Iambaytor Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Heirarchy from best to worse: Reservoir Dogs True Romance (by a narrow margin) Pulp Fiction Kill Bill Vol. 2 Jackie Brown From Dusk Till Dawn Kill Bill Vol. 1 Death Proof Four Rooms Natural Born Killers (Like I said though, not his fault) and yes, Reservoir Dogs is my favorite Tarantino film. What can I say, I enjoy listening to a group of men stand around an empty room yelling and swearing at each other for an hour and a half about awesome events we never actually get to see take place. It's like The Breakfast Club with guns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 eh, tarentino's room was the best one, for me. death proof and believe it or not dusk till dawn rate low on my scale. seeing as how you love Resevoir so, you ever see the asian one, City on Fire? its mostly the ending that inspires it. didnt he also produce Iron Monkey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkerSeed Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 No Reviews yet? Let me know if I missed something. Feel free to merge this into the thread where people are reviewing the movie. Inglorious Basterds, like Tarantino's other work, extrapolates from a group of older films those elements which are most sensational, immediate, and easily digestible. Here we have a group of 9 remorseless Nazi hunters, a gorgeous Jewish survivor out for revenge, and a vicious Nazi Col. nicknamed the "Jew Hunter." It doesn't get more immediately satisfying than that. The performances are great, Brad Pitt is hilarious and oddly plausible as the lead Basterd. Christoph Waltz easily gives the film's best performance as Col. Hans Landa, and I believe he also has the most screen time, which is great, because he is one of those villains that makes every scene he's in totally gripping. It's funny, because for all the talk about how much of this film comes from other work, and the shots, and the writing and all this, it's this guy's performance that's the #1 reason people will love this. Eli Roth, director of Cabin Fever and Hostel, and a man who has cameos that are chronically bad, surprises with a decent performance as the most brutal Basterd, and Mélanie Laurent plays the female bad ass as tough, capable, and vulnerable. Most of the movie has you somewhere close to the edge of your seat. Like Pulp Fiction, it's separated into chapters, and the suspense is upped when the events in each one converge. Unlike Pulp Fiction, it's not primarily playing with the order of events. We get to see each group of characters move into position for a pitch perfect final chapter of payoff. It plays out as if the characters from about 3 different WWII movies had business with the same target and met in a scene directed by Brian De Palma. There are some lulls though and it's 2 and a half hours definitely aren't perfect. Mostly it's the same problem I have with Death Proof. Tarantino's affinity for characters just hanging out and discussing films he likes just doesn't gel with the film we are actually watching. While I think it's great that everyone in America gets to hear how great a director GW Pabst is, and there are some films where I could just watch the characters sit around for hours, (Casavettes's stuff comes to mind) it feels clunky and awkward here. That being said, there are only minor flaws and speedbumps here, and while this doesn't have the subtlety of it's influences, there's a lot to be said for giving the audience exactly what they want, and Inglorious Basterds was one of the more entertaining films I've seen in a good while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 While junker has said pretty much everything i thought about it, i just want to echo my like of pitt in the lead role. His constant agitation when he's not nazi killing is amazing, as is his fist at italian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 No Reviews yet? Let me know if I missed something. Feel free to merge this into the thread where people are reviewing the movie. I forgot all about this thread and what a whiney lil' fussbucket baytor could be. As for the film, we started talking about it in here a few days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Well now that was just uncalled for, I haven't spoken a bad word about this movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Well now that was just uncalled for, I haven't spoken a bad word about this movie. Did you ever see it? And I was referring to this post earlier. Pure fussbucketry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Ah okay, I thought you were randomly attacking me for no reason, not making exscuses. And yes, I saw it last night as promised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 wrong thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Excellent fucking movie. I left the cinema saying "Fuck Yeah". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 ^^im with ASC, Tarentino's most fun flick since uh, Pulp Fiction? (sorry baytor, i dig Jackie Brown too though). so much to love here, i gotta own this one. Pitt's accent, bear-jews, hitler-with-a-cape...and really, LL nailed it: this was a giant jewish-fantasy-revenge flick that made you feel so awesome when it came around full circle and did what you didnt think it was gonna. so, so awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Eh, I just like Tarantino when he does more grounded stuff, though there's not a movie he's done that I dislike more than like. And this is easily his greatest film of the decade if not ever. We'll see how it goes on viewing number 2 when the suspense is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Inglourious Basterds on Blu-Ray just made me jizz in my pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Inglourious Basterds on Blu-Ray just made me jizz in my pants. I ordered mine on amazon. Can't wait to get it in the mail. Gives me time to scotch-guard my couch though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Inglourious Basterds on Blu-Ray just made me jizz in my pants. Okay, I was exaggerating. I'm not even wearing pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Okay, I was exaggerating.I'm not even wearing pants. Dress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HypnotizinChikns Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 no. just socks, for traction! i also thought this movie was awesome. i wouldn't change anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 wait, wait: here comes the best part! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 bad flashbacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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