If there’s one thing Ive realized about Quentin Tarantin’s Deathproof its that men love it in spurts, women love it in general. I didnt personally understand my distaste until I recently watched it again and came to the rather obvious realization that The movie is only remotely entertaining when the mouths of the women have closed.
Hear me out…*
Now I dont mind Tarantino’s style. Riddled with 20 minute long conversations where the characters suddenly decide in that moment to have the most thought provoking, unrealistic dialog possible ultimately making the viewer question the very validity of the reality they live in.
But I didnt quite have that experience that here. Whenever they started talking, I went through 3 very specific modes of thought
What are they gonna talk about?
What are they talking about?
What the fuck were they just talking about?
The amount of nothing that spewed from their mouths was of such mass that any normal man would think that this was a 15 minute movie because he spent so much time zoning out thinking about relevant things like I wonder what would it be like to cum in space** and didnt really catch all the parts between the girl getting her face wheeled off and the guy getting his face heeled in.
I believe women should be shown this movie in the same way black highschool kids should be shown a weeks worth of Maury episodes. Credits roll, lights come back on, look them square in the eye and say:
And that’s what you would look like if someone pointed a camera at you
A tool for realization. An explanation of sorts as to why I dont hear every [read: a] word you say. Going on and on about nothing will not gain my attention. It will only make we wish I could somehow staple your mouth shut and not have you hold a grudge. A chance to develop a phrase as to not say “please stop talking” and be able to cushion the blow by mentioning your favorite movie:
“…wha?…oh Im sorry you lost me because you were deathproofing”
* Im gonna get so much shit for this
** Pretty much the only reason Ive ever considered being an astronaut

