I took Denby's comment to mean that this movie was entirely made out of references to other movies - that there was nothing original about it.
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Jessica - Aug 24, 2009 7:37:07 am PDT #3890 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sean K - Aug 24, 2009 7:42:36 am PDT #3891 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Oh. Okay. That makes so much more sense.
I disagree completely that there was nothing original about it, but that comment makes more sense to me.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2009 7:47:28 am PDT #3892 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
My take was Jess' take on Denby's comment, but I am with Sean on disagreeing with it. For one thing, I've never seen a movie where not only the ability to speak another language, but to have an appropriate accent, and know all the cultural gestures, be a major plot point. Not that no other movie's done that, but I can't recall one off the top of my head. And that was just one strand.
Sean K - Aug 24, 2009 7:50:43 am PDT #3893 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Bon-JOR-no.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2009 7:51:23 am PDT #3894 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Air-reev-a-dear-chi!
Tom Scola - Aug 24, 2009 7:58:09 am PDT #3895 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I've never seen a movie where
Neither have I, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were some really obscure flick that Tarantino was paying homage to with that scene.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2009 8:02:38 am PDT #3896 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Neither have I, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were some really obscure flick that Tarantino was paying homage to with that scene.
From the interviews I've read, he said it was a reply to older movies like Where Eagles Dare where you just have to suspend disbelief and go along with the fact that Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood could freely mingle with Germans without giving themselves away verbally/culturally.
But that doesn't mean you're wrong either. QT is a cagey...basterd.
Tom Scola - Aug 24, 2009 8:13:55 am PDT #3897 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
By the way, I always use the German-style hand gesture to indicate "three". I wonder if I'm going to be outed as a German spy anytime soon.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 24, 2009 8:20:05 am PDT #3898 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hmm, I do to. I wonder if the three middle fingers is strictly a UK thing, or if it varies in the US depending on what part of the country you're in.
Sean K - Aug 24, 2009 8:26:38 am PDT #3899 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I do the three middle fingers thing. I totally would have given myself away as a spy.