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FWIW, I love his early stuff but am lukewarm on his recent work (including Django). I have also realized that there are a ton of people who go to movies just for the hell of it and not to form any meaningful thought or opinion about what's presented.
You should stop talking to your "inferiors". Ass.
Didn't know it was a punishable offense or something :)
And for some reason reading this post sent me into a reverie, remembering every glorious detail I could of the scenes between the Jackie Brown characters played by Robert De Niro and Bridget Fonda. They really got under my skin.
I'm sorry the mean couple hurt Frizzelle but I'm glad he's okay now.
The problem with Tarantino geeks is that they build him up with all these unrealistic expectations as this big film genius. They spend years talking about him, and then he releases a new movie and, what do you know, they geek out ticking off every niggling imperfection. And then they're disappointed, because it's not the Mona Lisa. Film geeks are worthless as critics for these reasons. They judge everything based on their personal baggage and can't see the work sitting in front of them and see it for what it is. And they're too lazy to read theory.
I dunno, I'm just so sick of every goddamn movie being talked about. Get your video cam, open up a Vimeo or whatever account, make some Internet friends, share ideas about your little films, and most importantly, repeat to yourself over and over, Fuck film criticism, Fuck film criticism.....
Therefore, I fear that Dear Christopher and I would have had a terrible encounter, for while I dislike violence in movies, I love throwing drinks in people's faces, and busting open bottles to threaten people with the jagged ends.
and i'm tired of people telling me i need to watch his movies. i watch them. they aren't very good. usually, they are just simulacrums of other movies or entire genres. i appreciate that he doesn't try and hide this fact, but it doesn't make anything he does wholly original.
add that to the fact that he comes off as a one-man cocaine disposal machine and i imagine him to be insufferable as an employer, family member or neighbor.
@ Christopher, I wish you had flown in a rage so that you could have been beaten up. Everyone who feels judgmental about the tastes of others needs to be set on fire, because everyone likes something that actually sucks pretty bad. Own it, forgive it in others, and do your part to make life not suck for everyone else.
Now, if the film had boobs or cars blowing up, it'd be the greatest thing in the universe.
I at first read "Goldy" nation. Wouldn't it be so great if all the United States persons thought and lived like Goldy. He really is a God-like figure here on Slog, such insight, such reality.
With some exceptions, I find Tarantino deals in revenge fantasies and violence porn. Not that there's anything wrong with that, and not that it's not very well made, but that's pretty much all it is. Nor do I think he aspires to making anything other than very well crafted porn.
Like sexual porn, it holds your attention for a bit. But then it gets boring. And that's why I haven't really had much interest in seeing anything of his since Death Proof.
Me: QT is so great ...
Them: Really? Pulp Fiction was good, but that's about it.
Me: Oh yeah? So what screenwriters and directors do you like then?
Them: BUHHHHHHHHHH .....
@12 -- Jackie Brown, Beatrix Kiddo, the women of Death Proof, and Shoshanna from Inglourious were all plot devices? That's an interesting interpretation ...
His best film, one with an actual original story, was Jackie Brown. And thankfully one he also didn't act in. If you can call the narcissistic dribble he does on camera "acting." Jackie Brown was excellent.
I thought Django was very entertaining but nothing ground breaking that I needed to spend any time thinking about after it was over. It was slightly better at hiding it's silly gimmicks than Basterds was.
Basterds I certainly enjoyed. But it was a completely stupid transparent fantasy and it's hilarious to hear people attempting to elevated up to some kind of important cultural artifact.
I'm in the distinct minority in that I hated Kill Bill. Fucking hated it. Couldn't wait for that boring shit to be over. But that's the only film of his I've actually hated.
So if his intent is to divide people ad most people just kind think of him as "meh, he's okay." Then I'd call that a total failure.
He's no David Lynch.
It was JUST FINE. It wasn't Pulp Fiction. And I'm also sick of people acting like not "getting" Django Unchained is some sort of act of moral or intellectual failure.