The official Grindhouse thread

[Prognosticator]

Ib?

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

I wonder if Grindhouse is going to affect Inglorious Bastards.

I doubt it.

 

[Mr. Socko]

This movie was based off of QT and RR's favorite sh***y films of the 70s, it's meant to be low b-rate suck-assy, and thats exactly what it is.

I wasn't expecting anymore.

But some people think that because a movie is meant to be sucky, it automatically makes it amazing.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Ib?

Inglorious Bastards.

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

I must admit - he better start making that damn movie.

I'm not into war films/literature - but Tarantino + War + Mickey Rourke = FANTASTIC FILM!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mr. Socko]

I agree.

But I also remember hearing news of QT talking about making this movie back in the 90s.

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

Well it took him six years to do Kill Bill ...

 

[Catman]

But if its a blockbuster they might make more or similar movies

Exactly! But, oh well, I guess it won't happen.

 

[Mr. Socko]

You guys know what I really hate about promoting films these days? It's that they stop promoting the films RIGHT as it reaches theaters. GrindHouse has barely been in theaters a week and I have yet to see ANY othe commercials or ads...

As soon as a film hits theaters they stop showing ads! WTF, that also hurt TMNT imo.

 

[Prognosticator]

^ I think the company decided to cut their loses and drop the U.S. advertising campaign altogether....Plus, since it dropped another 64% in its second weekend, I don't blame the Weinstein Co. one bit!

It'll have legs on DVD, and recoup money split into two over seas.

 

[Mr. Socko]

Weinstein Bros haven't had a nice hit since Scary Movie 4, I read.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Welcome to the Grindhouse:

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/welcome-to-the-grindhouse.html

 

[Prognosticator]

....I checked the link...I don't get it?? Is that a former GrindHouse double-feature pairing or a recent manip or what??

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

It's to "cash-in" on the grindhouse phenomena.

Can I take that back...?

 

[Mr. Socko]

Now THAT is a rip off.


Reminds of that ripoff garbage "Snakes on A Train", made to capitalize on SoaP

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

All of Asylum's movies are rip-offs.

King of the Lost World
The Da Vinci Treasure
Snakes on a Train
9/11 Comission
666: The Child
Pirates of Treasure Island
Frankenstein Reborn

Just to name a few

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

I thought I would post a few custom "posters" from the Grindhouse website.

The last three I manipulated in The GIMP after downloading. I also wanna use the poster-maker to make wallpapers out of sexy pictures of Rose, Rosario, and the other leading ladies


Plus a little Grindhouse-type thing for MySpace contact tables I made:

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I wonder if flophouse is going to affect IB.

funny.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Grindhouse split update
We received some reports over the weekend and yesterday from some readers saying their local theaters were running the GRINDHOUSE films separately or running them together with an intermission instead of the fake trailers. Curious, we did our best Carl Monday impression and did some investigative reporting. Was this the case of some rogue theater owners splitting GRINDHOUSE on their own? Had The Weinstein Co. officially re-released GRINDHOUSE as two separate films - "Planet Terror" and "Death Proof." After some digging and talking and e-mailing and harassing, we were able to find out the truth. It seems in the wake of the opening weekend disaster, the Weinsteins, as they widely admitted to, considered splitting the films. Being the Weinsteins, they did what they do best: they tested. Last weekend they tested various concepts of improving GRINDHOUSE business in select theaters including two of the various methods above. None of the methods seemed to have any positive effect on box-office receipts and word I got from inside the Weinstein Co. last night was that the plan to split GRINDHOUSE in two and re-release was very likely kiboshed. So that could be it for the GRINDHOUSE experiment folks. Just left to die a slow death and develop a cult following on home video, not unlike....well grindhouse movies.

http://joblo.com/grindhouse-split-update

 

[Prognosticator]

^ You don't have to worry about a slow death, it's plummeting out of theaters at the speed of light!

 

[Ultimate Movie-Man]

Those are sort of harsh words there y'all.

I just hope it comes as the double bill in May here...

 

[Catman]

We'll probably get the DVD in June.

 

[blud_knight]

well I just got back from seeing grindhouse. I'm sure the point is moot but I feel like laying my opinion out on the table.
Trailers: For me the best part of the movie was the previews for the movies that will never be made.
Planet Terror: A fun chemical zombie shoot em' up thriller. The gun leg was fun, and the missing reel was classis campy crap theater. I loved this one.
Death Proof: Where to begin. I... I'm hesitant to speak out on this one to much. The plot was slow. The first batch of characters/ girls were in my opinion really unlikable. I was glad to see what happened to them, but it did make me think that the plot up until that point was useless. The second batch was a little better, but not by much. Zoe was the whole reason to watch this movie in my eyes.
Honestly Death Proof was a let down. The people behind me that left after the first movie were probably making the safe choice.
People might like to kiss QT's ass, but honestly I think he has lost his touch.

 

[DACrowe]

Why do people dislike Death Proof. It may be uneven. But at the same time I'd say it is overall better than Planet Terror, though.

 

[Mr. Socko]

Me too. I haven't loved a movie of his since the 90s. But he could redeem himself with IB.


Can't wait for the 15 minute film school on the DVD!