Finally!

I watched Death proof and Planet Terror at last! I didn't get to see them in the theater, which was probably a miss out, but I'm glad in a way.

First off, there was no point to Death Proof other than Quentin Tarantino's need to prove how many random film homages he can place in a movie (I think most of them are to himself, so does that count?). Why take money away from Planet Terror, a perfectly awesome zombie gore fest, for something that only Tarantino thinks is a really cool movie. Ugh, a complete and utter waste of film and talent (Kurt Russel and Rosario Dawson). Tarantino does what he wants because he thinks it's cool and probably because he wants to show off his movie trivia knowledge, but he forgets that a movie is more than trivia and camera angles.

Planet Terror... amazing. I'm not saying this because I really like zombie movies or I'm just comparing it to Death Proof (although if you wanted to compare it to Death Proof, Terror would win hands down). The characters were fun and different (Marley Shelton's rapport was great "These are my friends..") and each had their own quirks that made them fun and kick ass. Also a shout out to Freddy Rodriguez and his bad ass "present" to Rose McGowan. I saw the trailer, but him presenting the gun leg to her was priceless. I think what made the film were the characters, by far.

Anywho, I'm babbling on and my dog wants to go outside. Rent and or own Planet Terror, but I would leave Tarantino's obscure film references on the shelf.