The Longest Day and Midway are two classic WWII movies. Tora! Tora! Tora! Is an honest retelling of the sneak attack in Pearl Harbor. Just promise us you won't watch the Michael Bay monstrosity about the same attack.
Cell phone virtual keypad typo. Everyone knows I was referring to Tarantino. His movies smell like fear and shame. He himself is an utterly worthless excuse for human being.
Yes, Nina, I saw Reservoir Dogs and it was pointless gory violence. I saw Pulp Fiction and it was utter stupidity. I saw that Mexican vampire movie and it was cliched and boring. I dis not waste any time on any more of his movies for years. I began to watch one if the Kill Bills, but it too was color-by-numbers direction and am old tired plot. I got about five minutes into the one with Jaime Fox before I cut my losses and moved on to something worthwhile. Finally, I sat through Hateful Eight and it was the dumbest, most racist, misogynistic, illogical and implausible plot-hole ridden sorry excuses for a film since Ecks vs Sever. No, Tarantino sucks. I wish he had kept his vow, retired, and just gone away.
Sorry you feel that way, gammanu. It probably isn't worth getting into how all of his movies are a mashup of homages to Spaghetti Westerns, Blaxploitation, film noir, B movies and Poliziotteschi, thus pretty much creating his own niche genre. That they purposely are over the the top with gore, revenge plot lines and exagerrated personality flaws and all exist within the same alternate reality that is different than our own. Nor point out of the recurring motifs, shots and other things that crossover his films to tie things together.
I imagine that's word vomit to you that makes no difference in your disdain of his films. So all I'll say is sometimes the film nerd in him gets carried away and his movies aren't for everyone, but it's blatant ignorance to think he simply sucks.
I watch all the movies mentioned above. There is one movie which depicts the mission to kill the Japanese Admiral Yamamoto. I say it in a theater, but I have never gotten to see it since. Anyone know its name?
Tarantino caters to the lowest common hipster denominator, as a21985 clearly illustrates. It is blatant ignorance to argue that creating his own niche genre would justify the garbage he fills that niche with.
He actually doesn't cater to shit and makes movies he wants to make, and people either like them or they don't. A lot of people without sticks in their ass just so happen to like the end product. He's nowhere near my favorite director, and I can only claim to be a big fan of a few if his films, but I'm not delusional enough to think he's not damn good at what he does for a second.
a21985 I agree completely. Your paragraph about his homages to different genres, his recurring motifs, over-the-top, (etc) is spot on.
A couple years ago I took a class at a community college (while enrolled at my actual university) because I saw that one of their film classes that semester was a film study on Quentin Tarantino's films. We also watched, discussed, and studied a couple films that Quentin is inspired by. One was The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; another was Rio Bravo. I had seen most of his films, but the ones I hadn't we watched in class. Even True Romance! It was awesome. The credit didn't transfer to my university but it was a really fun class.
Quentin actually is one of my fave directors though (I have many). I own Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill vol 1 & 2, and Inglourious Basterds. I've probably watched 5 of those 7 at least 100 times+
True Romance was directed by Tony Scott, which is why it did not suck like most of Quentin's shtick. Nina, nothing but love for ya, but that that other guy is just plagiarizing stuff other people, far more intelligent than him, have written about Quentin. Btw, agreeing to disagree is for pussies and kindergartners.
Agreeing to disagree is also for when someone realizes they're discussing movie directors with a brick wall who has over inflated opinions of their self worth on a site where we should really only be talking about strippers and the deeds we do with them. But you know, kindergartner pussies too if that's what floats your boat.
And by the way, anyone who has studied Tarantino, took a film class or had a deep conversation with someone who knew his style well has learned these things about him. Believe it or not, you learn by first understanding you know very little and then gathering information from people who are much more intelligent. It would benefit you to try that out for once.
Your sycophantic adoration of a hipster director, and truly foul person, is incredibly disturbing. Since you obviously lack any capacity for individual opinion or critical thought, I'll not waste much more time attempting to enlighten you. It is also worth noting that I received my degree in communications from a liberal arts school which, even though focused on business and government, required extensive credit hours in TV, film, and theater classes to receive that degree. Even then, there were tools like yourself who wanted to waste time talking about Tarantino, so I know his basis and motifs and (lack of) thematic elements. However, ask yourself this: how does ripping off other directors, degrading women, assaulting minorities, and glorifying gore and violence possibly qualify as talented art?
A tool who adores him? I applaud your ability to create such strong opinions of me and who I am as a person based on one silly conversation. You must have a wonderful imagination. I minored in film until I realized I had no real passion for it to play a role in any career path I chose, so I am similarly educated in film, but no expert. I certainly am not a Tarantino fanboy, but I respect his work.
I enjoy a few of his films, some more than others, and enjoy his film knowledge that shows in his writing and directing (he is a much better writer than director). I accept his violence and treatment of characters as purposefully over the top, but still integral to the story he's trying to tell, which I think is the first and most important difference between you and I. If I couldn't do that or felt it was there for no reason, I'd feel just like you. I don't think he rips off from other directors maliciously, I believe he knowingly pays homage to them and their genres. Lastly and again most importantly, his writing, it gets the most out of the actors he works with it and creates some performances that I can truly buy into. It is talented art, undoubtedly, just not one you and some others can get behind and like, but that's ok.
So, now can we be pussies and kindergartners and just agree to disagree and move on?
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Movies about WW II
The Bridge in the River Kwai
Saving Private Ryan
The Great Escape
Patton
One you might not think of as a war movie per se, but I love it
Stalag 17
part dark comedy. part drama, it takes place entirely in a WWII POW camp
Of course it's The Bridge on the River Kwai
Inglourious Basterds if you don't care about historical accuracy.
Act of Valor
13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
The Big Red One
American Sniper (sucked compared to the book, though)
Lone Survivor
Tantino???
Hamburger Hill
Catch-22
Good choice. It crossed my mind but the I forgot to post it
What's your moms favorite flavor of four Loko?
Another comedy/drama that is not really a "war movie" per se is Mister Roberts.
A classic
My ATF by far - Gettysburg but one needs lots of popcorn.
I imagine that's word vomit to you that makes no difference in your disdain of his films. So all I'll say is sometimes the film nerd in him gets carried away and his movies aren't for everyone, but it's blatant ignorance to think he simply sucks.
SJG
For a recent one, I like "Fury."
Pretty good WWII tank movie.
Agree to disagree.
A Bridge Too Far
Kelly's Heroes
Das Boot
A couple years ago I took a class at a community college (while enrolled at my actual university) because I saw that one of their film classes that semester was a film study on Quentin Tarantino's films. We also watched, discussed, and studied a couple films that Quentin is inspired by. One was The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; another was Rio Bravo. I had seen most of his films, but the ones I hadn't we watched in class. Even True Romance! It was awesome. The credit didn't transfer to my university but it was a really fun class.
Quentin actually is one of my fave directors though (I have many). I own Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill vol 1 & 2, and Inglourious Basterds. I've probably watched 5 of those 7 at least 100 times+
I enjoy a few of his films, some more than others, and enjoy his film knowledge that shows in his writing and directing (he is a much better writer than director). I accept his violence and treatment of characters as purposefully over the top, but still integral to the story he's trying to tell, which I think is the first and most important difference between you and I. If I couldn't do that or felt it was there for no reason, I'd feel just like you. I don't think he rips off from other directors maliciously, I believe he knowingly pays homage to them and their genres. Lastly and again most importantly, his writing, it gets the most out of the actors he works with it and creates some performances that I can truly buy into. It is talented art, undoubtedly, just not one you and some others can get behind and like, but that's ok.
So, now can we be pussies and kindergartners and just agree to disagree and move on?
From Here to Eternity
The Dirty Dozen
And the script was written by Tarantino.