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Post by The Captain on Jan 28, 2022 14:14:49 GMT -5
I still have to watch the DVD of The Hidden Fortress I bought three years ago. I still need to see both of the Kill Bill movies. There's no excuse for me not having seen these in the theater. With the recent talk about Coen Brothers films, for me, it's Tarantino films that I'm woefully behind on watching. Of the 9 films that he's written & directed, I've only seen one in it's entirety, Pulp Fiction. I saw that in the theater and was mightily impressed by it, especially it's story structure (though the sodomy scenes with Rhimes and Willis were uncomfortable to watch) I've seen the latter half of Kill Bill Vol 1, specifically Thurman's confrontation with Lucy Liu. I've seen the last half hour of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood but that's about it. Beyond those, I loved his guest appearance in Desperado and oddly enough, my favorite film by Tarantino is one he wrote but didn't direct, True Romance. Do yourself a favor and watch Inglourious Basterds. It's my favorite Tarantino movie. Django Unchained is good but tough to watch. I've seen it once, and that was enough. My sister swears by The Hateful Eight, which I have yet to see, but I trust her recommendation. |
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Post by spoon on Jan 28, 2022 15:49:28 GMT -5
I saw Fargo a few years after it came out. I didn't see another Coen Brothers film until No Country For Old Men, when I had started a quest to see all the Best Picture nominees. I've seen most of later Coen Brothers films, but not many of the early ones. I only saw The Big Lebowski about 4 or 5 years ago.
My opinions have ranged widely on different Coen Brothers movies. I have to get really immersed into a Coen Brothers movie to enjoy it fully, because I'm thinking about the creators, it brings up memories of internet interactions with toxic Coen Brothers fandom. I made the mistake of writing online that I didn't like a Coen Brothers movie (and why), and was greeted trolls telling me I was too stupid to understand it, a horrible person, etc.
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Post by spoon on Jan 28, 2022 15:55:03 GMT -5
I still have to watch the DVD of The Hidden Fortress I bought three years ago. I still need to see both of the Kill Bill movies. There's no excuse for me not having seen these in the theater. I only saw the Kill Bill movies in the past year or so. I was excited to see The Hidden Fortress because I heard a couple of the characters inspired R2D2 and C3P0. But when I saw it, I was underwhelmed. Of the Kurosawa movies I've seen, my favorite was one with a modern setting: Ikiru. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2022 16:09:40 GMT -5
With the recent talk about Coen Brothers films, for me, it's Tarantino films that I'm woefully behind on watching. Of the 9 films that he's written & directed, I've only seen one in it's entirety, Pulp Fiction. I saw that in the theater and was mightily impressed by it, especially it's story structure (though the sodomy scenes with Rhimes and Willis were uncomfortable to watch) I've seen the latter half of Kill Bill Vol 1, specifically Thurman's confrontation with Lucy Liu. I've seen the last half hour of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood but that's about it. Beyond those, I loved his guest appearance in Desperado and oddly enough, my favorite film by Tarantino is one he wrote but didn't direct, True Romance. Do yourself a favor and watch Inglourious Basterds. It's my favorite Tarantino movie. Django Unchained is good but tough to watch. I've seen it once, and that was enough. My sister swears by The Hateful Eight, which I have yet to see, but I trust her recommendation. Hateful Eight quickly took the top spot as my favorite Tarantino film warning. .there is some extreme violence (that comes up suddenly) .and that can make it a hard watch. but it's a fantastic film. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 28, 2022 16:38:17 GMT -5
I love The Hateful Eight, but I can’t imagine watching it until I can see it in a theatre again.
On a big screen, you feel like you’re in that room with all those awful people and the four hours just fly by.
Inglorious Basterds is another one I like a lot.
But my favorite is Kill Bill. I’ve seen it over and over.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 28, 2022 19:02:56 GMT -5
I just checked the list. I haven't seen any Tarantino movies. And only the one Coen brothers movie.
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Post by badwolf on Jan 28, 2022 21:06:34 GMT -5
The next movie on my to-see list is going to be another work from the filmography of Linda Hamilton: Children of the Corn.
I used to see this movie sitting on the shelves of the video store that my family rented from when I was a kid. The box art always unnerved me, but for some reason I had a morbid fascination with it. Some of the kids in my neighborhood had seen it and used to talk about it... I got the sense that some of them had issues with their parents and were living vicariously through the characters of the movie.  It was one of those movies that, for a time, I heard a lot about but never got around to seeing. Since it's currently available to stream on Amazon Prime, I thought I'd give it a go. Hopefully I'll get to it sometime this weekend.
I didn't see it until relatively recently either. I didn't expect much but it was actually good. |
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Post by badwolf on Jan 28, 2022 21:08:50 GMT -5
The part of Kill Bill that I've watched over and over:  It always feels too short. |
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Post by berkley on Jan 28, 2022 21:22:55 GMT -5
I still have to watch the DVD of The Hidden Fortress I bought three years ago. I still need to see both of the Kill Bill movies. There's no excuse for me not having seen these in the theater. With the recent talk about Coen Brothers films, for me, it's Tarantino films that I'm woefully behind on watching. Of the 9 films that he's written & directed, I've only seen one in it's entirety, Pulp Fiction. I saw that in the theater and was mightily impressed by it, especially it's story structure (though the sodomy scenes with Rhimes and Willis were uncomfortable to watch) I've seen the latter half of Kill Bill Vol 1, specifically Thurman's confrontation with Lucy Liu. I've seen the last half hour of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood but that's about it. Beyond those, I loved his guest appearance in Desperado and oddly enough, my favorite film by Tarantino is one he wrote but didn't direct, True Romance.
I think I've seen just about everything when it came out, and I like them all, so I'd recommend starting from the beginning and carrying on in order of release.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2022 21:30:31 GMT -5
there's a great documentary that came out a while back.
it will absolutely make you want to see the 8 films he had done up until that point:
(someone has loaded it up to Youtube. .so it's avail there)
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 28, 2022 22:15:28 GMT -5
The part of Kill Bill that I've watched over and over: It always feels too short. Gogo Yubari! |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 28, 2022 22:32:08 GMT -5
I still have to watch the DVD of The Hidden Fortress I bought three years ago. I still need to see both of the Kill Bill movies. There's no excuse for me not having seen these in the theater. Hidden Fortress is good, plus you can tick off the plot points and characters that George Lucas swiped/homaged, as you watch it. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 28, 2022 22:58:16 GMT -5
I'll take the worst Coen brothers film over the best Tarantino; but, I like some of his stuff. I think he is vastly overrated by critics; but, that is just their opinion and the perspective of people who are too close tot he subject matter.
Quite frankly, I get tired of the ridiculous levels of potty mouth in his films and gratuitous shots; but, you kind of learn to live with it. I think he writes interesting scenes, but not always cohesive films. I haven't seen anything past Inglorious Basterds, though.
Resevoir Dogs just reminds me what a better film City on Fire is, as well as A Better Tomorrow. Don't care for it, at all. Not my cup of teas.
Pulp Fiction was fine, though I thought it got over indulgent in some segments, gets gratuitous in the violence, and kind of found the pop culture reference dialogue to be silly. Some really good characters and good scenes, though, and I enjoy it, for the most part. Made the mistake of watching it on video when my dad was in the room reading, and he looked up stunned. I said, "Well the director has a bit of a limited vocabulary, in some of his dialogue." He replied, "Yeah, F#$%, F#$% and F#$%!" You can argue that people talk that way and some do; but, for my tastes, he over does it and uses some words way more than he should, under any circumstances and his context is somewhat debatable.
Jackie Brown I liked the story (Elmore Leonard); but, felt it was pretty uneven. Liked parts, bored in parts. Pam Grier stuff was all good.
Never saw or had a desire to see True Romance. Thought he was the worst actor in From Dusk 'Til Dawn.
Kill Bill I liked the first part, other than a few minor scenes and some dialogue. Second part I enjoyed until the end and felt it didn't stick the landing. Also, Tarantino's theories on Superman and Clark Kent don't hold water; but, that's me.
Inglorius....I'd rather watch the original Italian film. Ludicrous premise, too many things that defy logic and history and I just couldn't adjust my brain to accept this world. Nothing in that film I liked, other than Christophe Waltz, though it was nice to kind of see Rod Taylor. I had to freeze frame and slow advance to make out his face under the Churchill make-up, though he was kept in a long shot, for most of the scene, which didn't help identify him. I just found that I would rather have seen Tarantino do a Macaroni Combat film, ala the original, rather than what he produced.
I have Django Unchained, but haven't gotten around to watching it and haven't seen the rest. I have no desire to see Once Upon a Time or its revisionism. He's welcome to his alternate world and if you enjoy it that's fine; but,.....just, no.
Robert Rodriguez is one that disappointed me. Loved El Mariachi and what he accomplished, on a miniscule budget. Mostly enjoyed Desperado; but, more for the leads than the story. Once Upon a Time in Mexico underwhelmed. Spy Kids surprised me and I really enjoyed it and hoped to see more diverse work from him; but, then, he seemed to get caught up in being a producer and that was that. Didn't care for Grindhouse, at all and thought the fake trailers were waaay better than the main pieces, for both him and Tarantino. I enjoy From Dusk 'Til Dawn, for what it is, other than Tarantino's acting. I like Rodriguez's segment of Four Rooms, and Allison Anders opening segment; but didn't care much for the rest, including Tarantino's Hitchcock bit.
Tarantino is one where I'd rather watch his inspirations more than his films, within limits. Spaghetti westerns and kung fu films are one thing; but, he has way more love for some exploitation stuff than I do, particularly seedier sub-genres.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 31, 2022 17:09:50 GMT -5
With the recent talk about Coen Brothers films, for me, it's Tarantino films that I'm woefully behind on watching. Of the 9 films that he's written & directed, I've only seen one in it's entirety, Pulp Fiction. I saw that in the theater and was mightily impressed by it, especially it's story structure (though the sodomy scenes with Rhimes and Willis were uncomfortable to watch) I've seen the latter half of Kill Bill Vol 1, specifically Thurman's confrontation with Lucy Liu. I've seen the last half hour of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood but that's about it. Beyond those, I loved his guest appearance in Desperado and oddly enough, my favorite film by Tarantino is one he wrote but didn't direct, True Romance. Do yourself a favor and watch Inglourious Basterds. It's my favorite Tarantino movie. Django Unchained is good but tough to watch. I've seen it once, and that was enough. My sister swears by The Hateful Eight, which I have yet to see, but I trust her recommendation. is indeed a gem. I'm a big Tarantino fan and pretty much love all his films, but that is definitely one that hasn't got the recognition it deserves as a really great movie. |
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Post by berkley on Jan 31, 2022 20:12:12 GMT -5
Any rumours about what Tarantino has planned next? A few years ago he was saying that he intended to make only one more movie and then switch to writing, which would be a shame. The one movie he's done since then is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which would be his final film if he sticks to that plan.
edit: checked wiki and if they're accurate and up to date, the plan was to make ten films and then stop, in which case he has one more to go.
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It was one of those movies that, for a time, I heard a lot about but never got around to seeing. Since it's currently available to stream on Amazon Prime, I thought I'd give it a go. Hopefully I'll get to it sometime this weekend.
