Pop quiz hotshot. What do you do when a conceptual film lands a huge box office belly flop? Make a sequel, if you're Eli Roth, who already wants to make a Grindhouse sequel. Apparently, Roth is bugging Edgar Wright and various studios to let him make the sequel based on the respective Grindhouse trailers for Thanksgiving and Don’t, reports Rotten Tomatoes.
"We have the outline, the story ideas but part of the fun of Grindhouse is actually not having a script. I wouldn't want to write it too detailed. You've just got to work out the kills and then see who's around and grab a camera and have fun," says the misguided Roth. "The catch is that me and all my friends who are in our 30s, we all have to play high school students, because that's how they did it in '80s horror movies."
Apparently, Roth is under the impression that the three and a half hour running time is what kept away the masses for Grindhouse’s theatrical run. The thought that people aren’t interested in glorifying crappy 1970’s horror films must have never crossed Roth’s mind. Unfortunately, he has fallen victim to a phenomena. A phenomena that has very little artistic integrity or originality – namely, the homage. Sure, it’s fun to cut loose and emulate the type of films that you like to watch. Goofiness for Goofiness sake, but if people really wanted to see crappy movies, they could just rent them for $4 and have the power to turn them off after half an hour.
"My feeling is that three and a half hours, it was a long time at the movies for people. The movie itself was three hours and 15 minutes and then there's 20 minutes of trailers and then parking and everything, it suddenly became a four hour evening for people. So there's only so many times you can show it in a day and a lot of people getting off work, it was tough for people to find the time to see it," Roth said to himself in an inner monologue. Grindhouse and no one will talk about, the words ‘box office disappointment’ won't even apply. I think the guys made a brilliant film and they should be commended for it and they took a risk."
Right now, the only person talking about Grindhouse is Roth. And that’s all I see happening 25 years from now.
