I finally watched both Grindhouse movies. They were okay, nothing special. I'd say I liked Death Proof a little bit better than Planet Terror, although the latter featured one of my favorite lines in movie history: "I am going to eat your brains and gain your knowledge." I will use that from now on every time I meet a woman.
Robert Rodriguez hasn't made a film I liked since Desperado, and even that was kinda lack-luster. It always mystifies me how a director can make an indie movie with no cash and little experience that's amazing, and then turn around and get a big budget and major studio support and do so little or often times so badly with it.
I understand that once you're a Hollywood movie maker, the producers want to tinker with everything you create, but I get the feeling that's not the case here. I just think RR's a bad director.
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