screen |skr_n| |skrin| |skri_n| noun • a blank, typically white or silver surface on which a photographic image is projected : the world's largest movie screen • movies or television; the motion-picture industry : she's a star of the stage as well as the screen. verb [ trans. ] • protect (someone) from something dangerous or unpleasant • evaluate or analyze (something) for its suitability for a particular purpose or application


Friday, April 06, 2007

Grindhouse

Planet Terror and the fake previews were great. A great, fun, crazy night at the movies. I felt energized. Then, the Tarantino segment, Death Proof started, and all the life was slowly sucked from the audience as Tarantino masturbated all over everything with his unchecked self-indulgence. Death Proof is ultimately a failure, only because it has so much missed potential. The plot DRAGS horribly, there are no “protagonists” per se, and even if he’s famous for his dialogue, it’s excruciating in this context. It reminded me of the adults in the Charlie Brown cartoons. Indiscernible meaningless noises. Kurt Russell was great the 10% of the time he was on screen. And the car chase was good, once I woke up from the hibernation I fell into during the first 40 minutes. It pissed me off a bit, and it’s a little sad. It could have really been something sweet.

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