As you know, this is "AtD: Movies with Matt & Tony." Matt and Tony don't see eye to eye on a lot of film topics, and today you'll see what we mean. This is a conversation about the film director Quentin Tarantino and his new film, "Inglourious Basterds." AtD's friend, Albert, started the conversation:
Albert:
Just saw it with the my girlfriend, opening night, which is the only way to see a movie. Amazing stuff. Go see it. The funny thing is, and i'm 100% sure Matt is going to kick my ass for this, but the only thing that made this movie such a drag was Quentin Tarantino and his wannabe "original" directing style. He literally spent at least 15 minutes of the movie on close up shots of things like lips or eyes. no joke i almost fell asleep 2 times from the constant reading, because only 10% of the movie is in English.
Most of the movie is dialog, maybe a few action scenes, and there is 2 VERY lengthy scene of 30 minutes of dialog, back and forth, back and forth. any normal director would of cut the ish out of all that nonsense. Brad Pitt was very funny in this. I've never heard of Christoph Waltz until today, but he is pure genius in this movie, holy cow. He will literally make you want to pee your pants after talking to him.
Matt:
Sorry, Al. here I go...
1. Zooming in on a facial feature is not original, (Kubrick? Coppola? Heck, even Chaplin? hahaha). that's what Tarantino does. he makes every movie a crazy homage collage of all his favorites. Matter of fact, every director does. Just like Langella and Scorsese constantly stole from Hitchcock.
2. Are you really complaining that a TARANTINO MOVIE had TOO MUCH DIALOGUE? Wow. I don't even know what to say. not only is that a "duh, no ish" but that's also a "ya, stupid, that's what makes it good."
Aaaand that's pretty much it.... Read More, write a review! Tony & I are already getting one from Jen, too. so this will be a cool 4-way review thing.
Tony:
Matt please, for your future wife's sake, stop kissing up to Tarantino every time we discuss movies. Pulp Fiction was original, yes... Everything else is a rip off of someone lesser known, yet its got a "Tarantino style". That's stupid. Oh and by the way, I will see the movie Monday for review so you don't say "you can't talk, you haven't seen it".
Matt:
Tony, please, let me kiss up to Tarantino if I want to. "Pulp Fiction" was not original. It was a rip off of a bunch of different Euro and Japanese movies. Heck, even the character's names and the way they're dressed is STRAIGHT from other films.
To find an "original director" you need to go wayyy back to Chaplin or Kurasawa. Every director rips off someone else. The difference with Tarantino is that he admits it often. Others only say it secretly in some documentary or something.
THERE IS such a thing as "Tarantino style". I can watch the "Inglourious Basterds" TRAILER and know that it's a Tarantino flick.
What makes a director good is the quality of the end product. That being said, Tarantino is already a master filmmaker at his young age. And please, for YOUR wife's sake, stop kissing up to James Cameron. The "highly anticipated" trailer for "Avatar" looks like ish. Its like a live-action "Delgo." Good luck with that.
Tony:
Agree to Disagree... But yes, there will be a Delgo lawsuit before you know it.
This is just one example of a Matt & Tony argument... more to come.
