….claimed he “LOVED” grindhouse movies, Tarantino really missed the mark on what a grindhouse movie feels like. It had flashes of true grindhouse experience, but over all it felt like something was lacking.

Watched this movie last night on DVD. I really enjoyed it and it shows what a unique talent Quentin Tarantino is, and so attuned to the times. And tbh this movie was refreshingly free of the sadistic violence that is so often in his movies (there were bits of violence, but nothing squirmy).

It starts out with the first lot of women talking in a car, in the kind of back n forth hip talk that we saw in Pulp Fiction. All the women actors are great, as is Kurt Russell as a grizzled yet enigmatic stuntman.

Later in the film I was pleasantly surprised to see a kiwi actress, who turns out is a real-life stunt woman! Hearing a kiwi accent in a Tarantino movie was strange, yet satisfying!

The car chase sequence at the end is pure adrenalin, very well shot.

Overall this is a great action movie, with all the artistic touches you’d expect from Tarantino (without ever being predictable).

Go the kiwi stuntwoman! A real person in a film – now that is cutting edge.

My initial reaction to this movie was that it was Tarantino’s best. It might take a couple more watches, and perhaps a side-by-side viewing with Pulp Fiction, to convince me otherwise, but my first impression with the movie was one of utter glee from start to finish. Loved it.

It did come together nicely at the end though. Which, sadly, seems to be a rare thing lately. The car chases were fun and I really liked “Zoe the cat” and the fact that she’s actually a stuntwoman who does her own stunts makes it all the better.

Tarantino irritated me far less than usual with this. Reminded me of how good he is as a screenwriter. Nothing really happens, but you’re engaged. I had missed that.

Utterly violent, utterly irresponsible, utterly trashy. To sum up: wonderful.