Wow, this review of Inglorious Basterds makes it sound like an incredible film. I might just have to see it, even though I usually find Tarantino films tiresomely self-indulgent.
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
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Kathy A - Aug 18, 2009 9:17:47 am PDT #3739 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Sue - Aug 18, 2009 9:21:44 am PDT #3740 of 30000
hip deep in pie
That's funny Kathy, I just finished reading the one in the New Yorker which eviscerated the movie and Tarantino.
le nubian - Aug 18, 2009 9:35:09 am PDT #3741 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
The comments I heard 4 months ago seemed to indicate this is a TERRIBLE movie. However, Bill Maher seemed to think it was really funny.
Sean K - Aug 18, 2009 9:36:37 am PDT #3742 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I think it will probably fall to whether you like Tarantino or not. A good friend of mine gave a review, and she loved it. Thought it was his best since Pulp Fiction. But she likes Tarantino.
Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2009 9:43:11 am PDT #3743 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I like Tarantino as well, but I preferred Planet Terror to Death Proof and haven't seen Jackie Brown.
Jon B. - Aug 18, 2009 10:52:34 am PDT #3744 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
New trailer for James Cameron's Avatar! [link]
Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2009 10:55:17 am PDT #3745 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Awesome!! That looks AMAZING.
DawnK - Aug 18, 2009 11:08:15 am PDT #3746 of 30000
giraffe mode
But she likes Tarantino.
The company I work for was at Cannes this year, and 2 of my co-workers saw it there. One liked it but said there was much gore and yuk, and one hated it with a passion. The buzz at Cannes was that it was that it was terrible so YMMV.
erikaj - Aug 18, 2009 11:16:00 am PDT #3747 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Did they boo? Sorry...one-track mind.
Strega - Aug 18, 2009 1:47:25 pm PDT #3748 of 30000
I think I remember that the Cannes version was an early rough cut. But I always enjoy Tarantino so we'll see it this weekend.
And both of the above reviews confused me for different reasons, but this bit from Denby really jumped out:
Tarantino has gone past his usual practice of decorating his movies with homages to others. This time, he has pulled the film-archive door shut behind him—there’s hardly a flash of light indicating that the world exists outside the cinema except as the basis of a nutbrain fable.
This time?