Grindhouse - New Tarantino/Rodriguez film announced.. - Page 2

JonZ · 12-23-2006, 10:37 AM

"To be honest, this looks terrible."

The machine gun leg goes a bit overboard I think.

AaronMan · 12-24-2006, 02:19 AM

Ha ha ha! I love the complete opposite reactions this is getting. People are loving the idea or hating it. One thing I've always liked about Tarantino is that he doesn't compormise one bit. No gray area at all. He does what gets him hard and if anyone else likes it, then that's a bonus to him. I think Grindhouse is going to be the most kick ass movie of 2007. Looks like Kurt Russell's best work since the early 80s. Tom Savini is going to be so great.

Here's my point of view. This is like getting the best chefs in the world to make a hamburger. Yeah its just a hamburger, but goddamn, does it taste good!

Gabriel>P · 12-24-2006, 06:29 AM

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Based upon this trailer, exactly what movies are they are copying? I don't ever remember seeing a movie with a chick with a machine gun for a leg.

Machine gun leg aside, Planet Terror looks like a whacky version of the Dead series. When I refer to Tarantino it has more to do with the fact that most of his films feel like Scorsese light. With storylines plucked from the other places of film.

Pulp Fiction really is After Hours mixed with The Killing.

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Gabriel,
I think the big difference is that a lot of exploitation movies in the past were sold based on their poster art. It didn't matter if the movies were crap (and most of them were), because distributors knew they would get an audience and by the time word of mouth kicked in, it would be gone, replaced by some other promise of illicit thrills.

Tarantino and Rodriguez take that a step further by trying to deliver on the promise. I'll be the first to admit that they're not always successful, but darned if they don't try. And it doesn't hurt that they have a decent amount of money to work with -- something those poor bastards turning out Z-grade stuff for drive-ins never had. So where they would show you a poster featuring a beautiful girl with a gun for a leg and you'd see the movie and not only was there no gun, but no beautiful girl; T and R say, "Let's have a beautiful girl with a gun for a leg," and go crazy. Bless their little hearts!

I understand this thinking. But if anyone else was making this film, no one would care.

Tarantino I really do love but it feels like he just takes whatever style of film he wants, takes a Scorsese take on the situation, and then throws everything but the kitchen sink in.

Haggai · 12-24-2006, 09:28 AM

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I understand this thinking. But if anyone else was making this film, no one would care.

People who don't like Tarantino (though I acknowledge your saying that you do like him, Gabriel) seem to say this kind of thing a lot, which I can never understand. "Nobody would like his movies if it was someone else doing them," "it's only his name on it that gets people excited," etc. Well, YEAH, given his track record, people are going to be excited for his particular take on things. Fans of his like and appreciate his style. I really don't get why he seems to prompt so much criticism along the lines of "people don't REALLY like his movies, they just say so because they want to look cool." Um, OK, whatever.

rich_d · 12-24-2006, 09:36 AM

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Machine gun leg aside, Planet Terror looks like a whacky version of the Dead series. When I refer to Tarantino it has more to do with the fact that most of his films feel like Scorsese light. With storylines plucked from the other places of film.

Pulp Fiction really is After Hours mixed with The Killing.

And Raging Bull was Requiem For A Heavyweight mixed with On The Waterfront meets Sonny Corleone.

Happy?

Can't we just avoid the 'Scorsese Light' kind of insults? I mean what is gained by the 'well he's not as good as John Ford' kind of comment?

To my way of thinking, Tarantino is a very honest kind of director who references other people's work so directly that many film fans get the reference. As opposed to those that just 'borrow' ideas and aren't as forthcoming.

Btw, I LOVE After Hours, but I sure don't get any strong connection to Pulp Fiction.

Shawn_KE · 12-24-2006, 11:00 AM

Now with Kurt Russell added, this will be the greatest movie ever made.

Don Solosan · 12-24-2006, 01:43 PM

"But if anyone else was making this film, no one would care."

This I also respectfully disagree with. I love these kinds of films when they deliver on the crazy thrills that they promise. I don't care who's behind the camera as long as they keep the story interesting and moving.

Gabriel>P · 12-25-2006, 03:34 AM

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People who don't like Tarantino (though I acknowledge your saying that you do like him, Gabriel) seem to say this kind of thing a lot, which I can never understand. "Nobody would like his movies if it was someone else doing them," "it's only his name on it that gets people excited," etc. Well, YEAH, given his track record, people are going to be excited for his particular take on things. Fans of his like and appreciate his style. I really don't get why he seems to prompt so much criticism along the lines of "people don't REALLY like his movies, they just say so because they want to look cool." Um, OK, whatever.

He just doesn't seem to have a style of his own though. That is the problem with the situation. His work is as good as his material. Most of which I don't feel is all that orignal.

Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Kill Bill are all great films to me. How much that has to do with QT is my question. Which is why I do not see why his track record means all that much.

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And Raging Bull was Requiem For A Heavyweight mixed with On The Waterfront meets Sonny Corleone.

Happy?

Haven't seen Requiem, but I really don't get the Sonny vibe. Other then boxing and the both stories revolving around brothers, don't get the On the Waterfront reference either.

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Can't we just avoid the 'Scorsese Light' kind of insults? I mean what is gained by the 'well he's not as good as John Ford' kind of comment?

To my way of thinking, Tarantino is a very honest kind of director who references other people's work so directly that many film fans get the reference. As opposed to those that just 'borrow' ideas and aren't as forthcoming.

Does he? This is the man that wouldn't admit that The Killing influenced Pulp Fiction, and pretty much tells anyone off that attempts to ask him such question.

And that is what really gets me about him. A couple of years ago he really was the man to me. But perhaps the rumors that he seems to believe that he is untouchable by the likes of Kubrick and Welles bothers me.

QT is like a gateway drug. He is the best thing you ever had, until you see what is on the other side.

Or maybe it is because he gives off this aura of "I am the man and no one can say different", that really has me down on him.

Sorry though for the "Lite" comment.

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Btw, I LOVE After Hours, but I sure don't get any strong connection to Pulp Fiction.

The entire date sequence for me is After Hours. Also the scene with Mr. Leather felt like a take on Horst.

Honestly though I can't explain it. I just get the exact same vibe.

Andy Sheets · 12-25-2006, 08:20 AM

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He just doesn't seem to have a style of his own though. That is the problem with the situation. His work is as good as his material. Most of which I don't feel is all that orignal.

If you watch his movies and you really can't perceive his style, I don't know what to say. It's pretty obvious to me.

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Or maybe it is because he gives off this aura of "I am the man and no one can say different", that really has me down on him.

Well, yeah, if I was locked in the same room with him, I'd probably want to strangle him, but I do like his movies