I checked out Tarantino and Rodriquez’s Grindhouse last night. I can say that it is definitely geared for a certain “type” of viewer. Of the compatriots I saw it with, some very definitely fit this “type” and some very much did not and had a rather unpleasant experience. The trailers should pretty much set any expectations you might have perfectly. The movies are extremely entertaining, provided you can be entertained by ludicrous helpings of violence, sexuality, and gore. Going into it I had heard that Quentin Tarantino’s muscle car/slasher movie Death Proof was the superior to Robert Rodriguez’s zombie blood bath Planet Terrror, but that wasn’t really my experience. Planet Terror is packed with wanton violence and over the top gore that made it a lot sillier to watch. Death Proof has some cool car case scenes but you have to watch a lot of extended scenes of what I considered uninteresting dialogue to get to them. After the approximately 2 hours of non-stop carnage that precede the start of Death Proof the shift of gears in pace is perhaps far to noticeable, especially given that you’re now getting into the “slow” movie well after midnight. To be fair, Death Proof is probably a much better “movie” but I thought Planet Terror was a better experience. I’m certainly biased in that I generally like Rodriguez’s stuff and find Tarantino’s material to be grating at times (his extended introduction he added to the American distribution of Chungking Express, “I didn’t make this movie, but I really really like it” makes me furious), and this is not him at his best. It is also worth noting that I like zombies way more than muscle cars so your experience may be different from mine.