Schadenfreud Alert!
By Mitch Berg
Tarantino gets spanked in a disastrous opening for Grindhouse:
…major players in the movie capital were talking about the utter collapse at the box office of Grindhouse, that double-feature from celebrated directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. (I had wondered here if the movie could live up to the Weinsteins’ hype.) Despite decent reviews, the hard “R”-rated pic filled with blood and violence took in just $12 million this weekend — nowhere near even the lowest $20 mil opening predicted (or the $25 mil debut anticipated after midnight sneaks were arranged in major cities). blades1.jpgThe weekend take was far, far below the openings for, say, Rodriguez’s Sin City ($29.1 mil) or Tarantino’s Kill Bill 1 ($22 mil) and 2 ($25.1 mil).
Be advised: I detest Quentin Tarantino. I didn’t like Reservoir Dogs. I mildly disliked Pulp Fiction. I hated Kill Bill with a cordial passion. And everything I’ve ever read about Quentin Tarantino makes me hope his next movie is the new generation’s Ishtar.
Gack.
April 9th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Wow. Satan is lacing up his skates.
I agree 100% with Mitch Berg…
April 9th, 2007 at 11:28 am
You drop musical pop-culture references like mouse droppings and you hate Tarantino? Pulp Fiction is a classic and the stylized violence of Kill Bill (1&2) is a benchmark for all future films. Reservoir Dogs can be over-rated, but given the amount of pure garbage spewing from Tinseltown, Tarantino has been kicking ass for the last decade.
How can a man who would literally drool over an out of date Pizzicato Five EP have absolutely no respect for Tarantino?
Your cool cred just took a serous hit, you’re slouching towards middle age man!
April 9th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Neanderthal!
http://anti-strib.blogspot.com/2007/04/movie-people-vs-music-people.html
April 9th, 2007 at 11:51 am
You drop musical pop-culture references like mouse droppings and you hate Tarantino?
Only room for one of us in this town, podner.
How can a man who would literally drool over an out of date Pizzicato Five EP have absolutely no respect for Tarantino?
I would hold out for an “in-date” Pizzicato Five EP, actually.
Your cool cred just took a serous hit, you’re slouching towards middle age man!
Me and Hitchcock, baby.
I am too cool for Tarantino.
April 10th, 2007 at 12:39 am
Doug said:
That makes three of us.
Tarantino is great if you have voyeuristic love for 90 minutes of rotten-to-the-core characters, near non-stop cursing, and stylistic bullet holes in human flesh.