Sadly Over-hyped

Memorable, crazy movie

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Leave no 70, 80's film unturned. This excellent, absorbing docu, dredges all those films up, whether by Brian Trenchard Smith, John Lamond, you name it. For me, it's 90 minutes of memories. This doco also has another attribute: Tarantino, who almost becomes part of the Aussie landscape, passing commentary. Bad movies, and bad actors get their justice, and we learn quite a bit about what went on behind the camera with some of these Ozploitation classics. Even Eliza Fraser's mentioned. The majority of them might be bad movies, but they're movies I love and revel in. This Ocker doco really comes off, and is done great justice by all those involved, as we hear directors scold certain actors, and movies that deserve to be scolded. It was fun watching Tarantino and Trenchard Smith converse with the two have a real mutual respect for one another. The doco wouldn't be the same without Quentin, as it wouldn't have that added spark. We catch up with actors, much older now, like the Felicity chick, who hardly had a career. Oz has got it right with this doco. It may not be quite Hollywood, but from all those mostly flashy Oz pics of yesterday, Australia has a modest Hollywood of it's own. Compelling viewing, even on a rewatch.

You can watch NOT QUITE Hollywood as an eye-opening history of a somewhat under-appreciated subgenre or as simply a "greatest hits" of mind-blowing genre film moments. You will quite literally lose track of all the boobs, explosions, car crashes, mutilations, exploding heads and insane stunts offered up here. (I wanted to immediately watch it again to see all the stuff I missed!) A fantastically entertaining documentary, highly recommended to fans of action, horror, or any kind of exploitation film.The film serves as a great starting point to research some fun flicks (I immediately sought out TURKEY SHOOT). But if you just want to watch a string of crazy, outrageous movie moments regardless of appreciating their context, go for it. You win either way.

It's informative, all right, but after a very short while you realize that all you're watching is a bunch of clips of junk exploitation pix & mostly fatuous comments on them. OK, so Tarantino (we're not on a first name basis) was blown way by the outrageous idea of having an almost nude woman as a hood ornament on a car. So what? Some tastelessness is highly enjoyable (most of Tarrantino's work is) because of style, panache & great dialogue. With rare exceptions, the Ozploitation stuff shown in this pic is not. It's just juvenile & I'm old enough to be sorry I wasted my time watching this one. Most of the reviewers have disagreed or will disagree with this comment. Well, that's Show Biz.

I saw this film at the Amsterdam Film festival last week, what a blast from the past! This Doco was well executed and totally engrossing, accurate and entertaining. As an Aussie your not aware of the type of films we were offered at that time, its other nationalities which identify our styles years later, we just grew up with it and accepted it as the norm. Its great to see Tarrantino so enthusiastic about the Aussie film industry, the genre which was identified was the B films which at the time of release were considered OK, but these films have stood the test of time, what once was ridiculed as being rubbish is now being seen in a completely new light. I was surprised that Tarrantino talked at length about the film, "Long Weekend" which he considers on of his 5 favorite Aussie Horror films, at the time of watching it in the cinema i remember thinking this was one of the best made Aussie films i had ever seen... so... great minds think alike!!Watch this doco if you have any interest in the Aussie film industry, its a real eye opener and very well made. thumbs up and a big 10!