Over-rated / terrible movies?
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Damn, I'll have to go back and watch it again now
Completely agree about the Godfather films.
Another one is Pulp Fiction. Apparently the 8th best movie of all time on IMDB. Wow.
I don't really take issue with any others in the IMDB top 50 except for these. EDIT: Apart from all of the LOTR films as below.
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Pulp Fiction is one of the best films ever made. A true classic. It's one of the best plots and dialogue of any film, ever.
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Much like everything by Tarantino, I thought it was an overrated pile of crap
Soldato
Woah........
Although......
I disagree with you on Pulp Fiction, and certainly Reservoir Dogs which I think is the best movie he made, and is a really good movie in its own right, 8/10 at least for me.
But .....
I'll actually agree with you a lot of his movies are not amazing. I didn't get Jackie Brown at all, Dusk Till dawn was great until it went vampire (wtf?) and most of the more modern cowboy or western ones (Hateful 8/Django) are just average at best.
I fell asleep in Kill Bill and the second one was pretty dire.
Nah. Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs are superb. Everything else by Tarantino is pretty damn awful. As an aside I also highly rate True Romance directed by Tony Scott who bought the script from Tarantino.
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I think a lot of it is timing, when in life you manage to watch a film.
I watched the Alien films way after that were released (think maybe 5 years or so ago?) so wasn't that impressed by them. Ironically, the one I found most palatable was the one most people hated, the third in the series. Perhaps they're just a bit dated now and so many action/sci fi films have been out since, it's hard not to compare. Predator is a lot better but then again I watched it when I was a lot younger.
I watched the Alien films way after that were released (think maybe 5 years or so ago?) so wasn't that impressed by them. Ironically, the one I found most palatable was the one most people hated, the third in the series. Perhaps they're just a bit dated now and so many action/sci fi films have been out since, it's hard not to compare. Predator is a lot better but then again I watched it when I was a lot younger.
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Soldato
Until it went Vampire?
It's a vampire film how was it supposed to go?
What you gotta appreciate is when I started watching it, I literally knew nothing about the movie.
It starts with the two of them trying to cross the border into Mexico so figured it was just another gangster movie.
That's what you said about Brokeback Mountain as well.
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Same here. When the vampire part started I was so surprised.
Still one of my favourites films.
As far as I can remember didn't QT do this 1st road movie part and then when it got to the 'Breast' Twister it was when Rodriguez took over?
Selma Hayek dancing with the snake is worth the entrance fee alone!!!!!
I came here to meekly mention Reservoir Dogs. I struggle to get it even though I think I should.
Pulp Fiction I really enjoy, as well as his last 4 films, particularly Hateful Eight. Reservoir Dogs and the Kill Bills have never done it for me.
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Glad someone else thinks thiswow, thought it was excellent. Found it a really chilled movie. Actually went to see it twice at the cinema
I've always viewed Reservoir Dogs as a play adapted for the big screen which is why feels so different from your average film. Tarantino's early film scripts (Res Dogs, Pulp Fiction and True Romance) are all pretty much plays. There's an incredible amount of truly excellent and quotable dialogue in all of them which doesn't necessarily appeal to everyone. Perfect example is above - his later films are poor as they lack the sharp dialogue and are overly long.
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Clerks 2 nails LOTR, can't link the scene as its not suitable for here.
If you haven't seen it just search YouTube for clerks 2 lord of the rings.