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Betsy HP - Apr 26, 2005 7:56:53 am PDT #2179 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Betsy HP - Apr 26, 2005 7:56:56 am PDT #2180 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I saw Pulp Fiction and both admired it and vowed never, ever to see another Tarantino movie.
People keep making Reservoir Dogs references in my presence. Anybody care to give me the five-minute summary? What's all this about shooting people in warehouses, for instance?
Nutty - Apr 26, 2005 8:05:11 am PDT #2181 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Reservoir Dogs: 6 guys in identical suits pull off a heist; the heist is botched; the guys attempt to reassemble at the meeting point; the personalities of the 6 guys end up determining who lives and who dies.
The characters are sort of types, although very vibrant types. The key relationship is one between a veteran thief and his presumed protege, the latter of whom is shot right as the movie begins and spends two hours bleeding to death while the plot unfolds in present tense and flashback.
In a lot of ways, I found the film warm and humane. And gross, but humane. Whereas, Pulp Fiction felt to me like a soulless beauty shot.
tommyrot - Apr 26, 2005 8:07:19 am PDT #2182 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There is also an infamous torture scene.
erikaj - Apr 26, 2005 8:07:42 am PDT #2183 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
These guys that hardly know each other rob a diamond wholesaler...a bank? I wasn't sure, but they end up hiding in this warehouse, after one of their guys gets shotand lies there bleeding all movie long. They have a patrolman hostage and somebody cuts his ear off while enjoying 70s radio and... I know that's not it... Betsy, you'd like "Jackie Brown," maybe...it's QT mixed with Elmore Leonard.
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2005 8:07:44 am PDT #2184 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I adore Reservoir Dogs. I'm not sure how I'd describe it to sell it -- it's criminal, stylish, bloody.
And I'm most pointedly not a QT fan. Aside from RD and Jackie Brown I find him navel-gazing and smug.
erikaj - Apr 26, 2005 8:08:53 am PDT #2185 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
It upset me but I couldn't stop watching.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 26, 2005 8:14:12 am PDT #2186 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
They have a patrolman hostage and somebody cuts his ear off while enjoying 70s radio and...
"Clowns to the left of me...jokers to the right; here I am - stuck in the middle with you!"
eta Gives a whole new meaning to the term "earworm".
erikaj - Apr 26, 2005 8:16:45 am PDT #2187 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Wrod, and groan.
Strega - Apr 26, 2005 8:28:29 am PDT #2188 of 10002
I always think of Resevoir Dogs as a Greek tragedy. If you ignore the flashbacks and flourishes, it certainly has the Aristotelian unities. Plus, lots of loyalty issues. And lots of blood.