21 Jun 14
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Originally posted by Great King RatLike a good author, he writes about what he knows, or what he likes. His early experience with movies was this genre, the westerns, the gangster movies, even Bruce Lee films. I think this is the definition of success, to be doing something for a living that you truly enjoy.
Well, I'm certainly not a fan but I have very much enjoyed a lot of his movies (The faculty, From dusk till dawn, Desperado and certainly Sin City).
Mind you, I have no problems with violence in movies and I think Pulp Fiction and Resevoir Dogs are brilliant - I could watch PF any day of the week and it would always blow me away - and Kill Bill was ...[text shortened]... or that, because he certainly has a lot of talent. The guy just needs to leave his comfort zone.
Tarentino doing something decidedly non-Tarentino would be leaving his comfort zone, sure, but would it be any good? It's like asking Hitchcock to be not-Hitchcock. Psycho wouldn't have worked nearly as well as a romantic comedy, but you can't fault Hitchcock for that.
Have you seen Jackie Brown? I recently picked up the blu-ray of this from Target's discount bin. I'd never seen it before, but I enjoyed it for what it was, a prime example of Tarentino.
21 Jun 14
Originally posted by C HessI recently saw Pale Rider on AMC's "Afternoon Movie" or some such. I'd never seen it before (don't know how I'd missed it), but it was classic Eastwood at his best.
The only ones I can think of from the top of my head now are Eastwood films
like pale rider, but you've no doubt seen those, so, no, no more suggestions
from me I'm afraid.
Oh, wait, there's Tombstone with Val Kilmer as Doc. That one was somewhat
entertaining.
I also thoroughly enjoyed Two Mules for Sister Sara, that someone else here recommended.
25 Jun 14
Originally posted by SuzianneIt's true that Tarantino doing something non-Tarantino might not be good. That's a risk a movie maker takes. Hitchcock certainly wasn't a one-trick pony where he just repeated Psycho over and over again.
Like a good author, he writes about what he knows, or what he likes. His early experience with movies was this genre, the westerns, the gangster movies, even Bruce Lee films. I think this is the definition of success, to be doing something for a living that you truly enjoy.
Tarentino doing something decidedly non-Tarentino would be leaving his comfort ...[text shortened]... bin. I'd never seen it before, but I enjoyed it for what it was, a prime example of Tarentino.
Movies like Rope, Psycho, The trouble with Harry and Shadow of a doubt are all very different and certainly don't follow the "Hitchcock route" in the way that Tarantino movies follow the "Tarantino route". Have you seen Rope and Shadow of a doubt? Brilliant movies, highly recommendable. The trouble with Harry........... not so much.
Yes, I have seen Jackie Brown. I wanted to like that movie, because it is at least somewhat different from Pulp Fiction. But I didn't like it. It was way too long. It might have been better if it didn't last for about 2.5 hours.
04 Jul 14
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We are forgetting a really great western, particularly because of the music besides the acting, Ry Cooder put it together for "the Long Riders". Fantastic film! 1980.
Stacy Keach, James Keach, David, Keith, Robert Carradine, Dennis and Randy Quaid, Christopher Guest, Pamela Reed and a buddy of mine from McCabes Guitar shop (where my band played a half dozen times) Tom Sauber, a great fiddler. Ry cooder did a fantastic job on the music! Ry's guitar teacher played in it also, David Lindley.