Django Unchained

[HungFist]

- https://www.facebook.com/Tarantino.Arch ... 3159988082

[HungFist]

The trailers are terrible, but I'm not too worried. Inglorious Basterds also had awful trailers but the film was terrific.

Though as usual in Japan, I'll have to wait forever for the film to open.

[Markgway]

BASTERDS was very uneven, some great scenes, but some really terrible ones too.

[luckystars]

BASTERDS was very uneven, some great scenes, but some really terrible ones too.

I agree it wasn't as 'perfect' as his other films. I think after Death Proof's very poor reception Tarantino's ego had taken a knock (a bad thing). IMO he shouldn't have listened to the studio, and instead gone back and spent more time on the film.

[Markgway]

I actually prefer Death Proof to Inglourious Basterds; it's overlong, but effective in what Tarantino set out to do (chick flick meets gearhead exploitation). The problem with Tarantino is a lack of anyone willing to reign in his self-indulgence. Reservoir Dogs was 95 mins; Django Unchained 165m.

[Shingster]

I rate Death proof as his weakest, decent enough but the pacing is pretty awful. Inglorious Basterds I found quite frustrating when I originally watched it, so wasn't impressed, but subsequent viewings have changed my opinion of it.

[Markgway]

I've only seen Basterds once; the stuff with Brad Pitt and Eli Roth (apparently the scariest jew Tarantino could find) made me want to tear my eyes out, but the stuff with Michael Fassbinder, Melanie Laurent was mostly very good. A real uneven hodge-podge of a movie.

[HungFist]

About like this

Reservoir Dogs: 4.5/5
Pulp Fiction: 5/5
Jackie Brown: 5/5
Kill Bill Vol. 1: 5/5
Kill Bill Vol. 2: 5/5
Death Proof: 4.5/5
Inglorious Basters: 4.5/5

The funny thing is, I go into every new Tarantiono film thinking "now he fucked up, but I better make sure anyway" because somehow they always seem underwhelming to me before actually seeing them...

[Markgway]

Reservoir Dogs ***½
Pulp Fiction **½
Jackie Brown ***
Kill Bill Vol. 1 **½
Kill Bill Vol. 2 **
Death Proof ***
Inglourious Basterds **½

[Shingster]

I've had Pulp Fiction on blu-ray for over a year and I STILL haven't seen the film since its original cinema run, despite loving it!

[Markgway]

I've had Pulp Fiction on blu-ray for over a year and I STILL haven't seen the film since its original cinema run, despite loving it!

Didn't hold up for me which is why I sold my Blu Ray (thanks Grim!)

[grim_tales]

Need to give it a watch

[gasteropod]

Tarantino losing his cool with Krishnan Guru-Murthy haha! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... TE8FPgHeE4

[HungFist]

This is ridiculous. Living in a country of 126 million people I miss all the movie culture greateness on offer in a country of 5 million...

Now my favorite film festival Night Visions is holding a spagetti western event in Helsinki. Fighting Fists of Shangai Joe, Cut Thoats Nine, The Hellbenders etc. All from 35mm (or 16mm) of course. Many of these you can't even get on dvd (at least on decent editions). Fuuuck.

[saltysam]

i have the old japanese release of Shanghai Joe...haven't watched it in ages but i remember it being ok.

[grim_tales]

That was on a Movie channel once, I have it on my Freesat box

[HungFist]

Yoshiki Takahashi's (Cold Fish screenwriter, Sushi Typhoon poster artist) Djago Unchained poster:


+ explanation on how old school JP posters were created
- http://www.wildgrounds.com/2013/01/12/d ... ge-poster/

[saltysam]

just watched this.good movie

[HungFist]

Cinema Tarantino: The Making of Pulp Fiction
- http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/201 ... al-history

Long, but very interesting article (at least if you haven't studied Pulp Fiction's history in prior)

(as for Django, I'm still waiting for it to open in Japan...)

[HungFist]

Ennio Morricone Says Quentin Tarantino Uses Music "Without Coherence" & Says He "Won't Work With Him Again"
- http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/ ... um=twitter

As for Django, I would kinda agree. This was the first time I was underwhelmed by a Tarantino soundtrack. The only grand moment was the OP credits with the Django theme. But then there was some embrarrasing rap crap later on.

Otherwise the film... good, with some nice performances (DiCaprio, Jackson, Waltz) but Django's character is quite forgettable. The film is Tarantino's least impressive.

Coincidence or not, I was never the biggest fan of the original Django either. Seemed to fall somewhere between the poetic cruelty of The Great Silence and the mythical cinema of Sergio Leone. The film has a lot of supporters, but for me that alignment just wasn't such a big hit (I still like the film, though).

[Markgway]

Tarantino just picks whatever music he feels works for the individual scene. Doesn't matter to him if it's incongruous with the rest of the movie. Composers aren't used to that scattershot approach. I'll catch up with the movie soon enough and post my verdict here.

[gasteropod]

He fell out with Argento as well didn't he