Planet Terror

Rodriguez succeeds where Tarantino fails with film that both pays homage to the genre and is enjoyable to watch. Missing reel gag is absolutely brilliant, as is casting of celebrities in terrible roles. The effects get better as they get worse, and the performances are brilliantly bad. Terrifically funny flick.

Death Proof

Tarantino realizes that people love his table talk, and seriously over-obliges to everyone’s dismay . Succeeds masterfully at creating an uninteresting and seemingly poorly made film. Closing car chase and reappearance of Russell are film’s saving graces, though it’s depressing that this is worse than many of his early films.