28 Film Discussion Threads Later

**Skitch** · 05-18-2010, 07:35 PM

Quoting number8 (view post)

baby doll is absolutely correct.

Although, really, I expected Basterds to win...

I agree as well. I expected IB to win too, and I wouldve been fine with that.

I am being overly harsh on Hurt Locker, but I feel Best Pic should be eyed carefully. I also (while I quite enjoyed) didn't feel District 9 or Avatar belonged in the category. But I do think they were better films than HL, and I wouldve rather seen them win.

**baby doll** · 05-18-2010, 07:46 PM

Quoting number8 (view post)

baby doll is absolutely correct.

That's a new one for this forum.

**balmakboor** · 05-18-2010, 07:51 PM

I like The Hurt Locker, but the one thing that bothered me was it suffered quite a bit on a second viewing, not a good quality for a movie that aspires to classic status. Inglourious Basterds has grown immensely with each of my three re-viewings. So has A Serious Man.

Ahem, so has Moon.

**Rowland** · 05-18-2010, 08:24 PM

I'll be the odd man out by saying Moon and The Hurt Locker are about equal in quality, both very good but hardly the equals of Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man, or Antichrist.

*pot stirred*

**number8** · 05-18-2010, 08:30 PM

Quoting Rowland (view post)

I'll be the odd man out by saying Moon and The Hurt Locker are about equal in quality, both very good but hardly the equals of Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man, or Antichrist.

*pot stirred*

No, I think this sounds about right.

**Spinal** · 05-18-2010, 08:46 PM

Yeah, I agree with every word. But, I mean, I wouldn't raise a fuss about Antichrist not getting Academy Award attention because that would never happen. Anyway, I'm sure Sandra Bullock was MUCH more deserving than Charlotte Gainsbourg. :|

**Philosophe_rouge** · 05-18-2010, 08:54 PM

Bright Star

**Rowland** · 05-18-2010, 08:56 PM

Ahh Bright Star, there's one I can be the odd man out on. Didn't like it.

**Bosco B Thug** · 05-18-2010, 11:36 PM

Inglourious Basterds is the only great film I saw in 2009. Wait, and Two Lovers.

Quoting Rowland (view post)

Maniac (Lustig, 1980) ***½

Oh shit!!

**Spun Lepton** · 05-19-2010, 12:12 AM

Quoting Rowland (view post)

Maniac (Lustig, 1980) ***½

I seriously worry about you sometimes, Rowland.

**Raiders** · 05-19-2010, 01:07 AM

Quoting Spun Lepton (view post)

I seriously worry about you sometimes, Rowland.

So do I, but in this case his rating is just about right.

**Russ** · 05-19-2010, 01:14 AM

Quoting Raiders (view post)

So do I, but in this case his rating is just about right.

I seriously worry about you sometimes, Raiders.

**Spun Lepton** · 05-19-2010, 01:15 AM

Quoting Raiders (view post)

So do I, but in this case his rating is just about right.

**megladon8** · 05-19-2010, 02:07 AM

Inglourious Basterds was a good movie but too flawed to ever make a favorites list.

Collectively the movie's various segments could have been trimmed enough to take a good 15 or 20 minutes off the overall runtime. Some of the dialogue is orgasm-inducingly brilliant, while other segments of dialogue feel more like Death Proof in that Tarantino is just jerking himself off onto the page.

Brad Pitt wasn't too great, either. Shoddy accent, and a few instances of questionable delivery.

Eli Roth should never act. At least Tarantino spared us from seeing his wonderful thespian skills in this one.

Admittedly I haven't seen near enough from 2009 yet, but the best I've seen so far would include:

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Two Lovers
Moon

**Bosco B Thug** · 05-19-2010, 02:12 AM

Damn, now I need to go and re-watch Maniac.

**Dead & Messed Up** · 05-19-2010, 02:19 AM

Inglourious Basterds is Tarantino's best film.

**megladon8** · 05-19-2010, 02:26 AM

I still think he has yet to top Pulp Fiction.

Inglourious Basterds would probably be second down from that, for me.

I didn't like the Kill Bill movies, and have never been a big fan of Reservoir Dogs.

Jackie Brown is all right.

**Spun Lepton** · 05-19-2010, 02:27 AM

I quite like Jackie Brown.

**Rowland** · 05-19-2010, 02:38 AM

I still love most of Tarantino's movies, but discussing them or even just reading about them has grown kinda tired. My eyes tend to glaze over and I scroll past most of it. *shrug*

**Rowland** · 05-19-2010, 02:41 AM

Quoting Bosco B Thug (view post)

Damn, now I need to go and re-watch Maniac.

It's an acquired taste for sure.

**Skitch** · 05-19-2010, 02:44 AM

Its sure to be a wildly unpopular opinion, but I think Pulp Fiction is Tarantino's worst film. I've never understood why its scatter-brainedness is considered genius.

Not saying its bad, just that it'd be at the bottom of my Tarantino list. Even below his writing credits of True Romance and From Dusk Till Dawn.

**megladon8** · 05-19-2010, 02:45 AM

Quoting Skitch (view post)

Its sure to be a wildly unpopular opinion, but I think Pulp Fiction is Tarantino's worst film. I've never understood why its scatter-brainedness is considered genius.

I think number8 also thinks Pulp Fiction is Tarantino's worst, so you're not alone.

**Spun Lepton** · 05-19-2010, 02:48 AM

Pulp Fiction is worse than Death Proof? I CAN HAZ NOT COMPREHEND.

**Spinal** · 05-19-2010, 02:50 AM

Death Proof is Tarantino's worst and it's not even close.

**Skitch** · 05-19-2010, 02:55 AM

Quoting megladon8 (view post)

I think number8 also thinks Pulp Fiction is Tarantino's worst, so you're not alone.

Really?! I kinda figured he'd be the first to jump me on this one.

I gotta say though, after reading your above post, it really makes me consider the devisiveness of Tarantino's filmography. I love Kill Bill above anything, but I'm an uber old school kung fu dork. It really makes me question the validity of homage vs ripoff, in that he's a little too good at imitating/acknowledging the styles of the films he loves.

I'll have to give it a think.

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