About Heroes

This Review was submitted by Joshiebear:
Well it isn't really comics, but I think this genre of film can be lumped right into the same vein of entertainment for the most part. Cheap thrills all around and such. Anyway, I just got back from catching the first showing of the movie at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, and I
thought I'd impart some knowledge on my fellow AH nerds and let you know what you were in for, because if you have a brain at all, you'll go see this movie just for who's directing it.

So to start, myself and my 4 friends who went to see it were all pretty apprehensive. We knew the directors (Robert Rodriguez (Planet Terror) and Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof) were good directors, but we're all film students and weren't sure whether or not this would just be too silly for us to enjoy. I mean in the trailer by itself, it's revealed that zombies gnaw off Rose Mcgowan (spelling?) 's leg and it is promptly replaced with a fucking machine gun which she uses in conjunction with her stripper moves to kill things. Wow. That's pretty silly. Well we were all willing to invest the money to see it, and so we bought tickets in advance, stood in line for an hour, and made this thing happen.

Wow. This movie (movies actually) was great. It's really a one-two punch of INSANE action and gore (Planet Terror is by far the goriest movie i've ever seen released in American Theaters, I mean you see someone's cock fucking rot off their body for God's sake), the other part is more story paired with action (Death Proof). Both had their drawbacks and weren't completely flawless, but the flaws are welcomed due to the style of the overall ordeal. Each movie is presented as if it were an old film-strip that's been played hundreds of times the obligatory film grain, scratches and pops, bad cuts, jumpy sound, and so on, but never in a way that really gets annoying, because it's all a loving homage to the glorious exploitation films of the 70's. Planet Terror is simply a fun-filled violent romp through zombie mayhem with tons of gore and humor to keep it interesting and fun right up until the very end. Death Proof, however, almost lost me until the story really came into full-swing about 75% of the way through the film when things started to get genuinely interesting. All in all, I would say Death Proof was a good movie, but it felt more like watching a movie and then it's sequel directly afterwards. I don't want to give away anything, so I'll say no more about the actual content of the film(s) and just urge you to go get a bunch of your buddies and go watch this movie. If you like comics (especially comics these days) then chances are pretty good you'll get caught up in Grindhouse.

Your Amigo in Hollywood,
-Joshiebear