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07-25-2010, 10:54 AM | #7342 (permalink) |
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Some friends and I watched this because we couldn't find The Departed. It was funnier the first few times I saw it, but by now the shock has kind of worn off. Still smoke enough pot and you'll laugh at just about anything so I was laughing at least. I think my favourite scene is when Borat's walk down the highway and he just throws down his duffel bag on the concrete and you hear the disapproving caw of the rooster inside his bag. Don't ask why, but the subtly of that little scene cracked me up. |
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07-25-2010, 06:25 PM | #7344 (permalink) | |
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It's not as though I only watch meathead movies and compare everything against them. I am VERY serious about my films but I like B movies as much as something like Salo or The Warrior. True Romance falls into neither category and just ends up being a film with VERY serious intent only when it needs it and otherwise apes 70's/80's exploitation movies and therefore I just cannot get into it.
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07-25-2010, 06:32 PM | #7345 (permalink) |
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Even if it does try and present it way in a cool way, for me it was just fun. It's a film that doesn't have a moral compass, farcical things happen, there's nothing do dissect there. There's nothing to it other than it being a love story intertwined with crime. There's no depth to it, it was just an enjoyable watch when I saw it. I've only seen it the once, maybe it might get worse with each watch.
But for me it was definitely good fun, and I don't really care what its intentions were. |
07-25-2010, 06:47 PM | #7346 (permalink) | |
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There are some good set pieces and lines of dialogue in the film but that's not enough. It's a B movie script given high gloss by Hollywood and fails to be neither. I have seen it 4 times now to almost convince myself that my views are wrong but I still have the same opinion. Of course if you like it I am cool with that honestly but it's not a 'fun' movie at all for me. Maybe if it was a low budget movie without fanfare, I could have enjoyed it more.
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07-25-2010, 07:14 PM | #7348 (permalink) | |
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I just remember really enjoying True Romance, I didn't even know what the budget was and I wasn't aware it had a real strong fan base. I knew it was favoured by the critics. |
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07-25-2010, 07:23 PM | #7349 (permalink) |
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Jackhammer, what makes True Romance feel different than any other Tarantino film? Or do you not like any of them?
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