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Death Proof (2007) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!

Death Proof (2007) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!

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In between the two films when released were trailers done by Rob Zombie, Edgar Wright, Rodriguez and Eli Roth for fake movies. I’m sure you’ve heard this by now.

TurtleInJersey

I feel that this should only be watched as Tarantino intended, as Grindhouse. This is only half the movie.

Beau Mont

Sooo true! I LOVE that movie!

Scott Kerr

The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2 - 1981) has got good car chase scenes too.

Jah (jakwiq) (Jah Quick)

Planet Terror. It's pretty good too.

Jah (jakwiq) (Jah Quick)

Would Love to see the other part of this double feature on here.. I forget what it's called right now. The other one with Rose McGowan.

Alex

Great reaction! In case it hasn't already been mentioned, the Sheriff (who you noted was also in Kill Bill) makes one more appearance in From Dusk Till Dawn, in which he engages in a quite entertaining conversation with a liquor store owner in a scene that firmly establishes the film's tone. =D

Steven Montano

Stunt Man Mike is heavily inspired by Burt Reynolds characters particularly the Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit. Stunt Man Mike is essentially an evil version of the Bandit. That movie is a classic and I hope you two watch it!

Jonathon Dragovan

If you are thinking of watching those trailers....Don't! jk

Guston Zimasheen

Bullit would be great, need a Steve McQueen reaction on here especially before Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

Ken Veader

Well, if it helps, Grant Page is still alive! And they're not nearly as wild as the "ship's mast" chase in this, although a couple are pretty crazy.

Tyler Foster

Aww nice! We'll need to check out some more from April March :) -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Awesome, thanks! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

We'll definitely be watching "From Dusk Til Dawn" once we've completed the Tarantino directed films we haven't seen -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Oh woah, I like that theory! Stuntman Mike is the worst, and Zoe is the best! So cool to see them both in this. I feel like just from the sound of those movies, they would be stressing me out because of the stunts haha -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Awesome! Thanks for the recommendations! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Haha I love how everyone feels so differently on this film. -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Awesome! Added to our list :) -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Thank you! I can see why someone would feel that way. Kurt Russell played such a good creep! Zoe Bell was absolutely insane on the hood of that car too! I love seeing the range of his work, but that it still is Tarantino :) -sam

TBR Schmitt

It's on our list :) -Sam

TBR Schmitt

I can see that! I think there are many people that would agree with you -Sam

TBR Schmitt

So cool! I recall thinking during the reaction that she looked similar to Uma Thurman, so that's funny -Sam

TBR Schmitt

The end credits song is by one of my favorite artists, April March. An English cover of the 60s France Gall French pop tune, "Laisse tomber les filles". They do play AM's own French version after the English version tho. Perfect end credits song for this movie, that's for sure.

Donna Castellano

If you have a chance seek out the ‘Coming Attractions’ that were made for this film. “Don’t” and “Thanksgiving” were really funny.

Mark M

The older cop/ranger is also a character in Robert Rodriguez' "From Dusk Till Dawn" which is a pretty crazy movie as well.. and his son (Number 1) is really the actors son..

24fps_

Ronin is the movie that got me into chase scenes.

PIG

Also, haha, not important, but it's Win-stead as in "winning," not as in "wine."

Tyler Foster

One theory I've heard floated about the movie is that the first half of the movie isn't even real, but actually what Stuntman Mike is picturing when he is plotting his kills, and then the second half is what actually happens when he tries it. Not sure if I totally buy it, but there is the drastic stylistic and tonal switch between the two halves of the movie, and it's fun to think about anyway. A more convincing read is that Stuntman Mike, even if he was a stuntman, is ultimately a big poser. The movie is a tribute to the insane bravery and skill of Zoe Bell, who is the real deal, and that's why she can totally kick his ass. The action movies cited in the film are generally American movies, and of course Zoe Bell is from New Zealand, not Australia, but this movie is also in the tradition of a wave of action/exploitation movies out of Australia in the 1970s that was given the nickname Ozploitation. In particular, there are two movies featuring real-life stuntman Grant Page (who worked on the Mad Max movies, among others) playing himself: Stunt Rock and Deathcheaters. Stunt Rock in particular is a really fun, goofy little movie where Page hangs out in LA with a reporter and an actress while doing a bunch of stunts, intercut with a concert by a rock/magician act known as Sorcery. I'm sure if you put it up it would be the least-successful video imaginable because I imagine less than 50 of your subscribers have seen it, but it is a ton of fun. I also recommend the great Ozploitation horror-thriller Roadgames, which features Jamie Lee Curtis in an on-the-road Alfred Hitchcock homage (a friend of mine dubbed it Rear Windshield, which is a great joke and very fitting).

Tyler Foster

"To Live and Die in L.A." (1985)

Mr. Writhms

The other version is not technically another cut of the movie so much as a completely different presentation. As Mr. Writhms says below, the movie was originally released in theaters as a double feature experience called Grindhouse, with Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror attached, as well as numerous fake movie trailers and other bits. Real fun stuff. But I guess if I'd thought about it, it would've been obvious that you'd only have seen the longer version, given you saw the movie all by itself.

Tyler Foster

I love car chase scenes! some of my favorites: Bullitt (1968) Vanishing Point (1971) The French Connection (1971) The Seven-Ups (1973) The Blues Brothers (1980) Short Time (1990) Ronin (1998)

Scott Kerr

Top 5 Tarantino film for me, really fun on repeated viewings. When i first got to Austin I had to go to that bar

Ken Veader

I was fine with how slow it was and the dialog. I am way in the minority here because this is QT's only flop. Also, there was no CGI. All the stunts were real and body parts were prosthetics. I geek out on this movie so much. I absolutely love it.

PIG

Great Reaction !!! I Love Kurt Russell in This !!! Another Great Kurt Russell Movie that is not on your Watchlist is "Executive Decision" from 1996 with Halle Berry and Steven Seagal !!! Great Action Film !!! Another Great Early Movie of him is "The Deadly Tower" from 1975

Florian Meier

That was a fun reaction. I have to agree with Joe (above), I think the dialogue is the weakest part of this movie (which feels weird to say about a Tarantino flick.) That being said, I think Kurt Russell's and Zoe Bell's performances make this into something kinda special. Kurt's nervous breakdown after getting shot, followed up by his screaming and wailing after his car is totalled are so much fun that I kinda feel like a sadist :S And Zoe's "I'm okay!" is so perfectly timed/delivered... she's just freakin' hilarious. This isn't my favourite Tarantino, not by a long shot, but I'm so glad he tried something different.

Uncle 'Traveling' Matt

Gotta check out Planet Terror...Robert Rodriguez's companion piece to this. Good shit.

Steve Mercier

I actually like Death Proof...a lot BUT I felt the dialogues were too long for that kind of movie. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy QT dialogue but he over did it a bit for a horror film which made it feel slow. I hope QT does at least one more horror flick before he retires.

Joe Lazarus

Yeah, that was the point of having her play herself - so we could have the great closeups showing that it was really the actress doing the stunts on the hood. Good stuff!

Thomas Yanez

I just finished, definitely the unrated version.

Thomas Yanez

So the cast credits at the beginning say "Zoe Bell as herself", Zoe Bell(the New Zealander from the 2nd half of the film) is an actual professional stunt person who was Uma Thurman's stunt double in the Kill Bill movies. She's basically playing a fictional version of herself in this movie. Zoe did all her own stunts in Death Proof.

David Crabtree

Awesome!! Thanks for sharing! We love reading all the release facts about these films. We have Planet Terror on our list now 😊 -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Yay! Hope you enjoy! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

We didn’t know there were multiple versions! The run time was around an hour and 50 mins! It was the only one we could find -Sam

TBR Schmitt

From the run-time, I'd say it is the unrated, stand-alone version.

Thomas Yanez

“Death Proof” was part of a double feature release called “Grind House”. You got to see 2 movies for one price in the theater. The 2nd feature is a horror movie directed by Tarantino’s BFF Robert Rodriquez, called “Planet Terror”. They both purposely had the grainy 16mm film look with the bad editing to resemble those cheap exploitative films that used to release in the 70s (the films Tarantino and Rodriquez grew up watching). A grindhouse is an old term. It was a local theater that showed cheaply made horror and action movies. New York City in the 70s had a bunch of those theaters back in those days in the Times Square area. These badly made grindhouse movies would never get a wide release and a lot of people never heard of them. So it seemed fitting Sam never heard of this one. 🙂 I recommend reacting to the 2nd half of the double feature “Planet Terror”. It’s a fun watch!

Mr. Writhms

Which version did they watch?

Tyler Foster

Very excited for this!

David Crabtree


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