Tarantino

I guess I'll throw in my QT film rankings as well...

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

Jack Straw

So far, over 87+% of respondents have given this movie 4 stars or above. Pretty impressive.

Solid Snake

Yeah, it is. Considering that an homage type film like this could easily put off people.

Jack Straw

I watched the Charlie Rose interview of QT, and he said that Eli Roth referred to IB as "kosher porn" (i.e. jews killing nazis), which drew a laugh from everyone.

Supermallet

At this point, having seen Inglourious Basterds three times in less than a week, and not having seen Jackie Brown for a few months, this is my ranking:

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Jackie Brown
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Kill Bill 1 & 2
5. Death Proof
6. Reservoir Dogs

seymouru

I'm envious!

ChineseCheckers

Just saw this tonight. I think its a very good movie and borderline great but wouldn't call it a masterpiece. I loved how the movie built up the suspense in both the opening and basement/bar scene. I enjoyed Brad Pitt's performance but was completely enthralled by both Christopher Waltz and Melanie Laurent's characters. After seeing this movie, I wish more mainstream movies had actors/actresses that primarily act from different countries.

I was a little disappointed about not seeing more of the basterds doing their ambushes. Also, for some reason I didn't like the ending so much. Maybe I missed it the first time, but what was the reason for Waltz's character to become a traiter? Were the German's already losing the war to the point that people were surrendering?

I also didn't quite like how this movie changed the course of history. I don't mind taking liberties with history (ie. Tom Hanks meeting Nixon and such in Forrest Gump) but to change it in a major way as killing Hitler and the entire top officials of the SS and in turn stopping the war just turned me off.

Also not a criticism but more of a peculiar note was the subtitles at the beginning. In particular when the father dairy farmer said "Merci" it was first subtitled as Merci. But later on in the scene "Merci" was said again but the subtitle read "Thank you." That just seemed odd to me. Anyone know why this was done?

In the end I still liked the movie.

Blu Man

Loved it. The second best movie of the year IMO. Everyone in the theater seemed to enjoy it just as much as me. Tarantino is definetly one of the best film makers working today.

Sanjuro37

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Jackie Brown
- True Romance (if you're willing to count it)
4. Kill Bill Vol. 2
5. Kill Bill Vol. 1
6. Death Proof (Grindhouse cut)
7. Reservoir Dogs
8. Death Proof (extended version)

visitor Q

visitor Q

My initial (which is never a good thing for me) response on this film is a 3/5. I felt that certain scenes - bar - took too long for the build up and I was disappointed with the Basterd's lack of screen. Seemed as if the script could have achieved the same effect less a half hour or so.

The characters, moments of true suspense, camera work (ex: Shoshana's preparation), settings, shocking violence and story were all very good.

I'm not sure about re-watchability but I have a feeling that the film will definitely grow on me after another couple of rounds.

Draven

I meant to mention that as well - it actually happened throughout the movie. Basically anytime someone said Merci or Oui, the subtitles either put up the English or the French, no rhyme or reason...sometimes in the same scene. It was very distracting.

Superboy

It was 1944, close to losing. We can assume that Paris is about to be invaded.

slop101

They even had a scene where they mentioned how the Allies already had the coast.

Superboy

I didn't hate this movie, but I didn't like it either. I DID like certain scenes though. I just didn't like the movie as a whole.

By far my favorite scene was in the tavern.



Even the delivery was the same.

RD1973

I usually like my movies to make sense. But with Quentin Tarantino, the crazier, the better.

The Bus

I think if the movie didn't end with Hitler dead it would've seemed more unnatural.

ChineseCheckers

how so? or is this statement tongue in cheek?

dhmac

The Grindhouse cut over the extended cut - really?! I think the extended cut improves the movie a great deal. Plus it has the lap-dance scene restored, which automatically makes it better!

dhmac

I guess Tarantino's view is that it's all fiction, so why not go all the way and kill Hitler!

And this just throws the movie in the alternate WWII history realm of fiction, with works like Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle and Robert Harris' Fatherland (which was also made into a movie), both of which are set in a world in which Nazi Germany won WWII.

ChineseCheckers

but with those novels, you're expecting a deviation from history. I guess going into this movie, I was expecting something that still followed the general history. Ijust wished that i knew this was sort of in an alternate universe

Solid Snake

The first chapter is called "Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied France" that should automatically hit that it's going to be a non realistic film. At it's extreme it can be called a WWII fairy tale or better yet a Quentin Tarantino fairy tale. Also...this film is clearly a propaganda film, in the amusing sense. Why not change how the war ended?

My order of best Tarantino films:
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Jackie Brown (is this one not as appreciated cuz of the '70s black vibe or what?)
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Kill Bill (I like this one the most behind IB but it's really a film you either love or hate if you know wtf it's referencing in quality though it's right here)
6. Deathproof (either cut, I enjoy them both but I like the Grindhouse theatrical when it's joined with Planet Terror)

NEVER seen Four rooms

Regardless of order in quality form...I LOVE all his films. None of them are bad to me. I think they're great homage films and just a lot of fun. Tarantino for sure would fit real well with 1970s american cinema if he were directing at that time.

ChineseCheckers

touche. Forgot about that. Although at the time when I saw the title of the first chapter, I just thought that it meant that it was just an indeterminate time in Nazi occupied France. But I suppose the title meant just what you are implying.


Thought of another thing. Was it explained how BJ Novak's character was captured? It seemed like he was in the beginning when the Basterds were getting new soldiers but then he disappeard until the last quarter of the movie with him being captured.

Mondo Kane

At first, I thought he got involved in a shoot-out with the Germans and was captured (While the other Basterds, like Samm Levine as pictured below, went out fighting)

This was all initially supposed to be a deleted scene to me, but after watching the movie again, Sam's firing frenzy appears to take place in the jail that's holding Hugo (The walls are the same as the pic)

At the moment, it's a mystery.

Snowmaker

Saw it yesterday. Great movie! A few scenes could have been trimmed a bit (the bar scene with the card game for one). The only thing that kind of annoyed me was the use of subtitles in the same language that is being spoken on screen. "Oui" for one. Sure I know what it means, but why subtitle it with the very same thing being said?

And of course Quintin was able to work in one foot fetish scene.