For the record, this isn’t the first time Jimmy has changed the name of a movie on the marquee. Being a reformed troublemaker, Jimmy’s moral pendulum has swung a little too far to the other side. In these scenarios, I feel like I am having him channel Ken the NBC page from 30 Rock. Too wholesome for his own good.
If you were to ask me where I came up with the idea whose head is literally composed of feces… I couldn’t tell you. A Pringle fever dream? The by-product of accidentally huffing cleaning fluids while scrubbing the toilet? Hard to say.
Why does he have a eye patch and a scar? Why, because he’s “not-so-nice.” Therefore, layering the impact of the joke by strengthening his offense to Jimmy’s name change.
This joke works on many levels, you see.
Did I mention it’s very late? SUBJECT CHANGE!
Inglourious Basterds comes out this weekend and I find most every Quentin Tarantino – bad or good – a reason to celebrate. I realize that Death Proof was only a few years ago, but at the pace this guy works, it’s amazing we see any product from him at all.
My passion for film really began around the time that Pulp Fiction was making waves, so despite his idiosyncrasies, I still admire him as a filmmaker. Kevin Smith falls into this category as well.
I’m starting to become worried, however, that Tarantino is become a slave to genre and it wasn’t until Grindhouse that this racked into focus for me.
He has his caper movie, his blaxploitation movie, his kung-fu movie, his car chase movie and now his “trapped behind enemy lines” World War II movie. I’m concerned that his interests are focused less on creating memorable characters and whip-smart dialogue. But rather watching obscure genre films and regurgitating them in front of unsuspecting audiences.
I have no doubt that the man loves movies. He’s practically a walking encyclopedia of movie knowledge. But I wonder how long before all of that knowledge starts to bleed together and creativity has been choked from his creations?
I guess we’ll find out this weekend when I catch a matinee of Inglourious Basterds on my own. Cami has no interest in this one. She claims the violence is a turn off and I see where she’s coming from.
But, like I said, I feel like I’ve grown up with Tarantino. So it’s nice to check in with him once in a while to see what he’s up to…
Well, this IS a family theater and I thought the title for, ahem -
"Inglourious Basterds"
- was a little rough. So I changed it.
I don't know, man.
In my experience, the minute you change things in anticipation of someone being offended, the more likely you are to offend someone else!
That is HIGHLY offensive!
Told ya' so.
This is the first Tarantino film which has made me go ‘meh’. I personally think the rot set in during the superhero speech near the end of Kill Bill 2, and fruited fully in Death Proof, with 40 minutes of dull dialogue right at the beginning and his terrible sleazy bar perv routine ( I don’t think he was acting in that sequence ). All I think of now when I hear about him is him, hunched over a keyboard in a dark room illuminated only by the monitor’s glow, saying ( to himself ) in his nasal Beavis tones ” yeah, this is totally gonna be cool.” I’ll rent it in a year or so.
Good call on the nasal Beavis voice. I’ve been watching him making the rounds on the talk shows this week and I can’t help but think he’s pretty much coked out of his mind, like, ALL the time.
Always fidgeting in his seat, talking with his hands, calling everyone “man” and saying “I mean, c’MON!” all the time.
Maybe he has ADD?
So… is it “bastards” or “basterds”?
One of them is a word, the other is not.
The latter.
Tarantino deliberately misspelled it. He called it “flourish.”
I wouldn’t worry too much about this one, Tom. It’s Tarantino making a pure and sweet Tarantino movie, excellent characters and crazy dialogue intact (though he’s toned down the massive monologues from Death Proof. And, believe it or not, the swearing). It’s not really a war movie, either. If anything, it’s Tarantino’s little love letter to cinema, considering all the plot elements that revolve around film itself.
The trailers don’t do it justice. Caught the first showing today. The “behind-enemy-lines” aspect is downplayed about as much as possible. Amazing movie. Probably now my second-favorite Tarantino flick, right behind Pulp (this ain’t something I take lightly- it really is that good).
Aaalright? (Personal favorite QT verbal tic, lol.)
Sorry for the double post, but only now did I see the fun little quiz (I’m still a pretty new reader of this excellent webcomic.)
I think it was Kill Bill that got me into his movies.
13, and within the same week I saw Kill Bill v. 1 on DVD, Kill Bill v. 2 in theater, and Pulp on DVD.
I’d be interested to see how he’d use Jason Mewes (not really down and out, and a completely random thought, I know.)
“But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd. Go.”
Gotta be Pulp Fiction, the movie that made me look deeper into film. Also, the first of three movies that gave me the crazy idea that I’ll be a filmmaker.
just got home from the matinee and i loved. but i can say that this wont be for everyone. with all the subtiltes and all. and i know i have lots of friends who hate watching movies with subtitles. they have never bothered me at all.
andy is right the whole behind enemy lines thing is really a major plot point at all. i love the “cameos” as well.
two things i do have to gripe about tho.
1. i had to use the bathroom in the craziest way about twenty minutes into the film. so i missed eli’s bat scene.
2. there wasnt a single tracking shot at all. unless it was during the bat scene.
these arent really gripes obviously just seemed odd of qt to not use a single tracking shot.
also chris waltz is probably the best actor in the film. well thats what i think. and i thought eli was going to bug the hell outta me but thankfully he didnt. him and some of the other basterds are actually quite comical.
i wont see it again in theatres due to its length. but this is a must buy for me when it comes out. (probably around christmas i would assume)
This Friday Five thing seems fun, so I’ll give it a try.
I think the first Tarantino film was “Pulp Fiction”. Caught it on HBO when I was…I wanna say 13. Can’t remember for sure. Don’t know what actor I’d like to see get a second chance…but I’d love to see Nathan Fillion go from “That actor all those Whedon fans love” to big name super star. I think he could knock Tarantino dialogue out of the park.
Favorite line? Uh…does Bill’s speech about Superman towards the end of “Kill Bill Vol. 2” count? I don’t know why, but it sticks out the most to me. And my fav is totally “Kill Bill”. Not a specific volume, the whole thing. I wish they release an awesome special collectors edition of that with the whole thing edited together.
1. pulp fiction
2. 17
3. hes not really down and out but i would like to see sam rockwell in a qt movie
4. everybody be cool. you be cool
5. toss between dogs, fiction, and now basterds
Just saw Inglorious Basterds and thought it was all right. Well worth catching a matinee, but I couldn’t honestly recommend it to anyone at the full price. Thought Christoph Waltz did a great job as Landa, and loved Diane Kruger as Bridget von Hammersmark.
1. Pulp Fiction
2. 16 – my dad showed it to me and I immediately loved it, had to show all my friends
3. I can’t be trusted to be able to tell what actors would be good where, but I would love to see Daniel Day-Lewis used to great effect in a Tarantino
4. Jules delivering Ezekiel 25:17
5. Pulp Fiction