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There is a cerebral journey with the trilogy that is subtle, Birth, Death and Rebirth. Batman/Bruce is symbiotic with Gotham in this regard, the films always inspire me.
It's like the journey we never saw in Bond movies, but were meant to based on the last novels....
I enjoyed every moment of it. Highly entertaining and Edgar Wright should direct B25.
Death Proof
I like this film i really do but i do tend to skip parts of it. The scene where the second buch of girls are talking in the diner really drags. The dialogue ain't that interesting.
The action is really well filmed and all done with real stuntwork (Take note F&F)
The sequence where Stuntman Mike crashes head first into the girls car is one of the best edited moments of all Tarantino's films.
The Hateful Eight
Second viewing of this and even better second time around. Yeah the stagecoach journey seems to take forever but it's a film to revel in and i watched it over two days.
Love the 'Jessica Fletcher' moment from Samuel L Jackson as he puts all the clues together.
Great ending as well with the Lincoln letter.
Just love Tarantino's films!
For some reason I've yet to watch The Hateful Eight. I have it on DVD, but somehow haven't been in the mood for a western in a long time. Thinking about watching it closer to Christmas (it sounds like a great film to watch during winter).
Much like the recent Indiana Jones talk that has me itching for a rewatch of that series, I'm now feeling a Tarantino marathon, too, which I had originally planned to save for a few months prior to Once Upon A Time In Hollywood releasing later next year.
That's putting it lightly. Some think because he's over 70 he should be thrown on the scrap heap. I'd be delighted if he returned in to Bond.
This is when the film tends to drag for me, I'm not sure why. They're both great actors, just something about these scenes that makes me tune out and not really care. Having said that, I definitely wouldn't dream of fast forwarding through them.
How does the English speaking audience handle having to read subtitles, by the way? I remember a Norwegian film (can't remember which), where they had to shoot every scene in the film twice – once in Norwegian and once in English, for distribution purposes in the US and the UK.
There's always been talk about the difficulties of getting foreign films distributed in the US/UK because of the need for subtitles; wonder how much truth there is to that.
Only know very little German myself (words more than complete sentences), but I share the enjoyment trying to pick up what they're saying on-screen in Basterds. The usage of French and German definitely adds something to the film.
I don't think QT has hit this level since, Django and H8 just aren't in the same class, I love it has that European feel and the performances are all good, Waltz is incredible and the dialogue is delicious.
Jackie Brown is my favourite and Dogs gets 2nd place just because it's such a visceral thrill of a film and it really was something different at the time but IB would take my 3rd spot, yes I do prefer all 3 to Pulp Fiction.
I do hope Once Upon A Time in Hollywood is a return to form, something IB level would make me more than happy.
Django was a "mid-table" Tarantino film for me. Have yet to watch H8, so can't comment on that one. The plot looks interesting though. If I were to rank the films based on the most recent viewings (which were some time ago), it would look something like this, I think:
1. Inglourious Basterds/Jackie Brown
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Reservoir Dogs
4. Death Proof
5. Django Unchained
6. Kill Bill V. 1/2
I've never been much of a martial arts/sword fight/revenge film fan, so the Kill Bill films are the ones I usually skip watching in favour of the other six. I really look forward to Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. It's an interesting time and place to base the story on, and the cast looks interesting (as usual in Tarantino films).
DP is the only one I don't own, I didn't like it, but KB 2 would be the next worse for me. The cast I think is the aspect of OUATIH that worries me a little it's incredible and competes with what Scorcese has assembled for The Irishman, incidentally my 2 films for 2019 irregardless that Bond 25 is coming out and it is coming out. The film has to live up to that cast which isn't just A listers, some talented character actors and also some faces from the past it's one of the most extraordinary casts in recent memory.
I only watch H8 again recently and it has issues, too long, a jarring narration by QT and too much white actors using the N word, my Wife also objected to the violence levelled out on the JJL character.
It looks stunning, the production values and eye for detail, mind Richardsons cinematograpy is extraordinary and Morricone's score is fanstastic so definitely worth a watch, shades of The Thing and Agatha Christie in there. Also everyone of the main cast are great, Jackson and Goggins are the highlight for me though.
DP is a film you either enjoy or don't I think. I watched it for the first time when I was getting into B films and 70's cinema, and that definitely had an impact on how I enjoyed it. It's also a part of the Grindhouse double-feature with Robert Rodríguez' Planet Terror, and I feel like you need to watch both to really get the full experience.
Had to check the cast for The Irishman, as I knew nothing about it. WOW! This will definitely be a film to watch next year. You don't see a cast like that often these days.
I think part of the reason I haven't watched H8 yet, is the length. Just need to know I'm in the mood for watching a film that long before I see it. It's been a issue for me quite some time now. With all these great TV shows around, you kind of get used to setting aside 45 mins/an hour now and then, making the step up to setting aside anything above two hours a bit of a task, really.
One of my favorites of Tarantino's, I find it wildly underrated.
My memory of my last DVD viewing was that it was his most restrained and thus most interesting film.
Funnily enough I actually rewatched it this weekend, and man did I have a good time. The lines are so good and quotable. He performances are fantastic and the tension is high. What more can someone want