Random Movie Thoughts

Unsomnambulist said:
Who would you refer it to?

Edit: I'm not a fan of the idea either. What are people going to do with their shoes? Wear them in bed? Yuck. Take them off? Yuck.

Just a bad idea all around. And watch out for the drunk couple who begin...
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Yeah, what about all the people who are a bit over on the obsessive-compulsive spectrum?

Another thought: What about the snorers? :confused:

This idea is sofa-king retarded special.
 
Unsomnambulist said:
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I grew up on Quentin Tarantino movies. At what point did I outgrow them?

Most movies, even the good ones, leave us after a while. We forget when we first saw them, and where, and with whom, and which...
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I've lost my enthusiasm for video in general... not just Tarantino movies. But I see the complaints discussed in this piece. It's mostly complaints about the sameness of something that doesn't grow and evolve into something else.
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I like the article.

Tuesday, my son and his friend watched Pulp Fiction. His friend had seen it before and wanted to guage my son's reaction to every got'cha scene. Afterwards, my son said he was unimpressed with the movie, because it didn't really tell a story. I tried not to smile too much on the outside.

To me, Tarantino is truly a taste for a certain type of movie fan. His movies used to thrill and excite me, but even twenty years ago, I was disappointed in his lack of character development. That's not an aim of his, so it's not really anything he's doing wrong. It's just something that I find lacking in his movies. But what he does, he does very well.

Compared to Tarantino movies, the Fast & the Furious franchise read like Shakespeare when it comes to character arcs.
 
I enjoyed the article too, but feel perhaps the author has not tired of Tarantino but wants him keep creating the same exciting films of his youth. Like many, I was wowed by the time shifts and cool, rapid dialogue of "Pulp Fiction" as well as the throw everything into a film and see if it sticks quality of Kill Bill (kung fu, anime, etc) . But like most directors earlier films, Tarantino style has changed. Not all granted - I still feel he should avoid...just once...every film ending in a revenge porn bloodbath. Perhaps that's why Jackie Brown has become more beloved by critics as the years have gone on - it's the only one that doesn't (sure three people die but that's nothing in a Tarantino film)

But when Jackie Brown came out, fans of Tarantino were not expecting it. Sure there were different perspectives on the final con, but not at flashily (is that a word) done as in Pulp Fiction. It was longer, slower and it included some of the character development/motives with Pam Greer and Robert Forster's characters that Randy notes is oft missing in QT's films. But then he release Kill Bill Vol 1 which was had the speed, the boldness, and the zippy one-liners that Pulp Fiction had and fanboys were satisfied (Kill Bill tends to be polarizing - some, like myself, LOVE it; others find it too much a form over function film.

But revenge porn endings aside, Tarantino has evolved into a directors much different that his youth, and has produced some very intriguing films over the past several years. The Hateful 8 was his last and probably his weakest film (it also returns to the play-like single scene setting for most of the film) but it also had some great dialog and fantastic landscape shots (unfortunately a small part of the film). But the films before that - Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained are both excellent and show a direction firmly with command of his craft. Me personally, I might rank Inglorious Basterds as his second greatest film - and if you catch me some days, it seems to surpass Pulp Fiction (gasp!). It's a slower pace, develops nicely, has the fabulous presence of Christoph Waltz. It's best pieces are slow suspenseful dialogues filled with impending dread - the opening Waltz conversation with a French farmer hiding a Jewish family, the restaurant scene discussing crepes, the basement of the bar playing of the original Headbanz game. Sure there were lengthier dialogue pieces even from the opening of Reservoir Dogs but these were more humorous and fun. Tarantino has been better at creating slowly simmering scenes of dread (ex. in Django with Leonardo Dicaprio - I'm not a big fan but it is one of his best roles)

I could go on (and have gone on too much) but perhaps the author is holding on too much to the excitement of seeing a film that influenced a ton of genre films of the 90s when he was younger. He's gotta grow up as his director has.
 
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Zeeba Neighba said:
It's best pieces are slow suspenseful dialogues filled with impending dread - the opening Waltz conversation with a French farmer hiding a Jewish family, the restaurant scene discussing crepes, the basement of the bar playing of the original Headbanz game. Sure there were lengthier dialogue pieces even from the opening of Reservoir Dogs but these were more humorous and fun. Tarantino has been better at creating slowly simmering scenes of dread ...
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True on both counts. I love QT's dialogue, even when I cringe at how forced and/or over the top some of it is. And I agree he has a knack for raising the heat in suspenseful scenes .... getting me to lean forward in my seat and look/listen closer to what is about to happen.
 
JazzyRandy said:
True on both counts. I love QT's dialogue, even when I cringe at how forced and/or over the top some of it is. And I agree he has a knack for raising the heat in suspenseful scenes .... getting me to lean forward in my seat and look/listen closer to what is about to happen.
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Getting excited with all this QT discussion - the family and I (my three kids have all seen most of his films) are going to see Once Upon A Time in Hollywood tonight!
 
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Sigh :vic:
 
Zeeba Neighba said:
James Dean to appear in a new film using "Full Body" CGI

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James Dean, consummate professional, will star in a new film 65 years after his death

In a move that either signals the breathtaking possibilities of technology or the onset of a certain dystopia, cultural icon James Dean is posthumously returning to film. According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, the Rebel Without A Cause actor—who tragically died in 1955 at the age of...
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Sigh :vic:
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He's still making sausage commercials, too. :thumbsdown:
 
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