Park Life

Far more valid criticism.

I'll say it again. City on Fire. Faster Pussycat... Lady Snowblood Vanishing point Shogun Assassin Samurai Fiction Sukeban Deka Black Lizard They're all woeful films. Absolute dogshit it's a struggle to sit through. Pretty much my view of Tarantino. It's a lazy criticism though. When he uses the line "You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologise." people complain he stole it from Spike Lee who's script for Do The Right Thing includes the line "If Mike Tyson beats my ass in a dream, he better wake up in apologize". No-one complains that Spike lee is a hack without a bone of originality just because it was Muhammad Ali he "stole" the line from - "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize". Nor does it account for the fact that his characters have seen the films they reference 90% of the time. Mr White knows he's using someone else's line. We all do it every day, why shoulkd film characters be any different? Jules in Pulp Fiction hasn't got a "bad motherfucker" wallet because Tarantino wants to steal the joke, he's got it because he (the character) loves Shaft. Characters are defined by their tastes. Jules likes Shaft, Vincent likes to come across as a well read, educated, world traveller with no time for television, but gives the game away later by talking about how he watches the TV show COPS. When Marcellus paraphrases "They're gonna strip you naked and go to work on you with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch." it's because he liked the line in one of his favourite movies - Charley Varrick. All sounds like kids at film school.

I found Kill Bill with its eternally over-crafted camera set ups and the multitude of overused television commercial style editing / mise en scene utterly tedious once you take the fit blonde out. There are huge chunks of Dogs which take away the slow motion and the blood which are just boring and totally without filmic power or resonance. A lot of dressed up cack essentially. Of course the visual references he uses ARE entertaining along with the Tarantinoesque halo of charismatic actors. Brad Pitt in the latest one I see.

I'll say it again. City on Fire. Faster Pussycat... Lady Snowblood Vanishing point Shogun Assassin Samurai Fiction Sukeban Deka Black Lizard They're all woeful films. Absolute dogshit it's a struggle to sit through. Pretty much my view of Tarantino.

He uses a smorgasbord of other peoples images and ideas. I don't think he's ever copied any individual scene. Yes, most of his work is cheesy overstylised shit. Are you sure 80-90% of whole scenes/ideas haven't been transplanted? Can you name any specific examples though Parky? Just a few basic examples there's 1000's out there... Can't view it at work mate. Have a look laters.

Literally could do this all day and not run out of his dimwitted plagiarism.

. Kill Bill owes many debts, but its heaviest is to the 1973 Japanese revenge drama Lady Snowblood, about a female samurai who hunts down her family's killers. Tarantino even copied this point-of-view shot of the bad guys.

Scene-Stealing, Tarantino-Style 1. The Mexican standoff scene in Reservoir Dogs matches, nearly frame for frame, the end of Ringo Lam's 1987 Hong Kong action flick City on Fire. One difference: Tarantino's version is awash in blood.

JULY 8, 2008 Tarantino Eyes Tera Patrick for "Pussycat" Remake From Variety, hapa porn queen-with-a-microbiology-degree Tera Patrick may be the star of Quentin Tarantino's remake of cult B-movie "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" about a trio of strippers on a motorcycle-riding rampage. The role may be the official transition to mainstream entertainment for Patrick, who is half-Thai and half-white. Of her adult film career she says, "I am the first to admit I can't do this forever! I'd love to cross over and do more 'regular movies.'"

The teaser trailer for his newest film “Inglourious Basterds” promises audiences that they have never seen a war film until they’ve viewed it through the eyes of Quentin Tarantino. With this small phrase, the first thing that comes to mind is the director’s fourth film, “Kill Bill.” Hollywood had never really seen a kung fu movie until they saw it through the eyes of Tarantino — at least the film implied this notion — but the truth of the matter is that it actually had. As entertaining as “Kill Bill” is, the true intensity found in Tarantino’s first two films is unfortunately absent. More of an homage to martial arts films than a legitimately original narrative, the film showcases Tarantino’s appreciation for kung fu but never really establishes his vision. It is almost too blatantly obvious that Tarantino borrowed a great deal of the material present in the film, and the most agitating part about it is that he willingly admits to it. The yellow track suit worn by Uma Thurman in Volume 1 is a direct copy of Bruce Lee’s outfit in “The Game of Death,” and the final fight scene of the first movie is similar to another Lee film, “The Chinese Connection.” The only difference is that Lee used nunchucks whereas Thurman used a katana sword. Also, cast members such as Sonny Chiba and David Carradine helped personify Tarantino’s love for the genre. Chiba has appeared in countless martial arts films and Carradine, who appeared in the television series “Kung Fu.” There are so many other similarities present in both volumes of “Kill Bill” that it gets to the point where Tarantino actually becomes too much of a film nerd for the average audience. It all becomes an inside joke for Tarantino, and while truth be told there is nothing wrong with expressing love for other films or even borrowing certain elements, but Tarantino takes it too far. The average audience wouldn’t catch half of his references, and that takes away some of the fun of watching this particular kind of film.

He uses a smorgasbord of other peoples images and ideas. I don't think he's ever copied any individual scene. Yes, most of his work is cheesy overstylised shit. Are you sure 80-90% of whole scenes/ideas haven't been transplanted? Can you name any specific examples though Parky? Just a few basic examples there's 1000's out there...

A qualification you rarely see fit to use.

All shit by the looks of it.

He uses a smorgasbord of other peoples images and ideas. I don't think he's ever copied any individual scene. Yes, most of his work is cheesy overstylised shit. Are you sure 80-90% of whole scenes/ideas haven't been transplanted?

The most criminally overrated film maker alive. Gets away with just copying other films scene for scene nearly all the time. Saw this the other day. Awesome. It's not a remake, it's not a sequel, it's not a fighting/adventure film, it doesn't have stars or big sets...Just wonderful thoughtful cinema. Young Korean wife and her only son come back to live in her dead husbands hometown and the hometown starts to feel very small. My secret Sunshine. Bergmanesque if you want any comparisons.

I'd say that was unbelievable, but it's actually far too believable. Political show trial, no more, no less (wonder how much they paid someone to make sure they got him?). Case should be retried.

FYP.

Streets of Philly - Springsteen.

imo the wrong striker for the way ManU play. Benzema or some other lanky speedy bloke would have been better. agreed, berbatov is more of an arsenal type player IMO I see what you're saying, more of a tinkerer around the box and slow buildup.

imo the wrong striker for the way ManU play. Benzema or some other lanky speedy bloke would have been better.

One season wonder innit.

I haven't seen Arsenal dominate teams like Barca have this season for quite a number of years. The only ways I'd rate Cristiano above Messi are his physical attributes, and he can hit a ball cleaner, but Messi's shot isn't exactly timid. I don't even see a contest between the two of them as to who's better. I coo when I watch Messi on the ball.

Total.

It's all about 'opportunity', making the best of what you have (or haven't), improvising, getting out there. It's not about RAISING your profile, it's about keeping a LOW profile at all times. You'll see what I mean, you don't know how lucky you actually are. This is what I would suggest chap; * Keep your curtains closed 24/7 *Carry out street surveillance. Observe peoples comings and goings, track their movements, times of when they leave the house and return home. Then fcking burgle the joint. Create a route that can get you from A to B in the quickest time and where you are not exposed to humans on the street. People work through the day chap. Take advantage. Target homes that have cat-flaps, easy in, easy out. No smashing of windows either. Start with a few local houses then spread the net. Just take what you think you can sell, quickly and easily. Don't get side-tracked on the job by smearing human excrement on walls or feeling the urge to sniff the occupants knickers or underpants, cuming all over the shop. That's how you will get caught. DNA chap. That's your daytime filled chap. Now for the the night-time * Again, observe houses, movements, plan your route but this time, get fully tooled-up. You never know who's coming down them stairs and what they might be armed with whilst their heart races at 30000 beats per minute. Best you case the joint during the day then maybe rob the place of its contents in the evening just so you know where everything is located in the dark. Don't be AFRAID. That is key. Don't be afraid to club the occupant(s) to death to get what you want. It's dog eat dog chap. What's theirs is, effectively, yours. Remember that. Arm yourself with a crow-bar or an axe. An axe can take a head clean off if you strike correctly. Once you have killed one occupant, you must do the entire household. Make sure you clean the place and REMEMBER, don't panic and fck off just because you have killed a few people. You are there to do a job. Pointless leaving a number of bodies and when yo could have stolen a mobile phone or a few quid. Don't get side-tracked either by getting stuck up the 'stiffs' that you have just done in. That is a real temptation in my book. Like the Beatles said...'It's been a hard days night, and I've been working like a dog'......... Good luck chap. On the button, salient advice from JJ as usual. I tend to dress up as a copper and take part in the investigation the next day just for that extra giggle/misdirection/destroying the crime scene for forensics.** **Only do this if you are a pro (like me) though. American Traffic cop? George Michael toilet cop.

The Thing (Carpenter) is a film I must have re-watched at least a dozen times.