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Chesire Cat:
--- Quote from: beat mouse on 28 Dec 2009, 19:56 ---Tarantino is a hard director to argue over because of how love or hate his work is. My reaction was more addressing the way your argument held his work accountable by his personality, and not by the work's individual merits, as criticism should be directed, hence what looked like a much more personal attack than was intended.
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Ikirk that is what I was getting down on you for in the Avatar topic.
knives:
--- Quote from: Inlander on 28 Dec 2009, 05:05 ---
--- Quote from: knives on 28 Dec 2009, 02:51 ---you'd be better off watching Black Book to this.
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I've seen both and loved both but I don't think they're really analogous.
More nipples in a Verhoeven film though, so that's always a plus.
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Well full frontal is almost always a plus. As for what I see as analogous between the two films: They both take the form of female Jewish vengeance. Also they both attempt to paint the Allies as at least amoral in their goals and purposes. The endings are also shockingly similar.
Inlander:
Yeah but tonally they're pretty much chalk and cheese. I mean I don't know how many people think "I want to go see a film about a Jewish woman getting revenge on the Nazi who killed her family". I think most people are more inclined to think "I want to go and see a serious drama with elements of a thriller" or "I want to go see a fun romp with elements of serious drama".
knives:
Agreed.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: Ikrik on 28 Dec 2009, 19:26 ---1. His movies are just exploitation films, I don't think that there's that much going on with his storytelling. I think he has a very distinct style and that he's very good at writing and at shooting scenes.
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My problem with this is the phrase "just exploitation films". One of the reasons I like Tarantino so much is because he seems to be fascinated by a lot of the same films I am, and feels they're a lot more interesting than people sometimes think. Then again, I can see his films could fall flat for someone who doesn't share that interest, just like how my girlfriend will enjoy just about anything by Lynch simply because they share the same obsessions. What exactly is it you mean by storytelling by the way?
--- Quote from: knives on 28 Dec 2009, 22:31 ---Also they both attempt to paint the Allies as at least amoral in their goals and purposes.
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You think? I didn't feel like it was saying anything about the second world war at all really.
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