Quentin Tarantino Overated?

[Jusoda Kid 1]

It was that bad he told us twice.

[Jill 0]

Oops, just got wrong off wor lad for saying I thought Pulp Fiction was cack.

[Lazarus 0]

i have 6 different versions of reservoir dogs on dvd.

[grasshopper 0]

only director who can drag mg fat arse out of the house to a cinema.........and his films have to be seen at the cinema !!

[Happy Face 29]

It was that bad he told us twice.

 

That post was the last thing I could do on Toontastic from home, since then I've been unable to view the forum, so I tried a resend to get it working, mut've posted but didn't tell me it had.

 

Dunno what the problem is. I tried deleting all my cookies and that, but nowt.

[luckyluke 2]

After the Kill Bills and this Grindhouse claptrap he's clearly disappeared up his hole so I don't have high hopes for this new film.

[Happy Face 29]

i'm not sure tarantino will be remembered as a great director - we'll see in twenty years.

 

his films are incredible entertaining and interesting - but entirely on the most superficial levels - but this is carefully hidden by relentless gags, inventive (yet derivative although this isn't a valid criticism hence in brackets) set ups and strong dialogue. in other words. they're total kitsch.

 

but I can't help but feel his films skirt, rather than explore, the most important human issues - love, survival, identity.

 

that being said, his films are polar opposite style wise to my favourite directors and I still enjoy them so he must be doing something right.

 

Didn't you absoloutley slate him when you first started posting?

[sweetleftpeg 0]

I enjoyed Kill Bill 1, found Kill Bill 2 a little slow, and was bored shitless by Death Proof. Having said that, I watched Pulp Fiction last night and it is a quality film.

[Happy Face 29]

I enjoyed Kill Bill 1, found Kill Bill 2 a little slow, and was bored shitless by Death Proof. Having said that, I watched Pulp Fiction last night and it is a quality film.

 

is correct.

[Park Life 71]

I enjoyed Kill Bill 1, found Kill Bill 2 a little slow, and was bored shitless by Death Proof. Having said that, I watched Pulp Fiction last night and it is a quality film.

 

is correct.

 

Pulp fiction is the only one I can watch again.

[Happy Face 29]

I even watched Four Rooms a few times.

[Happy Face 29]

Actor Brad Pitt has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's next film Inglorious Bastards, reports say.

 

The star is expected to play Lieutenant Aldo Raine, the head of the Jewish resistance in the World War II film, according to trade papers.

 

Simon Pegg, best known for Hot Fuzz and Run Fatboy Run, has also reportedly begun discussions to join the cast.

 

Filming for the movie begins in October in Germany and it is expected to be unveiled in Cannes next year.

 

Producer Lawrence Bender told The Hollywood Reporter that Pitt and Tarantino would make a formidable partnership.

 

"They're going to push each other and really help make something special," he said.

 

The film is being made by Weinstein Company and Universal.

[Torres 0]

In my opinion he is, what about you?

 

No, you fool.

[Guest Stevie]

I think for what he is, an amazingly talented man, capable of producing film brilliance the answer is most definitely no. However, he comes across as a total tool when he gets interviewed, and his gimpy look and awkward acting skills can be seen to cast a shadow over his undoubted qualities.

[Happy Face 29]

Quentin Tarantino's World War II saga Inglourious Basterds is one of several major titles that will compete for the Cannes Film Festival's top prize.

 

Others include Ken Loach's Looking for Eric, starring French footballer Eric Cantona, and the latest films from Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar and Jane Campion.

 

Twenty films will compete for the coveted Palme d'Or at this year's event, which runs from 13 to 24 May.

 

Tarantino won the Palme d'Or in 1994 with his second film Pulp Fiction.

 

The 46-year-old is the only American director in contention for the prize, won last year by French school drama The Class.

 

His latest work, in which Brad Pitt appears, tells of a group of Jewish-American soldiers sent to Germany to kill Nazis.

 

Comedy

 

Loach's inclusion in this year's line-up marks the ninth time the veteran British director has been shortlisted for the Golden Palm.

 

The 73-year-old won the prize in 2006 with his historical Irish drama The Wind That Shook the Barley.

 

Looking for Eric tells of an obsessive football fan who receives spiritual advice from the former Manchester United star, who plays himself.

 

Loach is joined by another British filmmaker, Andrea Arnold, whose second feature Fish Tank will also compete for Cannes' top honour.

 

Lee, previously shortlisted in 1997 for The Ice Storm, will return in May with Taking Woodstock, a comedy about the iconic 1969 rock festival.

 

Spanish director Almodovar, meanwhile, will present Broken Embraces, a thriller starring recent Oscar-winner Penelope Cruz.

 

New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion has been shortlisted for her latest work Bright Star, about the 19th Century Romantic poet John Keats.

 

Fantasy

 

British actor Ben Whishaw plays the leading role, with Australian actress Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne, the object of Keats' affections.

 

Other leading filmmakers up for the Palme d'Or include Denmark's Lars von Trier, Hong Kong's Johnnie To, Austria's Michael Haneke and Argentinian-born Gaspar Noe.

 

French actress Isabelle Huppert heads the jury for the 62nd festival, which will launch with a screening of Pixar animation Up.

 

Terry Gilliam's fantasy The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - the film the late Heath Ledger was working on at the time of his death - will also screen out of competition.

 

The festival will close with Coco Chanel and Igor Stavinsky, a film about the relationship between the French designer and the Russian composer.

 

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen - best known for his villainous turn in the James Bond film Casino Royale - takes the latter role.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8014179.stm

 

 

The haters will be seething.

 

What a year though. Tarantino, Von Trier, Noe.... cannit wait.

Edited April 24, 2009 by Happy Face

[Fop 1]

Depends which end of his scale he hits with it.

 

 

Nazi's and Jews though, won't be on Parky's list.

[Happy Face 29]

Depends which end of his scale he hits with it.

 

 

Nazi's and Jews though, won't be on Parky's list.

 

He still doesn't mind giving ammo to the people that call him a rip off merchant like....

 

[Park Life 71]

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.

[Happy Face 29]

The most criminally overrated film maker alive. Gets away with just copying other films scene for scene nearly all the time.

 

He uses a smorgasbord of other peoples images and ideas. I don't think he's ever copied any individual scene.

[Park Life 71]

The most criminally overrated film maker alive. Gets away with just copying other films scene for scene nearly all the time.

 

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?

[Happy Face 29]

The most criminally overrated film maker alive. Gets away with just copying other films scene for scene nearly all the time.

 

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?

 

If he was copying scenes and had no talent his films would be as shit as City on Fire, Lady Snowblood and Death Race 2000.

[Tooj 17]

The most criminally overrated film maker alive. Gets away with just copying other films scene for scene nearly all the time.

 

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?

[Park Life 71]

The most criminally overrated film maker alive. Gets away with just copying other films scene for scene nearly all the time.

 

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...

[Tooj 17]

The most criminally overrated film maker alive. Gets away with just copying other films scene for scene nearly all the time.

 

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.

[Park Life 71]

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.