Damn shame how many of you skipped Death Proof/Grindhouse ... Great double-feature.
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Pulp Fiction.
Seen it a couple dozen times.
I can't choose between Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Bastards.
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Anyone else here that played the Witcher 3 pick up on the Hattori Hanzo reference in the "Of Swords and Dumplings" quest?
I think his last two films have been pretty solid. Djanjo really sticks with you, and they both benefitted from the excellent performance of Christph Watlz.
My main problem with Inglourious Basterds is how grossly unhistorical it is. I realize that the film is more of a revenge fantasy a la Kill Bill, but couldn't we at least vaguely stick to the events of WWII? Brad Pitt was pretty f*cking hilarious, though.
I can't choose between Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Bastards.
Does Inglorious Bastards feature Samuel L. Jackson eating a Big Kahuna cheeseburger? 
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My main problem with Inglourious Basterds is how grossly unhistorical it is. I realize that the film is more of a revenge fantasy a la Kill Bill, but couldn't we at least vaguely stick to the events of WWII? Brad Pitt was pretty f*cking hilarious, though.
I thought so too at first, but when I got around to it a second time, it was more entertaining.
As for the fantasy part, I think he's just..... I don't know... unapologetically going full gusto with it. I mean, if you're not making a real historical drama, then might as well go crazy. Or so that's how I think. It's ridiculous, but deep down, it's how most of us would love to see Hitler and Nazis go down. THAT part of it is accurate at least.
Anyone else here that played the Witcher 3 pick up on the Hattori Hanzo reference in the "Of Swords and Dumplings" quest?
I think his last two films have been pretty solid. Djanjo really sticks with you, and they both benefitted from the excellent performance of Christph Watlz.
My main problem with Inglourious Basterds is how grossly unhistorical it is. I realize that the film is more of a revenge fantasy a la Kill Bill, but couldn't we at least vaguely stick to the events of WWII? Brad Pitt was pretty f*cking hilarious, though.
That's the point.
Natural Born Killers is in my eye, is the best thing he ever worked on
The thing about Tarantino though is over-the-top violence patterned alongside a charismatic cast of absurd to mildly insane and interesting characters are part of the marginal epicenter that drives all of his films; Along with homáges to classic genrefilm, spaghetti westerns, blaxploitation, horror, gangster dramas, old martials dramas and revenge stories, put that together with an eclectic soundtrack that combines many genres of music, well written and intricate dialogue about the most mundane subject matters, great editing and unique storytelling. Bing, you got Tarantino. It's the traits of what could be considered average b-movies, treated with the care of an Academy Award Winning drama. Put all of that together and you've got a winner. Inglorious Basterds stands more like a unique depiction of war (by Tarantino) itself, and not of history, it's a fantasy framed in the context of history.
The film marks out itself out as self-aware at the first few seconds of its opening in the lines "Once Upon a Time in Nazi-Occupied France”. A humorous nod to the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone, as expected by Tarantino, but it also points to the film’s rebuke of historical accuracy. It is not interested in actual history — and in retrospect, it isn’t even that particularly interested in war. What it is interested in is the idea that cinema need not be constrained by anything other than good storytelling.
Natural Born Killers is in my eye, is the best thing he ever worked on
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Natural Born Killers is in my eye, is the best thing he ever worked on
At one time, it was one big Epic road trip film apparently... blended with True Romance. He needed the money and split it in two.. then sold the scripts.
I like both of them, but I think it makes all the difference in how Tarantino directs as much as he writes.
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True Romance is brilliant
Yes, if I was fixing to kill someone, I might imagine Elvis in my mirror too.
It's hard to imagine both were one story once though. True Romance has a lot more innocence to it.
No True Romance on the list? Hmph.
Jackie Brown is close, but Pulp Fiction by a nose
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