Quentin Tarantino and Inglorious Basterds rant

[Dave Gray]

12 Angry Men
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Few Good Men
Avatar
Blade Runner
Braveheart
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Goodfellas
It's a Wonderful Life
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Spy Game
Star Wars
The Deer Hunter
The Godfather
The Lord of the Rings
The Sixth Sense
Twelve Monkeys
Unforgiven

I love several movies on this list.  And I love Memento, too.  Have you seen Fight Club?  That movie is tits!  It is my favorite of all time.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

  Have you seen Fight Club? 

Dave don't go there it is against the rules.

Nobody talks about fight club. 
Nobody talks about fight club. 

[bsmooth]

12 Angry Men
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Few Good Men
Avatar
Blade Runner
Braveheart
Bridge Over the River Kwai
Goodfellas
It's a Wonderful Life
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Spy Game
Star Wars
The Deer Hunter
The Godfather
The Lord of the Rings
The Sixth Sense
Twelve Monkeys
Unforgiven

There are 20 movies on this list that I enjoy.

[David Fulcher]

I very much enjoyed a movie called Memento (I wouldn't put it as one of my favorites, but I liked it much better than IB) because it has a pretty unique style, but in that movie the style actually makes the story work.  It's essential to make the story and what makes it a good movie.  Now maybe that was true for Pulp Fiction as well, in fact that's kinda the point of Pulp Fiction, it's not really about the story, it's about the style and I can appreciate that and Pulp Fiction is probably his best work, but lets see him do something else now.  His style was not really needed for IB, it's just accepted now that a QT film will be done in his style, but it's getting old now.

I know this topic wasn't about Memento, but I must chime in here--I LOVE that movie.  Man, it is so awesome! 

To keep things on topic, though, yes, I also thoroughly enjoy Tarantino's films, at least all of the ones I have seen.  While I would put "Pulp Fiction" and possibly "Reservoir Dogs" ahead of IB, I still found it to be an entertaining movie.  While I get Pappy's point that perhaps movies like Pulp Fiction or IB don't necessarily resonate as much with me or the general populace as another amazing film such as Shawshank Redemption, Saving Private Ryan, or The Green Mile (at least on the emotional level), I still think they have their place (at least Pulp Fiction, and to a lesser degree, Reservoir Dogs and the Kill Bill series) for, yes, their *unique* style (or call it whatever you want) and the fact that they AREN'T necessarily trying to say a whole lot.  At times in my life I have been wanting to see movies that have that effect on me such as the Shawshanks and the Schindler's List and so forth that really stick with you, but at other times, it's nice to just be able to sit back and enjoy movies like Pulp Fiction for what they are--something that might not even be in chronological order or even make very much sense (without going to the extreme of utter ridiculousness) but still have great dialogue, intense acting, and amazing characters (who can ever forget Harvey Keitel's sick Winston "The Wolf" Wolfe as he helped Vincent and Jules figure out how to clean up the car?).  ...and I don't necessarily want to repeat-watch those movies any less than I do movies like Shawshank or whatever.  I think it just really depends on my mood and what kinda crowd I'm with.

These scenes build real tension, but through non-conventional means.  The opening scene of Inglorious Basterds (with the farmhouse and the guy drinking milk and talking about languages) does this better than any film I've ever seen.  There is an incredible amount of tension, and yet nobody is really talking about danger, but we can infer that it's there.

Also, the villain in Inglorious Basterds is up there with Hannibal Lecter as one of the best ever.  The character is fantastic and the actor's performance is even better.  The guy is amazing.

Agreed on both counts.  I found the opening scene of IB to be incredibly well-done, and the villian of IB absolutely does take the show, even though Brad Pitt and The Basterds don't exactly do a shabby job themselves.....but ol' Christoph Waltz was just really on top of his game in this one, fo' sho'. 

[StL FinFan]

I guess I will have to see more QT movies, because the only one I have seen is "Pulp Fiction" and I loved it.  I love dark comedy.

[bsmooth]

I also enjoy Dusk till Dawn. It is not a great movie, but to me it is still entertaining.

Pappy you really need the Big Lebowski on your list

[Tenshot13]

True Romance is another good QT film.  I think he just wrote that one and didn't direct it.

[Pappy13]

I also enjoy Dusk till Dawn. It is not a great movie, but to me it is still entertaining.

Pappy you really need the Big Lebowski on your list

I've never watched that film, not quite sure why.  I've been told I should several times.

[Pappy13]

I love several movies on this list.  And I love Memento, too.  Have you seen Fight Club?  That movie is tits!  It is my favorite of all time.

I finally watched Fight Club a few months ago, it's OK, but didn't really grab me. *shrugs*

[bsmooth]

I finally watched Fight Club a few months ago, it's OK, but didn't really grab me. *shrugs*

I like Snatch better.

[Tenshot13]

I like Snatch better.

Snatch is awesome and I do believe it gave Jason Stathan his start in popularity  ...in fact everything by Guy Richie is pretty awesome.  Lock, Stocked and Two Smoking Barrels is another good one. 

[bsmooth]

Snatch is awesome and I do believe it gave Jason Stathan his start in popularity  ...in fact everything by Guy Richie is pretty awesome.  Lock, Stocked and Two Smoking Barrels is another good one. 

Sexy Beast, RocknRolla, I'll Sleep When I am Dead, Layer Cake, etc. I love all the British gangster movies

[Sunstroke]

Sexy Beast, RocknRolla, I'll Sleep When I am Dead, Layer Cake, etc. I love all the British gangster movies

Oh hells yes...all of those are good movies. Methinks I see a British crime movie marathon coming in my near future.

I particularly enjoyed the movie RocknRolla...it's one that I'll stop and watch pretty much any time I see it listed in the guide.

[bsmooth]

Oh hells yes...all of those are good movies. Methinks I see a British crime movie marathon coming in my near future.

I particularly enjoyed the movie RocknRolla...it's one that I'll stop and watch pretty much any time I see it listed in the guide.

The only one I do not own yet is I'll Sleep When I am Dead

[shamrock]

If I were Jewish I would love Ingloriouis Bastards if only for the sake of seeing the nazis getting theirs in the end.I enjoy the way Q T layers his dark humor/fantasy into his films,as well as the music.I found Brad Pitt to be hilarous in this role although the lead up to the end seemed as though they ran out of ideas(they capture the americans but then the ss officer decides to sell out--lame)My 72 year old mother in law,who was married to a Jew and can remember being in the bomb shelters while the allies were bombing her hometown,absolutely loved this movie.