| Posted by: mr. b_dvd at July 3, 2008, 1:05 am | | Topic: Your opinions on Quentin Tarantino's movies. Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by spacemonkey My opinion on his movies is that they are very derivative of other films, but in a good way. I spent some time renting and watching all these movies that influenced Quentin Tarantino. Movies like Lady Snowblood, They Call Her One Eye (aka Thriller a Cruel Picture), Vanishing Point, Dirty Marie Crazy Larry and after having seen all of them, I can clearly see what he does with his movies. He watches them all one night...then he comes up with his own version of those movies. Often times improving on them. This is what I like about Tarantino. I mean, you know just by watching his films that he loves movies. I am a die hard Tarantino fan. I'd rank them from my favorite to least favorite: Pulp Fiction Kill Bill (1 and 2) Reservoir Dogs Jackie Brown Death Proof Tarantino takes a genre he loves, and he makes something that is uniquely his own. Pulp Fiction was just pure genius to me, and when you hear Tarantino talk about the movie, you understand why he did it the way he did. He took a few basic, simple movie plots, and twisted them all together and created a masterpiece. 1. A typical assassination gone to shit. 2. Boxer throws a fight. 3. A robbery at a diner. 4. Taking the bosses girl out dancing to keep her company. (There are probably more, but I just listed the main ones). The first time I saw this movie, I was totally blown away by it and loved every second of it. I think I saw it again the next day. I know I saw it like 4-5 times the first month. He could have probably made at least four different movies out of this one script by expanding on it, but it just works better the way he did it all in one. Kill Bill was Tarantino's way of paying homage to all the great kung fu movies he loves, and the movies I loved to watch on Sunday mornings when I was a kid. I actually like that it is split into two movies, because each movie shows how much respect he has for the genre. The first one was his all out action kung fu piece, and the second was his version of the more traditional one with the master schooling the student. To have them together as one movie would have been a waste, because he most likely would have had to cut a lot out to get it into a two hour time slot. Sonny Chiba's character was cool imo, and it actually introduced many people to one of kung fu movies great actors, indirectly anyway. If you never watched any of the special features, then you wouldn't know who Chiba was, and his character in the film would seem out of place or not needed. In many traditional kung fu movies, the weapons are almost a character in the movie, and this was Tarantino's way of doing the same thing for Kill Bill. Sure, the movie moves slow in some parts, but Tarantino wants to show just how much shit The Bride has to go threw to find revenge. If it would have been her simply waking up, cut to her in training, and then her running through the list like nothing, it would have simply been an action kung fu movie with no real character development. It probably would have still been cool to watch, but I don't know how much replay value it would have. By the time you get into the middle of Kill Bill 2, you are sitting right there with The Bride wanting to f#%@ Bill up. Tarantino and Uma thought the Bride character up while filming Pulp Fiction, and Tarantino decided years later to develop a script, make a kick ass kung fu movie, and have Uma star in it. Reservoir Dogs came out of nowhere, and I loved how you don't even see what happened, you just see the before and the aftermath. Tarantino showed his love for dialogue and interesting characters with his first film. It's been awhile since I've seen Jackie Brown, but I like it more and more each time I see it, and De Niro and Jackson were awesome in this movie. Death Proof is last, but I still think it is a good film and gets shot down for the wrong reasons. Tarantino wanted to make this movie the way it was done before CGI, the way it was done for movies which are directly referenced in the film. The tie-ins between the first half and second half of the movie are subtle (listen to the radio in the second half), and if you look at the special features, and then watch the movie, you will gain a new respect for stunt men and women; especially the one in the movie. She is the real deal, and she plays herself in the movie. Sure, there are better car chase scenes, but this movie is about paying homage to them in Tarantino's own quircky way, and honoring the stunt men and women that did that crazy shit before computers came in and made it look easy. If you are looking for CGI or out of this world stunt crashes that seem unrealistic or improbable, then look elsewhere. I did like PT better than Deat Proof, but it is a different type of movie. I also love his other work, such as True Romance, his part in Sin City (which definately has his stamp on it when you watch it knowing he directed that scene), From Dusk til Dawn, and his CSI bits. |
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