Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill 1 and 2 were written and directed by QT
From Dusk Till Dawn was written by QT and Directed by Rodriguez
Sin City was directed by Rodriguez, and 1 scene (Clive Owen and Benicio Del Toro in the Car) was directed by QT
Grindhouse was just great though.
Ticket prices are too expensive to see half-assed movies in the theme of crappy-but-funny cinema from decades ago.
Half-assed? Hardly.
Two complete movies, 1 done entirely by Rodriguez, 1 done entirely by QT, with fake previews before the 1st and between the two. The previews are directed by other directors (Rob Zombie does one, Eli Roth does another, I don’t remember who did the other one). The movies are each in the style of the Grindhouse cinema from several decades ago, but take the style and do wonderful things with it. If you’ve ever seen a zombie flick and hated it, you might love Rodriguez’s movie (at the same time, if you loved it, you will still probably love it). I don’t want to give anything away, but Rodriguez’s zombie flick is THE zombie flick, as though they took the mold for the zombie flick, and cloned it, but gave it a sense of humor about itself. QT’s film is just great. That’s all I’m going to say.
But both films are “aged” to look more like the drive-in film quality of the 70’s, 70’s style “Feature Presentation” screens run before both films, its just wonderfully and lovingly created in an homage to Grindhouse cinema. There are even strategic missing reels in both movies (QT once bought a film that was missing a reel without realizing it, so the first time he saw it, he didn’t know he was missing a reel, which he thought increased his interest in the movie)
And all the classic QT dialogue styles are present, as well as some familiar characters from other QT films, and the numerous references and in-jokes between the two directors, and links to other movies. Plus, they tell tell you basically flat out where they got many of the elements in this movie from.
Basically, if you like these two filmmakers, this is them in excellent form. If you like QT, its worth seeing the Rodriguez film for QT’s. If you like some of their work, its worth a look, because its great.
But make sure you have time…it clocks in just over 3 hours…it is a double feature after all :-D