Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)

[Irish]

Honestly Lee is like Shatner or Elvis --- an impersonator's go-to.

I know a guy who's half-Mexican and half-Irish, 5'6", and looks like the love child of Tom Cruise and Michael J Fox. He can do a dead-on impression of Bruce Lee, right down to voice, the facial expressions, and the gestures.

Re: the trailer --- what the fuck was this movie about again?* with the recent marketing, it's getting harder to tell. sony is pushing the celebrity and comedy angles hard.

* that's a rhetorical question, mc

[Grouchy]

Amazing.

[MadMan]

This looks fantastic.

[MadMan]

But yes the posters are blah. Good thing there is a trailer. Also I am guessing Charlie Manson was in there, if only for 5 seconds. My favorite part was Brad Pitt vs Fake Bruce Lee. Also Leo is dancing again hurray.

[Ezee E]

Certainly seems like a light-hearted Tarantino movie...

[Skitch]

I'm feeling a Jackie Brown vibe, and that would be great.

[Dukefrukem]

I'm feeling a Jackie Brown vibe, and that would be great.

That's my worst fear for a QT film.

[Ezee E]

That's my worst fear for a QT film.

It's said to be in the line of Pulp/Jackie

[Irish]

I'm feeling a Jackie Brown vibe, and that would be great.

I don't think he has it in him to do anything like that again

[Grouchy]

That's my worst fear for a QT film.

You're crazy. Tarantino is pretty much universally acclaimed now and still that film is underrated.

[Skitch]

It's said to be in the line of Pulp/

Crap, please no, not that. Least favorite QT.

[MadMan]

I liked Jackie Brown a lot. Actually I love it.

[Morris Schæffer]

Jb rules!

[Dukefrukem]

Crap, please no, not that. Least favorite QT.

That's his best film so...

[Morris Schæffer]

Major Redford look for Pitt.

Little bit of Chuck Norris in The Way of the Dragon, which incidentally stars Bruce Lee.

[Skitch]

That's his best film so...

I didnt say it was bad, just my personal least favorite from him.

[MadMan]

Little bit of Chuck Norris in The Way of the Dragon, which incidentally stars Bruce Lee.

That movie is badass.

[Pop Trash]

I like Jackie Brown, but a recent big screen rewatch reminded me that it's very long, which would be fine, but it feels long. Even longer than its running time. That isn't the case at all with Pulp Fiction or even Reservoir Dogs for me and of course Harvey Weinstein (wisely imo) broke up the Kill Bills, so they don't have that problem at all.

Jackie Brown is better to think about and talk about than actually sit down and watch for nearly three hours.

Anyway, I realize a trailer is a trailer and I think there will be a lot of red herrings here, similar to Inglourious Basterds marketing campaign which emphasized the Dirty Dozen aspects and hardly touched on the Jewish cinema worker revenge plot. So far, the trailer gets a big ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ from me. It's also impossible for me to watch anything that takes place in the '60s anymore w/o thinking of Dewey Cox saying "the '60s are an important and exciting time!"

[Ezee E]

YOU GUYS ASKED FOR IT:

****
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Kill Bill
Inglorious Basterds
Django Unchained

***
Hateful Eight

** 1/2
Reservoir Dogs

**
Death Proof

[Skitch]

That movie is badass.

Best sidekick in the history of cinema.

[megladon8]

I hate to be predictable, but...


Meeeehhhhhh

[Irish]

YOU GUYS ASKED FOR IT:

** 1/2
Reservoir Dogs

Curious, why so low on "Reservoir Dogs"?

[DavidSeven]

Jackie Brown is Tarantino going through the motions. He infuses some nice stylistic flourishes, but a lot of it is just a direct translation of what's on the page (via Leonard). That said, he did capture the spirit of what was written, which is no small feat and appears to be an impossible task for other directors.

I do look back on it fondly though, as it's sort of the last thing he did that wasn't molded in a very broad, hyperrealistic aesthetic that's become his norm since Kill Bill (maybe Death Proof aside). Don't get me wrong, I've essentially loved everything he's done (and will probably love this, too), but I sort of miss the comparatively raw and grounded feel of his earliest films.

[Grouchy]

he did capture the spirit of what was written, which is no small feat and appears to be an impossible task for other directors.

This is why I love it. I've read Rum Punch and the film is not completely slavish to the text (the racial blaxploitation aspect is all QT) but it's the perfect cinematic translation of reading an Elmore Leonard crime novel, and I love those novels!

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Kill Bill
4. Jackie Brown
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. Death Proof
7. The Hateful Eight
8. Django Unchained

[Irish]

I don't think he went through the motions on "Jackie Brown" at all. If he did, he wouldn't have gotten great performances out of Robert Forster and Pam Grier.

I think the movie is Tarantino's attempt at being an Adult in the Room and a Professional in the Film Industry. He'd just won an Oscar for "Pulp Fiction" and, afaik, didn't join the Director's Guild until after that film was made. (And when JB was a relative failure, getting a muted reaction from fans and critics, QT went and sulked for 6 years, then returned with the hyper-stylized "Kill Bill" and a much more overt style, which he hasn't deviated from since.)

QT made major changes to "Rum Punch" and its characters and doesn't try to match that book's tone. "Jackie Brown" is much less mercenary and violent than the novel it's based on, and QT can't get out of his own way; he only uses Leonard's work for its raw structure and a few character outlines and nothing else. (I'd say "Get Shorty" is better at capturing Leonard's tone, but then "Get Shorty" is a different kind of novel.)