Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[duba169]

good breakdown Jonny.

inglorious bastards is a much more difficult watch than pulp fiction imo. I've seen it twice and love it. I actually own it and rarely buy movies. But it's a very distinct movie that isn't for everyone. My Dad hated it because he felt it made the Nazi's look silly and unintelligent (except for Waltz) and for a bunch of other reasons such as a bunch of jews running around and killing hundreds Nazi's. But he lost fam in the Holocaust and watches the History channel all day so I guess he can't stand anything that isn't accurate.

I'm not so close to the Holocaust so I wasn't offended and understood that it was a dark comedy. The ultimate revenge flick. Plus many people will get pissed off at having not one but two languages needing subtitles. He took some shots at Americans in the movie. That script was amazing. A good amount of stuff went over my head (mostly culture and art of that era) until I read more about it.

 

[duba169]

good breakdown Jonny.

inglorious bastards is a much more difficult watch than pulp fiction imo. I've seen it twice and love it. I actually own it and rarely buy movies. But it's a very distinct movie that isn't for everyone. My Dad hated it because he felt it made the Nazi's look silly and unintelligent (except for Waltz) and for a bunch of other reasons such as a bunch of jews running around and killing hundreds Nazi's. But he lost fam in the Holocaust and watches the History channel all day so I guess he can't stand anything that isn't accurate.

I'm not so close to the Holocaust so I wasn't offended and understood that it was a dark comedy. The ultimate revenge flick. Plus many people will get pissed off at having not one but two languages needing subtitles. He took some shots at Americans in the movie. That script was amazing. A good amount of stuff went over my head (mostly culture and art of that era) until I read more about it.

 

[darthska]

koolbarbone:

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if you have seen Inglourious Basterds and liked it, that's a good sign since Tarantino, believing that it was his masterpiece, spent over a decade making it. Pulp Fiction is the film that it has to unseat.
Wait, Tarantino hails Basterds as his masterpiece? Or did I misinterpret something in the wording there?

 

[darthska]

koolbarbone:

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if you have seen Inglourious Basterds and liked it, that's a good sign since Tarantino, believing that it was his masterpiece, spent over a decade making it. Pulp Fiction is the film that it has to unseat.
Wait, Tarantino hails Basterds as his masterpiece? Or did I misinterpret something in the wording there?

 

[johnnyredstorm]

The last line of the film with Brad Pitt's swastika on Landa's forehead, Ska. Such a Tarantino thing to do

And if you like character struggles, you'll love Samuel L Jackson in Pulp, his entire role is about a guy that comes to drawbridge in his life.

Edit: CP, I've heard about that movie you're talking about, but I don't remember the name. Mind helping a dude out. I know it's one of the three Tarantino flicks I haven't seen:

Spoiler

Spoiler

Spoiler [+]

Spoiler

Death Proof, Kill Bill 2, Four Rooms

 

[johnnyredstorm]

The last line of the film with Brad Pitt's swastika on Landa's forehead, Ska. Such a Tarantino thing to do

And if you like character struggles, you'll love Samuel L Jackson in Pulp, his entire role is about a guy that comes to drawbridge in his life.

Edit: CP, I've heard about that movie you're talking about, but I don't remember the name. Mind helping a dude out. I know it's one of the three Tarantino flicks I haven't seen:

Spoiler

Spoiler

Spoiler [+]

Spoiler

Death Proof, Kill Bill 2, Four Rooms

 

[koolbarbone]

Originally Posted by 23ska909red02

koolbarbone:

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if you have seen Inglourious Basterds and liked it, that's a good sign since Tarantino, believing that it was his masterpiece, spent over a decade making it. Pulp Fiction is the film that it has to unseat.

Wait, Tarantino hails Basterds as his masterpiece? Or did I misinterpret something in the wording there?

He believed that it would be his masterpiece when he was writing it. It took so long to make because he wanted it to be perfect. Not sure how he views the completed project, but he knew that it would have to surpass Pulp Fiction for it to be considered a masterpiece.

 

[koolbarbone]

Originally Posted by 23ska909red02

koolbarbone:

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if you have seen Inglourious Basterds and liked it, that's a good sign since Tarantino, believing that it was his masterpiece, spent over a decade making it. Pulp Fiction is the film that it has to unseat.

Wait, Tarantino hails Basterds as his masterpiece? Or did I misinterpret something in the wording there?

He believed that it would be his masterpiece when he was writing it. It took so long to make because he wanted it to be perfect. Not sure how he views the completed project, but he knew that it would have to surpass Pulp Fiction for it to be considered a masterpiece.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Originally Posted by DubA169

good breakdown Jonny.

inglorious bastards is a much more difficult watch than pulp fiction imo. I've seen it twice and love it. I actually own it and rarely buy movies. But it's a very distinct movie that isn't for everyone. My Dad hated it because he felt it made the Nazi's look silly and unintelligent (except for Waltz) and for a bunch of other reasons such as a bunch of jews running around and killing hundreds Nazi's. But he lost fam in the Holocaust and watches the History channel all day so I guess he can't stand anything that isn't accurate.

I'm not so close to the Holocaust so I wasn't offended and understood that it was a dark comedy. The ultimate revenge flick. Plus many people will get pissed off at having not one but two languages needing subtitles. He took some shots at Americans in the movie. That script was amazing. A good amount of stuff went over my head (mostly culture and art of that era) until I read more about it.

I loveeeeee the subtitles in that film, partly because it added a level of realness to the "nonsensical history" and partly because it pissed a whole bunch of people off. Btw, think you could link me to what you read or the stuff that went over your head that you remember if you can't find the link?

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Originally Posted by DubA169

good breakdown Jonny.

inglorious bastards is a much more difficult watch than pulp fiction imo. I've seen it twice and love it. I actually own it and rarely buy movies. But it's a very distinct movie that isn't for everyone. My Dad hated it because he felt it made the Nazi's look silly and unintelligent (except for Waltz) and for a bunch of other reasons such as a bunch of jews running around and killing hundreds Nazi's. But he lost fam in the Holocaust and watches the History channel all day so I guess he can't stand anything that isn't accurate.

I'm not so close to the Holocaust so I wasn't offended and understood that it was a dark comedy. The ultimate revenge flick. Plus many people will get pissed off at having not one but two languages needing subtitles. He took some shots at Americans in the movie. That script was amazing. A good amount of stuff went over my head (mostly culture and art of that era) until I read more about it.

I loveeeeee the subtitles in that film, partly because it added a level of realness to the "nonsensical history" and partly because it pissed a whole bunch of people off. Btw, think you could link me to what you read or the stuff that went over your head that you remember if you can't find the link?

 

[darthska]

JohnnyRedStorm:

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The last line of the film with Brad Pitt's swastika on Landa's forehead, Ska.
Oh snap!!

See, I didn't even... if you and kool hadn't mentioned... wooooooow.

 

[darthska]

JohnnyRedStorm:

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The last line of the film with Brad Pitt's swastika on Landa's forehead, Ska.
Oh snap!!

See, I didn't even... if you and kool hadn't mentioned... wooooooow.

 

[koolbarbone]

^
It's little stuff like that that make his movies so great.

Kill Bill has a ton of references in it. Here's an example of all the different homages he makes that add depth to the film. There are similar guides for his other works.

People criticize Tarantino for "stealing" from other directors, but he's a self-acknowledged cinephile. In that sense, he's like the people's director. 

 

[koolbarbone]

^
It's little stuff like that that make his movies so great.

Kill Bill has a ton of references in it. Here's an example of all the different homages he makes that add depth to the film. There are similar guides for his other works.

People criticize Tarantino for "stealing" from other directors, but he's a self-acknowledged cinephile. In that sense, he's like the people's director. 

 

[CP1708]

 just reading all the different references from his own movies, the guy is genius how he blends it all in and doesn't make it feel re-hashed, or done before. 

I always knew the Fox Force Five angle was how he came up with Kill Bill's plotline. 


If you ever watch the movie Death Proof, there's a scene in a diner that is just like Res Dogs, and the shot is one take, only one, and the camera goes round and round and round as the characters talk and converse about anything and everything and in the background the whole time (while the angle is right) is yet another character from the movie just sitting there, no lines, no nothing.  But you see him clear as day. 

  It's crazy how he brings it all together. 

Same with Rodriguez.  They make a fake clip of a movie, 2 minutes worth, everybody loves it, think's it's hilarious, so he goes ahead and puts the movie together, boom, Machette is made. 

 


Grindhouse in the theatre was simply awesome.  4 hours and I barely moved an inch the whole time, I didn't want to miss a single second. 

 

[CP1708]

 just reading all the different references from his own movies, the guy is genius how he blends it all in and doesn't make it feel re-hashed, or done before. 

I always knew the Fox Force Five angle was how he came up with Kill Bill's plotline. 


If you ever watch the movie Death Proof, there's a scene in a diner that is just like Res Dogs, and the shot is one take, only one, and the camera goes round and round and round as the characters talk and converse about anything and everything and in the background the whole time (while the angle is right) is yet another character from the movie just sitting there, no lines, no nothing.  But you see him clear as day. 

  It's crazy how he brings it all together. 

Same with Rodriguez.  They make a fake clip of a movie, 2 minutes worth, everybody loves it, think's it's hilarious, so he goes ahead and puts the movie together, boom, Machette is made. 

 


Grindhouse in the theatre was simply awesome.  4 hours and I barely moved an inch the whole time, I didn't want to miss a single second. 

 

[kevin cleveland]

I realized a long time ago that I have a weird taste in movies, I guess.

There have been so many 'must see' movies that didn't/don't even seemappealing to me, so I still haven't seen them. Examples? 300, PulpFiction, Matrix (any of them), Rambo (any of them), Rocky (only seenthe first one)... just so many movies that cause people to say "WHAT?!YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT?! STOP NOW AND GO WATCH IT!!" And once I doeventually give in and watch a movie that fits this description, afterwatching it, I'm like 'Enh. Was alright.'
I'm more or less the same.

Call it a bias, or limiting myself, but I generally only watch what appeals to me, and a lot does not. I rarely ever watch a movie that I don't end up enjoying, so I guess I know myself well enough.

Anyway, The Knowing was borderline awful, but had the potential to be quite good. I remember facepalming in the theater when the movie took a particular direction. They just went... there, and you knew it wasn't going to be awesome.

I saw The Adjustment Bureau last night, and Kill the Irishman the night before. Both were solid 7s or so.

The Adjustment Bureau might have been a little bit better than that, but I feel like a lot was either not explained, or not explained well enough. It got kind of a muddy. But, Emily Blunt is a goddess.

Kill the Irishman is a true story about organized crime in 1970s Cleveland, so if that's something you generally like, you'll like the film; there aren't any surprises. Some of you might have a hard time finding it, though; only three theaters around me are showing it, and I live here.

I also watched the Oscar-nominated (for Best Foreign Film), Dogtooth, last night. Wow is what comes to mind. I can't believe the staunch, old Academy suggested a film like that. That isn't the kind of movie you just forget about. It was more than strange, but a great movie, I thought. I totally see an American remake someday.

 

[kevin cleveland]

I realized a long time ago that I have a weird taste in movies, I guess.

There have been so many 'must see' movies that didn't/don't even seemappealing to me, so I still haven't seen them. Examples? 300, PulpFiction, Matrix (any of them), Rambo (any of them), Rocky (only seenthe first one)... just so many movies that cause people to say "WHAT?!YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT?! STOP NOW AND GO WATCH IT!!" And once I doeventually give in and watch a movie that fits this description, afterwatching it, I'm like 'Enh. Was alright.'
I'm more or less the same.

Call it a bias, or limiting myself, but I generally only watch what appeals to me, and a lot does not. I rarely ever watch a movie that I don't end up enjoying, so I guess I know myself well enough.

Anyway, The Knowing was borderline awful, but had the potential to be quite good. I remember facepalming in the theater when the movie took a particular direction. They just went... there, and you knew it wasn't going to be awesome.

I saw The Adjustment Bureau last night, and Kill the Irishman the night before. Both were solid 7s or so.

The Adjustment Bureau might have been a little bit better than that, but I feel like a lot was either not explained, or not explained well enough. It got kind of a muddy. But, Emily Blunt is a goddess.

Kill the Irishman is a true story about organized crime in 1970s Cleveland, so if that's something you generally like, you'll like the film; there aren't any surprises. Some of you might have a hard time finding it, though; only three theaters around me are showing it, and I live here.

I also watched the Oscar-nominated (for Best Foreign Film), Dogtooth, last night. Wow is what comes to mind. I can't believe the staunch, old Academy suggested a film like that. That isn't the kind of movie you just forget about. It was more than strange, but a great movie, I thought. I totally see an American remake someday.

 

[CP1708]

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland

I realized a long time ago that I have a weird taste in movies, I guess.

There have been so many 'must see' movies that didn't/don't even seem appealing to me, so I still haven't seen them. Examples? 300, Pulp Fiction, Matrix (any of them), Rambo (any of them), Rocky (only seen the first one)... just so many movies that cause people to say "WHAT?! YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT?! STOP NOW AND GO WATCH IT!!" And once I do eventually give in and watch a movie that fits this description, after watching it, I'm like 'Enh. Was alright.'

I'm more or less the same.

Call it a bias, or limiting myself, but I generally only watch what appeals to me, and a lot does not. I rarely ever watch a movie that I don't end up enjoying, so I guess I know myself well enough.

Anyway, The Knowing was borderline awful, but had the potential to be quite good. I remember facepalming in the theater when the movie took a particular direction. They just went... there, and you knew it wasn't going to be awesome.

I saw The Adjustment Bureau last night, and Kill the Irishman the night before. Both were solid 7s or so.

The Adjustment Bureau might have been a little bit better than that, but I feel like a lot was either not explained, or not explained well enough. It got kind of a muddy. But, Emily Blunt is a goddess.

Kill the Irishman is a true story about organized crime in 1970s Cleveland, so if that's something you generally like, you'll like the film; there aren't any surprises. Some of you might have a hard time finding it, though; only three theaters around me are showing it, and I live here.

I also watched the Oscar-nominated (for Best Foreign Film), Dogtooth, last night. Wow is what comes to mind. I can't believe the staunch, old Academy suggested a film like that. That isn't the kind of movie you just forget about. It was more than strange, but a great movie, I thought. I totally see an American remake someday.


You watch a lot of  "un-mainstream" movies, where do you find them and when they are coming out?  If you don't mind my asking. 

And you are the second person to mention Blunt while speaking about that movie.......hmmmm.  I know her from Devil Wears Prada, and Sunshine Cleaning, she must be coming into her own I take it. 

  

 

[CP1708]

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland

I realized a long time ago that I have a weird taste in movies, I guess.

There have been so many 'must see' movies that didn't/don't even seem appealing to me, so I still haven't seen them. Examples? 300, Pulp Fiction, Matrix (any of them), Rambo (any of them), Rocky (only seen the first one)... just so many movies that cause people to say "WHAT?! YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT?! STOP NOW AND GO WATCH IT!!" And once I do eventually give in and watch a movie that fits this description, after watching it, I'm like 'Enh. Was alright.'

I'm more or less the same.

Call it a bias, or limiting myself, but I generally only watch what appeals to me, and a lot does not. I rarely ever watch a movie that I don't end up enjoying, so I guess I know myself well enough.

Anyway, The Knowing was borderline awful, but had the potential to be quite good. I remember facepalming in the theater when the movie took a particular direction. They just went... there, and you knew it wasn't going to be awesome.

I saw The Adjustment Bureau last night, and Kill the Irishman the night before. Both were solid 7s or so.

The Adjustment Bureau might have been a little bit better than that, but I feel like a lot was either not explained, or not explained well enough. It got kind of a muddy. But, Emily Blunt is a goddess.

Kill the Irishman is a true story about organized crime in 1970s Cleveland, so if that's something you generally like, you'll like the film; there aren't any surprises. Some of you might have a hard time finding it, though; only three theaters around me are showing it, and I live here.

I also watched the Oscar-nominated (for Best Foreign Film), Dogtooth, last night. Wow is what comes to mind. I can't believe the staunch, old Academy suggested a film like that. That isn't the kind of movie you just forget about. It was more than strange, but a great movie, I thought. I totally see an American remake someday.


You watch a lot of  "un-mainstream" movies, where do you find them and when they are coming out?  If you don't mind my asking. 

And you are the second person to mention Blunt while speaking about that movie.......hmmmm.  I know her from Devil Wears Prada, and Sunshine Cleaning, she must be coming into her own I take it. 

  

 

[everysingletime]

I've never seen Pulp Fiction, but I'm like 95 percent sure I'll finish the movie with a

on my face.  Just judging it off of the descriptions and endorsements of this movie alone. 

 

[everysingletime]

I've never seen Pulp Fiction, but I'm like 95 percent sure I'll finish the movie with a

on my face.  Just judging it off of the descriptions and endorsements of this movie alone. 

 

[CP1708]

Originally Posted by amel223

I've never seen Pulp Fiction, but I'm like 95 percent sure I'll finish the movie with a

on my face.  Just judging it off of the descriptions and endorsements of this movie alone. 

Meaning? 

You think we're all crazy, or we spoiled it for you, or what're you getting at? 
  

 

[CP1708]

Originally Posted by amel223

I've never seen Pulp Fiction, but I'm like 95 percent sure I'll finish the movie with a

on my face.  Just judging it off of the descriptions and endorsements of this movie alone. 

Meaning? 

You think we're all crazy, or we spoiled it for you, or what're you getting at? 
  

 

[darthska]

amel223:

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I've never seen Pulp Fiction
WHAT?!

Go watch it now. How is this even possible? You have been failed miserably by the people you call 'friends'. You're not a man, are you? No; the correct answer is... no. Why are you still sitting there? STOP READING THIS!

Matter of fact, why are you still on NikeTalk?

*banned*

















/I swear, that's how it feels people respond when they learn someone hasn't seen this movie.