TheKaeptain
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That's the best part of Deathproof.
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That's the best part of Deathproof.
Mrs. Manky
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I love Samuel L. Jackson, and I think he's an excellent actor. But I disagree with him filling roles that no one else can. There are a slew of black male actors who can do what SLJ does. Keith David (who can also sing), Idris Elba, Eamonn Walker (see Blood and Bone), Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams (AKA Omar)...and I'm sure there are GAFfers who can name more.
SLJ is amazing, but most importantly, he's proven and gives repeatable and known results. And he's willing to take on any role. Also, Hollywood is risk averse. Thus, Samuel L. Jackson is in everything.
Forsaken82
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i disagree. And it wasn't so much the dialogue but the characters speaking said dialogue. I like talky films. I love Tarantino character monologues, but when you have a early 20s/late teen character talking like they are some sort of uber Philosopher, it just doesn't work for me. I felt like the dialogue from Pineapple Express fit better in Deathproof than Deathproof dialogue did.
RedAssedApe
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So when's Avatar 2 coming out?
Eppy Thatcher
God's had his chance.
"Real Talk with Sammy J" would be saved on the DVR for all of time. Refreshing interview for sure...
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Only the movies starring are good
Clear
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Jackie Brown *is* the fucking bomb though. Easily the best thing QT has ever done, although I thoroughly admit to loving Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill part 1.
Deathproof I thought was pointless and uninvolving, and Inglorious was just too self indulgent and meandering by half, despite having some great stuff in it.
Tarantino needs to get back to telling stories, which is why JB was so good - it was a real story not just a bunch of sharply written dialogue.
Deathproof I thought was pointless and uninvolving, and Inglorious was just too self indulgent and meandering by half, despite having some great stuff in it.
Tarantino needs to get back to telling stories, which is why JB was so good - it was a real story not just a bunch of sharply written dialogue.
Nah, the best part of Deathproof is when the first group of super annoying girls dies horribly in a car crash. Too bad there wasn't the same payoff for the second group, and Kurt Russel's character has to go out like a bitch because of Girl Power or something.
It was really boring movie. I don't think the theme work.
SCULLIBUNDO
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It still absolutely blows my mind that the man that could give us a scene as perfect as this has been pumping out shit like The Happening, The Last Airbender and now what looks like Terra Nova: The Movie.
RustyNails
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I do think m night still has it. A man simply does not make sixth sense, unbreakable and signs and suddenly become crap. The village is where it started. All downhill from there. I hope will smith's kid's career doesnt end with after earth...
krypt0nian
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In my opinion M. night is the biggest and worst example of failed potential. Early on, the guy was slated to be the next Spielberg, then it all came crashing down, and now I don't think he has it in him to meet anything but his failed expectations.
Too bad too, as for a time, I believed in him completely. Unbreakable was on another level. If not the best superhero film, close to it.
Too bad too, as for a time, I believed in him completely. Unbreakable was on another level. If not the best superhero film, close to it.
Vigilant Walrus
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WOW. What a brilliant interview. So impressed with Jackson and his straight up no bullshit style.
I LOVE, Unbreakable. I love that film so much. The deleted scenes alone.. they are fucking terrifying.
And the quirp about Tarantino...
I think Jackie Brown is good, but it's not Pulp Fiction good. It's too much in love with itself, but then again, so is Death Proof and I love that to bits.
I LOVE, Unbreakable. I love that film so much. The deleted scenes alone.. they are fucking terrifying.
And the quirp about Tarantino...
I think Jackie Brown is good, but it's not Pulp Fiction good. It's too much in love with itself, but then again, so is Death Proof and I love that to bits.
Nope. He worked with Joaquin Phoenix on Signs and The Village, and Bryce Dallas Howard on The Village and Lady in the Water.
I disagree. Some directors has only one great movie in them. Some are slightly better and have two. I would put Ang Lee in the two great movies category. He (Lee) also has made many competent and watchable movies.
Shayamalan IMO is also a one/two great movie guy. Its just the rest of his movies are rehash of his previous ideas and these movies are crap.
TrumanBurbank
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I wish I could say After Earth will be his comeback, but a movie with Jaden Smith as lead isn't going to be anything great.
Hopefully the one after will be something special.
Hopefully the one after will be something special.
Ether_Snake
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What would really be the point of Unbreakable 2? The whole movie was about slowly realizing that the world was turning into a super-natural comic book world. Making a sequel would be pointless. At least I don't see what the reasoning to make it would be.
Count Dookkake
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OpinionatedCyborg
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then who was the matrix???
He's banned on GAF.
Well yeah, it's true that was the point of the movie. The problem is that it was a bad point, and the second group of girls was just as unlikeable as the first.
The only thing I remember was the closeup of the chick feet in that movie.
OpinionatedCyborg
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I thought Deathproof was amazing outside of the first 10 minutes. Once the girls get to the bar, it's awesome. The dialogue picks up and there's a lot of creepiness and tension. I'll have to watch it again, though. I've only seen it once when it was in theatres as part of Grindhouse. The audience was really lively and the whole experience was awesome, so that may be colouring my perception of Deathproo.
Before Kill Bill it was Tarantino's best.
Elmore Leonard stories make for awesome movies - Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, Out of Sight, etc.
OpinionatedCyborg
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Jackie Brown is a good film, but I think a good 15 - 20 minutes could've been removed and it would've been a lot better. Also, the colour palette is really drab... for some reason, most of my memories of it centre around the department store's depressing greys.
The color palette is "old 70's Southern California styles that have aged into the 90's", it's hard to explain but it really nailed something about this area.
I don't get it
What do you mean only the movies starring are good? I don't understand what you mean but English is not my first language.
You are talking about Signs specifically?
90TilInfinity
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Samuel L Jackson has always been that dude. Peep this:
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