Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[mronegative]

True Romance?

He wrote that, Natural Born Killers and Reservoir Dogs all around the same time. He wanted to act, but they didn't want him so he wrote for himself, Sly Stallone style. Then they didn't want him to direct and gave Romance to Tony Scott and Killers to Oliver Stone. So finally he directed Reservoir himself.

There's actually a cut online with True Romance organized the way it was in the script. Tony Scott did a really good job directing, but that's Tony Scott...he makes straightforward, gritty with a leash, pop classics. In the script, it was originally Pulp Fiction/Reservoir Dogs/Kill Bill style out-of-order storytelling. But it still feels like a Tarantino film, either way.

No one's recommending Killers, because Oliver Stone changed the tone and script so much, that Tarantino doesn't even want his name on it. And that's a guy who really, really loves his own name.

It's not a bad film, just more of an Oliver Stone thing than a QT thing.

 

[iYen]

Putting alot of pictures in spoilers is recommended.. It makes browsing on a phone easier.

And I wish I liked the Kill Bill movies as much as others do. I appreciate them and see the appeal but they're not as highly ranked for me.

He intended on not doing that.

If it were me, I might have put the pix in a spoiler.

 

[CP1708]

Hopper/Walken scene is the most QT thing ever.

Followed by Slater/Oldman dialogue.

You can FEEL QT directing that movie without him directing it.

 

[mronegative]

Frank Underwood would be proud.

I'll raise you.

 

[davidme00]

just watched "being john malkovich" and wow... one of the best movies i've seen,

it was entertaining and really smart..

at one point i laughed so hard that tears came out, which is very rare.

i didnt read anything about it and went in completely unaware, and man, im so glad i did that.

the movie is incredible, the cast the plot and the way spike jonze directed this was awesome.

interdasting

 

[darthska]

[quote name="CP"]Go Four Rooms. It's 4 stories, he directs on of them. Not the whole thing.

True, he wrote it, not directed, but trust me, its important.

Jackie.

Death Proof

Then Django. Then, we type. [/quote] [quote name="DarthSka" ]True Romance?[/quote]

 

[CP1708]

True......he wrote it. That's True Romance. Too lazy to type Romance.

#2

 

[david bowman]

It ain't white boy day is it?

 

[Master Zik]

That 4th wall vid made me realize I have not watched many Woody Allen films. Which are the must see ones?

Putting alot of pictures in spoilers is recommended.. It makes browsing on a phone easier.

And I wish I liked the Kill Bill movies as much as others do. I appreciate them and see the appeal but they're not as highly ranked for me.

I feel the same way about that and Bastards. Great but not the instant love for it like I have for the others.

 

[big j 33]

Woody isn't for everyone... At least not ALL of his movies. He's got such a great resume that you're bound to find some you like. One of the benefits of doing a movie every year for decades.

He's the director I'm focusing on right now. I usually have an actor,, writer, director that I'm working through at a time. So one woody movie, one not... Then repeat until I get tired of that person or I've seen ever everything

 

[mronegative]

That's another one. I caught 5 minutes of Annie Hall in hs and called it a day on Woody for the longest.

Finally gave in a few years back and watched Match Point and Vicky Cristina Barcelona, cuz everyone kept going on and on about how not like regular Woody movies they were. Kinda loved both of em. Those cemented ScarJo for me. And Vicky and Volver had me thinking maybe Penelope's just been taking the wrong roles or something.

And then I saw Midnight in Paris, cuz they hyped the hell of that, but that's about it.

When I look at the list of movies he's made....that just looks unreasonable.
Especially hearing how hit and miss and polarizing and samey he is.

 

[duba169]

Manhattn, love and deth, small time crooks, whatever works, Annie hall

I think those are a good mix of the past and more current movies you should check. Those are pretty much my favorite ones off the top of my head. I hated Vicky chritsina

Sleeper has been on my to watch list for years

 

[big j 33]

Just watched Sleeper.. Hilarious.

Bullets over Broadway is great too. I'll givea rrun down of my favorites and recs soon

 

[lawdog1]

I'm not a huge Woody fan, but I've liked a few of his films. Match Point is probably my favorite. My parents swear by Hannah and Her Sisters. I do not recommend Deconstructing Harry.

 

[JCMojica24]

Just finished up Skyfall

 

[whoshotcha]

I didn't love Skyfall nearly as much as the majority.. Casino Royal was way better IMO

 

[lawdog1]

I caught the movie Bottle Shock on Showtime the other day. Nice little movie about how California wines started to get some international respect in the 1970s. Kind of slow, but if the subject matter interests you, it's good. Solid performances by Alan Rickman and Bill Pullman. If "wine" movies can be considered a sub-genre, I'd rate Sideways higher, but this was pretty good too.

 

[MetalMario]

one of my favourite films ever... Children of Men, every time i watch it I learn new subliminal history as to how they got there with every character. plus the cinematography is just perfect

 

[tommyicerocking]

i wanna watch Fresh so bad

 

[pabstblueribbon]

FRESH

Crooklyn also is

 

[jonathango]

 

[tommyicerocking]

i am missing out on so much great films

 

[mitchellicious]

Nic Cage trying to run in any film is some of the funniest stuff I've ever seen. Dude moves like his joints are made from balsa wood

 

[Master Zik]

i am missing out on so much great films

I hadn't seen Fresh in years before I watched it some time late last year. Truly a great movie. I notice as a whole they do not make hood movies at the quality they used to it seems after hip hop really opened ppl's eyes to inner workings of the ghetto ppl moved on to the next thing in the 2000s.

You taking it back with Bad Boys though I hope that narrator isn't dead. He make anything sound badass. That voice, just the whole format of that trailer constantly saying the title after every little scene, the dialogue. "Only one person left believes in Mick O'Brien, that's Mick O'Brien" The 80s was something else

 

[pabstblueribbon]

Question.

Never seen KIDS.

am i missing out or it is one of those movies you have to at least see once