Tarantino Poll

what in Mia's resurrection would imply he should leave a life of crime? I don't get it.

what in vince and jules not getting struck by bullets should imply they should leave a life of crime? they just got lucky! but jules point is, miracles are afoot. shortly afterwards vince experiences another one and still doesn't get it. this stuff is subtle but not accidental.

agree that the film's pretty leisurely, so if you don't like the scenery it's gonna suck 4 U

what in vince and jules not getting struck by bullets should imply they should leave a life of crime?

I was gonna bring this up as well, in that it's not exactly an "I saw a statue of Jesus crying tears of blood!" moment or anything, but Jules does a bunch of speechifying about it and the script tries hard to sell his conversion on this point. In his scenery-chewing way, Jackson sells it.

but yeah the scenery of Willis and Travolta bugs me

I think willis' and travolta's performances are pretty solid + amusing

easy to forget but travolta's perf here completely revived his career, I did not see that one coming

that scene where travolta pushes the intercom and says "hello" and gets a laugh out of me every time either proves I'm an idiot or that the guy was in a state of grace as an actor

how is it easy to forget?! after this the dude flooded the market with one unbelievably shitty movie after another! Michael. Battlefield Earth. Wild Hogs. Phenomenon. Swordfish.

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I'm reminded of it every time I see his bloated thetan-hating smirk

Face/Off was OK. I didn't realize he was doing a Nicholas Cage impression the whole movie.

yeah but it was big budget marquee crap, he was married to the look who's talking franchise the year before PF

btw I stole that state of grace phrase from del toro on whale and I'm going to be using it on the reg so

also feel like "tarantino revives another aging actor's career" has been something that's followed him at least up until IB

yeah but it was big budget marquee crap

you say this like it's a good thing. I mean obviously it was a good thing for Travolta, it's sort of a tragedy for the rest of us.

after this the dude flooded the market with one unbelievably shitty movie after another! Michael. Battlefield Earth. Wild Hogs. Phenomenon. Swordfish.

But you're forgetting he had a string of critical and commercial hits too; you're just naming the obvious dogs.

it was your failure to recognize the miracle of PF that caused all this to befall us shakey

REPENT

of course the only one I can watch again is Get Shorty, and his Clinton in Primary Colors is a watchable misfire.

also feel like "tarantino revives another aging actor's career" has been something that's followed him at least up until IB

his taste in aging actors has improved, that's for sure (Carradine, Forster, Grier, Russell>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Travolta, Willis)

calling Primary Colors a watchable misfire is pretty OTM. the rest of his films are straight garbage. Face/Off has its moments, I'll give you that. But in the end it's pretty much a mess, with an unforgivable final scene.

travolta had some pretty good post pulp fiction/pre battlefield earth, his best one was probably get shorty.

travolta is pretty hilarious in face/off imo, his cage impression is totally all right. cage himself is a lot more fun though.

every frame of face/off is brilliant

1999 The General's Daughter
Warr. Off. Paul Brenner

1999 Our Friend, Martin (video)
Kyle's Dad (voice)

1998 A Civil Action
Jan Schlichtmann

1998 The Thin Red Line
Brig. Gen. Quintard

1998 Primary Colors
Governor Jack Stanton

1997 Mad City
Sam

1997 Face/Off
Sean Archer / Castor Troy

1997 She's So Lovely
Joey Germoni

1996 Michael
Michael

1996 Phenomenon
George Malley

1996 Broken Arrow
Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins

1995 Get Shorty
Chili Palmer

1995 White Man's Burden
Louis Pinnock

1994 Pulp Fiction
Vincent Vega

Most of those pre-Battleship Earth were #1 box office hits. He probably scored the best second act of any actor of the last thirty years.

whenever im talking to someone about a beloved washed up actor i usually throw in a plea to tarantino to try and revive their career (c'mon bro, you know you can find a part for cynthia rothrock)

like I said, all those movies are terrible. some more terrible than others.

I could imagine Tom Cruise subbing in for Travolta in Face/Off with no detriment to the movie, but this is not so for Pulp Fiction.

Pam Grier sure went places, didn't she.

also feel like "tarantino revives another aging actor's career" has been something that's followed him at least up until IB

more like "tarantino plucks another fallen actor briefly out of obscurity"

well there's just SO MANY roles in Hollywood for aging black women, I'm sure she's had a hard time choosing.

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half of those are at least decent and several of them are v dope

robert forster has quietly done pretty well for himself. diamond men was a good film with a great, great performance from him.

yeah Travolta's career surged where others have failed because a) he will be in absolutely ANYTHING, and he will do it with gusto and b) he has Scientology behind him

more like "tarantino plucks another fallen actor briefly out of obscurity"

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well yeah

broken arrow owns

half of those are at least decent and several of them are v dope

I guess I will just ignore your film opinions from here on out

i remember liking a civil action too

broken arrow owns

^^ one of the last times a major Hollywood actor chain smokes on film.

i had no idea mad city was directed by costa-gavras O_O

Erin Brockovich >>>>>>>>>>>>> A Civil Action

robert forster before jackie brown = maniac cop 3
robert forster after jackie brown = dragon wars: d-war

robert forster's part in mulholland drive is so weird, you think he's going to be a big character and then you never see him again (because of the pilot into feature metamorphosis i guess)

actually if you look at the 3 films travolta made before PF and the 3 he made after, well, it tells the whole story

and by "look" I don't mean watch, look at 'em on imdb or sumthin, you'll go blind

Travolta's gusto (Shakey otm) earned him most of his good will. Shortly after PF, The New Yorker ran a Travolta profile, in which he made it very clear that he almost rejected the scripts for Get Shorty and PF and he didn't give a damn about starring in the next Look Who's Talking movie ("where, like, the CHAIRS talk"). The guy has no shame, which is very refreshing.

I guess I will just ignore your film opinions from here on out

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face/off, get shorty, and the thin red line are dope, i don't think that's a challop?

Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
In this, the third film, it's the pets who do the talking. The Ubriacco's find themselves the owners of two dogs, Rocks, a street wise cross breed, and Daphne, a spoilled pedegree poodle. James has a new job, pilot to the sexy and lonely Samantha. Mollie's just lost hers and is stuck at home.

forget it, omar... its shakeytown

http://img.movieberry.com/static/photos/63472/5_midi.jpg

Shout (1991)
A new music teacher (John Travolta) in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.

Eyes of an Angel (1991)
John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back to health. Duped by underworld types he was working as a courier for, father and daughter leave the dog and flee cross-country to Los Angeles with both canine and mobsters in pursuit.

Shout (1991)
A new music teacher (John Travolta) in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.

^^^^ actually saw this in the theatre. I was straight at the time.