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Saw the new Tarantino flick tonight. Up front although I admire his skill, sometimes the violence is just too much for me.

This movie is much more light hearted (some ickiness in the last act) and truly a showcase for DiCaprio and Pitt. Tarantino's commitment for authenticity as usual shines through. Lots of great pop culture references to 1969. Also his obsession with feet continues. LOL.

It's long - a bit too long IMHO, but well done, albeit I wouldn't rank it as one of my favorites. GREAT music. Grade: solid B.

(Also Margot Robbie is almost ethereally beautiful. God certainly sprinkled his fairy dust on her.)
 
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Ugh, this movie fell below the line and why people are calling it a masterpiece is beyond me. Maybe I need to start lowering my expectations for films because there are so few that I want to go watch anymore. This one definitely had me excited due to the director and the two male actors in it.

I appreciated the Hollywood feel in the movie and the 1969 vibe. The scene where Pitt goes to Spahn Ranch was the best part IMO. There were some good moments for sure and Tarantino's view on how he wanted the events that August 8th evening to go down was head scratching.

I sure hope the actor who played Charles Manson gets more air time in season two of Mindhunter. Also, DiCaprio should consider giving up smoking.
 
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pitt-girl said:
Saw the new Tarantino flick tonight. Up front although I admire his skill, sometimes the violence is just too much for me.

This movie is much more light hearted (some ickiness in the last act) and truly a showcase for DiCaprio and Pitt. Tarantino's commitment for authenticity as usual shines through. Lots of great pop culture references to 1969. Also his obsession with feet continues. LOL.

It's long - a bit too long IMHO, but well done, albeit I wouldn't rank it as one of my favorites. GREAT music. Grade: solid B.

(Also Margot Robbie is almost ethereally beautiful. God certainly sprinkled his fairy dust on her.)
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Going to see it today. Hope it measures up to Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, my two favorite Tarantino films.
 
wbrpanther said:
Going to see it today. Hope it measures up to Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, my two favorite Tarantino films.
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Temper your expectations - it definitely is very different and not as well done as both of those you mentioned.
 
LeftCoastPanther said:
Ugh, this movie fell below the line and why people are calling it a masterpiece is beyond me. Maybe I need to start lowering my expectations for films because there are so few that I want to go watch anymore. This one definitely had me excited due to the director and the two male actors in it.

I appreciated the Hollywood feel in the movie and the 1969 vibe. The scene where Pitt goes to Spahn Ranch was the best part IMO. There were some good moments for sure and Tarantino's view on how he wanted the events that August 8th evening to go down was head scratching.

I sure hope the actor who played Charles Manson gets more air time in season two of Mindhunter. Also, DiCaprio should consider giving up smoking.
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"Tarantino's view on how he wanted the events that August 8th evening to go down was head scratching."

You saw Inglorious Bastards, right? I don't want to spoil for anyone who hasn't seen this movie yet, but Tarantino has done this before.

Also the excessive smoking thing was very much part of the culture in 1969. And the after credit scene ties in to some of his other movies.
 
pitt-girl said:
"Tarantino's view on how he wanted the events that August 8th evening to go down was head scratching."

You saw Inglorious Bastards, right? I don't want to spoil for anyone who hasn't seen this movie yet, but Tarantino has done this before.

Also the excessive smoking thing was very much part of the culture in 1969. And the after credit scene ties in to some of his other movies.
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I never watched it along with the Hateful Eight. Bats to people’s skulls isn’t my thing.
 
I am waiting for the sequel, "Once upon a time in Brentwood"

I have heard mixed reviews.......I guess this is one of those films it is dependent on your taste. Still interested in seeing it.

I think many people have been misguided in the fact that this film is actually not about the Manson gang murders per se.
 
pitt-girl said:
Saw the new Tarantino flick tonight. Up front although I admire his skill, sometimes the violence is just too much for me.

This movie is much more light hearted (some ickiness in the last act) and truly a showcase for DiCaprio and Pitt. Tarantino's commitment for authenticity as usual shines through. Lots of great pop culture references to 1969. Also his obsession with feet continues. LOL.

It's long - a bit too long IMHO, but well done, albeit I wouldn't rank it as one of my favorites. GREAT music. Grade: solid B.

(Also Margot Robbie is almost ethereally beautiful. God certainly sprinkled his fairy dust on her.)
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Great story I read on how he picked the music. Saw it on Facebook. I’ll look for it and attach link.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...bPq0b_vJtZCbUzRLvIqkYfNMk3RRO4ytuQqBNFR2KWNbg
 
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Haven't seen it yet. But quick. Name a bad Tarantino film?

That's right. You cant.
 
ratking17 said:
Haven't seen it yet. But quick. Name a bad Tarantino film?

That's right. You cant.
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Well "Death Proof" was pretty much crap. "Django Unchained" ... was actually kind of boring. I thought the characters weren't that interesting and the dialogue was not clever at all, like some of his other flicks -- It was just pretty much a bunch of his normal over the top stuff thrown together and was WAY too long. "Pulp Fiction" and "Inglourious Basterds" were great though -- although his style is just WAY over the top and sometimes makes me just want to :rolleyes:. The opening scene in "Basterds" with Landa was one of the best scenes ever in a movie IMO -- the way he built the tension in that scene between Landa and the farmer was PERFECT!

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passedout said:
Well "Death Proof" was pretty much crap. "Django Unchained" ... was actually kind of boring. I thought the characters weren't that interesting and the dialogue was not clever at all, like some of his other flicks -- It was just pretty much a bunch of his normal over the top stuff thrown together and was WAY too long. "Pulp Fiction" and "Inglourious Basterds" were great though -- although his style is just WAY over the top and sometimes makes me just want to :rolleyes:. The opening scene in "Basterds" with Landa was one of the best scenes ever in a movie IMO -- the way he built the tension in that scene between Landa and the farmer was PERFECT!

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Disagree on both counts
 
pitt-girl said:
Saw the new Tarantino flick tonight. Up front although I admire his skill, sometimes the violence is just too much for me.

This movie is much more light hearted (some ickiness in the last act) and truly a showcase for DiCaprio and Pitt. Tarantino's commitment for authenticity as usual shines through. Lots of great pop culture references to 1969. Also his obsession with feet continues. LOL.

It's long - a bit too long IMHO, but well done, albeit I wouldn't rank it as one of my favorites. GREAT music. Grade: solid B.

(Also Margot Robbie is almost ethereally beautiful. God certainly sprinkled his fairy dust on her.)
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Saw it this afternoon. Fantastic. Loved it. I put it right behind Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs if not equal.

But you guys have to understand something. I was 18 years old in 1969. I lived those times so the whole movie was very familiar. I understood all the little 1969 things he threw in.

The ending caught me by surprise but it was very Tarantino.
 
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I always thought Manson was an over rated bad guy until I watched a 2 hour show on this murder


Truly horrifying.
 
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Why do you disagree?
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In my mind Quentin can do no wrong. Loved death for the b level movie quality. Totally got what he was aiming at. And django I loved as well. He just does no wrong in my book. His weakest was Jackie brown in my opinion
 
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In my mind Quentin can do no wrong. Loved death for the b level movie quality. Totally got what he was aiming at. And django I loved as well. He just does no wrong in my book. His weakest was Jackie brown in my opinion
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From Dusk till Dawn was bad. The only redeeming quality was Salma Hayek.

He wrote and produced the movie. Maybe if he also directed it, it would have been okay.
 
ratking17 said:
In my mind Quentin can do no wrong. Loved death for the b level movie quality. Totally got what he was aiming at. And django I loved as well. He just does no wrong in my book. His weakest was Jackie brown in my opinion
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Agreed that Jackie Brown was the weakest until Hateful 8. I thought that was awful, personally, cinematography aside.
 
I enjoyed hateful 8. I also think from dawn to dusk is a great first view if you go into it with no idea of the premise. Admittedly it is cheesy in a b movie way, but I still enjoy it. I just love the way he writes dialogue. If you aren't paying attention you miss so much. Hes a genius.
 
pitt-girl said:
Saw the new Tarantino flick tonight. Up front although I admire his skill, sometimes the violence is just too much for me.

This movie is much more light hearted (some ickiness in the last act) and truly a showcase for DiCaprio and Pitt. Tarantino's commitment for authenticity as usual shines through. Lots of great pop culture references to 1969. Also his obsession with feet continues. LOL.

It's long - a bit too long IMHO, but well done, albeit I wouldn't rank it as one of my favorites. GREAT music. Grade: solid B.

(Also Margot Robbie is almost ethereally beautiful. God certainly sprinkled his fairy dust on her.)
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I tend to agree with most of your movie opinions, but this one had me scratching my head a bit. More than halfway through I still had no idea what it was about or what he was trying to do. If the QT name wasn't attached, I think this film would be reviewed worse...just my opinion. I did like the 69 pop culture stuff and all the nostalgia he brought in, but honestly - I was super bored throughout most of it and it all just felt super cheesy. I love QT - I mean LOVE him, but this one, for me really disappointed. DiCaprio's accent was some of the worst acting I've ever witnessed, although I do think Pitt was fantastic.
 
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MyNameisJoe said:
I tend to agree with most of your movie opinions, but this one had me scratching my head a bit. More than halfway through I still had no idea what it was about or what he was trying to do. If the QT name wasn't attached, I think this film would be reviewed worse...just my opinion. I did like the 69 pop culture stuff and all the nostalgia he brought in, but honestly - I was super bored throughout most of it and it all just felt super cheesy. I love QT - I mean LOVE him, but this one, for me really disappointed. DiCaprio's accent was some of the worst acting I've ever witnessed, although I do think Pitt was fantastic.
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Pitt clearly stole the movie. Agree that the story kind of meandered around, but my takeaway from it was showing 4 sides of the Hollywood "dream" - the young girl actress just starting, Sharon Tate as a current star, Rick Dalton on the way down and then Cliff Booth, the stuntman who kind of stands back and observes it all.

A snapshot, if you will, of Hollywood in 1969.
 
One other fun fact about the movie - the actor who played Tex Watson was just cast as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's upcoming bio-pic.
 
pitt-girl said:
"Tarantino's view on how he wanted the events that August 8th evening to go down was head scratching."

You saw Inglorious Bastards, right? I don't want to spoil for anyone who hasn't seen this movie yet, but Tarantino has done this before.

Also the excessive smoking thing was very much part of the culture in 1969. And the after credit scene ties in to some of his other movies.
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My firm represented Eli Roth, the actor who played The Bear Jew. He actually is a director (Hostel) and is a friend of Tarantino, who asked him to play the role. He is a non-religious Jew who grew up near Cambridge. His father is a professor at Harvard and his mother is an artist. He modeled his student film at NYU after Reservoir Dogs; Tarantino saw it, and they became friends.

He told us that when they started shooting the scene with Hitler he started firing and didn’t want to stop. He had a “religious experience” and couldn’t take his hand off the trigger. Tarantino yelled cut and he just kept firing. They kept most of the extra firing in the movie; had to dub in the sound and the smoke because it ended when Tarantino yelled Cut. He told Tarantino later that he wanted to press the trigger 6 Million times.
 
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passedout said:
Well "Death Proof" was pretty much crap. "Django Unchained" ... was actually kind of boring. I thought the characters weren't that interesting and the dialogue was not clever at all, like some of his other flicks -- It was just pretty much a bunch of his normal over the top stuff thrown together and was WAY too long. "Pulp Fiction" and "Inglourious Basterds" were great though -- although his style is just WAY over the top and sometimes makes me just want to :rolleyes:. The opening scene in "Basterds" with Landa was one of the best scenes ever in a movie IMO -- the way he built the tension in that scene between Landa and the farmer was PERFECT!

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I agree with this. Haven’t seen the new one yet, but Pulp Fiction and Basterds are his two best imo. Considering that he made such dark subject matter as Nazi occupied France and the Final Solution into a funny, over the top movie is a real testament to his skill. I’m curious to see what he can do with the Manson murders.
 
mike412 said:
My firm represented Eli Roth, the actor who played The Bear Jew. He actually is a director (Hostel) and is a friend of Tarantino, who asked him to play the role. He is a non-religious Jew who grew up near Cambridge. His father is a professor at Harvard and his mother is an artist. He modeled his student film at NYU after Reservoir Dogs; Tarantino saw it, and they became friends.

He told us that when they started shooting the scene with Hitler he started firing and didn’t want to stop. He had a “religious experience” and couldn’t take his hand off the trigger. Tarantino yelled cut and he just kept firing. They kept most of the extra firing in the movie; had to dub in the sound and the smoke because it ended when Tarantino yelled Cut. He told Tarantino later that he wanted to press the trigger 6 Million times.
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Here's an interesting take. I love natural born killers. (Part of it probably has to do with the fact it came out when I was in high school, nine inch nails had a main song in the soundtrack, and religious organizations spoke out about how evil it was. In my rebellious youth, I gravitated towards it.)

That said, I think eli roth is a trash director. I hate the torture porn films that became prevalent after the original Saw. (Original saw was genius. All sequels were the lowest form of filmmaking) eli roth and his hostel movies are pure garbage. I am not sure if he has done other things but I hate his hostel movies. His role in inglorious was great though.
 
Those two Hostel films were brutal and not for me, but somehow Roth brought an artsy feel to them. At least that was how I felt when I watched both.
 
the first half of Dusk til Dawn was really good imo. it all went from good to silly in the bar of course but the first hour of that was pretty good IMO.

They Salma Hayek scene was fantastic..
 
LeftCoastPanther said:
Those two Hostel films were brutal and not for me, but somehow Roth brought an artsy feel to them. At least that was how I felt when I watched both.
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I don't know what it is....I hate horror/gore films, but the Hostel films is a trainwreck I cannot look away.

Want even a more disturbing Roth film? The Green Inferno.
 
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Those two Hostel films were brutal and not for me, but somehow Roth brought an artsy feel to them. At least that was how I felt when I watched both.
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despise, DESPISE those movies. that and the ones where the dude kidnaps people and tortures them until they escape. those movies actually make my stomach turn. Torture genre disgusts me..

im fine with slasher movies, doesn't bother me at all. watching people get tortured for 90 minutes just doesn't do it for me..

EDIT: Recruits, that's the second time today you posted the same thought right before me dude. i swear, im not doing this on purpose..
 
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despise, DESPISE those movies. that and the ones where the dude kidnaps people and tortures them until they escape. those movies actually make my stomach turn. Torture genre disgusts me..

im fine with slasher movies, doesn't bother me at all. watching people get tortured for 90 minutes just doesn't do it for me..

EDIT: Recruits, that's the second time today you posted the same thought right before me dude. i swear, im not doing this on purpose..
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I see that. LOL
 
wbrpanther said:
Saw it this afternoon. Fantastic. Loved it. I put it right behind Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs if not equal.

But you guys have to understand something. I was 18 years old in 1969. I lived those times so the whole movie was very familiar. I understood all the little 1969 things he threw in.

The ending caught me by surprise but it was very Tarantino.
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Totally agree with the times being "very famiilar" ....probably because I'm from the same era and can relate to the pop culture and how well Tarantino captures those times in this flick.
Is it his best?...well that's totally subjective. His best IMO is Pulp Fiction, closely followed by Reservoir Dogs (kinda 1 and 1A).
Once Upon a Time is typically Tarrantino yet different then some of his other
work....as another poster stated, a little more "lighthearted" than his usual.
He set the bar so high with Pulp Fiction that it's almost impossible to match.
The role he creates with Pitt is fantastic, but then again look what he's done
with others in his past films. He resurrected Travolta's career, performed magic
with Uma Thurman, and really elevated Harvey Keitel and Roth IMO. Same with
Samuel Jackson. Anyway, just my two cents. I can understand he's not for
everyone.....as for me, I'm "just stuck in the middle." HA
 
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Totally agree with the times being "very famiilar" ....probably because I'm from the same era and can relate to the pop culture and how well Tarantino captures those times in this flick.
Is it his best?...well that's totally subjective. His best IMO is Pulp Fiction, closely by Reservoir Dogs (kinda 1 and 1A).
Once Upon a Time is typically Tarrantino yet different then some of his other
work....as another poster stated, a little more "lighthearted" than his usual.
He set the bar so high with Pulp Fiction that it's almost impossible to match.
The role he creates with Pitt is fantastic, but then again look what he's done
with others in his past films. He resurrected Travolta's career, performed magic
with Uma Thurman, and really elevated Harvey Keitel and Roth IMO. Same with
Samuel Jackson. Anyway, just my two cents, I can understand he's not for
everyone.....as for me, I'm "just stuck in the middle." HA
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The scene with Samuel Jackson and the "tasty burger" with Frank Whaley (Big brain Brad) is one of my five all time favorite movie scenes. What?
 
Jackie Brown is my favorite. He said he'll never make a "mature" movie like that ever again though. Too bad! Reminds me of how David Lynch did the incredible The Straight Story with no trace of his usual weirdness, showing incredible skill, never to return to that vibe again.
 
Saw it Thursday night and thought it was great! I'm not a huge Brad Pitt fan but he was great in this and the sequence at the ranch should get him tons of awards. This was DiCaprio's greatest work to date and I can't see any actor being able to pull off what he did during all of the guest star stuff. Also that was a real show and a bunch of episodes are on youtube.
 
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The scene with Samuel Jackson and the "tasty burger" with Frank Whaley (Big brain Brad) is one of my five all time favorite movie scenes. What?
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The scene in True Romance between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper where Hopper knows he's getting whacked, but starts jabbing Walken about the origin of Sicilians is pretty strong too.
 
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