Quentin Tarantino, is set in Tennessee with Kurt Russell as a scarred stunt man using his car to murder women. Tarantino appears again as a bar owner. If you're an aficionado of 60's and 70's movies, you'll see little nods to several throughout. Checkout Grindhouse, it's a trip.

I had the opportunity to see Grindhouse in its entirety. And i was grateful it happened at home since it turned out that the spoof trailers between Death Proof and Planet Terror were the best part of it.Death Proof would have went below any movie goer's radar hadn't it been directed by Quentin Tarantino. It was plain boring. I wouldn't be able to repeat Planet Terror was nice in it's own right if you like horror films. Otherwise it was a trashy flick which generally went unnoticed because Tarantino directed the other movie.Overall, Grindhouse wasn't total crap only because it was produced with an A-movie budget, i.e. moving pictures had nice colors.

I do not seem to see what so many other people see. I have to admit, I am not a Rodriguez or Tarantino fan to begin with... they both have done a few things I enjoyed, but mostly I tend to finish viewing their films feeling like I missed something everyone else saw. (For the record, I really continue to try to enjoy Tarantino and Rodriguez... I just have to be honest and say that I don't... and often find Tarantino to be unreasonably offensive. Why are racism and misogyny quite so amusing to a white male from Texas?)I will admit, I liked Planet Terror a bit more than Death Proof... which makes sense, as I tend to favor Rodriguez over Tarantino.Both of them seem to revel in kitsch to the point that I feel like they make the same movie over and over and over again. Rodriguez seems to have more fun with his kitsch than Tarantino, who appears to try to pass it off as superior artistic vision... when really, its no different than a Seth Rogan film.If you are one of those people that gets off watching Tarantino films because you think it makes you artistic, then by all means watch Death Proof and revel in your 'artitude.'If you are the type of person that likes "bad" horror movies... you will probably enjoy Planet Terror.If you like a movie that has subtext, or if you want developed characterization, original cinematography, coherent plot lines.... then you probably already know that a Tarantino/Rodriguez double feature is a waste of your time.(Personally, I suggest watching a Romero "Dead" marathon instead.)

While I consider myself an avid movie fan, I did not enjoy this movie for several reasons.The pointless stupid little things thrown into the movie for what seemed to be no reason whatsoever (IE the strippers making out in the back room, the using a grenade launcher as a jet-pack, the fact that each of these friends in a seemingly small town just happened to be immune, the rude attitude of the sheriff toward the 'hero', the utterly stupid fact that somebody's genitals were dropping off in a midst of an attempted rape), that these same directors seem to do in A lot of their movies.It just makes me scoff, and makes me think that these directors are less mature than the children they hire for their parts.