Look, I understand you think Quentin Tarantino is an overrated hack, but please stop referring to Reservoir Dogs as a City on Fire remake. It's very disrespectful to him and fans of that film (such as myself).

I see Tarantino sort of the same way as Radiohead in that both of them bring elements of the underground/avant garde to the mainstream, and mainstream music/film is all the better for it.

And From Dusk Till Dawn deserves at least a 7. I didn't even know there were sequels--seemed pretty conclusive to me.

Back To The Future 2

*long rant deleted*

What's disrespectful is that Tarantino stole key scenes and dialogue from another movie and gave no credit to the director until he was threatened to be sued. I still like Reservoir Dogs, hence my rating. Regardless, the film is technically a remake -- it's a version of a film that's already been made. I am taking a guess you haven't watched City on Fire, nor has most Tarantino fans (though, honestly, most probably wouldn't because they don't want to read subtitles, for whatever reason).

Either way, I am curious what exactly you find "Avant garde" about his work? Seems like he's just some dude in love with Hark, Lam, Scorsese, DePalma, Kar-Wai, Godard... nothing original at all, and certainly not as deep as any of the aforementioned directors. He's not bad, but the constant hero worship thrown at him is baffling. His work is just a bit too shallow for me, but I won't deny that he's done some entertaining stuff. He's a good exploitation director. And if he can get people into better films, then.. well.. that's respectable. I would have never have known about the masterpiece ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU CHOU if it wasn't for him, so I gotta give him that. That's about it, though.

Been I watching some great stuff in the past few days..

Jon Jost's Homecoming - 8/10

Geo-Lobotomy - 7/10

Peppermint Candy - 7/10
Goodburger - 8/10


the rebirth - 8/10

One of the saddest movies ever.

It's really absurd how great Jon Jost is. I've only seen 7 of his 25 movies and they've all been 8's, 9's, with one 10. He has been directing for nearly 40 years and is pretty much unknown. Ridiculous. He's just mindblowing. HIGHLY reccomended.


Also, reccomend this..


REVANCHE

officially comes out in a few weeks through criterion.

lawnmower man


whoa/10

Watched cool as ice. Fucking badass.

Am downloading amacord, kazaam, and 71 fragments at the moment. ohhh!

I don't really get what's supposed to be so great about it?
I like the acting
nice plot (somehow very similar to Scanners)
shot in a detached theatrical style


Don't get me wrong, it's a good movie but I prefer lots of lhis other work.


anyways,
watched Videodrome again last night. Sometimes I forget how great that movie actually is.
My favourite by him.


and I watched some Haneke movies lately
Funny Games (Austrian version)
6.5/10, one of his weakest

Das Weiße Band
8/10, good but overrated


edit:
ha,

just got posted while i wrote

You'll love it.

i love amarcord. very touching film.
i saw ghost in a shell. great movie. might watch akira later

I like the atmosphere in the Dead Zone quite a bit. The music.. I dunno.. everything about it.. it has something I can't put my finger on.

Fav. Cronenberg is Videodrome, of course.

I am about to watch THE PIANO TEACHER before I go to sleep.

the Rebirth looks interesting,i'd like to see his Man Walking on Snow too.

I can't get into watching anything much recently,but i watched these-

Bus Panic

Worst Contact

my damn sisters and her friends made me watch it.

along with childs play... alien.. etcetcetc

"its fine, nothing is going to happen, sit down!!"

crap yes, I was typing MACHETE and thinking about THANKSGIVING. BTW Machete is done. And Lindsay's in it!!!

I never really figured out what he did for Sin City? And also, you didn't rate Curdled.

car dialogue between owen and del toro?
he rated it, 5.
you cracka!

am I making this up, or did Scott Spiegel direct From Dusk Till Dawn 3?

The thing I like best are his sound tracks he always puts those golden nuggets buried under the million dollar songs. Jackie Brown's soundtrack
with the plot with the acting makes it a 5/5 for me. Like Rob it's probably my favorite then again talk to me tomorrow and it maybe Pulp Fiction

the Death Proof soundtrack is unbelievable.

There was music on Deathproof? I did not notice because of the HORRID SUCK

haha high five