I think his filmography overall is mediocre. Certainly Reservoir Dogs is a good film. Pulp Fiction has its moments as well. But I found Jackie Brown, for all its "maturity" by Tarantino standards, really quite dull, and the Kill Bill films empty and pointless. And at the Kubrickian pace of 4 films over a 15-year period (not including his execrable FOUR ROOMS segment), you'd expect something more substantial. Plenty of directors have made two good movies in the last decade and a half.n w wrote:It pains me to defend Tarantino, but if you think Jackie Brown and Reservoir Dogs are mediocre then I don't think you know what mediocre means.
Grindhouse (Tarantino/Rodriguez, 2007)
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Well, do you want good or do you want good AND substantial? And if it's the latter, why in the hell are you looking to Tarantino for it?rs98762001 wrote:And at the Kubrickian pace of 4 films over a 15-year period (not including his execrable FOUR ROOMS segment), you'd expect something more substantial. Plenty of directors have made two good movies in the last decade and a half.
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More casting etc news from JoBlo:
As we reported the other day (see video HERE), Quentin Tarantino is currently shooting his end of the GRINDHOUSE movie called DEATH PROOF in Austin, Texas right now. Robert Rodriguez already shot his one-hour section called PLANET TERROR, and both films will be joined by some fake ads and trailers in between. Today, Tarantino announced three more additions to his cast, which stars Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson and Rose McGowan, amongst others, namely Michael Bacall (from TV's "CSI" fame), newcomer Omar Doom (not to be mistaken with our very own Omar Aviles) and HOSTEL director Eli Roth, who was already rumored to be filming one of the "fake trailers" for the films' interlude. Roth, who is supposed to be filming HOSTEL 2 in Europe around this same time, has cameo'd in his own films before, and most recently, in his other buddy Richard Kelly's SOUTHLAND TALES. Tarantino started shooting his film on August 21st, and we all expect the film to be released on April 6th, 2007. Can't wait.
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Anyone else wonder how come both of those posters look so awful? Grindhouse films used to have those cool, totally tasteless (badly) painted posters with skulls and blood and guns and zombies and whatnot, with the film's name written in huge letters (preferably bleeding or something like that) along with questionable "praise".
Both of those Grindhouse posters look like they've been designed by a professional. Way too tasteful and boring.
As for the films themselves, I've supremely low expectations. Still, I guess they'll be better than Kill Bill, which admittedly isn't really saying anything.
Both of those Grindhouse posters look like they've been designed by a professional. Way too tasteful and boring.
As for the films themselves, I've supremely low expectations. Still, I guess they'll be better than Kill Bill, which admittedly isn't really saying anything.
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Wow, this actually does look really good! And it's even got MICHAEL BIEHN. That's cool. Had a discussion with some friends earlier about our favorite film heroes when in like fifth grade or something, and we all agreed that thanks to Terminator 1 & Aliens, Michael Biehn was definitely number one back then (Arnie was #2 ofcourse, no one liked Stallone, but Chuck Norris was also in high regard).
Gotta love the cast in this.
Gotta love the cast in this.
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Yeah, it's weird how his career never took off as it should have. I thought he also played a fantastically intense bad guy in The Abyss as well (The scene where it is revealed that he's cutting his arm repeated due to stress is a particuarly chilling moment in that film.). Nice to see Rodriguez giving him some work!Len wrote:Wow, this actually does look really good! And it's even got MICHAEL BIEHN.
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That trailer is basically an *extremely* edited-down version the preview footage they showed at San Diego. They dropped a number of scenes and cut most of the violence, gore and action from the trailer. Machete seems pretty intact from what I remember, though. It amazes he me how good this looks when I know it's a micro-version of a micro-trailer.
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I guess more than 3 hours would be pretty ridiculous. If they follow this formula, 75 + 75 + 30 (4 or 5 fake trailers maybe, cause keep in mind, trailers back then were long.) = 180 minutes, It would be perfect.
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If that were the case, it could become too much of a good thing. As much as I like John Waters, after a 90 minute movie of his, I can go a long time without seeing anything else by him. I don't think I could handle a 2 hr.+ film from him.
I think I'll have the same response to "Grindhouse". I am REALLY looking forward to this movie, but I just hope that they know when to say when.
I think I'll have the same response to "Grindhouse". I am REALLY looking forward to this movie, but I just hope that they know when to say when.
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Even with 110 pages of shooting script, we know that Rodriguez's edits will make it far shorter. Being that Rodriguez is shooting and helping to produce Death Proof, I think it's fair to assume he might help out in bringing the 130 pages down to something reasonable. 75 minutes each? I don't know, but one thing is possible... they may use the "missing reel" gag to eliminate 20 minutes from each film, thereby adding incentive to the home video releases.
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Entertainment Weekly has got some new pics up on their site.
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Here you go : Eli Roth's myspace page.
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Official Site
Teaser trailer
The footage from Tarantino's film looks pretty cool with Kurt Russell looking (and sounding) particularly bad-ass. Nice to see him playing a nasty bad guy for a change.
Teaser trailer
The footage from Tarantino's film looks pretty cool with Kurt Russell looking (and sounding) particularly bad-ass. Nice to see him playing a nasty bad guy for a change.
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It seems Tarantino has gotten his confidence back. I mean after Pulp Fiction he must've thought, aw shit. You know? The man seemed to go into Pulp Fiction with the utmost confidence. After it was received universally and he even got an Oscar for it, who knows how much it shook him to try and repeat it. Hopefully now, with him going back to the elements of cinema he loves, maybe he'll create another masterwork... Anyway, I'm pumped.