Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 31

scaeagles · 06-06-2006, 05:56 AM

Well, I guess I am once again (big shock) in the minority here.

CoasterMatt · 06-06-2006, 06:11 AM

How about 'Reservoir Dogs - On Ice'?

Gemini Cricket · 06-06-2006, 06:15 AM

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How about 'Reservoir Dogs - On Ice'?

I'd go see that. The Resevoir Dogs vs The Ice Capades Skaters!

CoasterMatt · 06-06-2006, 06:19 AM

A kickline of skaters in black and white suits getting picked off during the robbery scene...

Imagine the fun they could have with the officer mutilation scene?

scaeagles · 06-06-2006, 07:18 AM

I find tha I am introducing my 12 year old to lots of movies lately. We watched "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" last night.

Based on the reaction to my "Kill Bill Vol.1" post, I am certain I am the only one here who loves that movie. I have always loved that movie.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-06-2006, 07:58 AM

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I loved 'Resevoir Dogs' and was underwhelmed by 'Pulp Fiction'.

Underwhelmed by Pulp Fiction? Underwhelmed by Pulp Fiction?! But...but...it's Pulp Fiction! Question, did you see it when it first came out, or later?

Bill & Ted's is totally non non non non non non NON heinous.

innerSpaceman · 06-06-2006, 08:06 AM

Bill and Ted's is most awesome, dude!

(ooooh, and new sig inspiration. Dude, I haven't had a sig in months!)

(And Alex, just so's ya know, it was not Tarantino who decided to split Kill Bill in two ... the studio insisted upon it. 4-hour movie and all. Quentin did not put up a big fight about it, but it was meant to be watched all at once ... and now with the magic of DVD, you can do just that.)

Gemini Cricket · 06-06-2006, 08:23 AM

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Underwhelmed by Pulp Fiction? Underwhelmed by Pulp Fiction?! But...but...it's Pulp Fiction! Question, did you see it when it first came out, or later?

Saw it opening night. In Arizona... of all places!

I'm a huge fan of 'Resevoir Dogs' loved all of it. Even the ear scene. The cast was superb.

Now 'Pulp Fiction'...
There are parts I adore in this film. The movie begins with a bang. Love it. It sets up everything well. You know that this isn't going to be a family film. Truly brilliant beginning. The dance scene with Uma and Travolta is hysterical. Loved the cutting up the linear flow of the movie and rearranging the scenes, it was a nice touch. (A fun thing to do is think of the movie in its linear shape. If I remember it correctly, the movie actually ends with Bruce Willis riding off with his motorcycle. I forget where it actually starts, the meeting with Band Aid neck, I think...)
But that's where it ends for me.

I'm not big on films that portray violence in a realistic fashion for a laugh. 'Kill Bill 1' is hysterical. The violence is 'South Park' violence meets bloody Kung Fu movie from the 70's. That's funny. Watching someone with blood spurting out from their shoulder which is obviously coming from a hose is funny. Seeing a kid getting shot in the face in the back seat of a car with John Travolta laughing, isn't. And I do not need to see brains in Sam Jackson's Jeri Curl. Yuk.
The movie makes offing someone look kind of fun.
I found the Pawn Shop scene to be offensive. It hones in on the fears of someone being sodomized by a gay man. Like that happens every day. It portrayed someone gay as being weird with S&M partners in trunks. I thought it was a cheap attempt at freaking out the audience. The end of the scene has you rooting for a despicable mob boss. I don't agree with that. One has to look at the social implications of what they're putting on film and Tarantino didn't. (It's my same beef with Gibson's flaming prince and murder of his partner in 'Braveheart'. It was done for a laugh as was 'getting primeval on your ass', I found it unfunny.)
Not to mention that 2/3 of this film is boring boring boring. Let's talk about pancakes and Burger King and the cost of milkshakes for no apparent reason. The banter at the coffee house with the Resevoir Dogs set up each character as being somewhat likeable. You have no idea what they are capable of until later. It served a purpose. The banter in 'Pulp' often didn't serve a purpose. It was supposed to have come of as cool and, to me, it came off as dull.
The music in 'Pulp' was wonderful. My hat's off to Tarantino for using Dusty Springfield's 'Son of a Preacher Man' in his flick. Nice.
However, Tarantino's uberviolent films strike me as being as unimportant and banal as 'The Simpsons' comic book guy's delusions of grandeur.

DreadPirateRoberts · 06-06-2006, 08:59 AM

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The music in 'Pulp' was wonderful.

Don't forget Dick Dale

Gemini Cricket · 06-06-2006, 09:01 AM

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Don't forget Dick Dale

That beginning was so awesome. Just seeing them frozen with their guns out and then they cut to the Dick Dale song. Nice touch totally.

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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I find tha I am introducing my 12 year old to lots of movies lately. We watched "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" last night. Based on the reaction to my "Kill Bill Vol.1" post, I am certain I am the only one here who loves that movie. I have always loved that movie.
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06-06-2006, 08:06 AM	#307
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Bill and Ted's is most awesome, dude! (ooooh, and new sig inspiration. Dude, I haven't had a sig in months!) (And Alex, just so's ya know, it was not Tarantino who decided to split Kill Bill in two ... the studio insisted upon it. 4-hour movie and all. Quentin did not put up a big fight about it, but it was meant to be watched all at once ... and now with the magic of DVD, you can do just that.)
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