Tarantino's take on "Magnificent Seven" - his newest western is called "The Hateful Eight" - Polidicks

i like tarantino's films a great deal but the dude himself is just so unlikeable like i'd gladly attend a private screening of a tarantino movie but fuck if i'm gonna let the guy into my living room

I think he'd be great to have a conversation with I bet he'd give you a hell of a list of movies to watch before he leaves

[QUOTE=Hoboiam;43518586]I think he'd be great to have a conversation with I bet he'd give you a hell of a list of movies to watch before he leaves[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzY9a-WmE6o[/media]

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;43513424]he makes strong films. His edits are well done. His shots are well lit. His shots are well ordered. His directorial decisions with actors are strong in many situations. He's just a strong film maker when you look at his films from a film makers perspective and he gets a lot of respect for that. no one's saying you have to like him but he is a strong film maker and if you really want to argue that he's just terrible then you'd have to mount an argument beyond "he has lots of swear words and violence therefore his films are only as simple as violence" because that's not really accurate.[/QUOTE] well if I had to say something I'm sick of about Tarantino it's not something that's been there the whole time it's something that seems to have occurred in more recent years, and that's just unnecessary Bulk in Films. Django especially, there was about 30-40 minutes which easily could have been cut from that film and it would only work in the film's aid. Inglorious Basterds it wasn't as bad but there were definite parts which were clearly weaker than others. Specifically there's a notable decline towards the middle/second half IMO. Also when i think about how he'd make Reservoir dogs now I think it would not be the great film it is, he would get bogged down in the self indulgent nature of his films which has really gotten worse over the years. I mean if he wants to make exploitation cinema that's fine but call it what it is I guess. This is all my personal opinion as a film critic obviously, I'm not saying he's a bad director by any means, I understand that he's well loved. I just think he's lost sight of what made his original films great I guess.

I don't think Inglorious was his best film, and I think Django was even a step below in some senses. Inglorious Basterds suffered from a few problems in terms of how it was structured in its plot first and foremost. Django was really well filmed and a great exploitation film but it dragged in parts but it overall was quite strong again, but even still, his older work does stand up better. One thing I will say though is I think Death Proof nailed the feeling of a tarintino film perfectly without the excess of his typical films.

[QUOTE=VietRooster2;43502506]I enjoyed the hell out of Django and am glad to see him working on another movie so soon.[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;cwkAFYdoADI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwkAFYdoADI[/video]

I personally like his films, I just cringe hard whenever he has an interview with black people present. [url]http://www.cringechannel.com/2013/03/29/video-quentin-tarantino-tries-to-act-black-on-black-entertainment-television/[/url]

[QUOTE=Charades;43519331]I personally like his films, [B]I just cringe hard whenever he has an interview with black people present. [/B] [URL]http://www.cringechannel.com/2013/03/29/video-quentin-tarantino-tries-to-act-black-on-black-entertainment-television/[/URL][/QUOTE] I don't. While I think they intentionally one-upped the intensity of the word nigger (already a strong word) for the movie I don't think it takes away anything from the film. They're putting emphasis on a very dark chapter in American history that tends to be glossed over or downplayed.

I guess what I'd really dig from Tarantino after this would be an entirely dialogue based film. Doesn't have to be 'safe' but just no violent edge to it. Something like a Spike Lee joint or a Woody Allen film. He could easily do it, and it would probably do him good to work with a minimal budget for once

I don't have as much of a boner for Tarantino as most of the internet, but his films are tremendously entertaining and he's one of the few auteur directors left in the US, so I'd never miss out on one of his projects. Plus as a fan of Seven Samurai and Magnificent Seven, I'm curious to see his take on the formula and if his cast will mirror the personalities of the classic characters.

[QUOTE=strayebyrd;43519560]I guess what I'd really dig from Tarantino after this would be an entirely dialogue based film. Doesn't have to be 'safe' but just no violent edge to it. Something like a Spike Lee joint or a Woody Allen film. He could easily do it, and it would probably do him good to work with a minimal budget for once[/QUOTE] Pulp Fiction was done on 8 million which is a really quite small budget film, even in the time period. it probably wouldn't hurt him

Why are there no more auteur directors? That's why people love him so much, who in this modern age of cool stuff to do wants to go a movie theater to watch some shitstain unmemorable film?

[QUOTE=The Baconator;43519699]Why are there no more auteur directors? That's why people love him so much, who in this modern age of cool stuff to do wants to go a movie theater to watch some shitstain unmemorable film?[/QUOTE] well I'll go sit through anything the Coen brothers put in theatres which recently, has been largely dialogue based brilliant films like A Serious Man