Grindhouse

A contest between two filmmakers -- who can make the better film that features a brief appearance by Quentin Tarantino? The rub is that whenever Tarantino is onscreen, the movie comes to a complete standstill. Robert Rodriguez wins! People who think just anybody can act in a movie should watch these films; Tarantino demonstrates the error of their views. Among the other reasons why Rodirguez's film is better: he shows more than a lot of pointless dialogue. From now on, Tarantino should only make films that he himself has not written.

I've known Kurt Russell was a great actor since "Breakdown," but to see the birth of Rose McGowan as an action star in "Planet Terror" is exciting to watch. Watching them back-to-back, one also notices that both feature the character Doctor Block in the same hospital, one of the same cops, the character Jungle Julia (referred to on the radio in "Planet Terror"), and Rose McGowan.

The release of "Grindhouse" on DVD also illustrates American commercialism at its finest. The movie in theaters was several fake previews and both movies. But as if they're punishing people for not seeing it in theaters, if we want to buy it, we have to buy both separately, and we don't get to see all the previews. If everything that was shown in theaters was on one disc, you'd have a nice little package, despite some flaws. As it stands, I'm going to not buy it in order to punish them for not releasing it on one disc.