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Plot: Two full length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a two film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
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MCT:November 15, 2008I want to see the original theater cut, with all of the fake film ads and the shorter version of Death Proof. Apparently it's a bit bettre this way.
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MCT:November 14, 2008
Planet terror was a big surprise and death proof was a big disapointment...but overall it was good stuff. Don't get the deal with Bruce Willis though....It's a mystery
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MCT:November 10, 2008this really sucked... i like tarantino, and rose mcgowen is hot, but i couldn't even sit through the whole second feature... don't waste your time
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MCT:November 6, 2008
Really funny and trash...we waiting for a better one..The trailers for the fake film it's really funny...
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MCT:November 2, 2008Thankfully got to see this in theatres. Had to piss really bad at the end, but it was worth it. A shame this isn't coming out on Region 1.
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MCT:October 30, 2008
Still haven't seen those, never was such a big fan of Quentin Tarantino though I mean... a human body can't contain THAT much blood.... can it?
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MCT:October 28, 2008
''Ladies, we're gonna have some fun.''
Two full length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a two film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
Rose McGowan: Cherry Darling
(Planet Terror)
Kurt Russel: Stuntman Mike
(Death Proof)
Absolutely a blast from end to finish. Such a brilliant soundtrack and old style feel to it as intended by QT and RR.
The joint film revolves around one plot about some hot looking young girls and a mysterious guy who seems to stalk said girls. We find out hes Stuntman Mike (magnificently played by Kurt Russell). The other a zombie infested virus movie which has shoot outs and over the top gore galore.
What i like about this double feature is all Quentin's and Robert's intricate attention to detail. How all the dialogue these people deliver comes across and they makes it interesting to view as if your along for the ride.
''There are few things fetching as a bruised ego on a beautiful angel.''
What theDeath Proof contribution lacks in gore( there is some great gore though in places) it makes up for with complex character detail layering and the dialogue. This is an intelligent film that could be a reality, and the superior half of the Grindhouse feature.
In fact all QT films have wonderful convos, character interaction and stories, this latest offering is deliciously laden too. Love all the intricate small attentions to details too.
Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike is the perfect weird loner guy with a sadistic penchant for stalking hot young ladies.
Rose McGowan has a part in this too, smaller than her lead part in Planet Terror, but she plays it well although looking weird with Blonde hair.
''Well, in Hollywood, anyone fool enough to throw themselves down a flight of stairs can usually find someone to pay them for it. But really, I got into the business the way most people get into the stunt business.''
Vanessa Ferlito's lap-dance was awesome yet i thought she had an unusual face for sure. Very seductive. Loved the dark clever conversations, her character Arlene has with Mike on the porch of the bar.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier as Jungle Julia was a typical bitchy girl but I thought it was sweet her text messaging. Another example of little details that I love.
Rosario Dawson was awesome as Abernathy as usual although the character she played did have some times where i thought she was weak willed or being bossed around by her buddies. She had some great lines though.
Zoe Bell as Zoe Bell and Tracie Thoms as Kim were stand out characters yet they seemed abit mean and manly in some parts with their gruff hard tones. Liked there witty comments.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Lee was in my mind stunning and lovely as usual but she was completely sidelined in this, that was bad. Felt like she was just put there for looking at for male audiences, could of included her in the finale chase or had a story to show what she does while their away.''The woods are lovely, dark, and deep.
And I've got promises to keep.
And miles to go before I sleep.
Did you hear that butterfly?
Miles to go before you sleep.''
I loved all the references too in Death Proof, QT's love of yellow and black stripes, of feet and classy retro-y music. The whistle ringtone that Abernathy has. The movie sign-post Mike crashes into. Also his lusty appreciation of young ladies and killing them with his car! And what amazing car chases and action in Death Proof!
Put this film with Planet Terror as it was intended, and they totally compliment each other. Planet Terror with its OTT action, gore and horror/fantasy basis then Death Proof with its intelligent dialogue, thrilling chases and closeness to being reality.
''If you're going to hire Machete to kill the bad guy, you'd better make damn sure the bad guy isn't you!''
I must mention the Machete(which should be a film!) trailer and Grindhouse obviously feels like it was made for the cinema. The whole style and old cracking lines feels like you're watching a vintage, a dirty, sleazy, personified old school movie.
Rose McGowan was delicious and excellent as the main heroine of Planet Terror.
Freddy Rodriguez was a hard man although i thought it was a stupid outcome. Short too height wise.
Naveen Andrews, seen him in the series Lost, and English Patient and still when i see him speaking in his normal English accent it takes me time to adjust. He was excellent. Shocking us with his obsessions and ball collecting. ''OH SweetHeart I just want your balls!''.
Marley Shelton and Fergie Lessie couple, was I hearing things?! Seeing things?????
More Bruce Willis needed.
More Tarantino needed(He was f**ing awesome in his part made me laugh what happens!).
The gore was amazingly cheesy in this, splatter chopping, things blowing up! Limbs being ripped off! Semi-naked women! Crazy splattery shootouts, Helicopter limb chopping. Gun Leg action!
''I've seen me a lot of weird shit in my day, but I ain't never seen a one-legged stripper. I seen me a stripper with one breast. And I seen me a stripper with twelve toes. I've even seen me a stripper with no brains at all, but I ain't never seen a one-legged stripper. And I've been to Morocco.''
The music and the sound effects are immense in this film, they simply rock BIG TIME! Very atmospheric.
The ending reminded me of Dusk Til Dawn, good old Robert Rodriguez! I also love his company name too, RIP Productions, RIP AKA Rodriguez International Pictures.
Overall we have Planet Terror with its OTT action and gore and Death Proof with its intelligent dialogue and thrilling chases.
''Hey, Pam, remember when I said this car was death proof? Well, that wasn't a lie. This car is a hundred percent death proof. Only to get the benefit of it, honey, you REALLY need to be sitting in my seat.'' -
MCT:October 17, 2008The sleaze-filled saga of an exploitation double feature.
Robert Rodriguez's and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse is a crazily funny, campy, exciting tribute to the grimy glory days of 1970s exploitation cinema. The concept is simply a stroke of pure genius - merge two intentionally shitty 1970s-style horror B-movies into one double feature, and then add a reel of hysterical fake trailers for added authenticity.
In the 70s, the local "grindhouse" was the place one headed to see flicks you couldn't see anywhere else. Most of the time this was because they were so awful no-one else wanted to play them. It was also because they existed on the border of respectable society as they showcased overzealous violence, sex, explicit nudity, as well as berserk experimental ideas and themes. With Grindhouse, Rodriguez and Tarantino endeavour to capture the essence of that experience and resurrect it in one great event with two movies (one from each director) played back to back. This is an event, not just a movie, so Grindhouse comes complete with suitably over-the-top fake trailers and cheesy old-fashioned bumpers prior to each film.
In order to get the thorough sleaze effect, Grindhouse emulates the look of a 1970's double feature. In post-production the filmmakers opted to manually age the film: there are deliberate scratches, muted colours and imperfections all throughout the two films and the fake trailers. In fact there are also a few occasions when a "MISSING REEL" card flashes on the screen briefly, and the story jumps ahead. Trust me, it's great stuff! The result is a delightfully faithful recreation of 1970s exploitation movies. Those who experienced the real grindhouse era have testified to the film's faithfulness (this became apparent after reading online reviews and IMDb user comments). The fact that this peculiar concept is able to successfully engage a 21st century audience is due to the uncanny ability of Tarantino and Rodriguez in figuring out what moviegoers don't know they're dying to see.
Grindhouse commences with a fake trailer to get the ball rolling. Machete is the film the trailer is advertising, and it's the perfect way to begin the film. It's simply hysterical: a priest wielding a shotgun, extreme violence, and badass lines such as "They fucked with the wrong Mexican!" are among the inclusions.
This terrifically atmospheric trailer is followed by Robert Rodriguez's feature film contribution: Planet Terror. Rodriguez was born to be a grindhouse director. Planet Terror explodes onto the screen with little respite. It slathers on layer after layer of absurdity, action, repulsive gore and manic wit. When the film reaches the point where movies usually pause to allow a breather, Rodriguez fakes a missing reel in order to skip over the boring parts and get right back down to business: zombies getting shot to bits in explosions of exaggerated blood, and shit getting blown up.
There's no need for a solid plot at all, so Rodriguez simply employs the weak premise of a military chemical experiment going wrong, causing an outbreak of some B-movie zombie virus. Oh, and there's a bunch of survivors who shoot as many zombies as possible. And then there's the lovely Rose McGowan. Her leg is eaten by zombies, so the leg stump is fitted with a machine gun.
Planet Terror is loads of fun. It's the feature highlight of the three-hour experience. This is the flick that represents the outrageous spirit of the B-movie. It's an action-packed, extremely gory zombie flick that moves at lightning pace. Nothing fancy to find here...just a whole lot of blood and guts to keep the fans happy.
Following this, we're treated to three additional faux trailers: a trailer by Rob Zombie for the ridiculously action-packed Werewolf Women of the SS (featuring a cameo by a famous actor who never seems ashamed to be wacky), a trailer by Edgar Wright (the guy who did Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Both Nick Frost and Simon Pegg appear in this trailer) for a standard horror fare entitled Don't, and finally there's an Eli Roth splatterfest slapped with the title of Thanksgiving. There are typical restaurant adverts thrown in for good measure, and some titles to mark what we're up to ("Our Feature Presentation", etc).
Finally the second half of Grindhouse is revealed: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. Personally, I prefer Rodriguez' Planet Terror. Tarantino's half unfortunately spoils the experience. It's talkie, repetitive, and self-indulgent. The essence of campy B-movie horror isn't captured adequately here. There are some payoffs (a number of awesome car crashes are included), but the wait getting there really tested my patience. After merrily bathing in Rodriguez' violent guilty pleasure of Planet Terror and having a great time watching heads explode in all their gruesome glory, Tarantino's dialogue-heavy Death Proof is like being rudely awoken by means of a bucket of icy cold water being thrown onto your face. Dialogue is Tarantino's greatest strength. In this case, it's also his greatest weakness. It's his weakness because he loves to hear lots of banter...every time a character speaks gives him yet another chance to reference a movie or a TV show, or vaguely reference pop culture, or it merely gives him the opportunity to have a character babble on about nothing. Some may call this characterisation. On the other hand, I call it filler. Tarantino's gift of gab isn't as effective with women. These women are developed so thoroughly, but they're boring characters and the dialogue leads no-where. There's so much empty space that one could visit the toilet for 20 minutes and not miss anything essential.
Tarantino's film is decent at best. The long car chase at the end is pretty good, and there's a great car crash in the middle, but it's just boring and drawn-out compared to Rodriguez's frenetically paced Planet Terror. I howled with laughter at the exaggerated gore during Rodriguez's segment, but there are scarce jokes or amusing moments to find in Death Proof. There are also too many sub-plots that go no-where. Like one character texting her boyfriend. And the point of that was...?
For once, I think Tarantino missed the point. Grindhouse as a whole could have been far more effective had Tarantino developed something more exhilarating or something better suited to a grindhouse atmosphere.
It's impossible to write a review of Grindhouse without mentioning the controversy surrounding the film. Upon initial release in the early months of 2007, Grindhouse opened to an unfortunate reception. Critics certainly enjoyed the experience, as did a majority of audience members...however there were a number of people who just didn't "get it". After Planet Terror concluded they left the cinema thinking it was over. The film's distributors therefore became somewhat concerned. Adding to this, foreign audiences never would have experienced the grindhouse era and wouldn't understand the gimmick. Thus the decision was made to split Grindhouse - individually screening Planet Terror and Death Proof as separate movies without the fake trailers. Naturally, audiences were outraged. Personally, I had looked forward to seeing the double feature and was devastated as the film was split before reaching Australian shores. Thus I boycotted the individual films, waiting for an opportunity to witness the entire experience in its three-hour glory. Now that I've finally seen Grindhouse in its entirety, I can recommend you do the same. The magic of Grindhouse is in the experience instead of the individual movies. Planet Terror without Death Proof (or visa versa) is like pizza without cheese - they complete each other. Grindhouse needs to be experienced in its theatrical glory, and I implore you to see it given the opportunity.
As a whole experience, Grindhouse ranks a solid 4.5/5. Taking all the factors into consideration, the score is only let down by Tarantino's predominantly boring movie. Planet Terror earns a solid five stars (in the context of the movie), with the four faux trailers also earning five stars apiece (again, only in the context of the movie), and Death Proof earning a disappointing three stars. Thus this average is roughly 4.5/5. (In a mathematical brain it averages to 4.67...but seriously, fuck that!) Maybe the flaw isn't just with Death Proof, but with the order in which these two films are screened. There's so much happening in Planet Terror (so much in every single moment of the film) and it's so explosive and action-packed that it's an impossible act to follow, let alone with a dialogue-heavy, action-late flick like Death Proof. If shown first, Death Proof could have been the ideal ramp up to the truly out of control experience Rodriguez delivers. Ultimately though, the hiccups in Death Proof are a minor problem as everything else is so perfect, thus Grindhouse works as intended. I wanted B-movie thrills, and I got 'em. With its missing reels, warped look, changes in tone, colour variations, exaggerated violence (the gunshot wounds in Planet Terror are hysterical) and some deliberately horrible acting at times, Grindhouse does its job of making those who can remember spending hot summer nights at drive-ins or real grindhouses (only occasionally paying attention to what was on the screen as they were usually too busy making out with partners, eating food, etc) nostalgic for those long-gone days of horribly bad fun films. The best part is that for the batch of contemporary movie-goers that haven't a clue about double features or the old cheap campy horror movies of the 70s, Grindhouse provides a genuine look at what they missed out on. It's a very long movie at 191 minutes, but there is a lot of fun to be had.
If by some miracle you can get a copy of this theatrical version, then I suggest you take the opportunity without delay. It provides thrills and laughs, it provides an atmospheric experience, and it puts the 'bad' back in 'badass'. Even with Tarantino's slow-paced Death Proof, the whole movie is so much bloody fun. Until such time as the distributors get the good sense to release this theatrical cut on DVD, I suggest you boycott the individual versions. -
MCT:October 15, 2008
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino are brilliant. Although some say the films weren't sleazy enough (and that is kinda true) they are the first directors to truly capture the feel of grindhouse movies. I'm talking a very grainy, scratched look, missing reels and the greatest (fake) trailers I've ever seen. They are both violent, foul and just a blast.
Rodriguez's "Planet Terror" is a good old-fashioned zombie romp. Once the action starts it literally never stops. It's gory as all hell, funny, with a cast of great actors (Tom Savini, Michael Biehn, Michael Parks, Rose McGowan, Bruce Willis) and an interesting plot.
Tarantino's "Death Proof" is a slasher flick, with a car. Kurt Russell is Stuntman Mike, a stuntman who likes to run over girls in his car, which is 100% death proof. This one is much slower than "Planet Terror" but it isn't worse. The look of the film I feel is more genuine here but it isn't as action packed as "Planet Terror." But this movie does have the most tense car chase I've ever seen.
Also thrown in the mix are four fake trailers. Rodriguez's "Machete," Edgar Wright's "Don't," Rob Zombie's "Werewolf Women of the SS" and Eli Roth's "Thanksgiving." They are all perfect in capturing the feel of old grindhouse movies but Roth's is the best. -
MCT:October 13, 2008
You really have to understand what the directors were aiming for when they made this movie, the old trash exploitation films of the 70's called Grindhouse films. Often depicting low-budget blood & gore and don't really aim to please.
(Texas Chainsaw Massacre was one of the most popular and best of these.)
PLANET TERROR. It has a cool name, a cool plot, and alot of great & bloody parts. The concept is great: girl gets her leg cut off and replaced with a machine-gun while people are mutating into zombies. I liked this one alot because the feeling and everything about it represent what the movie is supposed to be about.
The trailers in between the two features were the best part. Directed by different horror directors, there authentic.
DEATH PROOF. I did not like this one as much as Planet Terror. I only really like the first half, up untill the first car crash (which was awesome, with 4 different shots of it). Then the 2nd half of it got too boring & kinda stupid. I did like Kurt Russell's character though, unlike most of the others n this part of the film.
Overall, if you watch it in it's entirety (whole double feature, including trailer in between) it's a great movie experience. -
MCT:October 12, 2008
Wonderful cinema.Tarantino is a legend.This was the something different cinema has been waiting for in the 21st century.Two films are brilliant.
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MCT:October 12, 2008
I finally saw the entire double bill at a special screening over the summer and I loved every second, a thoroughly entertaining few hours, the middle trailers where fucking awesome!
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MCT:October 10, 2008I loved Rodriguez's half of this. Tarantino really disappointed me. His weakest effort since 4 Rooms.
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MCT:October 8, 2008
Make sure you see this as it was intended; a double feature homage to classic horror cinema from the 1970s. Watching the two movies seperately, without all the missing reels and fake trailers really isn't the same.
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MCT:October 3, 2008
To truly understand this movie you had to see it in theaters. I have never had so much fun in a movie theater. Planet Terror is fantastic. Cheesy lines, hilarious characters, and bloody action violence. Planet Terror is what a Grindhouse movie should be in this day and age. And it was a hell of a lot of fun. The fake trailers in the middle were great - all of them. A great idea, executed perfectly. Then there is Deathproof. The beginning is just plain boring. Tarantino thinks every line he writes is gold - but it's not. Technically speaking Deathproof is closer to an actual Grindhouse movie, the only problem is, Grindhouse movies were bad (enjoyable but bad). Why were they bad? They had no budget. But Deathproof had a large budget - so it should have been better. But Deathproof had a terrific ending. Overall the feeling of this movie was amazing. If you saw it in theaters you'd understand. I can only hope for a Grindhouse 2.
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MCT:October 2, 2008
I think Quentin Tarantino is a pretty cool guy. Eh makes masterpieces and doesn't afraid of anything.
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MCT:October 1, 2008
Grindhouse delivers exhilarating exploitation fare with wit and panache, improving upon its source material with feral intelligence.
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MCT:October 1, 2008
tryes to be trash from the 70s or so...look at my reviews for the solo bits if you want to see what i think....but the trailers were fucking bad ass
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MCT:September 26, 2008
Impossible to explain how funny this movie is.
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The 2nd half was pure bullshit.
An hour and a half of black women sitting around bars, talking about food. -
MCT:September 26, 2008
Planet Terror is def. my fav out the two, i hated Death Proof cause it had too much talking (EVEN FOR TARANTINO STANDARDS lmfao) but yeah, Death Proof grew on me and i love the flick now but Planet Terror is still the better of the two. I will be praying that these two drop another Grindhouse flick together, but if they don't hopefully they do go through with the plans of possibly making Don't and Thanksgiving a full feature flick, Don't was the best fake trailer and i love the cast in that flick, Simon Pegg and them. Thanksgiving, who cares, Eli Roth has been letting me down alot
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MCT:September 21, 2008...why do we get to rate it as a whole and the two movies individually? Ok, those spoof trailers were kind of neat.
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MCT:September 19, 2008
Both movies were awesome. I liked Planet Terror better. The zombie-like creatures made the movie so interesting. I love everything about zombie movies and I was so happy to see this one. I liked Death Proof also, but there just seemed to be a lot of talking between the girl and a little action. When the girls would get into the car, that was the most fascinating thing to see. The ending was just so perfect. The last 20 minutes of the film was so action packed that you would wish there was more.
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MCT:September 17, 2008
Tarantino dice di aver voluto fare il miglior film sugli inseguimenti in auto di tutti i tempi, ispirandosi a Vanishing Point. Andatevi a vedere invece Faster Pussicat, Kill Kill! Secondo me si ispira a quello. E quest'ultimo rimane migliore.
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MCT:September 15, 2008
While I enjoyed Deathproof LOT more than Planet Terror the whole package was a very satisfying experience.
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MCT:September 13, 2008
Planet Terror review: An excellent throwback to the ol' gory zombie movies of old, and becomes a hysterically funny gory zombie movie. 5 stars.
Death Proof: Yet another Tarantino masterpiece. Insanely hot girls, awesome script, and one sweet thriller. 4.5 stars.
General Review: A masterpiece in every way, with intentionally campy acting, a helluva lot of action and blood, fake trailers that burst your gut, and overall one of the best movies of the 2000's.
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thedoctor2k7posted 38 days ago -
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http://www.flixster.com/poll/which-of-these-grindhouse-movies-was-betterposted 270 days ago -
I like Death proof the best there was a good ending and lots of action in the car chase.
posted 364 days ago -
the only thing that made this film worth watching was the hotties in it and the car crash scene, apart from that.....YAWWWWNNNNNN!!!!, but planet terror on the other hand, that was the dogs nutz, lots of action, lots of gore, a cool old skool storyline that reminded me of b-flicks of that era and it was pretty humourous in places. A big thumbs up.
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I wish they werent spliting Grindhouse for the Australia release. I want to see grindhouse the way it was intended. Screw the reviews and box office opening statistics. Why should we not get to see Grindhouse in all its Glory just because it didnt do as well as expected. First they push back the release date, and now they are spliting them up! I only hope that when the DVD comes we will have the option then to see "Grindhouse"! not "Planet Terror" and "Death Proof".
posted 522 days ago -
Just one question: if they're splitting this in two for DVD release (which I hope they don't) then what happens to those priceless fake trailers? They were one of the best things about seeing the film(s), and I'm going to be mad if I don't get those. >:(
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I LOVE THIS MOVIE...AT FRIST I WAS LIKE F*** THIS SHIT'S FAKE...DUH! IT'S WAS MADE FOR THAT JUST REASON...IT WON'T WIN AN OSCAR. BUT, IT SHOULD THE GENIOUS THAT IS PREVELENT COMES SHINNING THROUGH; ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR ROLE IN MAKING THIS MOVIE COME TO LIFE...EVERYTHING CAN BE DEEMED BAD...BUT THAT'S THE PICASO...ASPECT...IT'S UP TO YOU! HMMM...THE GROSSNESS IS SO GROSS IT'S AWSOME...EVEN A CHILD CAN WATCH IT AND UNDERSTAND IT'S REAL MEANNING AND NOT BE SCARED... I KNOW I LET MY NEPHEWS WATCH IT....PEOPLE SPREAD THE WORD THIS MOVIE SHOULD GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER...IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS MOVIE YOU SHOULDN'T BE WATCHING MOVIES...WOOHOO, GO GRINDHOUSE! KEEP THE HISTORY ALIVE!
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Yeah, they're splitting them up to try to get a larger profit.
In North America, the film didn't do very well as a whole. In its opening weekend, it ended up being third or fourth at the Box Office, which was pretty surprising. So, they're splitting them up overseas to see if people were turned off of going to see it because of how long it was as a double-feature. In general, they're just hoping to make more money, as I mentioned above.
I'd be pissed if I was you, though. Splitting them up ruins the experience. It's bullshit.posted 536 days ago -
Why the fuck is this not in Ireland yet and why are they splitting the films. Is it to make more money? The films will do alot better in Europe than in the states...
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