Salma Hayek is another big highlight of the movie, even though she doesn't have nearly the same amount of screen time. Tarantino almost always adds some worthwhile humor to his screen roles and this is perhaps the best of his bunch. We are also treated to Quentin Tarantino's little b*tch boy sidekick of a brother. His presence dominates the screen and his sense of character never falters for one second. So this was my introduction to George Clooney and even in an off-the-wall gorefest such as this, it was easy to see he would go on to have a prosperous career in cinema. What I Personally Liked About "From Dusk Till Dawn": I want to preface this by saying that I have never been that big a fan of television. If we did, what a bland and uninspired world this would be. Not everyone shares the same set of criteria. Every audience member has a different set of criteria they use to measure their viewing experience. What I Personally Liked About "From The artistic medium of film is very subjective. The artistic medium of film is very subjective. the music is great, characters are memorable, and the **** Twister. You see, movie doesn't need to be deep, the movie needs to be entertaining. Yet I keep thinking about it time and time again, I keep coming back to it. One minute you watch a crime drama, then you blink and it's a b-class vampire flick. When I first saw this movie I was sure it's the worst thing I have ever seen. A footnote written by Tarantino and directed by Rodriguez. This movie, coming out in the middle of the '90, is just a footnote in the history of vampires in the media. When I first saw this Vampires in movies, vampires in TV, vampires in books, animation. Vampires in movies, vampires in TV, vampires in books, animation. Just keep in mind this is far from high-art. It's definitely not for everyone, but there's something about it that still makes it worth a look. Watching it turn from a crime-thriller with two deranged leads (Clooney and Tarantino himself) into a dumb, b-movie horror flick feels surprisingly natural, and it's just overall a decent amount of trashy and stupid fun. Surprisingly though that's what makes it fun. It can be stupid, offensive, or at times just downright gross. The only things that stay the same throughout are that it's completely vulgar and it's main characters are violent and deranged. The first half of the movie is a grindhouse style crime-thriller, while the second is an over-the-top and goofy vampire movie that doesn't take itself seriously at all and is filled with extremely gory kills. The only things that stay the same throughout are Suitably sleazy entertainment. On top of that, it has a hella-cool biker-bar soundtrack and Salma Hayek in a bikini.Suitably sleazy entertainment. The tough guy dialog continues throughout, the gore level is astounding, and we see via Kate- the preacher's daughter, played by Juliette Lewis- that sometimes a p***ed-off virgin with a crossbow can more than hold her own. All of this can- and *will*, given the right attitude on the part of the viewers- read as a loving high-five to 70s zombie flicks, a homage to the campy fun of those movies. Out of nowhere, it becomes all too clear that these two bad, bad men are not by a longshot the baddest in *this* bar. It's humming along like a typical Tarantino picture, and then- BOOM. From there it takes a turn that many seem to find infuriating but I personally find highly entertaining. They're supposed to meet a partner at a bar called The Titty Twister, and once they get there madness ensues. Along the way they pick up a preacher played by Harvey Keitel and his two kids. George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino are the Gecko brothers, two bad, bad men on their way to Mexico. Anyone trying to do a 'serious review' of this movie needs to lighten up.
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