Well I Just listened to a sample and it's just the typical "Coming Attractions" theme music from back in the day.

No. It can't be. Its the exact rhythm and everything

Not going to fucking lie, but Kill Bill Volume 2 is a much better film than Volume 1. As much as I love the style of the first one, the second film is just simply better made in every aspect.

I'm not saying I was one of the detractors of Vol-2 (The way Tarantino would punctuate scenes with a Morricone used-score was too genius for me to overlook, for example) but I can see how others could have been displeased.

I'm just concerned about the future on how he handles his work. Now Vol-1 of Kill Bill was shot to a tee as far as the original script was concerned. All the Beijing stuff (Which was where the House/Blue Leaves chapter was filmed),Vivica fight, and anime sequence were left untouched. But if you read David Carradine's book, "Kill Bill Diary", you'll find out on just how many changes were made til the end of the script.
It's like Tarantino gets a whole new output on his project during his shoot and I'm not surprised if he got the same feeling while making Death Proof. But time will tell if the impact of his sudden judgement on the film-set is for better or worse.

I saw an advanced preview last night too and I agree with what others in this thread have said so far. Planet Terror was great, the trailers were great, but Death Proof was lame lame lame. Kurt Russell's character took a turn for the worse at the end. Not the way I would have done it but hey, it's not my movie. I counted no less than a dozen people getting up and leaving during Death Proof and no, they didn't return.

From one of the DVDTalk reviews:

Seeing it on Monday, i'm really looking forward to it.

Funny, I never found endless talking between 4 annoying women to be a "visceral thrill." Shit, I'm going to make up my own backstory - As a youth, Stuntman Mike was subjected to a lot of the annoying boring inane bullshit chatter we saw from the women in this movie, and now he does the world a public service by traveling the country and killing them.

That's a '70s library track called "Soul Thing" by Tony Newman - used for "Coming Attractions" bumpers, also appropriated by Beck for his intro music. If digging up obscure 45s isn't your thing, you can find it on this CD.

Well, I'm going first thing tomorrow. You've all got my expectations lowered, so maybe I'll actually enjoy Death Proof.

I mentioned my thoughts last week but to echo what others are saying here, I thought Planet Terror was great and Death Proof was terrible. It was meandering, pointless, boring and occassionally cheaply sadistic. Aside from the compartively short car chase (which is far from original and requires suspension of disbelief because all the girls act so incredibly dumb...just hit the brakes for chrissakes), I'm baffled how anyone could find anything viscerally exciting about it in the least.

If that's the case, then I will love Death Proof exponetially more than Planet Terror. I like KB 1, but it's so frustrating to sit through now, when I just want to get to the end, the meat, of the Bride's tale.

I'm sure I'll enjoy all of Grindhouse. So excited.

2 reviews of Grindhouse are now up on DVD Talk in the Theatrical Reviews section. :)

And he made the film boring so that people would throw shit at the screen? He's a genius!

I shoulda left the hitting the brakes part off my post as that was the least of my thoughts...obviously Planet Terror wasn't ripped from real life either. Everything else I said stands though. The first act was meandering and the second was putting people to sleep.

I don't think I've heard more conflicting reviews than those for Death Proof.

From one of the DVDTalk reviews....

Wow,I think he needs a drink or something....

The entire review was like that, heh.

BTW, anyone else noticed the female deputy in Planet Terror? Tall with dark hair? She was SMOKIN' HOT. Who is she?

so, how are the trailers laid out on this? Is it like trailer, film, trailer, film? Are there any after the 2nd feature? Do I need to stay through the end credits?

i was just gonna write that these 2 movies in "Grindhouse" seem exactly like the emotions i felt for both vol. 1 and vol. 2. i expected more action with 2, but on another viewing i loved it as much as 1. they were two different movies emotionally. PT and DP seem to fit the exact billing as the Kill Bill's and thus i can't freggin wait!!!!!!!!!

my only fret is that i cannot drink the whole day before watching. see i pee...a lot. i can go 5 times in the morning even before i have had a sip of water or anything. i like drinking water or diet soda because i get thirsty a lot so sitting for more than 3 hours is very disconcerting to me.

anyone have any suggestions?

Depends?

My strategy is to drain my bladder as much as possible before the movie and to NOT eat or drink while watching it. If I eat I get thirsty. If I drink I have to go to the bathroom. If I go the bathroom I miss some of the movie. I haven't taken a bathroom break during a movie in the theater since Ghostbusters which was more than 20 years ago. If you must eat or drink during the movie then all I can do is wish you luck or second achau9598's suggestion.

NASA Approved :up:

How long is the intermission? Is it just the three trailers?

There is no intermission, just three trailers