Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

[mr. sunshine 2824]

Didn’t initially appreciate the Kill Bills but after repeated viewings I can’t pass up the sword fight in the snow and Uma escaping from the grave 

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2061]

1 hour ago, mr. sunshine said:

Uma escaping from the grave 

I watch old Mike Tyson highlights and always think Iron Mike would be the all time champion of that training she has to do where she punches from the length on her fingers.  When he gets close to the other guy it seems impossible the force he generates.  Anyway Michael Madsen would be outta luck trying to bury him. 

[mr. sunshine 2824]

It’s neat to discuss some of the best movies of the last quarter century or so and then debating the overratedness of their writer and/or director.

Surly on, surly 

Edited July 20, 2021 by mr. sunshine

[Nivek 16923]

Seriously. Everytime I hear that or even read it, it makes me... well... uh.... flinch.

Bone Tomahawk has a scene that makes me cringe. I think this is appropriate usage of that term.

[tantric superman 4667]

1 hour ago, Nivek said:

Bone Tomahawk has a scene that makes me cringe. I think this is appropriate usage of that term.

I still have one testicle that hasn't yet re-descended after seeing that scene.

[MAUFRAIS 6619]

When he treats that one dude like a flapper wing?

[Ignatius 4017]

Kill bills suck…

[Underdog 28580]

Shut your whore mouth up! 

[Nivek 16923]

Kill bills suck…

Aren’t you from Buffalo?

[William Wallace 106]

Good movie, need to rewatch, so this was the controversy,...

 

 

Edited July 22, 2021 by William Wallace

[JohnnyRage 1617]

1 hour ago, William Wallace said:

Good movie, need to rewatch, so this was the controversy,...

 

 

 

[Trey3216 15345]

Watching right now for the first time since I saw it in the thee-ate-er 3 times.  Just a fucking masterpiece     Holy shit, what a film 

[mdleast 8289]

Finished the book. Highly recommended if you’re a fan of the film.

[tantric superman 4667]

Got the audiobook, and gave up in five minutes.  Narrated by Jennifer Jason Leigh, with the most horrific lazy vocal fry I have ever heard, and I've heard, and hated, a lot.

How they let this be released is beyond me.

Going to pick up the book.  I thought this would be a good one for the audio, but not with that voice.

 

[Deej 76755]

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13576]

On 7/26/2019 at 9:22 AM, washparkhorn said:

Great flick - but I am afraid the unwashed masses will miss the point. 1969 was a pivotal year in Hollywood. Sharon Tate was the "It girl" - ascendant in her stardom. QT was a six year old boy in the backwater midwest who idolized cinema and its stars. The movie is a tale with a hero's arc fleshed out in its characters. I saw it as QT's most personal film to date. While others were dreaming of the moon, he was dreaming of the Golden Era of Hollywood. 

Ignore the unwashed and see the movie. Don't read reviews (which are almost universally positive) and immerse yourself in the film looking for the breadcrumbs. They are there. Five years from now you will be glad you went. 

I can't go thru all 15 pages in one sitting, so siap, the first 10 minutes of this interview with QT speaks to this post the most(est)

...and this 12 episode season of You Must Remember This plunges into the cultural split of 1969. 

http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2020/1/20/charles-mansons-hollywood

 

[MAUFRAIS 6619]

Finally getting around to reading the book, and putting this on in the background:

[RomaVicta 29902]

On 7/10/2021 at 10:57 PM, Eskimohorn said:

Pretty random? The whole movie you experience a sense of dread, especially watching the fetching Margot Robbie portray the vibrant Sharon Tate. You see this magnificent human go to the movie theater thrilled to see herself in the movie. You think, “Good god, she’s about to get filleted by some damn hippies!” And she’s pregnant. Fuck!

You’re wondering how Rick and Cliff are mixed up in this. Then the alternate ending. It’s amazing. The ultimate redemption. And if you have no clue about Manson or Sharon Tate, maybe you don’t have those thoughts and you miss out.

I can understand the criticism of many of Tarantino’s films as self-indulgent or overly long. The best movies are usually streamlined. Economic. No wasted scenes. Still, there was a lot of meat in this one.

[jdhorn92 1545]

I'm a big Pulp Fiction fan.  IMO this movie set the standard for the out of chronological-order story line.  To me, many of the QT films have a bit of noir like feel to them, similar to Nightcrawler.  PF also gave new life to Travolta, who went on to do Get Shorty not long after, though PF dwarfed GS in $$.  People forget the budget for PF was only $6-$8M iirc, however  Miramax did pick it up.

[futureman 22444]

21 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

I'm a big Pulp Fiction fan.  IMO this movie set the standard for the out of chronological-order story line.  To me, many of the QT films have a bit of noir like feel to them, similar to Nightcrawler.  PF also gave new life to Travolta, who went on to do Get Shorty not long after, though PF dwarfed GS in $$.  People forget the budget for PF was only $6-$8M iirc, however  Miramax did pick it up.

cool. 

[Buzzrock 14902]

I'm a big Pulp Fiction fan.  IMO this movie set the standard for the out of chronological-order story line.  To me, many of the QT films have a bit of noir like feel to them, similar to Nightcrawler.  PF also gave new life to Travolta, who went on to do Get Shorty not long after, though PF dwarfed GS in $$.  People forget the budget for PF was only $6-$8M iirc, however  Miramax did pick it up.

Wikipedia says 8-8.5M, vs 90-96M for OUaTiH. Amazing.

[Buzzrock 14902]

Pulp Fiction made 25x its budget at the box office, OUaTiH made just under 4x.

[tbone_ 14110]

100 x 4 better than 25 x 8

[Deej 76755]

[Buzzrock 14902]

100 x 4 better than 25 x 8

Yeah but them’s 1996 dollars

[henrygandorf 29189]

2 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

Yeah but them’s 1996 dollars

[MAUFRAIS 6619]

Good ol’ Lenny

[tbone_ 14110]

Watched this last night with my 15yo daughter who’s into DiCaprio movies and was begging me to watch a Tarantino movie.

I had to explain a little bit but she loved it. She’s turning into a movie buff. She may end up alright after all.

[MAUFRAIS 6619]

Does she look like a bitch?

[Eskimohorn 5630]

Does she look like a bitch?

What?!?

[Buzzrock 14902]

Nailed it

[Native Horn 3498]

1 hour ago, Eskimohorn said:

What?!?

SAY WHAT ONE MORE TIME, MOTHERPLUNKER!! 

(AMC version)

[lateshow 1304]

13 minutes ago, Native Horn said:

SAY WHAT ONE MORE TIME, MOTHERPLUNKER!! 

(AMC version)

English mother fucker. Do you speak it? 

[tbone_ 14110]

I’m trying Ringo. I’m trying real hard.

[Biff Tannen 45665]

11 hours ago, Native Horn said:

SAY WHAT ONE MORE TIME, MOTHERPLUNKER!! 

(AMC version)

This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!

[futureman 22444]

On 1/6/2022 at 6:22 PM, MAUFRAIS said:

Good ol’ Lenny

some say he’s part hound dog. 

[MAUFRAIS 6619]

If you liked the movie, the book is fuckin’ great.

He wrote himself as a director and a little kid into it, and I wrote down 20 movies to watch from the references.

Now I want to watch it again.

[nycHorn 2994]

He wrote himself as a director and a little kid into it, and I wrote down 20 movies to watch from the references.

[MAUFRAIS 6619]

I am curious yellow
The sweet body of Deborah
The bridge
A bunch of kirosawas
Movies starring aldo ray

I’ve already downloaded a lot of stuff from the list so it’s all in my giant movie tsundoku. Those are the ones I can remember.

Sorry. More of just a recommendation for folks who liked the movie that they will probably like the book.

[HoustonFrog 368]

If you liked the movie, the book is fuckin’ great.

He wrote himself as a director and a little kid into it, and I wrote down 20 movies to watch from the references.

Now I want to watch it again.

I just finished the book. I thought it was good, not great. It definitely answered a few of the questions from the movie.

[futureman 22444]

4 hours ago, HoustonFrog said:

I just finished the book. I thought it was good, not great. It definitely answered a few of the questions from the movie.

does the book address cliff booth shooting his wife with the harpoon gun?

[mdleast 8289]

It does

[Deej 76755]

Yep. Cliff is a bit darker in the book.

Edited January 13, 2022 by Deej

[futureman 22444]

so he’s a murderer?

[Deej 76755]

Yes 

[henrygandorf 29189]

[MAUFRAIS 6619]

so he’s a murderer?

[futureman 22444]

that’s distressing. I found him to be the most morally sound character in the film. 

[Underdog 28580]

If the wife in the book was anything like the movie, she deserved the harpoon.  

[futureman 22444]

morally sound probably wasn’t the best description. principled, maybe.