june gloom on 14/7/2009 at 05:41
Suprised nobody's brought this up yet.
Say what you want about Tarantino- and he has his faults- but I can't help but get moist about his (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglourious_Basterds) latest film. Essentially a "spaghetti-western but with World War II iconography" (well fuck I'm sold!), the film is basically about a group of Jewish-American soldiers landing in France to launch a terror campaign against the Nazis.
Supposed to be out in the US August 21st. Anyone else going to see it?
Volitions Advocate on 14/7/2009 at 05:54
Its actually a remake of an italian movie with a slightly different plot.
I'm not a huge tarantino fan outside of 4 rooms and pulp fiction, but if theres a great deal of hidden aesop swimming around in the plot to be disected I'm sure I'll be happyto oblige him.
And I always enjoy his product placement.
EDIT- Oh, i guess wikality says its not techincally a remake but an 'inspired-by'
Aja on 14/7/2009 at 06:20
well I'm not in high school anymore...
but man kill bill was so awesome in grade 11
EvaUnit02 on 14/7/2009 at 10:23
Ringo Lam's City on Fire was shit loads better than Reservoir Dogs.
Queue on 14/7/2009 at 13:06
Quote Posted by Aja
well I'm not in high school anymore...
but man kill bill was so awesome in grade 11
Hahahahahahah...
No.
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Ringo Lam's City on Fire was shit loads better than Reservoir Dogs.
I just watched Reservoir Dogs, recently, for the first time and really didn't care for it. It seemed a shambling mess with only the ear-scene being memorable. But I don't find his work to be as innovative as most people do. The only brilliance of Pulp Fiction was copying how Wm. Faulkner broke up the scenes in
A Rose for Emily. So, watching Dogs was indeed a disappointment. Maybe it was all the hype for all these years.
...had the same experience with The God Father.
...
and Slumdog Millionaire. A one-and-done viewing experience as, for me, there were no scenes that made me think to myself how much I'd want to watch it again. Good, but...
Thirith on 14/7/2009 at 13:09
I've greatly enjoyed all the films Tarantino's directed so far, except his episode in Four Rooms (hated the entire film, pretty much) and Death Proof (haven't seen it yet). At the very least I'm curious about his latest.
Ostriig on 14/7/2009 at 13:25
I've lost my interest for Tarantino's stuff on the whole. Some of his stuff made for an entertaining one-time watch, and I still like Pulp Fiction in general, but I've really kinda had my fill of his gimmick.
ercles on 14/7/2009 at 15:17
Quote Posted by Queue
I just watched Reservoir Dogs, recently, for the first time and really didn't care for it. It seemed a shambling mess with only the ear-scene being memorable. But I don't find his work to be as innovative as most people do. The only brilliance of Pulp Fiction was copying how Wm. Faulkner broke up the scenes in
A Rose for Emily. So, watching Dogs was indeed a disappointment. Maybe it was all the hype for all these years.
...had the same experience with The God Father.
Reservoir Dogs did have some cool ideas, such as the fake radio station and obviously the ear scene. But Tarantino did clearly run out of ideas and turned the film into a bloodbath to tie it all up in lieu of any sort of narrative.
I'm sorry but you need to re-think The Godfather. It's that good. It's been copied by just about every mob film since so it may not seem original, but I always compare it to Shawshank or 2001:A Space Odyssey where everybody rants about them but they are simply
that good that they can't disappoint.
henke on 14/7/2009 at 15:36
Dudes stop saying you don't like Tarantino movies! That's just perverse! :eww:
gunsmoke on 14/7/2009 at 16:03
foxy brown was underrated. It wasn't as good as Pulp, but really, what is?
