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.
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
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Sean K - Aug 18, 2009 9:36:37 am PDT #3742 of 30000
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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?
DavidS - Aug 18, 2009 2:04:38 pm PDT #3749 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This time?
Seriously. The list of "homages" in Pulp Fiction runs to like sixty pages. But if people haven't seen HK classics like City on Fire or 70s grit like Charley Varrick they'll never know.
Ditto for Kill Bill and Death Proof.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 18, 2009 4:16:20 pm PDT #3750 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And he's not exactly shy about acknowledging them, either. He want necessarily volunteer them (though he does on some), but if they get noticed he'll talk all day about them.
DavidS - Aug 18, 2009 4:24:20 pm PDT #3751 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The one that always hauled me up short was the "hard men with pliers and a blow torch" line that he stole from Charley Varrick.