I just watched this and came here in the hope a few others had seen it because it blew my mind. My goodness, what an awful awful awful plot.
Yeah thats a fair point, imo Guardians played to Pratt strengths which are mostly comedic. It seems the studios are trying to turn him into new Harrison Ford.
I swear there's a newish trend in hollywood over the last decade where they are openly making very stupid movies and the audience goes into the cinema expecting and wanting to see something dumb and meaningless. It's like some weird ironic shitting posting but using hundreds of millions of dollars.
There is not a single part of that movie that couldn’t have been improved by randomly plucking 5 Film School students and adding them to the room and extending all writing/production meetings by 15 minutes.
I think the directors of the second Captain America film said that they were constantly wondering 'what would series like Honest Trailers have to say about this, and how can we fix that?' Maybe in this film the objective was the exact opposite?
How bizarre. I have that movie on right now.I think the directors of the second Captain America film said that they were constantly wondering 'what would series like Honest Trailers have to say about this, and how can we fix that?' Maybe in this film the objective was the exact opposite?
I loved it. Like a more adult version of Inside Out with its themes.
Oh boy I fecking hated it. Looked pretty but the story was so lame. Likewise the Dolmio ad “mamma mia” shlocky Italian characters. What’s with throwing in random Italian phrases anyway? Either use the over to top Italian accents to represent people speaking Italian or go with a subtitled movie. Make your mind up!
I rewatched this last week, it's a pretty flawless film. And I reckon it's gonna age like a fine wine.
Apropos of nothing, I just watched
That probably says more about you and the kind of films you like to watch if you found it boring.
Green Zone:
Holy Spaganoli!
I love Tarantino. Both his 90's films and some of his newer stuff.
I dont know these, but the original book tends to be more balanced and nuanced and offer a more complete story in my experience. (Assuming it's not a crap quality book.) So I find I'm usually at least somewhat disappointed by films if I know the book well, but enjoy delving into the story more if I watch the film first and read the book afterwards.
I'm the same as @entropy and @OleBoiii on this one. There are good bits to the movie, but overall it's too long, too slow, and too uninteresting. In particular -
I really enjoyed this however I think it gets criticism as it's a long film and a slow burner. People expect action and gore from the word go with it being Tarantino.
Action and gore? Tarantino? In Death Proof, sure, but to my mind, Tarantino is know for his dialogues and the slowness of his movies, the way he drags out scenes, messes with the narrative, etc. All of which I feel are done to excess in Once Upon, to the detriment of the film's quality.
Yeah that's what people associate with him. Well the casual viewer. And that's why many didn't seem to enjoy this in my opinion. It was long tbf and could have been trimmed down but still.
Gore, no. Violence, yes.
I really like it but not peak Tarantino
I think it might be Tarantino's worst(I haven't seen Death Proof, though). It's not a bad film by any means, but it's pretty bland, imo.
Little outburst of violence, sure, and often done in an overblown sort of way for comedic effect. But I would really not say that's dominant in his films. I mean, the 'casual viewer' (not sure who that refers to; not me I suppose, but it's not like I take notes while watching) might have thought the gun going off accidentally and blowing off the guy's head in the car in Pulp Fiction was really funny, but surely he/she wouldn't have come of that film thinking that that is Tarantino's defining feature. In that one, for example, it's dialogue before everything else, and that's also what people talk about most in my experience.
I think if you asked random people in the street what comes to mind when they think of QT they'd mention violence and gore (amongst other things). Just my opinion of course
i agree, but isnt that based on the commercial success of pulp fiction / reservoir dogs and the iconic very violent scenes. people cutting people / people shooting people whilst saying cool things / religous things slowly and loudly in a cool way, with a cool soundtrack with songs youve not really heard before, but now feature in every single car ad.
Yeah, it's definitely his worst since Death Proof, don't listen what @Rooney in Paris says.
That's your choice pal.
Not sure how you mean this, but that doesn't sound very nice. I can't speak for @entropy, but I don't need violence and action to stay interested. Yes, the dialogues and cinematography are good, but the balance in narrative pace is lost here and a lot of material feels like filler. In my opinion. You can voice your disagreement with that differently, I think.
