Movies, Actors & Directors (MAD) Tournament: TRAG WINS!!

[BurtReynolds]

What the hell is going on in here

[Ello Sailor]

We're talking about the colossal first round pick of Quentin Tarantino.

[VinylGuy]

The writing of True Romance is excellent but Tony Scott is Tony Scott.

I respect the Reservoir Dogs > Pulp take. Don’t totally agree with it but it’s a damn fine debut film, and the share many of the same elements.

Jackie Brown has more heart and soul than maybe all of his other movies combined, but it’s simultaneously lacking in his usually edginess. A unique entry into his filmography.

A lot of that heart and soul from Jackie Brown comes from both Pam Grier and Robert Forster. They are amazing. and QT being in such a different moment from his career and life.

What an amazing movie.

[VinylGuy]

The writing of True Romance is excellent but Tony Scott is Tony Scott.

I respect the Reservoir Dogs > Pulp take. Don’t totally agree with it but it’s a damn fine debut film, and the share many of the same elements.

Jackie Brown has more heart and soul than maybe all of his other movies combined, but it’s simultaneously lacking in his usually edginess. A unique entry into his filmography.

A lot of that heart and soul from Jackie Brown comes from both Pam Grier and Robert Forster. They are amazing. and QT being in such a different moment from his career and life.

What an amazing movie.

[Norah]

How did no one pick Young Frankenstein?

[BurtReynolds]

Heat is missing from the lists!

[Ello Sailor]

Yeah that movie rules. Kills a few birds with one stone in terms of cast too.

[VinylGuy]

Heat is missing from the lists!

yeah, i also thought it was going to be one of those masterpieces RM doesnt get and choose the safer pick, Pulp Fiction.

But Heat is a monster.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[VinylGuy]

Heat is missing from the lists!

i debated this one -- i just bought the definitive edition on Blu-Ray last week! But my sense is that I like this movie way more than everyone else?

While we're on the topic, the Rewatchables shared some fascinating backstory on this: Apparently in the original script, Pacino's character is concealing a heavy cocaine habit throughout the film. But it all got cut once they edited for the shooting script. But Pacino felt like he had done all the work to create this character and the cocaine backstory, so he just decided to keep it in his performance and pretend it was all happening off-screen. It explains a LOT of his choices.

Heat is a top 5 for me. It blew my mind back in 1995. And yes, its well known that he went for the cocaine backstory and its fucking incredible.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[VinylGuy]

Heat is missing from the lists!

i debated this one -- i just bought the definitive edition on Blu-Ray last week! But my sense is that I like this movie way more than everyone else?

While we're on the topic, the Rewatchables shared some fascinating backstory on this: Apparently in the original script, Pacino's character is concealing a heavy cocaine habit throughout the film. But it all got cut once they edited for the shooting script. But Pacino felt like he had done all the work to create this character and the cocaine backstory, so he just decided to keep it in his performance and pretend it was all happening off-screen. It explains a LOT of his choices.

Heat is a top 5 for me. It blew my mind back in 1995. And yes, its well known that he went for the cocaine backstory and its fucking incredible.

ah, i had never heard until the podcast. totally reframes the movie for me. "Because she's got a GREAT ass -- and you got your HEAD all the way UP IT!"

...his relationship with Diane Venora and Natalie Portman....the scene with Portman is so painful.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Heat is missing from the lists!

i debated this one -- i just bought the definitive edition on Blu-Ray last week! But my sense is that I like this movie way more than everyone else?

While we're on the topic, the Rewatchables shared some fascinating backstory on this: Apparently in the original script, Pacino's character is concealing a heavy cocaine habit throughout the film. But it all got cut once they edited for the shooting script. But Pacino felt like he had done all the work to create this character and the cocaine backstory, so he just decided to keep it in his performance and pretend it was all happening off-screen. It explains a LOT of his choices.

Heat is a top 5 for me. It blew my mind back in 1995. And yes, its well known that he went for the cocaine backstory and its fucking incredible.

ah, i had never heard until the podcast. totally reframes the movie for me. "Because she's got a GREAT ass -- and you got your HEAD all the way UP IT!"

yeah I need to watch it now with that in mind

[BurtReynolds]

That's very funny and makes total sense.

[VinylGuy]

VG have you watched the definitive edition yet? Some very minor edits, but a complete overhaul of the color palette. I'm planning on watching this weekend while my girls are out of town.

im not sure i did. I saw this movie back in vhs when it came out, then at the movies, dvd, blue ray....its so fucking good. I love how different the two leads are...and Amy Brennerman? jesus. that moment in the car...

[tree_]

I didn't like Heat much. Felt meandering and boring to me. You guys are weird.

[VinylGuy]

there is so much to love about that movie....the shooting scene? with real fucking guns?

[tree_]

The polls seem pretty settled. Will keep open til noon tomorrow then we'll move on.

[E.H. Ruddock]

The polls seem pretty settled. Will keep open til noon tomorrow then we'll move on.

I'm sure some second accounts have something to say