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Another quality film by a quality film director, really enjoyed this film if you're familiar with Quentin Tarantino films it has a lot of his quirks like lots of violence and blood, strong performances, creative shots, movie references, etc it is also probably his most funny movie I've seen as well, although

his depiction of black slavery is treated as gruesome events so it's not like they're making fun of these horrible events in history, I'll add that Jamie Foxx's nuts make an appearance in the film so if you want to see his nuts this is the film to see.

I thought it was a very well done film. There is definitely nothing sympathetic about the portrayal of slavery in the film, and rightly so. It's probably the most violent Tarantino film so far (and that's saying something) so I would definitely advise discretion if you have trouble with extreme violence.

I liked Jamie Foxx a lot in this film, I've never seen him anything before but his character's is neat in the sense he doesn't talk much and his soft spoken but his facial expressions are real descriptive of his character's emotional state.

Yeah, he did an outstanding job. Christoph Waltz was also excellent, as usual.

I've always wanted to see Jamie Foxxxxx's nuts. It's the one thing missing in 'Dreamgirls'.


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 Cheesecat wrote:
Another quality film by a quality film director, really enjoyed this film if you're familiar with Quentin Tarantino films it has a lot of his quirks like lots of violence and blood, strong performances, creative shots, movie references, etc it is also probably his most funny movie I've seen as well, although

I'm familiar with the films he copies. Sorry "homages".

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:
Another quality film by a quality film director, really enjoyed this film if you're familiar with Quentin Tarantino films it has a lot of his quirks like lots of violence and blood, strong performances, creative shots, movie references, etc it is also probably his most funny movie I've seen as well, although

I'm familiar with the films he copies. Sorry "homages".

You used the word 'homage' incorrectly, incidentally.

I understand how Fenrir feels, though. On occasion his pastiche of films crosses the line to parody, though that line will vary from person to person, as well as tolerance of one blatant film reference after another. I don't care much for Kill Bill Vol. I because of that, but I enjoyed Kill Bill vol. 2. On volume 1 I just kept seeing his head pop up in the corner and yell "I've seen The Five Deadly Venoms!" *wink*. Of course it might have been the cough medicine I was taking at the time too.

 Cheesecat wrote:
I liked Jamie Foxx a lot in this film, I've never seen him anything before but his character's is neat in the sense he doesn't talk much and his soft spoken but his facial expressions are real descriptive of his character's emotional state.

Seriously? Hes one of those incredibly talented actors that you rarely hear about until he pops up and wows people. Watch "Ray" his portrayal of Ray Charles is fething spooky. You forget that the man is really dead, and not acting as himself

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:I'm familiar with the films he copies. Sorry "homages".

Oh, please do tell... which films has he copied? I would love to know.

 azazel the cat wrote:

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:I'm familiar with the films he copies. Sorry "homages".

Oh, please do tell... which films has he copied? I would love to know.

To many to list off here, but if you have ever seen an interview with him he'd be happy to tell them to you. That he is, essentially, and idiot savant of 'B movies' is no secret, and neither is it that much of his films are a patchwork of references, either subtle or overt, to those films.

Ahtman wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:I'm familiar with the films he copies. Sorry "homages".

Oh, please do tell... which films has he copied? I would love to know.

To many to list off here, but if you have ever seen an interview with him he'd be happy to tell them to you. That he is, essentially, and idiot savant of 'B movies' is no secret, and neither is it that much of his films are a patchwork of references, either subtle or overt, to those films.

Ah, so now making a reference to something is copying? I'll admit that many of Tarantino's ideas are derivative, but I think too many people incorrectly accuse him of copying prior work.

There's nothing wrong with telling an old story again, in a new way.

Tarantino films are a hell of a lot more creative than a multitude of other Hollywood movies. Those who think he simply copies other films wouldn't know a piece of art if it kicked them in the fething teeth.

 Hordini wrote:
There's nothing wrong with telling an old story again, in a new way.

Tarantino films are a hell of a lot more creative than a multitude of other Hollywood movies. Those who think he simply copies other films wouldn't know a piece of art if it kicked them in the fething teeth.

Yeah, but a part of me kind of would want to see him branch out from his own cliches but on the other hand he handles his material so well that I enjoy it anyways. I think Jackie Brown is probably one of his more mature films because it doesn't have any cool lead characters they're fairly

normal people, the B-movie references aren't as blatant and the violence isn't as graphic yet it it is an entertaining film that remains distinctly Quentin Tarantino in style (without having to resort to all his cliches) while heading into new territory at the same time.

 azazel the cat wrote:

Ahtman wrote:

 azazel the cat wrote:

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:I'm familiar with the films he copies. Sorry "homages".

Oh, please do tell... which films has he copied? I would love to know.

To many to list off here, but if you have ever seen an interview with him he'd be happy to tell them to you. That he is, essentially, and idiot savant of 'B movies' is no secret, and neither is it that much of his films are a patchwork of references, either subtle or overt, to those films.

Ah, so now making a reference to something is copying? I'll admit that many of Tarantino's ideas are derivative, but I think too many people incorrectly accuse him of copying prior work.

Sometimes it is and sometimes it isn't. There isn't inherently anything wrong with copying, as it isn't quite the same as plagiarism after all, and copying is a time honored tradition. Would you feel better if we called it stealing?

 Hordini wrote:

Tarantino films are a hell of a lot more creative than a multitude of other Hollywood movies. Those who think he simply copies other films wouldn't know a piece of art if it kicked them in the fething teeth.

Even Deathproof? Jesus that was hard work to sit through. Not bothered with anything since as he seems to just cruise through on autopilot now.

Jackie Brown is still his best film.

 Ahtman wrote:

To many to list off here, but if you have ever seen an interview with him he'd be happy to tell them to you.

This is what I like about him. I like the man, but I think he can do a lot better than the fan catering stuff he's knocking out now.



Thinking about it a bit more, I would really like to see Tarantino have another go at a horror film.

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:
Jackie Brown is still his best film.

Fenrir Kitsune wrote:

 Hordini wrote:

Tarantino films are a hell of a lot more creative than a multitude of other Hollywood movies. Those who think he simply copies other films wouldn't know a piece of art if it kicked them in the fething teeth.

Even Deathproof? Jesus that was hard work to sit through. Not bothered with anything since as he seems to just cruise through on autopilot now.

Jackie Brown is still his best film.

 Ahtman wrote:

To many to list off here, but if you have ever seen an interview with him he'd be happy to tell them to you.

This is what I like about him. I like the man, but I think he can do a lot better than the fan catering stuff he's knocking out now.



Thinking about it a bit more, I would really like to see Tarantino have another go at a horror film.

I'm not sure if it's even fan catering stuff as I genuinely think that's just what Quentin Tarantino loves doing he likes seeing violence, foul language, cool characters, b-movie references, creative cinematography, etc in his movies although it would be nice to see him branching out from his

own conventions as he is a very talented director and I believe he is more than capable of producing high-quality films without always imitating his other work (he did it with Jackie Brown but he hasn't broken from his own formula since). But still it's hard to get mad at him as his

cinematography is so creative, his stories are interesting and the acting performances are really strong but still he is becoming somewhat repetitious with his style.

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 Cheesecat wrote:
I liked Jamie Foxx a lot in this film, I've never seen him anything before but his character's is neat in the sense he doesn't talk much and his soft spoken but his facial expressions are real descriptive of his character's emotional state.

Seriously? Hes one of those incredibly talented actors that you rarely hear about until he pops up and wows people. Watch "Ray" his portrayal of Ray Charles is fething spooky. You forget that the man is really dead, and not acting as himself

Seeing him play Electro in Spiderman 2 is going to be awesome.