Maybe it's me, but Reservoir Dogs is not a good movie
Pauli G
watched RD tonight. Boring movie. Some good dialog here and there,
but overall just dull.
Chris Mihos
Nah, it's just you.
mianderson
eh....it's maybe worth watching once.....it does have it's moments.
But it's certainly not a great movie for me. If hype and media
exposure a way more than a decade after a movie was released could
make a movie great, RD would certainly be great.......
but there is more to a movie being great than endless media buzz and a
bunch of 16 year old guys who just saw the movie a few years ago
calling it great....
if you are a follower, you think RD is great. If you are a leader,
you think it is ok but massively overrated by a bunch of now 9th
graders just going by what rolling stone or whatever told them....
Tony Rice
ac7135...@r36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com:
> I've somewhat worked backwards through the Tarantino catalog, and just
> watched RD tonight. Boring movie. Some good dialog here and there,
> but overall just dull.
nope, its you;
Jim Brown
IAWTP
Chris Bellomy
> I've somewhat worked backwards through the Tarantino catalog, and just
> watched RD tonight. Boring movie. Some good dialog here and there,
> but overall just dull.
It's just you. But that's ok, it doesn't have to be your
cup of tea.
cb
Pauli G
wierd thing is that I liked some of his other work. Pulp Fiction,
great movie. Kill Bill Vol 1, great movie.
Goro
I liked it ok, but i really like Ringo Lam's CITY ON FIRE which was
the original source material. Chow Yun-Fat and Danny Lee playiing the
opposite roles of their famous ones in THE KILLER.
Ringo Lam never got the acclaim of John Woo, but in the 90s HK Heroic
bloodshed movies, he made some really excellent ones and movies that
were far more grounded than Woo's.
-goro-
Jim Brown
Kill Bills were some of the worst tripe I've ever seen. Horrible with
a capital W.
swangdb
> wierd thing is that I liked some of his other work. Pulp Fiction,
> great movie. Kill Bill Vol 1, great movie.
KB V1 is probably my favorite Tarantino film.
I like RD too. At least, I think I do, I haven't seen it in years.
Mrs Mookie
IAWTP ($1)... Didn't like the Kill Bills at ALL. Now, RD... fckin
brilliant...
Mookie
RaginPage
I don't honsetly remember it that well. I saw it years ago. Seems
like I liked it.
I probably wouldn't even watch it today. Excessive violence and
cursing just isn't my thing.
Brent
McMahone
That makes no sense to me at all. I like RD, but thought KB was
dreck. Horrid stuff. I don't turn a movie off in the middle often
when I've rented it, but I did with that one.
RaginPage
So far the most overrated movie I've seen recently is Raging Bull. I
actually turned that one off. I really don't get the hype.
Brent
Mercellus Bohren
THISHOOKSURESMELLSFUNNYRUNAWAYRUNAWAY.
Pauli G
no, it's not bait. I was just expecting more considering all I've
heard about it. I guess Pulp Fiction really is his masterpiece.
The BorgMan
ac7135...@r36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com:
> I've somewhat worked backwards through the Tarantino catalog, and just
> watched RD tonight. Boring movie. Some good dialog here and there,
> but overall just dull.
It's a good, but not great, movie.
--
Aaron
Mercellus Bohren
Unfortunately, people like you wait too long to experience films like
this. If I were to watch Reservoir Dogs today, without having
experienced it's immediate impact in 1992, I might feel the same way
you do. It's a shame people wait so long, until the impact of the
material is lessened by the scores of weak imitations that sprang from
Tarantino's debut film. When you decide to watch The Sopranos for the
first time, a few years from now, you will also probably not
understand what the excitement over that television show was about.
You snooze, you lose. Loser.
Pauli G
I just finished watching the entire The Wire series, which is
contemporary of Sopranos. The Wire stands the test of time, it's
probably the best thing ever put on television. I'm sorry that
pieces of work like RD and Sopranos don't stand the test of time, but
that's the way it is.
Mercellus Bohren
Rarely does anything related to popular culture stand the test of
time. That's why it's called "popular culture." None of this crap is
Shakespeare. If you need your popular culture to be that sort of
thing, then you will always be disappointed. That's why it's important
to keep your ear to the ground, so you don't miss out. Loser. By the
way, I watched The Wire series and the season they spent down on the
docks was very weak. Unwatchable.
Kyle T. Jones
Nah - his best work was as an actor/screenwriter for From Dusk Till Dawn.
Rodriguez Rocks!
Cheers.
Pauli G
>
> - Show quoted text -
well, I thought the second season spoke well to the decline of blue
collar opportunity in communities like Baltimore. It wasn't as good
as the other seasons, but it brought in certain important
considerations about the fabric of a declining urban center.
Michael Press
<4057b8ac-d5db-477a...@n2g2000vba.googlegroups.com>,
Mercellus Bohren <merce...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I did not see these great movies when they came out, and
they had immediate popular appeal:
Maltese Falcon [1941]
The Philadelphia Story [1940]
Laura [1944]
The Glass Key [1942]
His Kind of Woman [1951]
The Thin Man [1934]
Flying Down to Rio [1933]
Big Business [1929]
Enjoyed them thoroughly, and, recommend them all.
This movie did not have immediate popular appeal because
it is underplayed. If you do not think it is very funny
the first time, please watch it once more for luck.
Beat the Devil [1953]
--
Michael Press
Pauli G
> In article
> <4057b8ac-d5db-477a-86f9-901c7fbde...@n2g2000vba.googlegroups.com>,
>
> - Show quoted text -
I just love when the Movie Nazis come out of the woodwork getting all
huffy becuase someone doesn't like some movie that deeply moved them.
Michael Press
<1f462f3e-8e25-428b...@f33g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>,
Pauli G <rio...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I just love when the Movie Nazis come out of the woodwork getting all
> huffy becuase someone doesn't like some movie that deeply moved them.
What movie am I disparaging?
--
Michael Press
Pauli G
>
> - Show quoted text -
I'm sorry, I'm talking about Marcellus. You're a gentleman and
scholar.
The Ghost of Edward M. Kennedy
> > I just love when the Movie Nazis come out of the woodwork getting all
> > huffy becuase someone doesn't like some movie that deeply moved them.
>
> What movie am I disparaging?
<
<I'm sorry, I'm talking about Marcellus. You're a gentleman and
<scholar.
I'm a gentleman and a drunkard, and last time I checked,
I also seem to be dead.
--Tedward
Mercellus Bohren
Deeply moved me? Uh. No. I think it's very good and had great impact
at the time as far as popular culture and film are concerned; you said
it wasn't all that great. We disagree. I added the Loser parts as a
joking aside to see if you'd get all riled up. You didn't. You're
prolly smrat like that. =) I respect your opinion, but I think you're
flat wrong about Reservoir Dogs.
Mercellus Bohren
pffffbbbbttt...unwatchable
Mercellus Bohren
> In article
> <4057b8ac-d5db-477a-86f9-901c7fbde...@n2g2000vba.googlegroups.com>,
I believe that 70 years from now there will be those who will want to
see Reservoir Dogs, and will consider it a great movie.
Alexander_ The_Great
it has gotten a little less as entertaining as it used to me. (for me).
There are many of films that don't age well. RD kinda sort of is one of
those to me. But if you haven't seen it, you should, it's a "man movie"
after all.
Michael Press
<2b54d7e6-f857-42dd...@p36g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
That'a all right, then.
--
Michael Press
Michael Press
"The Ghost of Edward M. Kennedy" <e...@eio.com> wrote:
> I'm a gentleman and a drunkard, and last time I checked,
> I also seem to be dead.
Tipping a young scotch your way. Ahhhh.
--
Michael Press
Mercellus Bohren
To be completely honest, I have not watched it completely since the
year it came out. Once I've seen a movie, I'll check out bits and
pieces when it comes on the classic movie channel, but rarely the
whole thing. Whenever I catch Reservoir Dogs, it seems like every time
it's when Vince has accidentally shot the guy in the back seat and
they have to go do the clean-up at the Tarrantino character's house.
Michael Press
<ab1d322a-26ea-4f04...@j19g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>,
Mercellus Bohren <merce...@yahoo.com> wrote:
You are talking about Pulp_Fiction here.
--
Michael Press
Mercellus Bohren
Deer Idot.
I know what I'm talking about here.
This is from Reservoir Dogs; a movie I know by heart.
Pauli G
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> - Show quoted text -
not to be a stickler for details, but don't they go to clean up at a
warehouse?
Mercellus Bohren
Yeah, I was rong on that one detail.
They do go to the warehouse now the I remember it.
When they have to call De Niro over to help coordinate; that was
pretty funny.
Not so funny when he cuts that guy's ear off though.
Pauli G
>
> - Show quoted text -
I don't believe De Niro was in that movie.
Mercellus Bohren
Dude, just trust me on this one--I know Reservoir Dogs. They call De
Niro on the phone to come over and help coordinate the clean-up
because Vince and whatshisname didn't know how to do it fast enough. I
think the cops were on their way to the warehouse or something...I've
kind of forgotten that part. It ends up pretty badly because, at one
point, De Niro cuts off one guy's ear.
Pauli G
>
> - Show quoted text -
are you talking about Robert De Niro the actor? He is not in that
movie.
Mercellus Bohren
what?
Pauli G
>
> - Show quoted text -
yes.
Mercellus Bohren
good. I was worried there for a second or two.
Michael Press
<cd6fe1fb-dfb3-4422...@v37g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
Mercellus Bohren <merce...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Deer Idot.
> I know what I'm talking about here.
> This is from Reservoir Dogs; a movie I know by heart.
There is no Vince character in Reservoir Dogs.
There is a Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction.
The Tarrantino character in PF is Jimmy Dimmick.
In PF they go to Jimmy Dimmick's house to hide out
after Vincent shoots the guy in the car.
Jimmy keeps going on about his wife.
They wait for Winston Wolfe (Harvey Keitel) to
arrive and direct the clean up.
--
Michael Press
Mercellus Bohren
Michael Press
<32b957ae-7373-4891...@v2g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
Mercellus Bohren <merce...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> My work here is done.
Because you incorrectly put a Vince character in Reservoir Dogs?
--
Michael Press
Mercellus Bohren
Michael Press
<8558f475-e22f-491c...@w37g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
Mercellus Bohren <merce...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Read the FAQ:
> http://www.robtex.com/dns/rsfc.bmstu.ru.html
No, nothing there.
So you cannot account for how you incorrectly put
a character named Vince in Reservoir Dogs.
--
Michael Press
Mercellus Bohren
Yes, there is a clear and quite obvious explanation. Since you don't
seem to be able to find and read the FAQ for this here chatroom, I
guess you'll always be blissfully ignorant. That's okay. But, you'll
never be a true rsfcker until you figure it out. How you handle this
from here on out is up to you, I've cut the line. =)
Michael Press
<c5cfd178-c1cc-4d9e...@o13g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
> seem to be able to find and read the FAQ for this here chatroom, I
> guess you'll always be blissfully ignorant. That's okay. But, you'll
> never be a true rsfcker until you figure it out. How you handle this
> from here on out is up to you, I've cut the line. =)
Is this your final answer?
--
Michael Press
Michael Press
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In article
<c5cfd178-c1cc-4d9e...@o13g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
Mercellus Bohren <merce...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sep 17, 11:49 am, Michael Press <rub...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > In article
> > <8558f475-e22f-491c-a93b-77cacb153...@w37g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
> > Mercellus Bohren <mercell...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Sep 17, 1:51 am, Michael Press <rub...@pacbell.net> wrote:
In article
<c5cfd178-c1cc-4d9e...@o13g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,
> Yes, there is a clear and quite obvious explanation. Since you don't
> seem to be able to find and read the FAQ for this here chatroom, I
> guess you'll always be blissfully ignorant. That's okay. But, you'll
> never be a true rsfcker until you figure it out. How you handle this
> from here on out is up to you, I've cut the line. =)
Appears that rsfckers.com is not accessible.
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Michael Press
Tonawanda KARDEX
> I've somewhat worked backwards through the Tarantino catalog, and just
> watched RD tonight. Boring movie. Some good dialog here and there,
> but overall just dull.
Saw it once myself and felt the same way: overrated, overhyped.
Violence is overkill in this one. Not even remotely worthy of praise.
kenney...@aol.com
> I've somewhat worked backwards through the Tarantino catalog, and just
> watched RD tonight. Boring movie. Some good dialog here and there,
> but overall just dull.
Mercellus Bohren
It was a ground-breaking film a quarter century ago. Like most ground-breaking films, it wasn't overrated when it was released, but, after years and years of people claiming it's awesomeness, it does get to be overrated, especially if the directors that copied Tarantino's style, improved on it (see SNATCH).
However, that scene where Jules is in the apartment and starts quoting the bible was pretty classic.
the_andr...@yahoo.com
He’s a genius in that he’s made gazillions and gotten people to believe he’s a genius by creating the most ridiculously base films this side of porn.
He’s an idiot in that his movies are incredibly easily replicated.
<scene: green screen is fine, this works anywhere>
DIE YOU FUCKING FUCK!
BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
<blood splatter>
<end scene:>
xyzzy
That is the full extent of my exposure to Tarantino films
You confirmed that I'm not missing out on much.
unclejr
the_andr...@yahoo.com
Mercellus Bohren
If you don’t like ‘Inglorious Basterds’ then there’ something seriously wrong with you.
Please to be checking it out:
https://youtu.be/mFMPXHNz2jM
the_andr...@yahoo.com
If I remember correctly, I watched some small segment and was presented a scene where a guy was beaten with a baseball bat.
And, of course, the spelling of the title reminds me of some middle school metal head making up dream band names like “Rockit Godz” or tuner geek with a vinyl “MoterWerkz” on his lame 03 Civic.
Come to think of it, I suspect Tarantino might just be a giant wussy and the endless violence is how he imagines he would handle folks in his own life, but doesn’t have the strength or nads.
tim.vanwa...@gmail.com
So, yeah RD is dated and not the greatest movie. But it was a pretty incredible first movie for a director and insanely influential.
Me, I think his best was Django Unchained followed by Inglorious Basterds. Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and The Kill Bills are all good in parts. Really didn’t care for Hateful Eight at all and skipped his Rodriguez collaborations as they were just too much gratuitous violence for my taste.
Mercellus Bohren
>
> Me, I think his best was Django Unchained followed by Inglorious Basterds. Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and The Kill Bills are all good in parts. Really didn’t care for Hateful Eight at all and skipped his Rodriguez collaborations as they were just too much gratuitous violence for my taste.
This is one of my favorite scenes of all time:
Opening scene, diner, Reservoir Dogs, https://youtu.be/V4sbYy0WdGQ.
Some dued
Some dued
Mercellus Bohren
> Did Press ever come to understand that he lost the Robert DeNiro argument?
Mercellus Bohren
> I remember watching The French Connection in the early 90s and wondering what the big deal was. Another movie that became a forgotten prototype.
Some dued
Mercellus Bohren
> I haven't.
Go into it with the expectation that rotary telephone dials are a thing and you may like it.