Aside from the fact that Rodriguez movies are always set in either Texas or Mexico (this movie has both locations) the action that fills the second half is more Rodriguez-esque as well. The second half of the movie feels more like pure Robert Rodriguez style. There is suspense and the character of Richie could fill a whole movie. The first half of the movie is great and feels like classic Tarantino. Something as simple as that line adds so much to how we view Richard. Richard puts in a retainer and gives a strong look at Juliette Lewis. He has a line that I believe reveals much more about the character than most people think: Maybe not the best, maybe not the coolest but the most interesting. I think he is one of the most interesting characters ever committed to film. Seth Gecko is the man, he is awesome, and Richard Gecko is a mentally unstable, highly volatile sexual offender. played by George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino. The first scene sets up the style for the first half of the movie and introduces us to the characters of Seth and Richard Gecko. I guess Planet Terror has a happy ending after all.īack to the opening. Since Earl McGraw doesn’t die during the Zombie Apocalypse and instead in a Liquor store, that means that he survived all the destruction and that Texas (where both movies are set) has been completely rebuilt and life has adjusted back to normal in just a short amount of time. The end of the film shows most of the world in ruin, with completely destroyed cities in the wasteland. Planet Terror has Earl McGraw fighting his way though zombie sickos but he survives. That is a great accomplishment seeing as he was in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. Earl McGraw gets killed in “From Dusk Till Dawn”, that means that he must have survived through the events in the other movies that the character has been in. Now if you take that into account to find the chronology of the character you get something rather interesting. Now here is my theory about Michael Parks in the Rodriguez/Tarantino movies: Michael Parks has been in “ Kill Bill” (Vol 1-2), “ Death Proof“, and “ Planet Terror” (collectively “Grindhouse”), and of course “From Dusk Till’ Dawn” all playing the same character. This was actually the last to be filmed because it was the only time Michael Parks was available. “From Dusk Till’ Dawn” opens with a scene that takes place in a Benny’s World of Liquor. In Desperado Tarantino acted as the pick up guy, which is a much smaller part than the trailers led to believe while Rodriguez was the writer/director. Each directed a full movie shown back to back, and Tarantino also acted in both. The reason for this was because Rodriguez wanted to introduce Tarantino to filming digitally), “ Grindhouse“. Tarantino was a special guest director who did one scene in the movie. They have also worked on “ Four Rooms” (the two of them each did one part out of the 4), “ Sin City“. Separately they are my two favorite directors so having them together is just amazing. Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino are a filmmaking dream team and work so well together. He is great at portraying violent characters and can give a deep insight to twisted minds and motives. Tarantino was very disappointed with how “Natural Born Killers” turned out and I think the movie would have been much better if he had directed it. He wrote “ True Romance“, and “ Natural Born Killers” but did not direct. This is not the only time Tarantino has written a movie but not directed it. He left that job to his good friend and fellow director Robert Rodriguez. Tarantino wrote and starred in “From Dusk Till’ Dawn” but did not direct it. Quentin Tarantino took a directing hiatus for a while which he says officially began when “From Dusk Till’ Dawn” finished wrapping up. I like both parts and feel that they don’t completely clash in a bad combination, but that they compliment each other perfectly. I fail to see being surprised is a bad thing. The main reason is not that they wouldn’t like the two parts separately, people simply don’t like being surprised by movies. The mainstream audience generally liked the first half of the movie, but once they get to the bar and the movie completely changes its style, tone and pace most people stop liking it. From Dusk Till Dawn is a cult classic completely deserving of the title and really underrated.
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