Sooo funny!!!!

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That scene was beautifully shot. But for some reason it took me out of the movie and seemed out of place for me.

I love this film but its not as cohesive for me as other Tarantino films, it feels a little schizophrenic at times. I love the intense scenes like the intro and the bar scene. The slapstick not so much. A little over the top even for Tarantino

V10LETBLUES said:

That scene was beautifully shot. But for some reason it took me out of the movie and seemed out of place for me.

I love this film but its not as cohesive for me as other Tarantino films, it feels a little schizophrenic at times. I love the intense scenes like the intro and the bar scene. The slapstick not so much. A little over the top even for Tarantino

I know what you mean about the slapstick disrubting the flow of the more complex dramatic scenes. I do agree that the opening chapter was superb. I also loved the scene in the French cafe and bar, well acted and shot. I think Tarantino was too greedy in shoehorning too much influences into the timeframe, nevertheless i think it's excellent.

scandalousalan said:

purpledoveuk said:

scandalousalan said:

Sooo funny!!!!

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Awful!!! It was just Austin Powers and didn't fit at all

hence the reason it was funny

scandalousalan said:

I thought everything about that movie was awesome. I didn't even know that was Myers until the credits.

RodeoSchro said:

RodeoSchro said:

I thought everything about that movie was awesome. I didn't even know that was Myers until the credits.

So not awesome. I thought it failed. Brad Pitt seemed to be in another movie . . .

what parts are considered slapstick?

I thought the Myers part was played straight. If we had never heard of him or Austin Powers, it just plays straight, doesn't it?

purpledoveuk said:

RodeoSchro said:

I thought everything about that movie was awesome. I didn't even know that was Myers until the credits.

Your joking...it looks just like him and is his standard 'English Gent' "what what old bean" impression...have you never seen Austin Powers

Not only have I seen "Austin Powers", but I played him in a skit three years ago.

RodeoSchro said:

ufoclub said:

what parts are considered slapstick?

I thought the Myers part was played straight. If we had never heard of him or Austin Powers, it just plays straight, doesn't it?

Well mostly the closing scenes, with the bomb in the movie theater.

purpledoveuk said:

RodeoSchro said:

Not only have I seen "Austin Powers", but I played him in a skit three years ago.

In that case you've also played a stereotypical WW2 stiff upper lip jolly good chap then

LOL, that's your opinion. Mine's different.

SUPRMAN said:

RodeoSchro said:

I thought everything about that movie was awesome. I didn't even know that was Myers until the credits.

So not awesome. I thought it failed. Brad Pitt seemed to be in another movie . . .

ufoclub said:

what parts are considered slapstick?

I thought the Myers part was played straight. If we had never heard of him or Austin Powers, it just plays straight, doesn't it?

I thought Mike Myers was okay. It's hard to see him do serious roles, but same goes for Steve Martin, Jim Carrey. We expect them to be funny.

Pulp Fiction

Reservoir Dogs

Inglorious Basterds - Needs more and shorter scenes, otherwise I loved it. Everything "off" about it is intentional, I think. I could be wrong, but it worked for me. I mean come on! They kill Hitler!

Kill Bill/Death Proof - Tie. Dude needs to stop apeing old styles and make his own movies, imo. That's why the top three are where they are.

Jackie Brown - Hate. Boring. Pointless. Slow. Hate.

Number23 said:

purpledoveuk said:

Number23 said:

Oh, and Mike Myers captured the eccentric English toff pilot characature perfectly. It's nothing like Austin Powers. maybe you need to be British to distinguish the accents and mannerisms. He'd obviously been watching Armstrong & Miller.

I am British

Number23 said:

purpledoveuk said:

I am British

Aren't we all, darling?

....... no.

ufoclub said:

what parts are considered slapstick?

I thought the Myers part was played straight. If we had never heard of him or Austin Powers, it just plays straight, doesn't it?

The bit where Pitt and co are demonstrating a very bad Italian accent to Hans Landa, who keeps getting them to repeat what they just said, amongst others

scandalousalan said:

ufoclub said:

what parts are considered slapstick?

I thought the Myers part was played straight. If we had never heard of him or Austin Powers, it just plays straight, doesn't it?

The bit where Pitt and co are demonstrating a very bad Italian accent to Hans Landa, who keeps getting them to repeat what they just said, amongst others

That was the one part that I thought was overtly comedic (and I laughed), but I don't think that qualifies as slapstick! It's comedic.

ufoclub said:

scandalousalan said:

The bit where Pitt and co are demonstrating a very bad Italian accent to Hans Landa, who keeps getting them to repeat what they just said, amongst others

That was the one part that I thought was overtly comedic (and I laughed), but I don't think that qualifies as slapstick! It's comedic.

I guess i'll agree to disagree on that one. I found that kind of humour pretty slapstick, almost reminiscent of a carry on film

Number23 said:

He'll never be John Hughes or Woody Allen and thank fuck for that.

First of all, there's a world of difference between the types of movies Woody Allen makes and the types of movies John Hughes made.

Secondly, your hero Quentin listed Woody's Anything Else as one of his favorite flicks that's come out since Tarantino started making movies. Just so's ya know.

Like Prince, I think he's come to the conclusion that pleasing himself is far more satisfying and enjoyable in life than trying to catch the artistic zeitgeist every time. He's always going to be worth watching

One could argue that Allen's been far less concerned with the "artistic zeitgeist" than either. Prince and Tarantino are still very much about trying to impress, whereas Allen - certainly these days - is more about imparting his wisdom in an entertaining fashion.

Personally, I don't get off on fetishized violence or inside film references, so Tarantino's work just isn't that big a whoop, to me. Pulp Fiction was very entertaining, but I see his stuff as empty calories.

P.S. I firmly believe that if Myers was an unknown, his acting here wouldn't have been questioned by anyone.

Ace said:

Number23 said:

He'll never be John Hughes or Woody Allen and thank fuck for that.

First of all, there's a world of difference between the types of movies Woody Allen makes and the types of movies John Hughes made.

Secondly, your hero Quentin listed Woody's Anything Else as one of his favorite flicks that's come out since Tarantino started making movies. Just so's ya know.

Like Prince, I think he's come to the conclusion that pleasing himself is far more satisfying and enjoyable in life than trying to catch the artistic zeitgeist every time. He's always going to be worth watching

One could argue that Allen's been far less concerned with the "artistic zeitgeist" than either. Prince and Tarantino are still very much about trying to impress, whereas Allen - certainly these days - is more about imparting his wisdom in an entertaining fashion.

Personally, I don't get off on fetishized violence or inside film references, so Tarantino's work just isn't that big a whoop, to me. Pulp Fiction was very entertaining, but I see his stuff as empty calories.

I agree, I like tarentino, but his stuff is hyper-stylized, full of references and dramatic moments that seem to be some attempt to make his stuff deeper than it is, or at the very least, guarantee that he makes an impression.

I guess he shares one thing with Woody, and that is that even their light movies might have interesting dialogues within them that seem to add some weight to them as a whole. Woody's typically gravitate toward "is life meaningless" type of questions, and Quentin is about questioning beliefs in general or taking a new look at a common subject.

There is certainly merit to QT's work. But I don't always like it. I would be wiling to give I.B. a second chance though, it is possible I missied his intent.

scandalousalan said:

ufoclub said:

That was the one part that I thought was overtly comedic (and I laughed), but I don't think that qualifies as slapstick! It's comedic.

I guess i'll agree to disagree on that one. I found that kind of humour pretty slapstick, almost reminiscent of a carry on film

Slapstick is about physical humor, like hitting, tripping, falling, pie fights. I think even the name comes from slapping with a stick...