Nichole RutledgeDeath Proof
November 11th 2007 02:50
I have seen some crappy movies in my time but nothing could have prepared me for Quentin Taratino's latest piece of self indulgence masqueraded as a film.
I am talking about Death Proof. Living in Australia we missed out on the whole Grindhouse experience and are seeing Death Proof and Planet Terror released as two separate movies. At first I thought this was an outrage and as Australians we are missing out, but I know understand why this is. After seeing both movies Death Proof is definitely a flop.
I used to have nothing but admiration for Tarantino's work, Reservoir Dogs is one of my all time favourites. That movie was mostly dialogue scenes that flowed and worked with the rest of the movie. With Death Proof it seems Tarantino has tried to go back to this style of dialogue orientated film writing except this time used a bunch of women, and their dialogue scenes (of which there are many) are as boring as bat shit, not to mention completely unrealistic.
Here's a tip for Quentin just because in your fantasies girls talk like junkie-tough nut-sluts doesn't means it happens in real life. As a female I was left confused by the characters, heres a bunch of girls pretending to rough tough-drug taking-sex kittens types. But who are also obsessed with designer clothes and Italian Vogue. Its almost like he has taken every conceivable female stereotype and meshed into one character. And towards the end three of the girls basically whore out their friend to some sex starved hillbilly in order to take a car for a test drive. For the close knit group of friends they are suppose that is so wrong, no one in this day and age would (or should) do that to someone they call a friend and then drive away laughing.
Ok enough about the crappy dialogue, my other problem with this film is the lack of action and violence, yeah there was a big showdown at the end that got pretty messy. But I got the impression from the way this film was advertised that it would be an action packed thrill ride in which voluptuous girls get stalked and killed by a madman in a car. So if something is going to advertised in that way I expect lots of blood and violence, and from Tarantino's work in the past would you expect anything less. But boy was I wrong.
I think the lesson I learned from this film is that some writers/directors do not get better with age. Some get stuck riding the wave of being a celebrity that they forget what people admired about them to begin with. Some get so drunk on power that it blinds them to the reality that spewing forth the same drivel over and over will satisfy the brain dead monkeys who spend their hard earned bananas on said person's drivel.
Well as one of the movie-going-monkeys I feel insulted by Mr Tarantino and disappointed his head got so big he thinks everything he puts his name to is gold and that the average movie fan will eat up anything he throws at us, well Mr Tarantino you've lost that midas touch you once had. I wonder if he remembers the days when he was just a humble video store clerk?
P.S Rosario Dawson is one of the most over-the-top uninspiring actresses ever. She always plays the same talkie-talkie pseudo intellectual type. Ever since seeing her in Clerks 2 she has done nothing but annoy me. My praise is once again extended to Rob Zombie for editing her scene out of the final cut of The Devils Rejects.
I am talking about Death Proof. Living in Australia we missed out on the whole Grindhouse experience and are seeing Death Proof and Planet Terror released as two separate movies. At first I thought this was an outrage and as Australians we are missing out, but I know understand why this is. After seeing both movies Death Proof is definitely a flop.
I used to have nothing but admiration for Tarantino's work, Reservoir Dogs is one of my all time favourites. That movie was mostly dialogue scenes that flowed and worked with the rest of the movie. With Death Proof it seems Tarantino has tried to go back to this style of dialogue orientated film writing except this time used a bunch of women, and their dialogue scenes (of which there are many) are as boring as bat shit, not to mention completely unrealistic.
Here's a tip for Quentin just because in your fantasies girls talk like junkie-tough nut-sluts doesn't means it happens in real life. As a female I was left confused by the characters, heres a bunch of girls pretending to rough tough-drug taking-sex kittens types. But who are also obsessed with designer clothes and Italian Vogue. Its almost like he has taken every conceivable female stereotype and meshed into one character. And towards the end three of the girls basically whore out their friend to some sex starved hillbilly in order to take a car for a test drive. For the close knit group of friends they are suppose that is so wrong, no one in this day and age would (or should) do that to someone they call a friend and then drive away laughing.
Ok enough about the crappy dialogue, my other problem with this film is the lack of action and violence, yeah there was a big showdown at the end that got pretty messy. But I got the impression from the way this film was advertised that it would be an action packed thrill ride in which voluptuous girls get stalked and killed by a madman in a car. So if something is going to advertised in that way I expect lots of blood and violence, and from Tarantino's work in the past would you expect anything less. But boy was I wrong.
I think the lesson I learned from this film is that some writers/directors do not get better with age. Some get stuck riding the wave of being a celebrity that they forget what people admired about them to begin with. Some get so drunk on power that it blinds them to the reality that spewing forth the same drivel over and over will satisfy the brain dead monkeys who spend their hard earned bananas on said person's drivel.
Well as one of the movie-going-monkeys I feel insulted by Mr Tarantino and disappointed his head got so big he thinks everything he puts his name to is gold and that the average movie fan will eat up anything he throws at us, well Mr Tarantino you've lost that midas touch you once had. I wonder if he remembers the days when he was just a humble video store clerk?
P.S Rosario Dawson is one of the most over-the-top uninspiring actresses ever. She always plays the same talkie-talkie pseudo intellectual type. Ever since seeing her in Clerks 2 she has done nothing but annoy me. My praise is once again extended to Rob Zombie for editing her scene out of the final cut of The Devils Rejects.
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