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- hokeywebb22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23Grindhouse movies were double features that would show movies that were low budget. And since the movies were mainstream they need something to exploit to get crowds to see them and it would usually be over the top gore or sex.
These are some of Tarantino and Rodriguez favorite types of movies. - johntoast, on 10/12/2007, -6/+25a stripper with a gun for a leg, pure ***** genius
- thethresh, on 10/12/2007, -6/+17Saw it on Wednesday in Austin at the premier - the kickassedness is completely correct! :thumbsup: The absolute over-the-top gore in Rodriguez's flick is so insane that i had my hands in front of my face two or three times and I have never done that in a film! Tarantino's flick also has two of the best car scenes I have ever seen in any movie and I am a car freak. Bruce Willis sucked btw, but Freddy Rodriguez (no relation) rocked and the chicks were hot and ***** Kurt Russell deserves the GodDamn academy award!!!1eleven1!
- fishmasta, on 10/12/2007, -10/+17Am I the only one who thinks Tarantino hasn't made a great film since Pulp Fiction? Don't get me wrong, I loved both Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Kill Bill was alright, but there comes a point where I'm just like, "OK, stop alluding to your favorite films and come up with something original already."
- wazzledoozle2, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10This movie looks more kickass every time I see the trailer.
- DiggChainey, on 10/12/2007, -7/+10The trailer for the film looks awesome!
http://xoinks.com/mov/view_video.php?viewkey=b6ce666b12ed81ac4c1a - muckmuckson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4she's not a stripper, she's a go-go dancer
- alamandrax, on 10/12/2007, -7/+9I'd love to see a blog about these grindhouse movies. you've got me intrigued. i've never heard of these and hearing kurt russel talk about these exploitation movies etc, has got me jonesing for some info. someone dish it out? i'd rather not look at a sanitized definition on wikipedia. a personal account would be greatly appreciated.
- hokeywebb22, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8It seems like adding the missing scenes would take away from the feel of the movie.
Though I think the Canes Film Festival type probably are not big Grindhouse movie fans. - rnwen2750, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8I am so sick of this attention-whore media-hog getting such praise for bloody, nasty, hateful films. He appeared on American Idol and was so blatantly dismissive to every woman on there, I was suprised Simon did not take him to task for it. I would much rather have my kids see a film with gratuitous sex than one with gratuitous violence.
- WileEPeyote, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ericeman - Heh Heh, and I think I may have mis-read some of that...
- ericeman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Wow, my comment came out wrong... I just reread it. I meant to say that student filmmakers my age seem to not get that 'mature' content isn't necessary to make a movie good. They see his movies and while Tarantino is usually justified when putting in what content he does, they only praise him because of that.
- stubadub, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Jackie Brown has become my favorite film of his. I've seen both Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction more, but the one I want to watch nowadays is Jackie Brown.
- mrgb46, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Say what you will about QT,at least he brings excitement back to movies instead of this Fast and the Furious crap!! By the way,Kill Bill volume 2 hardly had any F bombs in it and about 2 or 3 scenes of violence and that was it!! Besides,all directors "borrow" from other movies and directors anyway.Just like musicians..I will admit that Death Proof was a little slow in spots and I wished Kurt's character did more,but all in all,it was still enjoyable.Are there any films that are perfect all the way through?? Jackie Brown could've been cut a few minutes,but it was still good.Not every movie he makes has to be like Pulp Fiction,does it?? Don't like his movies,then who's forcing you to go?
- cayennenator, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Thanx a lot for the info. But I'm not surpised.
- zolushkatykva, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thanks! Not for me, definitely
- lolo2007, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Saw it on Wednesday in Austin at the premier - the kickassedness is completely correct! :thumbsup: The absolute over-the-top gore in Rodriguez's flick is so insane that i had my hands in front of my face two or three times and I have never done that in a film! Tarantino's flick also has two of the best car scenes I have ever seen in any movie and I am a car freak. Bruce Willis sucked btw, but Freddy Rodriguez (no relation) rocked and the chicks were hot and ***** Kurt Russell deserves the GodDamn academy award!!!1eleven1! http://www.gwafi.com/news.html http://www.gwafi.com/story.html
- uchimalbanish, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0So... This is too common nowadays.
- Minishark, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3"Chang Chung is the hottest director in Hong Kong, Tarantino has already decided he's the next guy he wants to steal from."
"Cool, guy must be good Tarantino only steals from the best."
"That's right baby." - Spacejack, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Yep, Jackie Brown is the one.
- jakegs81, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I agree, they don't need to make a longer version of the worst half of a ***** film. And I usually like tarantino movies.
- spidoman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I don't claim to think he is a genius, but he knows how to put together a film to entertain. He doesn't make the best films, but he's pretty good at constantly making some of the best popcorn-sex-violence-laughs films.
- WileEPeyote, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Are you kidding me? Random "mature" content is the bane (IMHO) of good film making. If people concentrated on story, character and cinemetography we wouldn't have so many *****-bomb films out there. People put shock (read mature content) in their films because they don't have anything interesting to say.
- crossers, on 07/15/2008, -0/+0I like Tarantino's ideas! he just brilliant!
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http://www.chasr.org/ - otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Finally, someone said it.
Here is a list of works in which Tarantino has been involved:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/p/1029044-quentin_tarantino/
Note: The only movies that scored above 90%, in which he was the Director or Screenwriter or Producer, are Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, both of which are approximately 12 years old.
To make matters worse, most early reviews of Grindhouse consider Rodriguez's feature superior to Tarantinos. - dn11, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Totally agree with you. He's the most overrated hack in Hollywood. I'm not some moralist, but extreme violence and constant F bombs doesn't = genius. His films are lowest common denominator material. Pulp Fiction was marginally interesting because it was original for it's time. Kill Bill was absolute garbage.
- jakewilliams23, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1There's a great interview with Tarentino on this week's podcast for KCRW's The Treatment.
I listened to it on the train last night, and it was great. Unofortunately I don't have the link in front of me, but it's easy to find.
- Jake - ericeman, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Quentin Tarantino's movies are clever and fun, but I have to say that a lot of people give him more than he deserves.
Even people who are student filmmakers like me and would probably have watched more than a handful of good movies praise him as 'the best director and screenwriter of all time.' If there's one thing I've seen in student films I've watched over the course of being one myself, it's the need to insert 'mature' content, even where it's just not necessary or justified. I think people who praise him appreciate the way he is able to handful distasteful subjects, themes, and scenes so well. - muckmuckson, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2A longer version of Death Proof is the last thing Grindhouse needs. I saw it last night, and Death Proof is dull as hell: http://worldfilm.about.com/od/titlesaz/fr/grindhouse.htm
- cprincipe, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Judging by the amount of advertising money that is going into this, it's probably going to suck.
- Gatesophile, on 10/12/2007, -19/+17I love Tarantino, he's brilliant.
- WileEPeyote, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Well, I do like to watch Tarantino's stuff, but I wouldn't call him a brilliant writer or directer. He's good, but it doesn't take a lot of writing or directing prowess to do what he is doing now. I had a lot more respect for him when he made good films with very little money. Now he is just grinding (pardon the pun) out the same crappy films people avoided in the 70s and throwing more money and better actors into them. This does not necessarily create a better film.
But he's got geek cred I guess... - NinjaPig, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3the stripper in quesion is in robert roderiguez's segment only..............not in tarantinos....
- redlemon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1wow. if you dont like qt youre dick wrinkle. end of story.
- dn11, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4No, no i won't see them. Watching Kill Bill Vol 1 was enough to put me off his ***** film making for good.
- marcomc2, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4look, if you dont like tarantino or rodriguez, then stop talking ***** and dont ***** see their films. but you know what? i bet you all will. so SHUT UP PLEASE, until you make your very own film that is superior to any of theirs, you are nothing
- redlemon, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4edit: i love tarantinos movies, all of them, even kill bill part 2. he writes the best dialogue ever, period.
- CitizenKamb, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2She's dead! Wrapped in plastic!
- addictedidol, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3Loved pulp fiction, not so sure about this.
Im still gonna go see it though. - inkswamp, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3( wrong place -- bury )
- robdazomba, on 10/12/2007, -14/+9@muchocoffee,
Now that's not fair. Quentin Tarantino is a lot like the great filmmaker David Lynch, just without the artistry... oh, and the intellectual curiosity... and the keen visual sense, the creativity, the originality and the ability to tell a story without playing down to the lowest common denominator. But other than that, he's every bit the filmmaker as the great David Lynch. - Shockz0rz, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Amen to that.
- WanderLink, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3Tarantino's movies suck. He rips-off old crappy 70's B movies, then adds absurdly unessecary amounts of blood, gore, sex, and violence in order to fool idiots into thinking it's badass. He's not an artist, he's a 70's nerd/pervert. Who the hell comes up with the idea to amputate a hot chick's leg and replace it with a huge-ass automatic weapon? That's ***** twisted, not badass. The same goes for Rodriguez...Spy Kids?
- robdazomba, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4> These are some of Tarantino and Rodriguez favorite types of movies.
Sadly, it shows. - randyfelcher, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3>a stripper with a gun for a leg, pure ***** genius?
Yeah... I'm heading for that strip club.
pure ***** comic book.
this guy is a crap meister.
Tarantino is to quality film making as masturbation is to sex. The standards are so freakin' low anymore. - Accutron, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2The fact that Wendy Peffercorn is in this movie is good enough for me.
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Yes, please. Twice. - NinjaPig, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2you're probably the only one....
from dusk till dawn and jackie brown were great if not masterpieces - illt, on 10/12/2007, -16/+3i've heard death proof is long enough as is.
- Muchocoffee, on 10/12/2007, -24/+7Brilliant? Tarantino's films are about as intellectual as a bag of Frito-Lay potato chips. Seriously, a freaking bag of potato chips could direct as well as Tarantino. In fact, I would prefer a Ruffles film over any Tarantino crap.
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