So there was a title confirmed and there's studio stories and etc.
And the star that Tarantino wants for the film is....
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 May 2011 21:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
Comments on that Deadline story are all like "the screenplay is all over the internet."
― more horses after the main event (Eazy), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
That there Internet.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 May 2011 21:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
franco nero's gonna be in it... but hes not playing django!! its not even a django movie!
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Monday, 9 May 2011 21:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow.
I will not watch a Will Smith movie.
― no slouch of a snipster (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 May 2011 22:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
I really can't see Smith doing this but i think it could work if he did.
― Number None, Monday, 9 May 2011 22:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
i love will smith movies, and will smith doing qt could be amazing imo
(paging dr morbius for a bowel movement)
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 22:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
tarantino's big talent is in casting and actor-directing; i'm sure will smith would be as excellent as everyone usually is in these stupid movies.
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 9 May 2011 23:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
disagree that those are QT's talents
― Wrinkles (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
Even in the old spaghetti days most Django movies weren't even Django movies.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
will smith is an inspired choice. dude has a ton of charisma, he's just in shitty movies.
― iatee, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
if will smith is in this i'm gonna camp out for a whole week star wars style
― bern notice (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
long as he's better than brad pitt in that last one
― always have time for the crystalline entity (contenderizer), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
YOU AND ME YO xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
LETS DO IT
doubt very much that will smith will agree to be in a tarantino movie
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
tarantino is more comfortable with the n-word than smith for one thing
i agree with max BUT STILL
― bern notice (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
― iatee, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 03:51 (10 minutes ago)
He has had charisma in comedies, but what was the last drama/action movie where he wasn't stone-faced and sullen?
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
i see you hoos
― bern notice (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha yeah that's a good point, will smith prob wouldn't be willing to ruin his family-friendly image
he does seem to like money though, and has he been in any $$$$$$ pictures lately?
― iatee, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
since when are tarantino movies not comedies
matt, all quentin tarantino movies are comedies, so it wouldn't matter!
xp voila
― iatee, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
and has he been in any $$$$$$ pictures lately?
― iatee, Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:04 AM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark
dawg he's will smith -- he could probably spend inglorious' worldwide gross upgrading his pool
― bern notice (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah but still, dude's been out of the game
wikipedia says men in black 3, bad boys 3 and some pharaoh movie are on his plate tho
― iatee, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
he's busy being a dad, just enjoying taking his kids to school in the morning
― bern notice (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 04:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
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― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:01 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
great point. there's also the fact that will smith has his people rewrite any movie he's in; nobody rewrites tarantino. plus the role is for a SLAVE which i doubt he'll be comfy with.
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 08:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
― iatee, Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:04 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
you'd be amazed by how much money even shit like Seven Pounds makes
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 08:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
there's also the fact that will smith has his people rewrite any movie he's in; nobody rewrites tarantino.
think tarantino surrenders final cut & considers comments from his producers?, iirc. according to jon rosenbaum i think.
― sensual bathtub (group: 698) (schlump), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
What are we considering "lately?" I Am Legend was 2007 and made over $250 million + in the US alone. Hancock made over half a billion worldwide, and Seven Pounds made over $160 million on a budget a third of that. Since then he's been exec-producing his kids' careers and getting good return on his investment.
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
tarantino really surrenders final cut? that's surprising. i can believe that he'd take comments, but not that he'd let will smith steamroll him.
― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'd be willing to bet that Tarantino has had more plastic surgery than Will Smith. Which is weird since looking good isn't even Tarantino's job.
― 40% chill and 100% negative (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
this was from a long & convoluted description of 'what constitutes indepedent filmmaking', with the eventual criterion being owning your own prints. it's a while since i read this (in rosenbaum's (great) dead man book?, perhaps?), so don't take it as gospel, but it seemed sorta persuasive at the time.
― sensual bathtub (group: 698) (schlump), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
during a Q&A for Grindhouse, someone asked Tarantino about Biskind's Down & Dirty Pictures bk and he made a point, unprompted, of v v strongly refuting the claim that he ever let the Weinstein bros have ANY input into his scripts.
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 10:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
Hi Sarah
Thank you for your very lovley letter. It's the best letter I've gotten all year long. I'm glad you loved "Dusk", it was one of my favrote times making a movie. And I feel my best performance so far. It's cool to hear a girl into horror flicks.
Rock on Sarah!!
Do you know about Itallion horror film maker Mario Bava? He did Blood and Black Lace, Black Sunday and Black Sabbith. He's one of my favrotes. I read your letter to Mira, she loved it too. Write me anytime. I can't wait for you to get your hands on a camera too.
With all my love
(Signed)
P.S. Sarah, since you liked Dusk so much, coming out soon is a movie we did about the making of "Dusk" called "Full Tilt Boogie". It shows how much fun we had. I hope you like it.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
<3
― Captain Hyrax (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
idgi
― Wrinkles (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
a girl named sarah wrote him a fan letter abt 'dusk til dawn'
that is his response
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
right
― Wrinkles (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
problem solved.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
also included
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
maybe I should have clarified that idgi - do you think these are funny or something?
― Wrinkles (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
no, i just think they're sweet.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
quentin otm abt mario bava
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
do you think these are FUNNY or something, BIG HOOS??
― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
Movie Prediction: Characters have a long conversation about something esoteric. Then someone dies creatively. Then a comic book style spaghetti western montage. Rinse and repeat
― but I want a bongo drum (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
*dies creatively*
― american thinker (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
definitely going to a barefooted woman riding a horse at some point.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
someone gonna be a taboo kind of evil at some point
― but I want a bongo drum (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
maybe necrophilia
― but I want a bongo drum (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 22:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol I'm just saying over-explaining is Nolan's thing. Tarrantino is more about excessive banter. They can both be annoying.
― Your spectacular host (Viceroy), Friday, 15 March 2013 20:52 (2 months ago) Permalink
the overlong talky bits in tarantino are usually the best parts
― shit tie (Jordan), Friday, 15 March 2013 21:15 (2 months ago) Permalink
definitely! except in this movie.
― his girlfriend was all 'ugh and he wears a solar backpack' (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 March 2013 21:27 (2 months ago) Permalink
Schultz: In this movie? This movie here?
Yes.
Schultz: So if I were to set aside vast stores of my not inconsiderable wells of patience, I would not be rewarded with a brisk entertainment?
No.
Schultz: So you say, definitively and with absolute certainty, that I will not be entertained?
Maybe.
Schultz: Ah! So your prognosis is that entertainment may therefore be one of many possibilities proffered by this fine picture?
If you say so.
Schultz: Indeed, if I am speaking, then I, sir, must be, by definition and in your words, with respect, be "saying so."
Schultz: Which is to say that entertainment is a potential, plausible future for which I might plan and in which I may invest my valuable time?
Schultz: In that case, my friend, you have peaked my curiosity. Consider me intrigued. Please pass the jujubes so that I might partake in this particular venture.
Whatever.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 March 2013 21:36 (2 months ago) Permalink
lol
― his girlfriend was all 'ugh and he wears a solar backpack' (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 15 March 2013 21:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
nice
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 March 2013 21:40 (2 months ago) Permalink
Lol you are funny and awesome. You are still wrong about this movie, though.
― that Django got me Nuages (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 March 2013 22:34 (2 months ago) Permalink
Is Josh himself a Tarantino character, just curious
― popeyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 15 March 2013 22:38 (2 months ago) Permalink
If DU hd had been a Nolan film it would be just a long but way more glum and moralistic.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Saturday, 16 March 2013 04:25 (2 months ago) Permalink
django sets up a vast surveillance apparatus to observe all slaveholders
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 16 March 2013 06:57 (2 months ago) Permalink
bravo maestro
Quentin Tarantino may have won an Oscar for “Django Unchained” (for best original screenplay), but he’s getting less than favorable reviews from the composer who supplied some whistle-heavy spaghetti western tracks for the movie’s soundtrack.
Ennio Morricone, who has worked on three previous Tarantino films, told film students in Rome that he would never collaborate with the director again, saying he “places music in his films without coherence.”
Not that Mr. Morricone was impressed with the movie itself, which included one of his songs, “Ancora Qui” (sung by Elisa Toffoli) and three short instrumentals. “To tell the truth, I didn’t care for it,” Mr. Morricone said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Too much blood.”
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 March 2013 13:52 (2 months ago) Permalink
Rigorous indeed.
― mister borges (darraghmac), Saturday, 16 March 2013 13:57 (2 months ago) Permalink
he's just mad he was put next to rick ross
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 16 March 2013 15:02 (2 months ago) Permalink
Re "without coherence" it seemed like the random cuts and zooms and music edits that were jokes in Death Proof and the training chapter of Kill Bill were more purposeful here, while jagged. Like when the Klansmen are surrounding the house and then there's the jagged cut and sound cutoff, it was also the quickest way to tell the story.
― your fretless ways (Eazy), Saturday, 16 March 2013 18:44 (2 months ago) Permalink
that's an interesting point--it seems like since kill bill the b-movie stylistic tics have become The Thing He Does Now. that's really obvious, i guess? it just hadn't really occurred to me.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 17 March 2013 21:34 (2 months ago) Permalink
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 17 March 2013 23:10 (2 months ago) Permalink
― my god i only have 2 useless beyblade (silby), Tuesday, 19 March 2013 05:09 (2 months ago) Permalink
finally saw this, and i hereby declare Tarantino is the most overrated director ever (even more than Von Trier).
i hope i learned at last to ignore his work from now on.
― nostormo, Sunday, 31 March 2013 11:50 (1 month ago) Permalink
I really dragged my heels about seeing this--one rep screening after another I'd bail at the last minute--but finally did tonight. My expectations were very low, so my tentative "pretty good" is colored by that. Some of it was funny, sometimes I was caught up in the story, some of it seemed quite unnecessary. Tarantino's skill as a filmmaker holds it together, for the most part. I'd rather talk about the actors.
Jamie Foxx -- He does as well as he can with an underwritten character.Christoph Waltz -- I still haven't seen Inglorious Basterds, so the issue of him repeating himself (which I'm sure is a valid complaint) wasn't a factor for me. I thought he was really good. I expected him to be cartoonish, and he wasn't.Leonardo Dicaprio -- His big meltdown worked, otherwise completely generic Southern villainy.Samuel Jackson -- Not sure if I've ever not enjoyed a performance of his, but (unlike Waltz) I can't overlook that he's doing Sam Jackson schtick--more specifically, Ordell Robbie from Jackie Brown.Tarantino -- He gets worse every time out. I liked him in Reservoir Dogs...
Have to admit, I missed Russ Tamblyn and Robert Carradine altogether.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 04:49 (1 month ago) Permalink
what'd you think of don jhonson
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 2 April 2013 04:53 (1 month ago) Permalink
I should have mentioned him--thought he was very good. I'm not sure if I could explain why I liked him much better than Dicaprio, as you could say they've got the same role, but he just seemed to keep the flourishes in check a lot more. (At first the big KKK scene seemed self-parodic, but it built up to one line near the end that I just loved--the one guy who began "Okay, let's all agree that the bags were a good idea..." and went on from there.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 05:07 (1 month ago) Permalink
I do think the Spike Lee controversy is really interesting, having now seen the film. I'd have to really think that through to contribute anything thoughtful. I understand Lee, and at the same time there's a part of me that thinks Django is more...useful (?) than Lincoln's careful seriousness. And a part that doesn't.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 05:25 (1 month ago) Permalink
the absence of Sally Menke is strongly felt, especially after the first 30 minutes, which is the best part of the film.
― nostormo, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 06:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
Fifteen minutes in and this is great
― Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 01:41 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
this movie made me a convert to tarantino. i think upthread, before this thing came out, i expressed skepticism about him. but this film is really excellent.
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 01:45 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
These two should've been dead in the first 24 minutes
― Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 01:50 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Lol Don Johnson as Col Sanders
― Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 01:57 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah, they missed an opportunity in denying him a "try my chicken" line
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 02:07 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Def
― hoospanic GANGSTER musician (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 02:24 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Damn this movie
― Raymond Cummings, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 02:40 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
the last two reels are kind of a mess i think but still enjoyable.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 07:48 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
All the tensions at work in this movie are something else
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:09 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I don't know whether this tops IB or not, may be a dead heat
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:15 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Emotionally this has been harder to watch, owing to my background.
Claims of exploitation or whatever by some seem like bullshit
― Raymond Cummings, Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:17 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
This was great through and through
― Raymond Cummings, Friday, 3 May 2013 02:00 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
calling bullshit on bullshit:
http://www.filmcomment.com/article/intolerance-quentin-tarantino-john-ford
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 May 2013 00:47 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
thanks for the link, that article seems interesting.
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Saturday, 4 May 2013 02:21 (2 weeks ago) Permalink