Does anyone else believe Stuntman Mike's character should have remained completely cold, calm and calculating throughout the movie ?
Instead he turned into a pathetic bubbling coward ... what happened ?
In addition, I thought First Story was excellent; unfortunately dialogue in Second Half and above were downfall ( though some excellent stunt / driving when Stuntman atagonising other vehicle )
Thoughts ?
I agree with you dude, I saw this expecting it to have an epic crash like the first half except better. Too bad I was disappointed, if they were gonna kill him they should've done it with their car just like he did, the whole just punching then final axe kick didn't do it for me. This movie had a lot of potential with the first half then just ruined it
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The ending only?
I wonder what Terentino was thinking he is doing.
I went in with no expectations and ended up really liking this. As a huge fan of cars, stunts and Grindhouse films I wasn't expecting much but I felt like it hit all the marks for me.
That final scene made people in the theater stand up with a whoop and holler with laughter. I think it was a tad abrupt but fun all the same.
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That's the biggest flaw of the film to me. Glaring in fact.
We are supposed to be rooting for the girls at the end, but that's not how I felt. Kurt Russell is too awesome and his performance too likeable.
Upon repeated viewings, I can appreciate it more for what it is.....and Kurt Russell's performance is just awesome and hilarious.
So in my opinion, Tarantino failed in that aspect. He failed to make the girls likeable characters. Or at least as likeable/charismatic as Kurt Russell's character.
"We are supposed to be rooting for the girls at the end, but that's not how I felt."
This is exactly the biggest problem with the ending of this movie. Our sympathies as the audience are with Stuntman Mike because he's such a better character than the girls. Also, the girls prove themselves to be just as psychotic as he is! When they get onto the highway, do they show any concern for the innocent bystanders on the road? Nope. They just shove them out of the way in their quest for vengeance. Meanwhile, Stuntman Mike's just trying to get the hell away.
Just as psychotic? Yes, they're chasing him without much regard for innocent bystanders (like every other car chase in every movie with a car chase ever). But he kills people for fun, repeatedly. Intentionally. He has a whole car built JUST to kill people.
If you think 'chasing and taking down the person who tried to kill us and who has probably done the same thing before' is in any way equal to 'repeatedly killing innocent women in a painful, violent process to get his jollies' then you have a serious mental problem.
I saw this movie with a large audience and I can assure you, if anyone's sympathies were with Stuntman Mike, they were in the vast and silent majority as the girls at the end got a loud, cheering, standing ovation.
We are supposed to be rooting for the girls at the end, but that's not how I felt. Kurt Russell is too awesome and his performance too likeable.
I have to strongly disagree. Stuntman Mike is not a sociopath and was never portrayed as one. To be in the situation he was in after he got shot, he would have to be a sociopath in order to remain cold and calculating. Also, most of what he did was based on emotional needs, which precludes from being the character you wanted him to be.
He is very confident when things are going his way. Getting shot took him out of his position of power. He was hurt and he was not the person to cause that hurt. At that moment, he probably for the first time stepped into reality involving his actions. While he remains fearful that he has lost control, he is scared to death because it does not fit into his sexual scenario and he has probably never considered that he can do anything to lose his control.
When he assumes he lost the girls at the end, watch how quickly his confidence returns. He feels he is back in power again and he is no longer blubbering. However, this realization is short lived and he returns to his cowardly persona.
Even though I am the first person to point out that grindhouse styles films do not go for reality, they prefer to offer brain candy. However, in this instance the movie depicted how his actions would probably be if this was real.
I didn't care for the girls too much either. I was very interested in how Stuntman Mike's character developed and think that was the highpoint of the film.
I completely and absolutely agree!
ALTOBELLO YOU *beep*!!
Disagree completely. Would you be all brave if you got shot in the shoulder and was getting chased by three mad bitches, one with a gun?
shareWell my favorite part was when he broke down crying. It really reviled him for what he was. A wanna be tough guy turned baby when things didnt go his way.
Loved the chase scenes!
Thought all the dialog was a little boring personally. It didnt have that QT magic we all fell in love with, along with most of the entire movie.
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It was funny at first, I get what QT was trying to do but I didn't like how he was scared of them afterwards. "I was only playing!" "Well I ain't playing with you!" Then when they kill him and stop any chance at a sequel with the guy. That was like: "Ehhhh, what just happened?"
"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna `*beep*` wit me!"- Hudson in Aliens.
Well my favorite part was when he broke down crying. It really reviled him for what he was. A wanna be tough guy turned baby when things didnt go his way.
I personally think that the ending sucks, I don't like that kind of, we are so wild, crazy and bad, stuff anyway. And why is it that the chasing car is always faster.
Much better ending would have been both cars driving of the cliff, colliding with a truck or something like that.