Richard_H
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PGowdy said:
£10 to buy £4 to rent. I'm renting it, can watch it on the train on the weekend.
latest film/ dvd you have seen
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£10 to buy £4 to rent. I'm renting it, can watch it on the train on the weekend.
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Took the kids to see Epic today but it didn't live up to its title. Wooden acting, expressionless character animation (which actually complimented the wooden acting) and characters that had no depth and generally weren't that likable. It had a good plot but the makers just didn't pull it off, the kids were pretty disinterested after 20 minutes and we're restless the whole way through.
Yes it's aimed at children but that didn't stop me enjoying The Kroods or wreck it Ralph, two films which had brilliant characters and great moments of humour.
I do now only ever get to watch U's or PG's :lol:
Yes it's aimed at children but that didn't stop me enjoying The Kroods or wreck it Ralph, two films which had brilliant characters and great moments of humour.
I do now only ever get to watch U's or PG's :lol:
PGowdy said:monkey_roo said:Ha
Yeah in retrospect Les Miss was a bad call, just somehow I wanted it to be good...
Agree with Tarantino. He is making really good films now, not just 'pop-culture' classics, I do love Pulp Fictions and Dogs, Jackie Brown was rubbish and Kill Bill was good but not great. I wasn't a massive fan of Bastards but really liked what he was trying to do and with Django I think he got it just right, although his own cameo with an Aussie accent might have been a misstep
Yeah agreed. I wasn't blown away by Basterds either. Good first half, so-so 2nd half. Meh. Back on form with Django altho i agree, Tarantino himself was, for once awful. Bad choice to play an aussie. But that was once small blot on an otherwise excellent movie.
Hated Basterds (why is spelt in such a retarded way?) with a passion. It's not that it's a bad film as such, it's just ruined by the last 10 mins.
Spolier alert for anyone who hasn't seen it and is thinking of watching it......
Sorry, but I think we all know Hitler didn't die in a ****ing Paris Cinema in 1942 (or whenever BastArds is set). He sure as **** wasn't killed by some crack, under-cover, mainly Jewish, America soldiers. He died by his own hand in a bunker in '45.
I find films like that that re-write history, and almost ALWAYS painting America/American's in a better light, little short of insulting. It's a slap in the face to the millions who died between 42-45 that they pretend he was killed in a cinema.
"Oh yeah, you all died slow and painful deaths in the mean time, but sure this makes for a better film"
I wouldn't **** on that film if it was on fire. U157 is the same. I'd gladly smack the Director and the script writers as well.
Rant over.
I didn't like the ending either but not because it changed history because to be fair that was all completely tongue in cheek. It wasn't pretending for a second that that's what actually happened. I just thought the last half hour was plain shite. Shame cos the first 2 thirds were great. He did the same thing with 'Deathpoof'. Awesome right up untill the last act then... :roll: Even Kill Bill, altho awesome and way better than both of those i never really liked the ending. Bit of a damp squib considering the 4 hour build up to it. Django, at least stays strong throughout. Though wouldn't say it was better (or worse) than Kill Bill, that's a tough call.
Basterds. That spelling always bugged me. It's Bastards, as in 'Alan B'stard MP' :lol:
Anyway, if you take the film for a bit of tongue in cheek nonsense depicting what probably should have happened to Hitler, rather than the murdering, lunatic bastard's ***** way out, it's ok. Some really cringe worthy scenes mixed in with some of the finest film moments ever. By that i refer to the farmhouse opening and the Nazi bar scene 8)
Anyway, if you take the film for a bit of tongue in cheek nonsense depicting what probably should have happened to Hitler, rather than the murdering, lunatic bastard's ***** way out, it's ok. Some really cringe worthy scenes mixed in with some of the finest film moments ever. By that i refer to the farmhouse opening and the Nazi bar scene 8)
Richard_H
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Django was enjoyable but not as same level as Dogs. Worth watching but not twice. Stretched out too long.
Richard_H
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All my mates have said utter shite with no laughs.
Stargeezer
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Cc4rhu said:
I don't really disagree, but Django has it's own level... As i movie lover (i have seen way to many movies) i think Django has scenes that hit perfection. Like the scene where the music "i got a name" from Jim croce starts playing and the travel togheter could not have been better in any way. I also like the fact that tarantino plays that music loud at the set whilst recording to have the music and visuals allready togheter. (ok the music get's added to the movie after recording, but at least the actors hear the music whilst walking on the scene, wich surely improves the scene).
anyway last movie i saw was the Great Gatsby, it was a good movie, but not spectacular. it's was a weird movie in some way.
Stargeezer
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PGowdy said:
Sorry, "dogs"?, :? you've lost me.[/quote]
"Reservoir dogs"
Does anybody else think that Dogs is quite dated? I mean it's probably getting on for 20 years old but the script seems really corny to me now, like Tarantino was trying too hard to put down some really 'cool' dialogue. Same thing with Pulp Fiction. Looking back it's just cheesy and contrived. He's shown he can do way better. And Uma Therman ruined PF :roll:
x-pack said:
I'd hope you're on your own there. Both films are completely timeless. A films age shouldn't have much to do with it feeling "dated" unless it wasn't a great movie in the first place. Pretty much all classics are timeless it's the quality that always shines through.
Pulp Fiction has everything and the dialogue is arguably the greatest ever written and delivered in any film ever made. For me Pulp Fiction pretty much stands alone above all other films. Not to say it's "better" than Star Wars, Godfather, Alien etc etc as those films too stand alone above all others [if that makes sense] and imo are literally unmatched and utterly timeless.
Literally can't believe i'm defending one of the greatest movies ever made. :lol:
Reservoir Dogs is obviously a lot grimier and dirty, has that "indie" feel due to it being so low budget and an almost play like script but again, is simply one of the greatest movies of all time. It's skilfully directed and beautifully paced, (something Tarantino has always done so well and almost all other hollywood directors do so poorly), It's script is so completely sublime it makes every single word spoken one you want to hear over and over again. Tarantino is such a skilled writer he can even make completely average actors seem perfectly competent and cool (Ving Rhames, Luci Lu for example). I'd even go so far as to say that the script and dialogue in Reservoir Dogs is so good that you could "watch" it with your eyes closed and enjoy every second. Don't think i could say that about any other film. It really is incredible.
