Apollo-14

This steaming pile of crap is premiering in high definition where I am, so this is the first time I'm seeing it. I know it's been out for some months now and I knew it was bad, but I had no idea. I feel I must warn the world about its existence. It is like a 2 hour-long infomercial with product placements for any brand dumb enough to be tricked into financing this disgusting heap of vile tripe. It is a celebration of all the superficiality of American consumerism, indeed of everything that is wrong with the world today. Stay away from this bomb, it will declare a ruthlessly efficient blitzkrieg on every one of your brain cells.

Beginning with Jackie Brown, Tarantino's slow decline from brilliantly original to vainly self-indulgent reaches a new low with Death Proof. What came across as quirky, off-beat and insightful in RD and PF becomes self-indulgent, vacuous and -quite simply- boring in this sub-par "exploitation" flick. Instead of memorable round-table discussions concerning the hidden meaning behind "Like a Virgin", here we are treated to mindless girly talk about boyfriends and making out. Instead of intense character conflicts concerning universal themes such as loyalty and honor, we get cheap thrills and kills. Unfortunately, DP is "proof" that Tarantino is running out of ideas to exploit. At least when he was doing it in the early nineties, there was some originality to it.