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SAY 'WHAT' AGAIN!What, like recreate what's going on in the movie?
No way in hell I'm going to an OOTB movie night sober.....
That's one of my main beefs with Tarantino. By no means am I puritanical, but it seems to me his movies often include violence for the sake of violence so much that "gratuitous" is an understatement. It detracts from the movie, IMO.
I agree completely. I haven't watched most of his recent stuff for that very reason. After a while all the gore and guts just seem to run into each other until that's all you see. It overwhelms the plot. Once that happens I'm done.
The violence is stupidly overdone in Django Unchained..........but I still love that movie lol.
While I do not disagree that his films are very violent, to me, I think he is intentionally over the top with his violence because we are so desensitized to violence in general that he is taking that notion to the extreme. If you watch his movies, often the most horrifying violence in them are things that happen off screen that we never actually see. For example
the ear in Reservoir Dogs, the rape in Pulp Fiction, dogs ripping a slave apart in Django Unchained
That's fair. Maybe the guy in the chair deserved what he got, I'm not sure why he was there. I don't mind foul language and justified violence, (Taken, Rambo, Bourne movies, Dirty Harry, etc).
Didn't mind the Godfather (except the horse), but not too crazy about Goodfellas.
Yeah, context makes everything, so I think if you saw the movie and the scene in context, you may have a different view on it, but if you never watch it or if you do watch it and end up not liking it, that's fine too. Tarantino is an acquired taste for sure.
I like that scene too. But my favorite of the movie is the end when Jules was sitting with Ringo in the breakfast joint. But both are quintessential SLJ.
As far as favorite scenes go (and in an effort to put Pulp Fiction to bed), this is as good a 10 minutes as you can find on film.
Written by QT as well. SLJ is just terrific in Pulp Fiction. If you've never seen the clip of him losing the Oscar to Martin Landau, check it out. His reaction is classic. Skip to about a minute in to see it.
Fantastic gif choice. In a thread where we're discussing legendary movies, you pull out Howard The Duck. That kind of game is why you're a first ballot message board HOFer.
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I also agree that Tarantino's movies are sometimes awkwardly violent. His movies are hit or miss for me. I actually liked From Dusk Til Dawn but I am loathe to the Kill Bill series.
Yeah, I did not like 'Citizen Kane'. Loved 'Pulp Fiction' and 'The Godfather' though. I would say the movie people love that I wasn't crazy about was 'Raging Bull'. I also thought 'Casino' was better than 'Goodfellas', though really liked them both.
Yeah, I like some and don't like others. I love 'Pulp Fiction', 'Reservoir Dogs', and 'Four Rooms'. I liked 'Jackie Brown' and 'Inglorious Bastards'. Most of the others I could do without, though I haven't seen the newer ones.
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