From Dusk Till Dawn

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First time viewed: No
Current Release: No
Watched With: Jordan, Amberly

It's great when you can show people films from long ago enough that they don't remember or never saw the trailer and reviews and instead can watch with a clean slate. It definitely makes the twists and turns of the film more fun, although when people consistently check IMDB stats about the film they are watching while they are watching it it really ruins the surprise.

Even so I think this film is just so much damn fun. I love the set up, the whole first act. We get some interesting characters and Tarantino has written himself a wonderfully creepy role.

And then the shit hits the fan and all hell breaks loose. The rest of the film is a lot of genre action fun times. Some great KNB fx work and some early cheap visual effects here too but still some really inventive sequences.

I think it's still fun even if you know where it's heading but nothing beats the surprise in my book. Either way, I enjoy it immensely every time.