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Vagabundo posted:And even Deathproof has its moments. The scene in Reservoir Dogs where the camera follows Mr Blonde out to the car and back is more impressive than anything Smith has done.
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MattD1zzl3 posted:For any other old actor i'd agree, but by now, after how many dozens of roles, does he not know the score of "be john mclain on film". Thats all anyone's ever expected of him. He should be happy when someone brings up moonlighting or unbreakable. It means they, despite all that, were true fans. Smith wanted him to play it like his character on Moonlighting, which I think Willis doesn't have much fondness for.
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Mr. Hand posted:The thing is that Tarantino can always construct decent scenes that can be appreciated in and of themselves as snippets, but his 90s stuff is more cohesive and serious than his schlocky super-camp "I'm referencing poo poo I saw in the 70s" crap he's been putting out in the last decade and some. Don't be a 
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Toady posted:Don't be a A GIF from when Tarantino's work was fresh and exciting. Too bad he now only makes trite pastiches.
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Vagabundo posted:And even Deathproof has its moments. Like the scene when he arbitrarily and needlesly uses that Pino Donaggio tune from De Palma's "Blow Out"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOl_v2-BKVw Yea, cool tune from a cool film you liked as a youngser, Tarantino. But what's the point in including it randomly in your film?
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Mr. Hand posted:A GIF from when Tarantino's work was fresh and exciting. Too bad he now only makes trite pastiches. pretty much the only mainstream director in hollywood today making (badass) pastiches is "trite" lol gently caress off
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The end of Death Proof had probably the most thrilling car chase I've ever seen. Casting a stunt double as the character that has to hang on to the hood of the car during the chase was genius. EDIT: Also why the gently caress can't Uma Thurman draw a square?
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I decided to go ahead and make a discussion thread for Quentin Tarantino (also Robert Rodriguez) http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3724678
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cat doter posted:pretty much the only mainstream director in hollywood today making (badass) pastiches is "trite" lol gently caress off Yes. It's trite. I recall Tarantino's excellent 1994 interview with Charlie Rose that was included in the DVD of "Pulp Fiction" in which Tarantino rather eloquently described big films that failed which only top directors could have produced -- like "Bonfire of the Vanities" by Brian De Palma. How interesting that the modern Tarantino is afraid to be as risky as the De Palma who made "Bonfire of the Vanities" -- a film that, for its flaws, is far more interesting than what tarantino has given us in the past twelve years.
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Mr. Hand posted:Yes. It's trite. you could just post "I don't like tarantino anymore" and you'd look like less of a douche
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cat doter posted:you could just post "I don't like tarantino anymore" and you'd look like less of a douche What a brazen insult. I challenge you to a duel.
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Mr. Hand posted:What a brazen insult. ironically now I look like a douche there's nothing wrong with not liking tarantino anymore, own up to it! there's nothing of value to be gained from implying that there's an objective decline in the quality of his films, there are lots of interesting arguments to be had about tarantino but "he sucks now" isn't one of them
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If you think Tarantino's 90's films were any less of rip offs of other stuff he had seen before you're insane. Reservoir Dogs is an unlicensed remake of a Japanese movie for fucks sake.
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Hat Thoughts posted:What would be a better descriptor? It just seems much more like an action movie to me. It's kind of terrifying, but you're more so rooting for the main characters to kick rear end in it rather than "ZOMG! ZOMBIES."
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I assumed people grow out of quentin tarentino after high school just like they grow out of ayn rand. Kevin smith is where the puck is going.
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poonchasta posted:EDIT: Also why the gently caress can't Uma Thurman draw a square? It was the 90s. Maybe if you watched a compressed version of it on a 4:3 TV it became a square.
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She fails to draw a proper square in Kill Bill as well, I'm pretty sure it's pathological.
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Considering that he dropped out of school mad young, I totally buy that Tarantino thinks that a rectangle is a square.
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Does it really matter that a gesture isn't perfectly accurate to the shape that's being represented? Yes, it does. Because goons, man.
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TheJoker138 posted:If you think Tarantino's 90's films were any less of rip offs of other stuff he had seen before you're insane. Reservoir Dogs is an unlicensed remake of a Japanese movie for fucks sake. Hong Kong, actually. It's a mash-up of City of Fire and the Taking of the Pelham 123 (the good one, not the one where Travolta invites Denzel to lick his bunghole, muthafucka!).
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I just watched Clerks for the first time ever. It's pretty bad. The acting from everyone is terrible and as a film it's 90 minutes of people stepping in front of the camera to deliver their lines, each one delivered exactly the same. The only thing he did that I liked is swinging the camera back and forth between the two characters when they're driving because it's used in a joke.
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MattD1zzl3 posted:Sometimes i think film aficionados really dont know how to enjoy movies. Does it involve jamming a crayon way far up my nose until it hits my brain? Also this thread consistently delivers because I never thought I'd see somebody accuse a director of pastiche and then say he should instead be more like Brian DePalma.
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Pulp Fiction is pure pastiche.
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FreudianSlippers posted:Pulp Fiction is pure pastiche. It's dope as hell tho
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That's part of what makes it great.
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Pastiche? have you heard about this kevin smith? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovlp0N7ljFE&t=75s (i dont want to know what lens they used here) MattD1zzl3 fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Jun 28, 2015 |
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MattD1zzl3 posted:(i dont want to know what lens they used here) Neither does Kevin.
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I'm sure Smith haters will enjoy this: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/How-Star-Wars-Totally-Screwed-Kevin-Smith-Comic-Con-72519.html
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Are there really people who hate Kevin Smith so much they're following the ins and outs of his life TMZ style? I just dislike his bad movies.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Are there really people who hate Kevin Smith so much they're following the ins and outs of his life TMZ style? I just dislike his bad movies. Also, the end of that article clearly shows a packed theater, so I'm not sure how bad you have to be at 'entertainment journalism' before they just straight up fire you for reading tweets all day and eating Cheetos.
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I saw Red State recently and I liked it more than I had expected. Sure it's a bit clumsy in places but Micheal Parks really kills it. I just wish they'd wouldn't have chickened out on the ending and actually had the world end. It would've a been a bit stupid but more fun than the ending they went with. I hear they were going to but had to change it for budget reasons but how much money could it cost to have four sinister horsemen, or even just one on a pale horse, appear for a couple of shots?
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After seeing Tusk, I'm very interested in finally seeing Red State. It was so lambasted, and I already don't care for Smith's films, so why bother? But, yeah, turned out Tusk was actually quite interesting. Horror might actually be much more Smith's forte.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Are there really people who hate Kevin Smith so much they're following the ins and outs of his life TMZ style? I just dislike his bad movies. Maybe you missed the person posting pictures of Smith's daughter in the Bart Simpson dress earlier in the thread.
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zandert33 posted:Maybe you missed the person posting pictures of Smith's daughter in the Bart Simpson dress earlier in the thread. It was a super awesome dress.
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K. Waste posted:After seeing Tusk, I'm very interested in finally seeing Red State. It was so lambasted, and I already don't care for Smith's films, so why bother? But, yeah, turned out Tusk was actually quite interesting. Horror might actually be much more Smith's forte. I didnt hate tusk, but "red state" is a much more well executed movie. There are plenty of real confusing, disorienting moments and it works really well. its almost game of thrones-like in its killing off of so many people you would think had plot armor. Including all three protagonists.
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FreudianSlippers posted:I saw Red State recently and I liked it more than I had expected. Sure it's a bit clumsy in places but Micheal Parks really kills it. I just wish they'd wouldn't have chickened out on the ending and actually had the world end. It would've a been a bit stupid but more fun than the ending they went with. I hear they were going to but had to change it for budget reasons but how much money could it cost to have four sinister horsemen, or even just one on a pale horse, appear for a couple of shots? Do you not see how an ending where the crazy, gay hating religious people were actually totally right the whole time, and the sins of homosexuality caused the apocalypse might be kind of...you know.
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TheJoker138 posted:Do you not see how an ending where the crazy, gay hating religious people were actually totally right the whole time, and the sins of homosexuality caused the apocalypse might be kind of...you know. Great? edit: besides, Smith's original ending was much closer to - not spoilering because it didn't happen - everyone dies, virtually no one is spared God's wrath, it really has nothing to do with homosexuality. K. Waste fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Jul 12, 2015 |
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Here's a goofy animated version of Smith's original bugnuts ending. http://youtu.be/DtXEtwAVgEc
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For Kevin Smith's movies, I can take or leave them but I can listen to him tell stories all day. I really liked his Evening with Kevin Smith specials and I enjoy him talking about geek stuff on his Fatman on Batman podcast (I heard Hollywood Babble-On is pretty great too). Has anyone given the Death of "Superman Lives"; What Happened? documentary a look? He's featured pretty heavily in the trailer.
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