Ohhh.. right right right.

K

JACKIE BROWN was pretty much played straight and turned out to be a tremendous film. Unfortunately, the public and critics sort of shrugged their shoulders at it because it wasn't jam packed with Tarantino's shtick. His response was to give us KILL BILL and DEATH PROOF.

I was glad to see QT do INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS because it's a legitimately good movie. Sadly, it's probably as good as he'll ever be from now on.

Mike

IB and JB are my favorites of his. I'll be surprised if he ever tops either.

True. O'Neal played a bumbling idiot, whereas Cruise was supposed to be somewhat sympathetic. EWS is the only Kubrick film, other than Fear & Desire, which I don't much feel like rewatching over and over. (Even if I could, I probably wouldn't watch F&D again.)

http://gawker.com/5816417/the-quentin-tarantino-toe+sucking-sex-email-that-will-haunt-your-dreams

K

I figured Madget, at least, wouldn't want to miss the debate over at HU. There are a slew of comments, which begin here.

I didn't like Jackie Brown. I wanted to cause I like Pam Grier, and Sam Jackon's character was interesting. But the storyline was whatever, and the performances by everyone else weren't that good.

Geez, that's a lot of comments.

Of topic, but I notice in there you mentioned A Song of Ice and Fire. Did you see the New York Times article from Ginia Bellafante, where she dismissed Game of Thrones (the TV series) as "boy fiction". Her article produced some interesting responses, including from Annalee Newitz at Io9, who light-heartedly counters that if anything it's chick lit/tv.

Neither did I. For me, it was just boring.

Kinda picking and dabbing through that link ....

Re: Deathproof-



I think it's more that all of Tarantino's women are like pseudo-Tarantinos. QT's writing ends up feeling more forced when pushed through a group of young women "just being girls" than it does pushed through a group of fictional gangsters. Tarantino's dialogue is ambitious and strong, but somewhat limited in tonal scope. I know a guy whose chief problem with QT is that "everyone in QT's movies, sounds like QT." I don't fully agree, but I understand where a criticism like that is coming from. I think the males in QT films are able to slip into the skin he gives them a little more naturally and that part of the reason for that is the character of the writing itself. With female characters, you feel them "acting" it out more. It is a less natural extension of their normal behavior/rhythm.

K