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orcjohn. Wholly worthwhile (and even moreso because Ward Parkway is doing $5 weekday evening shows right now due to the remodeling), and I've been preaching the gospel of it ever since then. I'll even go see it again with featherynscale if when if she has time to see it.
I would DEFINITELY recommend seeing it in its original format, though. I can't imagine how/why the studio thinks it's going to work as two separate films, as they're BAD art by today's standard, which of course isn't the point. It's an homage, riotously funny, and completely over the top. Kurt Russell steals every scene of "Death Proof" that he's in, though Zoë Bell puts in a good showing as well. Rose McGowan is in both features, though she's primary female lead in the first one and cannon fodder in the second. The re-use of sets/actors/role names between the two is a nice touch as well (shades of King's Desperation/Regulators experiment).
Really, I felt like I'd gotten seven hours of enjoyable action film, and in this case that wasn't a bad thing. Of course, the "Missing Reels" might have helped...
See it!
orcjohn. Wholly worthwhile (and even moreso because Ward Parkway is doing $5 weekday evening shows right now due to the remodeling), and I've been preaching the gospel of it ever since then. I'll even go see it again with featherynscale I would DEFINITELY recommend seeing it in its original format, though. I can't imagine how/why the studio thinks it's going to work as two separate films, as they're BAD art by today's standard, which of course isn't the point. It's an homage, riotously funny, and completely over the top. Kurt Russell steals every scene of "Death Proof" that he's in, though Zoë Bell puts in a good showing as well. Rose McGowan is in both features, though she's primary female lead in the first one and cannon fodder in the second. The re-use of sets/actors/role names between the two is a nice touch as well (shades of King's Desperation/Regulators experiment).
Really, I felt like I'd gotten seven hours of enjoyable action film, and in this case that wasn't a bad thing. Of course, the "Missing Reels" might have helped...
See it!
