Originally Posted by Movies205
Loathsome? I liked this because it gave Quentin the chance to experiment with a flawed plot structure in much the same way it gave Micheal Mann a chance to experiment with Miami Vice. I mean in the begninning of Death Proof you have these normal characters... The self-absorbed and obnoxious ****, the snobby needs-to get laid one, and the jealous *****. Then you have stunt-man mike, that king of cool... As that story flows, you get to like the characters for their idiosycrancies, as well as enjoying the f'ing cheese of it all, then is displayed the ill car that's death proof. Halfway through these characters arcs, there violently killed, leaving much hate for Stuntman Mike... There something savage in that, I like how if you dig a little deeper there some wonderful subtext and really gives you a feeling for death and how it is, in that sense of life being cut short.
However, here is where the flawed plot structure works in, the next 3 characters are more or less periphery since this is just the death of stunt-man mike, and revenge on that character. Like I know it creates that disconnect because it sort of like two mini-movies in one but by being a self-proclaimed B-Movie it gives it an excuse to do something cool like this. And now in this second half your introduced to three new women who you also grow to like and truely hope they don't meet the same demise as the last three women, leading to the ultimate satisfaction at the kick ass ending. Also Stuntman Mike turning out to be a big ***** was awesome. I can completely understand why people didn't like it, but I felt Quentin took a real risk here and push his talents, instead of just doing the same ol'same thing which is what Robert Rodriguez did... As per usual terrible story which is jsut an excuse for cool action scenes.
