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Old 03-31-2018, 01:15 PM   #21221 (permalink)
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You answered that one for me.
I'm all about convenience.
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Old 03-31-2018, 01:23 PM   #21222 (permalink)
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It's just not really my thing.
Case closed.

BS is cool, but again, it just tries too hard to be Tarantino.
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Old 03-31-2018, 01:37 PM   #21223 (permalink)
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People who constantly bash Tarantino are just pretentious wankers that need shooting immediately.

The kind of people who watch Seven Seal, Tokyo Story and Metropolis in one sitting and proceed to think they're the piniccle of taste in film.

The kind of people that will wait till 'Ambiancé' comes out and then go around lying to everyone that they saw the entire thing and thought it was 'inspired' just so they can feel as though they have more credibility than everyone else because they made everyone think they watched an 'avant grade' black and white 30day long load of filler fuelled trash.
I enjoy dumb action and violence.
I also think Tarantino is at times pretty entertaining.
I just feel the need to jump in when people think his movies are artful masterpieces and he is the best director ever and stuff.
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Old 03-31-2018, 01:39 PM   #21224 (permalink)
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I can agree that there are many superior directors and writers to Tarantino. Most people claiming to have found the perfect movie / director are delusional.

He just makes good stuff. Consistently good, entertaining work. For decades. That is RARE.
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He's basically like Joss Whedon. Their respective niches are massively entertaining and nobody does it quite like them, but if I heard they were doing a movie or TV show that was a departure from their styles I'd be highly dubious. They're golf clubs or kitchen knives that are great for their roles but you're not necessarily going to use them for anything else.

But **** it they fillet a fish like nothing else.
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He's basically like Joss Whedon. Their respective niches are massively entertaining and nobody does it quite like them, but if I heard they were doing a movie or TV show that was a departure from their styles I'd be highly dubious. They're golf clubs or kitchen knives that are great for their roles but you're not necessarily going to use them for anything else.

But **** it they fillet a fish like nothing else.
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It was pretty good, actually.
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Since it had Nathan Fillion in it I assumed it was a Whedon-ized version of Shakespeare that would be entertaining for reasons other than being good Shakespeare. I did want to see it though.
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But **** it they fillet a fish like nothing else.
Been trying to wrap my mind around this and I think I've finally got it. It's the ear cutting scene, right?
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Since it had Nathan Fillion in it I assumed it was a Whedon-ized version of Shakespeare that would be entertaining for reasons other than being good Shakespeare. I did want to see it though.
It's sticking pretty damn close to the script of the play as far as I know, but it's transplanted into modern times with no real adjustments to the plot. It works better than you'd think, even if it seems strange that they still talk of princes, kings and guards. Takes a moment to adjust to the way they talk, but I thought the movie was legitimately funny.

I'm no expert, but I think it's actually good Shakespeare. It's also a really funny, less heavy story than a lot of his plays, so it's not that hard to appreciate. I wonder if Whedon will ever do anything like that again.
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Even if he has his schtick he at least does spread it over a wide net. You should read the comic run he did on X-Men. It's legit fantastic and you don't even have to make allowances for him not being a dedicated comic writer. It's also kind of like him coming full circle since his whole original inspiration for Buffy was Shadowcat, who made her return to the team during his tenure. Dude was born to write X-Men comics.
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