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Originally Posted by metternich1815
I definitely agree. There were actually quite a few excellent movies in the 1990s. Interestingly, a few of the films you have on your 21+ list, I have on my top 20. As for Grindhouse, I have never seen that. I assume by your statements that it is good? Are both films good or just one of the two? If so, I will have to add it to my Netflix queue or buy it.
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Both Grindhouse movies are good, but also quite different. Tarantino and Rodriguez have pretty different styles. The intent was to pay homage to (or really, almost recreate, but with some satire) exploitation films of the 70s. Both directors did a great job of adding pops, noise and graininess to the picture, complete with "bad" editing, etc. Really fun to watch, I thought. However, Tarantino didn't seem to commit quite as much to the project because he couldn't resist his trademark style of bantering dialog, which seemed a bit out of place and too specific to his own style.
I liked both movies a lot, although I'd have to see if either would make my top 22 (or just the one since we're calling it one movie). My hunch is they actually might not because I can think of at least a dozen movies from this era off the top of my head that are amazing and would rank higher. It's the era of the Splat Pack after all. :D