While Rodriguez managed to capture the ridiculous campy nature of 70s and 80s B movies, Tarrantino showed how rusty he's become, and he's starting to look like a one-trick pony. The good moments in Death Proof are too few and far between and it's ruined by filler dialog overkill. This movie, more than any before, shows Tarrantino's biggest directing flaw: All characters sound the same. Instead of dialog the whole thing sounds like a big, self-indulgent Tarrantino monologue interpreted by several people. Maybe 15 years ago his characters calling each other "bitch" and "nigga" constantly was breakthrough, now, it looks recycled and overdone.
Critics who praised this film over Planet Terror clearly didn't get it. B movies are not about acting, or quality, or even a coherent plot, the only sin of a B movie is being boring, and Death Proof is boring and practically unwatchable. Now I understand why producers wouldn't let Tarrantino direct Casino Royale.
Critics who praised this film over Planet Terror clearly didn't get it. B movies are not about acting, or quality, or even a coherent plot, the only sin of a B movie is being boring, and Death Proof is boring and practically unwatchable. Now I understand why producers wouldn't let Tarrantino direct Casino Royale.