Being a great Quentin Tarantino fan, I’ve been sinning a lot in the last couple of years. I missed a few works of the Master. One of the films which I failed to catch in the cinema is “Death Proof“. Gladly, DVD rentals had a copy.
As I said, I am a bit fan of Tarantino’s movies, so there is no way at all that I can be objective or unbiased. For what it’s worth, here are my thoughts about this particular movie:
- Excellent!
- Anyone who saw other Tarantino movies can recognize his writing and directing in this one. All you need is about 18 seconds from the start of the film.
- Outstanding soundtrack, as always. Maybe even better than usual, since large part of the movie happens around a juke box. Film’s trivia page, among other things, has a list of all tracks.
- Great dialogs. Dialogs are one of Tarantino’s talents, and this film has plenty of them. Practically non-stop talking.
- Great cars! If you like cars and car racing, this is not the film to miss. It has some of the best car chases, car wrecks, and car engine sounds.
- Great girls! There are a few really hot babes in this movie, and even with no nudity at all, there are a few places where you’d like a bucket of ice just to chill you down a little bit.
- Kurt Rassel did a great job.
- Lots of visual pleasure. I suddenly remembered that story about Robert Rodriguez doing soundtrack for Tarantino’s “Kill Bill vol.2” for $1 and then, later, Tarantino returning the favor by making one of the scenes in Rodriguez’ “Sin City”. “Sin City” used a lot of digital technologies, while Tarantino is the Master of the actual film. So, it seemed like after that story (if it was even true), Tarantino went a little deeper into experiments with film (as in media). Scratches, noise, cuts, and other effects, which can be achieved digitally, look more authentic when done for real.
If I had to pick one thing that wasn’t perfect about this film, it would for sure be duration. It was too damn short. I could watch this film for hours and hours. And just for that, I’ll rate it as 9 out of 10.