Hey, thank the idiotic American filmmakers for making Grindhouse too. Americans are so *beep* stupid, right? And because a movie that you and I both liked didn't do well at the box office, hmmm, must mean you should start throwing out irrational generalizations, 'cause that will make everything better and it will ease the pain of not being able to plant your fat ass in a chair for 3+ hours. Why don't you invite your friends over (or if you already live with your Mom and Dad, you're all set), dim the lights, and watch both movies at once at home? Just pretend that you're in a theater, surrounded by people who don't know you, because I'm sure that's how your parents act regardless due to the shame they carry on their shoulders every day.
America didn't ruin anything for you, you dumbass. If you were smart enough you'd figure out a way to see Grindhouse yourself the way you wanted to, and if you were mature enough you wouldn't even care so much either way. You'd suck it up, and remind yourself that you've got more important things to bitch and moan about. And hey, maybe if American audiences didn't respond to the film that well, MAYBE, just MAYBE, the morons in your country wouldn't have liked it either.
I disagree with the people who criticized and failed to understand Grindhouse, but I also disagree with foreign snobs who blame Americans for their problems, especially problems as petty as whether or not Grindhouse is being shown as separate films. This movie came out in 07, get the *beep* over it.
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jimanchower
14 years ago
"I disagree with the people who criticized and failed to understand Grindhouse,"
Believe it or not, you can "understand" what they were trying to do and still think it's crap. PT and the fake trailers were good, but DP is just a horrible movie and slows the pace waaaaaaaaaay down. It just drags.
I have criticized the film, because IMO it's not good. And I understand what grindhouse is, it's not hard. I know what exploitation movies are.
The trailers for GH made it look like DP was going to be this action packed movie and it's completely not. It's mostly girls (who aren't good actors) sitting around talking.
Really, I saw GH on opening night. I couldn't wait to see DP. But it was a lousy film. That, coupled with it being so long (GH I mean) made it bomb. It had nothing to do with people "walking out" because they didn't realize there was another movie. That's nonsense that some idiot came up with to justify it bombing.
Again, as I've asked a million times, how would it affect the BO performance of GH if people left early? They already paid. The theater got their 10 bucks.
And when I saw GH, nobody left, until a good ways into DP. Then people started leaving, in droves. No joke, I've never seen so many people leave a theater during a film. I thought RR delivered, the fake trailers delivered but DP was just terrible.
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gregbizkit2001
14 years ago
Well then just replace the word "understand" with "appreciate" in my former post and there's no problem, right?
BTW I saw Grindhouse in a packed theater as well, and nobody walked out during my showing either, in fact most of the reactions I heard later that night were positive. My main point is that there are a lot of reasons that the film didn't do well, but the "stupidity" of Americans isn't one of them.
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