Machete Kills on Jan 21, 2014

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by Blu-Ray Maniac

It's all a matter of tastes... I found Death Proof 30 minutes too long and boring dialogues, one of QT worsts. Look like a B movie with less than a million budget. if it was at least 1/4 as fun and entertaining as another road freak movie like Drive Angry it will have been awesome, but it's not ! it will have been better to call this film ''death to thoses who try to do 70s film without thinking much of what the 70s look like''

as for Planet Terror, it's hilarious, it's dark, gore, very violent and with some strong parody-acting, i dig it a lot more than DP.

No.

[TylerDurden389]

Originally Posted by Blu-Ray Maniac

I found Death Proof 30 minutes too long and boring dialogues

Theatrical version is too long, or extended version is too long?

[Walts Ghost]

Loved this, and excited to add it to my collection soon.

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by Blu-Ray Maniac

It's all a matter of tastes... I found Death Proof 30 minutes too long and boring dialogues, one of QT worsts. Look like a B movie with less than a million budget. if it was at least 1/4 as fun and entertaining as another road freak movie like Drive Angry it will have been awesome, but it's not ! it will have been better to call this film ''death to thoses who try to do 70s film without thinking much of what the 70s look like''

as for Planet Terror, it's hilarious, it's dark, gore, very violent and with some strong parody-acting, i dig it a lot more than DP.

[BluProofie]

Am I the only one who loved all of Grindhouse? Planet Terror was fun, Death Proof was Tarantino excellence and the trailers were awesome.

I many be in the minority, but Death Proof is one of my favorite Tarantino films.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Am I the only one who loved all of Grindhouse? Planet Terror was fun, Death Proof was Tarantino excellence and the trailers were awesome.

I many be in the minority, but Death Proof is one of my favorite Tarantino films.

I agree with you.

And I think PT and DP off set each other well.

[Blu-Ray Maniac]

Originally Posted by TylerDurden389

Theatrical version is too long, or extended version is too long?

I think 85-90 minutes will have been good for this film ! Instead of what 110-120 minutes ? Is that the extended version ?

and PT should have been 15-20 minutes longer, i never saw the extended version of that one !

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by Blu-Ray Maniac

It's all a matter of tastes... I found Death Proof 30 minutes too long and boring dialogues, one of QT worsts.

I believe, and if I remember correctly, Tarantino was asked out of all of his films which one he didn't like out of all of them and Death Proof was it. I think in the Grindhouse formula where it's two movies, it's good. But, on it's own...

[coldheart]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Am I the only one who loved all of Grindhouse? Planet Terror was fun, Death Proof was Tarantino excellence and the trailers were awesome.

I many be in the minority, but Death Proof is one of my favorite Tarantino films.

Loved It

[Wartooth]

This movie looked like it was shot in Rodriguez's backyard.
Terrible film! I went on opening night at a 10p.m screening and the theater was completely empty. After seeing the film, I could see why it would be.

[cbas593]

Decided I am going to pass on this one and get Captain Phillips which release the same day as this one

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Am I the only one who loved all of Grindhouse? Planet Terror was fun, Death Proof was Tarantino excellence and the trailers were awesome.

I many be in the minority, but Death Proof is one of my favorite Tarantino films.

Saw it in the theater twice during it's 2 week run here, bought both extended dvd steelbooks, downloaded a horrible theater cut from a camcorder (back when it looked like theater cut was never gonna be released except the expensive Japan boxset), complete with people talking and walking in front of cam. Now have the theater cut BD, Planet Terror BD and only missing Death Proof BD because I can't find it for the price I want to pay. Oh yeah, I saw Machete twice in theaters and own that on BD too (Hobo with a Shotgun wasn't all I had hoped, but I'm waiting on a cheap used copy anyway). I did plan to see Machete Kills, but life got in the way and it was gone week 2.
You are not alone my friend!

[Yojimbo68]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Am I the only one who loved all of Grindhouse? Planet Terror was fun, Death Proof was Tarantino excellence and the trailers were awesome.

I many be in the minority, but Death Proof is one of my favorite Tarantino films.

Yes! I loved the whole Grindhouse experience too! And Death Proof is underrated.

As for Machete Kills...ugh. I loved the Machete trailer in Grindhouse, thought Machete was just okay but Machete Kills is just plain bad. Rodriguez is a fine editor but he really needs to work on his screenplay writing. Machete Kills is by far his worst film.

[ssjgoku90501]

Originally Posted by Yojimbo68

Yes! I loved the whole Grindhouse experience too! And Death Proof is underrated.

As for Machete Kills...ugh. I loved the Machete trailer in Grindhouse, thought Machete was just okay but Machete Kills is just plain bad. Rodriguez is a fine editor but he really needs to work on his screenplay writing. Machete Kills is by far his worst film.

Machete kills cant be as bad as: the adventures of shaekboy and lava girl, shorts, lr spy kids 4

[Yojimbo68]

Originally Posted by ssjgoku90501

Machete kills cant be as bad as: the adventures of shaekboy and lava girl, shorts, lr spy kids 4

Well I have not seen those other films. I was in Rodriguez's corner. I really was. But now I want a divorce! No really, this film is a complete jerk off. A waste of time and talent. Sorry but I INSIST that you write a halfway decent story before I pluck down my hard earned money.

[Talyn]

I'll watch this eventually....not sure what I'll think of it, but we'll cross that bridge before I plunk down serious money on it....

[Infernal King]

On their own, I didn't care much for the extended versions of either Planet Terror OR Death Proof.

But together, as part of the Grindhouse Theatrical Cut, they're a lot of fun.

Machete, as a film, was okay. Since Machete Kills has been getting terrible reviews, I'm gonna pass on it.

[bigdaddyhorse]

Did a blind pre-order, from the library!

To be fair, I did the same with the first Machete movie thinking a full-on special edition would follow the so-so release it got. I finally gave up on the SE and found a used copy with a nice slip this last summer for a great price ($8) and grabbed it up. I can't recall ever seeing this get below $20 at retail, until I got my used copy, then it was cheap everywhere. I'm hoping for the best but it's all 50/50 with the bad reviews and my likes. Half the time I love movies everyone else hates, the other half I agree. Only 81 holds in front of me at the library. Sounds like a ton, but I'm usually somewhere between 150-250 on newer pre-releases, and get them 1-2 months after street date.

[welcometothepartypal]

Originally Posted by bigdaddyhorse

Did a blind pre-order, from the library!

To be fair, I did the same with the first Machete movie thinking a full-on special edition would follow the so-so release it got. I finally gave up on the SE and found a used copy with a nice slip this last summer for a great price ($8) and grabbed it up. I can't recall ever seeing this get below $20 at retail, until I got my used copy, then it was cheap everywhere. I'm hoping for the best but it's all 50/50 with the bad reviews and my likes. Half the time I love movies everyone else hates, the other half I agree. Only 81 holds in front of me at the library. Sounds like a ton, but I'm usually somewhere between 150-250 on newer pre-releases, and get them 1-2 months after street date.

I'm a huge library renter too. It's saved me so much money, I rent the dvd for free and if I love the film I buy the Blu, it's great! If your patient you get every movie and some times the library gets the blu-ray version too!

Anyway I'm doing the same for Machete Kills.

[Booker Dewitt]

Totally forgot this movie existed until I saw the review, then my experience of it in the theater kind of came back to me. Most of the movie felt like a retread of the first one until Mel Gibson showed up, and him and Machete were having dinner conversation with a beating heart in a jar right on the table. That and Gibson's fascination with Star Wars is a special kind of dumb, the kind of dumb that should've been the rest of the movie. Instead it's just a tease for a sequel.