Inglourious Basterds (Q. Tarantino)

[Voley]

What Jefe's said does tally with my idea of how bad QT can be when he indulges himself, though.

It's a weird one - Kill Bill's probably pretty indulgent with all it's film references and stuff yet is still ace and you could almost certainly say the same about Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs.

When it works it's great, when it doesn't it can be really terrible. It's all or nothing with him, really.

 

[El Jefe]

Also I would say that I do not always agree 100% with El Jefe on matters of the arts.

i'd say 20% was pushing it

but we agree about the important things

 

[Badgers]

Simon Cowell is better dead than alive yeah?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Also I would say that I do not always agree 100% with El Jefe on matters of the arts.

True, but I believe him about this one

 

[Voley]

Jefe does like Tom Waits though. This film's probably brilliant.

 

[Orang Utan]

i think criticising qt for being over indulgent is like criticising the sky for being blue

 

[not-bono-ever]

Its QT, so its going to be shite of varying degrees

hes not a filmmaker, he is a Movie Necrophiliac.

 

[rekil]

Of his films I've only ever really liked Reservoir Dogs, and Im not sure Id think so highly of that of I watched it again after a decade.

Watch instead?

 

[El Jefe]

i think criticising qt for being over indulgent is like criticising the sky for being blue

sure - indulgence is fine, but with this one he just seems to have entirely lost whatever focus he ever had. I think the fact it took him 10 years to get it written shows that it's probably been about 5 different films in his head and he's tried to squeeze them all in.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Yes, I think that would be a good description of it. It's ropey good. Did they dub everyones voices over the top later or something? The colours and graphics are just great, I think the film has real character.

A lot of 60s/70s Italian films had all the sound added later as they didn't use any sound recording equipment on set.

It's why even Clint Eastwood looks dubbed in the dollars trilogy.

Everything from doors creaking to footsteps to tree rustling was all added in post-productions.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I really Like Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and True Romance

I like Resevoir Dogs

I have mixed feelings about the rest.

The problem is that much of what he does is pure folly. He's clearly talented, but he's never gonna make a truly classic genre film until he has a truly great idea, with a genuinely good story that's not being carried by in jokes, clever-ass plotting and hip dialogue.

Of course these things are fine in themselves, but he uses them to fool the viewer in thinking they're getting something they've never seen before.

 

[mattie]

Did I dream it, or did he make a film with Kurt Russell murdering people by crashing his car into them?

I just could not make head nor tail of it.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Did I dream it, or did he make a film with Kurt Russell murdering people by crashing his car into them?

I just could not make head nor tail of it.

He did - Deathproof

 

[El Jefe]

Deathproof works great as part of Grindhouse - the whole double bill plus trailers package - but sucked in its extended, stand alone form.

 

[Bomber]

Deathproof works great as part of Grindhouse - the whole double bill plus trailers package - but sucked in its extended, stand alone form.

Spot On ! Saw Basterds tonight ... as ever with QT a fun ride, which is why I go to see a movie mostly. Can't do with the Barry Normans of this world !!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

A lot of 60s/70s Italian films had all the sound added later as they didn't use any sound recording equipment on set.

It's why even Clint Eastwood looks dubbed in the dollars trilogy.

Everything from doors creaking to footsteps to tree rustling was all added in post-productions.

This is what I expected had happened as the lips are almost in sync for the english speaking actors. I have only seen this before on the dollars (which I love) films.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Deathproof works great as part of Grindhouse - the whole double bill plus trailers package - but sucked in its extended, stand alone form.

I have the theatrical version of death proof but have not even managed to watch all of that. B b b b b b oring.

 

[Utopia]

I loved it, brilliantly acted, slightly tongue in cheek, the violence was pretty graphic in parts. Especially loved the 1st 'chapter', the tension that builds and the 2 actors.......amazing.

My likey

 

[Nanker Phelge]

This is what I expected had happened as the lips are almost in sync for the english speaking actors. I have only seen this before on the dollars (which I love) films.

Eastwood tells a good story about the one of the intense scene in the a Fistful of dollars - a moody showdown - and out of shot was a bunch of extras having a rowdy game of cards.

What it did mean was that they could get the shot faster without having to set up mics and get the sound right.

 

[Ms T]

I really Like Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and True Romance

I like Resevoir Dogs

I have mixed feelings about the rest.

The problem is that much of what he does is pure folly. He's clearly talented, but he's never gonna make a truly classic genre film until he has a truly great idea, with a genuinely good story that's not being carried by in jokes, clever-ass plotting and hip dialogue.

Of course these things are fine in themselves, but he uses them to fool the viewer in thinking they're getting something they've never seen before.

This is spot on. He needs a good script, imho.

 

[Fez909]

Saw Basterds last night and liked it! Much better than Kill Bill (which I didn't rate at all) but nowhere near as good as Pulp Fiction.

Some great long conversational scenes with the tension and paranoia building.

Really funny in parts, too.

 

[butchersapron]

This is spot on. He needs a good script, imho.

He writes them don't he?

 

[dynamicbaddog]

Saw Basterds last night and liked it! Much better than Kill Bill (which I didn't rate at all) but nowhere near as good as Pulp Fiction.

Some great long conversational scenes with the tension and paranoia building.

Really funny in parts, too.

good soundtrack too

 

[mrsfran]

I liked it. There were a few moments when I shifted in my seat as one too many tense conversations played out, but overall I enjoyed it. The actor playing the lead evil nazi stole the show, he was excellent. And the first scene was excellent. Worth the ticket price.

 

[Orang Utan]

good soundtrack too

i listened to a bit of it when you posted the link to the free streaming of it on facebook
it sounds great - just the kind of thing you'd expect from qt, if rather anachronistic. but i sometimes wish he wasn't such a control freak and have the balls to hand the reins over to a composer to do a proper score. sometimes the tunes he uses are so kick ass catchy, that they pull you out of the film at a point you should be totally immersed.

 

[mrsfran]

There were 2 moments when the music really pulled me away from the film, it was very jarring. But that's what you get when you see a QT film.

 

[El Jefe]

I liked it. There were a few moments when I shifted in my seat as one too many tense conversations played out, but overall I enjoyed it. The actor playing the lead evil nazi stole the show, he was excellent. And the first scene was excellent. Worth the ticket price.

this is the trouble though - there were some fantastic performances, some excellent writing, some brilliant scenes (as you say, the first scene is excellent). But it just doesn't hang together, even by his own standards...

 

[Santino]

The scene in the basement bar would have been good as the first scene of a whole other film.

I have a question about the scene in the Paris restaurant when the bad guy was interviewing Shoshannah and insisted that she wait for cream before trying her strudel. Is there any reason why a Jew keeping kosher wouldn't eat cream and strudel together?

 

[dirtyfruit]

Having just viewed a the various trailers for this new QT celluloid spasm I am really not getting any hopes up.

Pitt seems wrong for the lead part and lacking the remotest element of depth. Perhaps the trailers are to blame for this. Of those who have actually viewed the cinematic release is Pitt as 2D as he appears to be?

 

[El Jefe]

not even as many D as 2.

Just hamming it up. Waste of screentime