I have not liked a single Tarantino film find him massively overrated

I have not liked a single Tarantino film find him massively overrated

 

I liked some of the earlier movies, but I agree he's quite overrated.

what we do in the shadows 9/10 just too f**king hilarious can't believe i didn't know about the film until yesterday

 

talking about tarantino pulp fiction is still my favorite movie of all time, love reservoir and inglorious, but i thought both kill bill 1 & 2 and django are overrated

Edited January 5, 201610 yr by havelschayes

Freebie and the Bean, because I have an odd liking to early buddy cop movies, it was actually very enjoyable.

I have not liked a single Tarantino film find him massively overrated

I think he's a little overrated, I do enjoy Pulp Fiction though and Inglorious Basterds (his changing of spelling is stupid) on the other hand I believe I've seen far superior gangster films to Reservoir Dogs, though not a bad film.

Edited January 6, 201610 yr by Floyd25

Personally I think Tarantino started to go downhill after Reservoir Dogs. He's still a very good director though and I've enjoyed all of his films, it's just everything since Kill Bill has tended to be a bit bloated and self-indulgent. I'm always hopeful that he will rediscover his form one day though, and a "bad" Tarantino film is still better than 90% of the crap you get in the multiplexes.

 

what we do in the shadows 9/10 just too f**king hilarious can't believe i didn't know about the film until yesterday

 

talking about tarantino pulp fiction is still my favorite movie of all time, love reservoir and inglorious, but i thought both kill bill 1 & 2 and django are overrated

 

What We Do In The Shadows is brilliant. For those who haven't heard of it, it's a New Zealand 'mockumentary' about a bunch of vampire housemates living together and mostly just doing really mundane stuff. The guy from Flight Of The Concords wrote, directed and stars in it, so if you liked that you'll like this.

what we do in the shadows 9/10 just too f**king hilarious can't believe i didn't know about the film until yesterday

 

talking about tarantino pulp fiction is still my favorite movie of all time, love reservoir and inglorious, but i thought both kill bill 1 & 2 and django are overrated

 

Pretty much this, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown were great, a few were good, some were more so and so.

just saw hateful eight, i thought it was excellent, it's essentially reservoir 2.0, starts a bit slow but then it went hellfire with classic tarantino suspense

 

8.7/10 jennifer jason leigh should win oscar best actress easily

 

 

Pretty much this, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown were great, a few were good, some were more so and so.

 

oh yes jackie brown was awesome, that deniro fonda shopping scene is a masterpiece

Edited January 6, 201610 yr by havelschayes

Another thumbs up for What We Do In The Shadows, a brilliant little film.

I watched the new Man from UNCLE a few days ago, really enjoyed it. Was a bit worried as I loved the tv series but it was very well done.

He's still a very good director though and I've enjoyed all of his films, it's just everything since Kill Bill has tended to be a bit bloated and self-indulgent. I'm always hopeful that he will rediscover his form one day though, and a "bad" Tarantino film is still better than 90% of the crap you get in the multiplexes.

 

 

I agree. He's a very interesting film-maker on so many levels: craft-wise he doesn't miss a beat in any of his films but I feel he can be over-purposive & guilty of affectation at times - ie. showy about his knowledge - to the detriment of the end product. Then again, one's stance on this really depends on what the viewer expects a 'film' to be. For example, in Jackie Brown he adopted a very conventional narrative style and because of this many viewers are more 'comfortable' with the film than with some of his others. In his didactic films where he adopts an unconventional narrative many viewers are uncomfortable: that probably says more about their affectations & expectations though. Of course one can critique his films on many levels but the thing is (and why I admire him greatly as a film-maker) is that he sets out & wants the viewer to 'think' about narrative in the first place: it's very brechtian really. And of course there are moments in all of his films which can be truly sublime on every level of film-making: eg. take Kill Bill 1 & 2 - now I can understand why certain viewers may object to these films as a whole (which I won't go into) but there are various scenes therein that are truly astounding - eg. the exquisite night garden fight scene between Thurman & Lui - that is monumentally great film-making on every level from the music, script, acting, camera, editing etc etc.  

Watched Jumping Jack Flash last night.  Unlike some other 80s films, it has stood the test of time and was really entertaining.  Some very funny lines in it.  Pre-internet* communication by computer added interest.

 

*disclaimer - I actually have no idea whether it was pre-internet, or just a very early, Neanderthal version of it, but nevertheless it was amusing. 

*disclaimer - I actually have no idea whether it was pre-internet, or just a very early, Neanderthal version of it, but nevertheless it was amusing. 

 

The so called "consumer version" of internet wasn't available back then, but early versions of such a network have existed since the late '60s.

The so called "consumer version" of internet wasn't available back then, but early versions of such a network have existed since the late '60s.

 

Yeah I knew that some universities etc were using it before it became public.   She worked in a bank and communicated by computer to clients, so wasn't sure whether this would have counted as "the internet" as such.  When I worked at the Beeb around that time we used a system to input scripts etc.  No idea how it worked or whether it counted as "internet"!

Finished American Sniper the other day. Great film if you are into your war films. Highlights the mental troubles that soldiers have too.

 

8/10

Just revisited The Commitments, worth a watch for anyone who has missed it. Story of a Dublin soul band by Roddy Doyle.

Just revisited The Commitments, worth a watch for anyone who has missed it. Story of a Dublin soul band by Roddy Doyle.

 

A brilliant film with great music. Great book as well. And Roddy Doyle is a Chelsea fan.

The Revenant - 7/10

A bit long (just over 2.5 hours), decent story line but not anything amazing. I think the hunt for Leo's first Oscar goes on.

Creed.

8/10

Thought it was a good watch and Stallone was really good...probably his best performance since Cop Land (great film).

Hateful 8

7/10

I enjoyed it like I do with most of QT's films. Kept me guessing the whole way through the film and the acting is pretty good even though it's a few of his recurring actors he uses.

The Dressmaker

 

I quite enjoyed it but found the changing tone of it quite difficult and jarring.  I like black comedy but found some of the comedy too slapstick and some of the things that happen absurd.

 

Even more distracting was the fact that Kate Winslet, Sarah Snook and Liam Hemsworth were meant to have been at school together.  I like Kate Winslet but to pretend she is in her twenties is absurd (Sarah Snook is 28, Liam Hemsworth 25, Kate is 40).  I'm not just being bitchy as I spent quite a lot of the film thinking, "have I got this right?  They're meant to be similar ages?  Hang on - when did the school things take place?" etc etc.

 

Quite amusing in a quirky sort of way but very flawed film.  That said most of the friends I went with loved it!

Thank you, Charierre.

Thank you, Boyne.

Thank you, Zola.

Thank you, Chelsbear.

And thank you, Beerqueen!

 

 

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.

 

On Dutch tv.

In memory of ...

Youth, probably the best Michael Caine performance I've seen in a while, definitely a marmite type of film and a bit odd, but I enjoyed it a lot. After I saw it I went on IMDB, to see if I was right, if the typical wannabe professional critics on there, were calling it pretentious or self indulgent, for daring to be different and for having an art style to it and yep, I checked online and that's what a lot of people have called it. If you watch a film that's a bit different, Brazil or something like that, you can always guarantee that IMDB is full of 1/10 reviews, with these false experts calling it self indulgent or pretentious, does my head in, they're so stupid.

Edited January 16, 201610 yr by Floyd25

finally been waiting for 8 years

 

 

what a surprise, how the hell did jj managed to keep this under wraps for so long

I thoroughly enjoyed watching Predestination last night. It's a fairly low-key time travel film from Australia (though set in New York, mostly) based on a short story by Robert A Heinlein (All You Zombies). It has a very clever story that twists itself into one giant time travel paradox that keeps you thinking long after the film has ended. The dialogue and acting is very good, and the various time periods (1970s, 60s and 40s, mostly) are recreated with a lot of style.

The Revenant - 7/10

A bit long (just over 2.5 hours), decent story line but not anything amazing. I think the hunt for Leo's first Oscar goes on.

 

Yeah I don't know what to make of it, I think that's about right. The visuals weren't short of stunning and some of the scenes were very gruesome, but I thought the story moved really slowly in parts. Decent but DiCaprio's definitely made better.

Not a film as such, but we've recently watched all The Sopranos. Never seen it, I cannot do justice to how fine it is; the duchess and I haven't stopped discussing it. We are going to rewatch it sensibly, as opposed to gorging on it as we did.