Filed under: Quentin tarantino

Barb Wire, True Romance, Mr Majestyk

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The families of the writers of Casablanca should sue the writer of Barb Wire. The movie steals every plot point from that film. Still, it's a fun movie that wallows in it's cheesy B-movieness. 3/5

 

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I didn't realize how much I love True Romance. It's probably Tarantino's best screenplay and easily the best thing Tony Scott has ever done. 4.5/5

 

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Here is the set up for Mr. Majestyk. A watermelon farmer hires Mexican migrant workers to harvest his melons. Some white cowboy doesn't like that so he brings in white people to harvest Majestyk's melons. Majestyk assults the cowboy. The police arrest Majestyk and put him jail with one of the mafia's top hitmen. When the mob tries to break their guy out of jail, Majestyk kidnaps him and holds him for ransom to get the charges dropped. When taking the mob guy to the police he escapes and now is after Majestyk. That's crazy Simpson's level of convoluted to start a story. 2/5

Boyz in the Hood, Eastern Promises, Reservoir Dogs

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I didn't remember Boyz in the Hood being so preachy. It's a very good movie that gets a little to full of itself at times. 3.75/5

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Eastern Promises isn't bad but I don't think I need to see it again for quite some time. 3.75/5

 

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I haven't seen Reservoir Dogs in probably seven years. I was afraid it wouldn't hold up very well. It might be my favorite Tarantino film. It lacks the "look at how cool I am" factor of all of his other work. 4/5

The Prophecy, Pulp Fiction, Vicki

Prophecy

I never understood why people liked The Prophecy. Nothing happens for a long time, then the film is over. 1.5/5


Pulpfiction

I didn't like Pulp Fiction the first time I saw it. Then after watching it a few times, I fell in love with it. Now I find that it's still a really good but flawed film. Tarantino is in love with himself and a few cuts here and there would help with the pacing make it excellent. 4/5


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Vicki has the same plot structure as Citizen Kane. A model dies and they try to reconstruct her life by interviewing people that knew her. The problem is Vicki's life wasn't that interesting. 2.75/5