Inglourious Basterds is probably his best movie (yeah, I said it.)

4/23/2013 11:17:28 PM

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" I'm not a Tarantino aficionado or anything, why do so many people dislike it? I thought the dialogue was awesome, the tension was built extremely well with each scene and the cinematography was great. And the villain absolutely stole the show. "

Like Death Proof, most haters will argue that there is way too much dialogue and very little character development.

4/24/2013 1:09:33 AM

wat

4/24/2013 1:26:11 AM

^ Virtually every scene is dialogue overkill: the scene in the tavern is the most egregious example. And non of the characters really change from the beginning to the end of the movie. Waltz got his academy award because of how well he made his character switch from pure evil to being a benevolent grandpa figure.

Django has a lot of scenes that are not just witty banter, and both Dr. Shultz and Django make clear progressions and develop individual characteristics throughout the movie.

[Edited on April 24, 2013 at 1:41 AM. Reason : hj]

4/24/2013 1:40:56 AM

The scene in the tavern is full of beautifully crafted tension. It's a bit more than "witty banter"

4/24/2013 1:56:53 AM

^ I feel the same way, but there are a large group of tarantino haters that don't like scenes like that because it tends to drag on and on with no real character development. Tons of tention and banter, but little character development.

Django is so good because both Django and Shultz adapt to the situation that they are in and adapt: Django turns into a killer bounty hunter, and shultz's character gains a new meaning in life when granted the opportunity to give somebody their freedom. It is very ironic that as a career he takes like away, but he himself dies so that life can be given to somebody else.

If you can find anything like that in IB, I am all ears.

[Edited on April 24, 2013 at 2:21 AM. Reason : hj]

4/24/2013 2:14:43 AM

i'm not arguing that.

it's not that kind of movie.

but comparing its dialogue and character development to death proof's is just silly

4/24/2013 2:52:53 AM

that tavern scene in basterds was definitely better after a second viewing

4/24/2013 10:51:20 AM

the tavern scene is amazing. haters gonna hate, i guess.

4/24/2013 12:33:15 PM

Is this is the Red Box yet? Its seems like something that I would watch.

4/24/2013 6:10:26 PM

yeah, it's at redbox now. And it has been for a couple of weeks, so there's a good chance you can get it whenever.

4/24/2013 7:35:36 PM

Redboxed this last night. It was awesome.

7/2/2013 11:05:14 AM

First.. finally saw Django over the weekend and really liked it.


Second...the Tavern scene in IB is amazing. It's one of the best acts in the film. If I catch it on TV i usually watch up through the Tavern scene and then change the channel.

7/2/2013 11:33:27 AM

Just watched this for the first time. Did anyone else feel like the film switched directors every 20 minutes?

Also, who was the woman with the half-covered face? They showed her maybe 3 times and it felt like she would have some significance but I don't think it ever played out.

11/3/2014 4:58:04 PM

this movie is edited weirdly. it doesn't have the same editing techniques as his other films. (I believe Tarantino used a different editor on this film than usual)

I heard there were tons of delete scenes with her( masked woman) doing god knows what.
But the actress is Zoe Bell who is a highly respected stunt woman. She is the one riding the hood of the car in Death Proof.


[/Tarantino nerd]

11/3/2014 5:09:59 PM

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"I believe Tarantino used a different editor on this film than usual"

Sally Menke, the editor of all his previous films, died before Django

11/3/2014 5:15:30 PM

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"The most mysterious character in the film has to be the female tracker played by Death Proof's Bell, who has her face covered throughout the movie; she never speaks, but gets a long, slow close-up right before she dies. And before that there is a scene in which she meaningfully looks into a stereopticon at what seems to imply that she and Django knew each other as kids. The script offers no clue, but Goggins confirmed to Indiewire that there was something cut out of that part, saying, “Yeah, you don’t really get anything from her character but she’s lethal" but declining to elaborate."

more: http://www.eonline.com/news/381982/django-unchained-mystery-woman-zoe-bell-spills-on-her-cameo-and-the-sneaky-secret-under-her-mask

[Edited on November 3, 2014 at 5:16 PM. Reason : ]

11/3/2014 5:16:13 PM

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"Sally Menke, the editor of all his previous films, died before Django"

yeah make sense. I remember telling someone after I watched it that it felt weird. and watched it a second time I deduced it was with the editing. It's not nearly as sharp as his other films. it's clear.

11/3/2014 5:20:33 PM

I watched went to watch this the first week it was out in theaters and absolutely loved it.

Then I watched it a few months later at home and thought it sucked.

11/3/2014 5:58:03 PM

So you're bipolar.

11/6/2014 11:59:21 PM

Just saw this movie last night.

Thought it was his best movie. Kept my interest and didn't drag out like some of his others.

1/3/2015 8:38:05 AM

I'd much rather re-watch Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill.

1/3/2015 11:38:44 AM

^^ agreed. I also watched it last night on netflix and it is definitely one of tarantino's best ones.

1/3/2015 3:15:49 PM

^^this

1/5/2015 1:05:52 AM