Movies You Adore and Wish Your Loved Ones with Great Taste Didn't Detest.

[masterofsparks]

That quote pretty much confirms what I'd suspected, Chris L. I guess Jackie Brown was the acorn to Tarantino's blind pig.

[Son of Dorvid]

I don’t want to be a professional. I’m not in the Directors Guild; I don’t want to be. I like holding on to my amateur status. I wanted to be a professional in all the right ways, but I didn’t want it ever to be a job. I even asked: “Would I die for Jackie Brown?” I would have died for Reservoir Dogs. I would have died getting a shot for Pulp Fiction. I don’t know if I would have died, would have thrown myself into that kind of harm’s way, for Jackie Brown, and that scared me a little bit. I think the reason was that that film was based on a novel; it wasn’t an original thing, born from me.

Does anyone know if Ringo Lam considers Reservoir Dogs to be an original thing, born from Tarantino? 

Or if Roger Avary wonders the same thing about Pulp Fiction?

[John Junk 2.0]

I love Breaking the Waves

Me too.

I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate that movie.

My pick is Brain Candy.

[Emerson]

I still like Reservior Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. A lot.

I still like most Jarmusch, too, along with Swingers, Waking Life* and a lot of other fine films that have weathered serious post-hipster backlash. I'm such a David Lynch nerd that I might watch Fire Walk With Me right now. And I genuinely enjoy Purple Rain.

I know a couple of people who don't like Pootie Tang, but they're not my friends anymore.

*Here's where I lost you.

[Emerson]

[Itslikeimsayin]

Who's that Girl? (underrated screwball comedy)

The Ten (my favorite movie from 2007)

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I still like Reservior Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. A lot.

I still like most Jarmusch, too, along with Swingers, Waking Life* and a lot of other fine films that have weathered serious post-hipster backlash. I'm such a David Lynch nerd that I might watch Fire Walk With Me right now. And I genuinely enjoy Purple Rain.

I know a couple of people who don't like Pootie Tang, but they're not my friends anymore.

*Here's where I lost you.

I'm with you for all of these, except Reservoir Dogs.  Also, I haven't seen Waking Life and I don't really remember Pootie Tang.  But I recently lurked on a debate about Waking Life in another online forum, and while people do love to hate it, it's got a fair number of supporters.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Also: what do people think of Wet Hot American Summer?  Just curious.

[jbissell]

Also: what do people think of Wet Hot American Summer?  Just curious.

One of my favorite comedies of this decade.

[yesno]

Also: what do people think of Wet Hot American Summer?  Just curious.

I love it, also.

That scene where that one guy is sulking around in the cafeteria, picking things up?  Awesome.  Such a rewatchable movie.

I also think that the Stella TV show (not really the dirty sketches) was hilarious, though a lot of comedy types didn't seem to dig it.  I like anti-humor.

[Pat K]

it wasn’t an original thing, born from me.

Seriously, has this guy seen any of his own movies? That might be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard him say.


Also, the whole "I don't it because I wouldn't die for it" thing just confirms what I've always suspected about QT. Namely, that the less fun he has making a movie, the better the movie will be.

[jamesp]

Also: what do people think of Wet Hot American Summer?  Just curious.

It's a classic and definitley one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Nothing beats Alan Shemper at the talent show.

[Bryan]

Also: what do people think of Wet Hot American Summer?  Just curious.

I've only seen it once, when it first was released on VHS, I think. It didn't do much for me. There were a few funny parts, but mostly I felt like I was missing something.

Strangely, I had the same experience watching Wayne's World in the cinema (although in that instance, the ingestion of LSD must have contributed to my confusion).

[Emerson]

Also: what do people think of Wet Hot American Summer?  Just curious.

I've only seen it once, when it first was released on VHS, I think. It didn't do much for me. There were a few funny parts, but mostly I felt like I was missing something.

Same thing here. Same thing with a lot of "cult comedies," such as Kentucky Fried Movie. I laughed a few times, but the overall shock of finding some completely awesome underground flick was probably spoiled by overhype.

[jbissell]

Kentucky Fried Movie is horrible. I don't remember laughing a single time.