Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
Right, I have this really bad habit of shooting my mouth off when it comes to HACK directors like "Q.T.".Where do I begin..
Pulp Fiction - Adapted from the Pulp crime television shows and comic books of the mid 40's + 50's.
Reservoir Dogs - Entire story lifted from Japanese action film w/ Chow Yung Fat called "City on Fire". See IMDB.com for details.
From Dusk Til Dawn - Vampire movies done 100 times over.
True Romance - Rip off of TWO movies. "Bad Lands" and "Murder in the Heartland". One of Fairuza Balk's 1st movies.
Natural Born Killers - Same as above
Jackie Brown - Ripped straight out a book entitled "Rum Punch" by Elmore Leonard.
Kill Bill - Lift from a movie called "The Bride Wore Black", along with some out of place "homage" to martial arts films.
Just because he adds his special blend of excessant gore and trash dialogue doesn't make these his fims.
He's an unoriginal hack. Perhaps you should read up on him before you step up to the plate for him?
Couldn't have said it better myself. I have the same opinion of Tarantino. The word "homage" is thrown around too much when it comes to his movies. It stops being an homage when you steal a lengthy scene shot for shot from an HK movie and then act as if the movie you stole from doesn't exist. Just recently in Bad Boys 2 I saw where Michael Bay stole the village destruction scene from Jackie Chan's Police Story. Same camera angles and everything. It wasn't as long as Tarantino's plagiarized "City on Fire" ripoff but I couldn't help but notice it and be disgusted by it because the average moviegoer knows nothing about the HK genre these hacks are stealing their ideas from. Just once in the credits I would like to see a line like "Special thanks to ------- for inspiring the making of this movie".
The best movies and no one enters anything but a lot of crap
Ok to start off you have too take movies by genre
The best movie of all times bar none
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
true it is and has religious implements to it
but over all the movie tells a genuine tale of human struggle and the ability to see what you actually posses as to what you don't and do need
Mr smith goes to Washington
a MOvie that should be a requirement for all school kids to see in the government type classes.
note to all JAMES STEWART WAS THE MAN
THe Wizard of oz
brilliant movie with a staying power that will out last most if not all films as far as staying power
Miracle on 34th street
a quintessential christmas move you will never get christmas until you see this as well as the original I think it was 36 classic Dickens A christmas Carol
David Lynch THe Elephant man beautiful move absolutely great
The Exorcist
Children of the corn
Evil Dead 2
The Earthling w/ricky schoeder
Pulp fiction
THe godfather 1 and 2 but 3 sucked ass
Scarface
Apocalypse now francis ford copulas best
Alien 1 ridley scott way to go
FOREST GUMP
Conan the barbarian
Robin Hood (the walt disney version)
The black hole
JAws 1
All of the lord of the rings
THe day the earth stood still
Invasion of the body snatchers
Good Fellows
Traffic
Casino
Easy money
The GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY
every which way but loose
AND THE BEST WESTERN OF ALL TIME
HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
The City of LOst children (Foreign
Delicatessen
Bowling for columbine
Roger and me
and all three original star wars
and all of the planet of the apes
there are many more but this is just a basic list
Angelas ashes
Whats The Best Movie?
I dont want none of that how or why you cant judge a film by its cover or sometyhing? i just wanna know plain and simple what is the best film i dont care what genre i dont care whos in it all i care about it the bottle of JD sitting beside me. Ah finally, rest REST no more WORK!!!!
Anyway Best Film = Last Samurai
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Originally posted by pipschick
You can guess what i'm going to say can't you?
LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY
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whats wrong w/ lotr trillogy?