Dec 31, 2015

8 mile is this guy's favorite movie btw

 

Aug 12, 2015

tbh it didn't do that much for me

seems like microwaved Django leftovers

 

Jan 3, 2016

I let this one sit for awhile, but unfortunately the more I've thought about it, the less I like it. I've read a number of positive reviews, including Vishnevetsky's for the AVClub, but I've yet to find any argument personally convincing on why the first half had to be so overblown and long-winded. It's 90 minutes of some of Tarantino's laziest character exposition and set up in his career ("Aren't you so-and-so?" which is then followed by long backstory of so-and-so, and repeat). The dialogue here boasts nothing close to a quotable and is overall just without any charge. I don't know why this section simply couldn't have been 20-30 minutes long and, this way, perhaps the film overall could have been a tight 2-hour, claustrophobic, Agatha Christie-esque guessing game.

In the second half, the action escalates very quickly and I'm willing to wrestle a bit with what Tarantino may or may not have been up to here. As signaled in the title, the characters are all fairly despicable, lacking the sense of cool often displayed by the criminals in his prior films. Likewise, the violence in the film is brutal and nasty...a far cry from the stylish and cartoonish violence of k--- Bill. This is clearly by design and it all is effectively as off-putting and ugly as I'm sure Tarantino intended (Never more so than in the long, drawn-out slaughter of innocents in the second half). What I'm struggling with is the "Why?".

Clearly, Tarantino is drawing his set up along racial lines and conveying a broader sense of mistrust, hidden motives and, of course, hate. This may be a commentary on America's often idealized past (see the Lincoln letter and the film's ironic ending) or, like many Westerns before it, it's a reflection of our own tense present. However, set up aside, I'm not sure Tarantino has anything to say about any of this, other than mere provocation. And that provocation certainly didn't provoke much thought for me, though I'd be eager to hear from those more positive on it than me.

Instead, I felt like I was being poked in the eye by someone who felt this ugliness passed for insight. This may have gone down better if there was some tension in the proceedings, but Tarantino's timing is significantly off and there is little suspense in simply waiting for the inevitable bloodletting, especially when we've been given very little reason to care.

 

Dec 25, 2015

The negative reaction has me hyped tbh, glad to see Tarantino not playing it safe with this one.

 

Aug 12, 2015

I think that's all I'm interested in seeing until the movie comes out. I don't want to be too familiar with what I'm going to see. The fresher experience the better.

 

Aug 12, 2015

Pretty cool that it's in 70mm but other than that, trailer didn't do much for me either.

 

Aug 12, 2015

What I'm most excited for is seeing QT make another bottled film like Reservior Dogs.

 

Dec 25, 2015

On my way to a 70mm screening of this

So excited

 

Aug 13, 2015

with the occasional popcorn and soda

 

Aug 12, 2015

get hype

 

Dec 31, 2015

sometimes...............opinions are wrong

 

Dec 30, 2015

this was fun

 

Dec 26, 2015

I was expecting this to be kinda s-----y from the trailers, but I was pretty surprised. The dialogue was great (especially the first half of the movie). The cast was really good, including Captain Ron. Goggins was great as I expected. Although he'll never play a better character than Boyd Crowder. This was still probably one of the weakest movies Tarantino has made which isn't putting it down.

But no @Final this movie is not better than Pulp Fiction lol

 

Aug 13, 2015

Quentin said that he wanted to showcase how 70mm shouldn't only be used for giant epics and can greatly benefit scenes that take place in indoor spaces, always one step behind PTA

 

Aug 12, 2015

This looks so great

 

Jan 4, 2016

Django is a lot of fun but Inglorious Basterds is on another level and is probably the best Tarantino film

 

Jan 1, 2016

blo-jo- scene. you can keep that.

i understand, but u can keep that

 

Dec 31, 2015

 

Dec 22, 2015

channing tatum pretty much is a cameo, however this movie is in no way dull. check it out for sure youll be baffled