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Originally posted by LAdazeNYnights i think it's such a same. netflix, i can understand. but redbox? with a miniscule selection? gtfo.

Redbox is for the rednecks at walmart

I think piracy has more to do with Blockbuster's downfall than Redbox.

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Originally posted by The17sss Has anyone seen The Machinist with Christian Bale? Is it worth watching?

It's a decent movie imo., worth watching. Pretty impressive to see what Bale went through to work that role.

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Originally posted by WittyHandle It's a decent movie imo., worth watching. Pretty impressive to see what Bale went through to work that role.

The word "intense" doesn't even begin to describe that guy. He's kind of scary man... did you see the character he played in Harsh Times? How can one just "act" like that without it coming from somewhere within?

He's well known in working circles for flying off the handle, as evidenced by his rant from the T4 set that leaked a little while back. Personally I don't think he's all that great, but I know many others disagree. I haven't seen Harsh Times, but I think I have it on my computer here. I'll check it out.

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Originally posted by WittyHandle I think piracy has more to do with Blockbuster's downfall than Redbox.

piracy + netflix.

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Originally posted by WittyHandle He's well known in working circles for flying off the handle, as evidenced by his rant from the T4 set that leaked a little while back. Personally I don't think he's all that great, but I know many others disagree. I haven't seen Harsh Times, but I think I have it on my computer here. I'll check it out.

Yeah I agree. I think he's a good actor but there always seems to be something missing... can't put my finger on it. I think he's still too involved in the whole Batman character, as you saw in T-4 when 90% of the time he was talking in that same raspy batman voice for no reason. His rant on the set of T-4 was awesome though... lol.

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Cor Version: Quinten Tarantino fucking sucks: Is anyone with me?



am i the only one alive who thinks that quinten tarrantino is a fucking shit director?

Seriously, i don't think he's done a good movie. he's done good scenes, and a couple good shots in his career thruout his films, but the only thing that i can see that tie any of his movies together is pointless graphic violence.

I don't get negatively effected by violence, i don't cringe or anything, but i do think it's pointless, and i definitely don't get aroused by it like tarrantino seems to.

I avoided seeing inglorious basterds because i knew it would be shit, but i just watched it cause i was bored and it was here, and fuck, another waste of hours....

what the fuck can anyone possibly get out of his films? Any of them? there's practically no story, and the semblences he manages to stitch together are either illogical or just stupid, then there's consistent bad acting and casting, horrible dialogue.... really the only good thing is one good scene a film that i can think of... the first scene in I.B was cool, with the nazi talking to the farmer, but holy fuck, then it all spills out, and tarrantino handles the rest of the film like a fumbling retard as usual.

It's you.

nah it's not him. interestingly enough he raises a very valid point. Egos-- your post reminded me of a DFW essay on David Lynch written during the filming of Lost Highway. He briefly spoke on Tarantino, mostly to note how much Tarantino owes to Lynch and how the very idea of dialogue being "Tarantino-like" is utterly ridiculous since Tarantino's style of dialogue borrows a great deal from Lynch. He said something along the lines of "what Tarantino, Jarmush, and a host of other anti-Hollywood directors have done is take the commercially unpalatable genius of Lynch and adapt it for commercial success." And then he said something about how it's similar to what some musician (can't remember who) did with the music of Fats Domino.

Another quote from that essay, a more relevant one regarding the ear scene in Reservoir Dogs - which Wallace noted was perhaps the most Lynchian scene in Tarantino's work : "Quentin Tarantino is interested in cutting off an ear. David Lynch is interested in the ear."

I think it's difficult to watch a Tarantino film and find any true meaning or message in the violence. It is violence for the sake of violence. Egos was right.

Tarantino is not entirely bad but I still stand by my opinion that Inglourious Basterds sucks. It's like he started to parody himself, sitting down and thinking "I'll write some cool, Tarantino-esque dialogue now" and putting down some random, mildy amusing crap. And then adds some movie references for the sake of having movie references. And then adds some violence for the sake of having violence. He has become less inspired and more formulaic over the years imho.
The only parallel I see to Lynch however is that a lot of clueless fags have seen one of their movies and then claim to be a Lynch / Tarantino fan in order to look avant garde / like a cineast / like a douchebag hipster and impress their even more clueless friends.

I don't enjoy Tarantino's films for the violence. I don't like watching violence in general. What I have always enjoyed is his dialog, which was a little lacking in Inglorious Basterds. One of my fav's of his was Death Proof, which I've heard referred to as a movie version of The View (a bunch of women sitting around talking). He isn't about plot, he's about enjoying the ride, and I really enjoy the ride.

I can see where someone would say he borrowed from Lynch's style, but what's wrong with that? I like each of their respective styles and each makes it work for them. People always say that Tarantino just steals from others, I say he's sampling to form his own style, and he does it very well.

i think most of my rage is pent up from kill bill... the hype around it when it came out was simply unbelievable for a film i really did not like.

again, few cool scenes, but the only good things about them were copied from actually awesome films (the kung-fu, and samurai films they mimiced), and copied so badly it was insulting...

LAdazeNYnights, GREAT point about tarantino focusing on cutting off the ear, while lynch (and nearly all other directors) would focus on the ear itself.

and witty, i'm all about the journey man, i havn't been suprised by a film for a very long time, but i love film, i don't care what happens at the end, or if there's a lot of twists, it's all been done a million times...

I'm a character and dialogue man, and there is simply nothing of it in tarantino... his characters are shallow, and ugly, not helped by consistently bad casting as i mentioned earlier, and the dialogue is equally shallow and glib, either copying other people's styles (but not well (so yes there is a problem doing it!)), or just randomly trying to spin hyperbole so it sounds good...

death proof actually wasn't too bad!

I guess my only comment on what you wrote is on the first line... don't let hype or expectations ruin the work itself, or even affect it at all. I've let that happen too many times, and only in the last couple years have I learned to avoid it. The director's job (and producer's) is to make the movie, the studio's job is to promote it. If you don't like a movie, that's cool, but don't let it be because of being bombarded with hype or having expectations for it

Those who claim that Tarantino is monodimensional should watch Jackie Brown. The only thing that Taratino and Lynch have in common is that they have made two of the best neo-noirs: the already mentioned Jackie Brown and Mullholland Drive.

jackie brown was ok, nothing special imo, definitely didn't stand out when i saw it, but it did lack alot of the outrageous crap that his more recent stuff has

ANYWAY...

just watched book of eli,

fucking hilarous twist at the end (it's not meant to be, but it's so silly i lol'd), pretty bad movie but worth watching if you're bored
i definitely have a soft-spot for dystopian film & literature though, so could imagine a lot of people would hate it

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Originally posted by EgosXII jackie brown was ok, nothing special imo, definitely didn't stand out when i saw it, but it did lack alot of the outrageous crap that his more recent stuff has

No one has been able to transpose an Elmore novel on screen like Tarantino did. You said that he can't write dialogues and the majority of the characters of his films don't have depth, then I doubt you have seen Jackie Brown with the needed attention.

Watched Speed Racer in Blu-ray last night. I love that film. So whimsically overdone in every way

watched un prophète last night, although long (2.5hrs) it was really good. it's a french crime/drama about malik, an orphaned, illiterate, young, non-muslim french-arab, who arrives to a 6yr jail sentence all alone hoping to remain unnoticed. he is recruited to work for the ruling corscian gang and from there gains protection then over time he grows as a person. ultimately malik learns to straddle the line between all the different forces around him and he is anything but unnoticed. i really loved this movie.

tarantino is a fucking awesome writer and director

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Originally posted by WittyHandle I don't enjoy Tarantino's films for the violence. I don't like watching violence in general. What I have always enjoyed is his dialog, which was a little lacking in Inglorious Basterds. One of my fav's of his was Death Proof, which I've heard referred to as a movie version of The View (a bunch of women sitting around talking). He isn't about plot, he's about enjoying the ride, and I really enjoy the ride. I can see where someone would say he borrowed from Lynch's style, but what's wrong with that? I like each of their respective styles and each makes it work for them. People always say that Tarantino just steals from others, I say he's sampling to form his own style, and he does it very well.

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The only parallel I see to Lynch however is that a lot of clueless fags have seen one of their movies and then claim to be a Lynch / Tarantino fan in order to look avant garde / like a cineast / like a douchebag hipster and impress their even more clueless friends.

this is true tho

i recommended this but prolly went unnoticed since i didnt post trailer for it...i highly recommend...

"Machete" looks pretty cool

IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985694/

Trailer:

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Originally posted by WhooCares Reign Over Me is very goood..id recommend that

i'd figure to watch this last night. been meaning to watch this for awhile, but was always putting it back.

another solid mature performance by adam sandler. he needs to do more mature movies, and less of the cheesy slapstick comedy movies. I even thought the movie 'Spanglish' was all right. not the best of movies, but it's a slight upgrade over what his comedies his past 10 years.

/rant

overall, solid movie. probably one of the better 9/11 theme related movies out there. can't think of any other 9/11 theme movies other than 'the 25th hour' and 'united 93'.

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Originally posted by leph555 "Machete" looks pretty cool IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985694/

people may bash this movie, and say it's terrible, but i think it's pretty good movie. i thought the fake trailer during grindhouse a couple of years ago was funny, yet fist pumping awesome, especially with cheech marin shooting people.

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wow. steven seagal is back on the big screen ..... and he plays a villian! someone is actually going to hit him! this i got to see.

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