A QUENTIN TARANTINO FEATURE!

Here are the reviews of 1 obscure Tarantino movie (is there such a thing) and some newer ones:  Remember, since I'm an owl, I don't always get the jokes, but I try. I won't bore you with Kill Bills, or Pulp, or Jackie Brown, although I might put in scenes that I love from those movies.  These are some new takes on Tarantino that you might not have "scene" yet..

In addition, the tree I live in has spotty internet service, so my Netflix doesn't get all the movies and sometimes they end abruptly, so bare with me..

Let's start it off with a lesser known flick:


DEATHPROOF:  2007, ++, ACT:  THIS MOVIE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT TREATS IT'S VEHICLES LIKE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE ITSELF.  THE CARS ARE LITERALLY HOMAGES TO OTHER MOVIES AND REFERENCES TO SUCH FLICKS AS VANISHING POINT (WHITE '70 DODGE CHALLENGER).  THE CASTING IS EXCELLENT, FEATURING KIRK DOUGLASS AS STUNTMAN BOB, ROSARIO DAWSON, ROSE MCGOWEN (GREAT TO SEE HER IN A MOVIE), ZOE BELL AND TRACIE THORNS AS SOME OF THE EYE CANDY IN THE MOVIE. 

THIS MOVIE IS SPLIT UP INTO TWO HALVES, MAKING IT SOMEWHAT LONG BUT IT'S WORTH WATCHING UNTIL THE END BECAUSE IT BUILDS UP NICELY.  THE STUNTS ARE DONE VERY WELL WITH VERY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO DETAIL.  THE MUSIC IS EXCELLENT AS WELL, BUT THAT'S USUALLY A GIVEN WITH QUENTIN.  THE NOTABLE SCENES ARE THE SCENE IN THE BAR WITH A CAMEO OF TARANTINO, THE SECOND CHASE SCENE FEATURING A VALKERIE LIKE STUNT, AND OF COURSE, THE SCENE WHICH IS A "REMAKE" OF VANISHING POINT.  NUFF SAID.. DEFINITELY A "GUY" FILM BUT IT'S WORTH WATCHING:::83%




RESERVOIR DOGS: ++, DRM:  MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THIS CLASSIC, SO I WILL PUT A DIFFERENT SPIN ON IT IF POSSIBLE.  THIS MOVIE GOT MANY ACTORS GOING IN THEIR CAREERS AND MIGHT HAVE CAUSED SOME TO STAY WHERE THEY WERE.  I HAVE WATCHED THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND THE MUSIC/ SCENE CORRELATION DOESN'T ALWAYS "CLICK" AS WELL AS IN SOME OF TARANTINO'S OTHERS, BUT IT'S STILL WAY ABOVE AVERAGE.  EXPECT GREAT CINEMATOGRAPHY, CHARACTERIZATION, PLOT TWISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN THIS INDEPENDENT MOVIE.

STEVE BUSCEMI AS MR. PINK REPRESENTS WHAT REALITY IS TO ME (can't change it, just accept it) AND THE HOT HEADED MR. ORANGE IS OUR PERCEPTION OF OUR WORLD AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE ARE DELUDED TO THINK WE CAN CHANGE IT OR "MOLD" IT.  MR. WHITE, HARVEY KEITEL, IS SANITY AND THESE ELEMENTS COLLIDE WELL IN THE SCENE IN THE HIDEOUT WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A PLAY.  THIS MOVIE WAS VOTED "BEST INDEPENDENT FILM" BY ESQUIRE MAGAZINE AND IS A MUST SEE IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT MOVIES AND FILMS::90%









INGLORIOUS BASTERS:  ++ DRA:  I HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE ABOUT 4 TIMES AT DIFFERENT PERIODS AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES & I THINK DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT IT.  IT'S STILL A GREAT MOVIE AND VERY TARANTINO, IT'S JUST THAT BRAD PITT'S PERFORMANCE HITS ME WRONG SOME TIMES.  HIS ACCENT JUST DOESN'T JIVE 100% OF THE TIME.  OK, SO THAT'S OUT OF THE WAY.




THE WAY THE PLOT IS PUT TOGETHER IS GENIUS, AND IT REALLY GETS YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE WAY THE CHARACTERS WORK.  CHRISTOPH WALTS PUTS IN A STANDOUT PERFORMANCE AS THE HUNTER AND MELANIE LAURENT WILL MAKE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH HER.  THE SCENE IN THE BAR WITH THE GUY FROM MADMEN IS A STANDOUT AS IS THE MEXICAN STANDOFF SHORTLY THEREAFTER. 

DOES TARANTINO LOVE THAT OR WHAT?  I ALSO LIKED THE GHOULISH SCENE IN THE END AND THE TRAGEDY OF THE GERMAN HERO.  REALLY A STANDOUT MOVIE AND IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, SHORT OF KILL BILL 1.  I PUT THIS SLIGHTLY ABOVE PULP FICTION IN RATING, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WASN'T AS OVERLY GLAMORIZED AND I LIKE THE HISTORIC ELEMENT::94%



#DJANGO UNCHAINGED

DJANGO UNCHAINGED: 2011 ++ ACT:: THINS ONE HAD IT ALL, AND YES IT WAS A RESPONSE BY TARANTINO FROM SPIKE LEE'S TYPICAL WHINY ATTITUDE OF SAYING THAT TARANTINO USED THE "N" WORD TOO MUCH IN JACKIE BROWN..WOW, JUST GO TO A KNICKS GAME..REGGIE..

ANYWAY, THAT ASIDE, THERE IS GRATUITOUS USE OF THE "N" WORD, BUT AS TARATINO SAID, HE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE AND ACT LIKE ANY CHARACTER..THAT'S HIS ARTISTIC RIGHT.

JAMIE FOX PLAYS THE LEAD WITH HONOR AND A SUBTLE DEVILISH GRACE.  SAMUEL JACKSON IS HIS USUAL, NOT USUAL SELF, AND PUTS ON A STAND OUT PERFORMANCE.  THE HUNTER FROM INGLORIOUS, CHRISTOPH WALTZ, IS RIGHTEOUS AS THE BOUNTY HUNTER AND I LOVE THE CORRELATION.  I BELIEVE BOTH OF THESE MOVIES ARE RELATED, BE IT SUBCONSCIOUSLY OR NOT BY TARANTINO.

STANDOUT SCENES, THE FIGHT SCENE WHERE LEO IS INTRODUCED AS CANDIE MAN..ALSO, THE INITIAL SCENE WHERE THE TOOTH ON TOP OF THE COACH IS INTRODUCED..THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE A CHARACTER!

I ALSO LOVED WHEN MIAMI VICES OWN, WHAT'S HIS NAME, IN THE SCENE WHERE THEY ARE ARGUING OVER THE MASKS IN A LYNCH MOB.  THAT IS CLASSIC COMEDY AT IT'S BEST. 

THIS MOVIE HAS ANOTHER MEXICAN STAND-OFF, ALA INGLORIOUS, AND ALSO HAS A HOMAGE TO IE CLOCKWORK ORANGE, WHERE THE BOUNTY HUNTER ASKS THE HARPIST TO "STOP PLAYING BEETHOVEN" AS HE IS DEMEANING THE SLAVE WIFE OF DJANGO.  TOP NOTCH TARANTINO.  MUSIC WAS PERFECT, PHOTOG WAS EXCELLENT.  MORE MORE MORE :::93%