The Hateful Eight | Out NOW in Digital and 70mm | 187 minutes long including a 12 minutes intermission

[The Stingray]

basterds

 

kill bill

 

django

 

death proof

 

However, none of them, with the exception of Basterds, can hold a candle to QT's holy trinity from the '90s.

 

[goldenstate5]

Inglorious Basterds

 

Django

 

Hateful Eight

 

Death Proof

 

KB

[takerowns]

django

h8teful 8

kill bill 1

kill bill 2

basterds

 

[Mr Terrific]

I like Tarantino films. Some are great. I love Marvel Cinematic Universe films. 

1) Which group is more formulaic?

2) Is there a substantial difference between movies being formulaic vs. having a style?

[langer]

3 hours ago, Mr Terrific said:

I like Tarantino films. Some are great. I love Marvel Cinematic Universe films. 

1) Which group is more formulaic?

2) Is there a substantial difference between movies being formulaic vs. having a style?

 

Comic book movies (MCU included):

1st act : Hero is introduced (re-introduced for sequels) by battling small villains, solving minor issues

2nd act : Main villain is introduced (or villain's plan) , while hero is experiencing doubts or failures - Villain sets up the hero.

3rd act : Hero  regains confidence (gets his shit together) and find a way to defeat the villain.  Hero wins, but a sequel is usually set up by unfinished business (villain escapes, proxies get hurt and want revenge, unseen villain pulling strings). 

 

QT movies

1st act : A bunch of characters are having a conversation about something while being introduced to the audience

2nd act : A bunch of them are killed in non-chorological order

3rd act : The remaining characters have another conversation about strudels, tips or burgers before killing/torturing most of the remaining antagonists

 

[antovolk]

Finally seeing this Friday, glorious 70mm, showing nearly sold out. (the Odeon LSQ is the only UK location showing it in the format)

[antovolk]

Battle over one 70mm print in the UK leads to three major chains not showing the film this week:
http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/three-major-uk-cinema-chains-will-not-screen--the/396495

[MovieMan89]

On 1/4/2016 at 7:17 PM, Chewy said:

Django

KB1

KB2

Basterds

This

Death Proof

Haven't seen this yet, but otherwise agreed. Basterds has gotten fairly overrated these days it seems. 

[DAJK]

Hopefully I see this, daddy's home, and Revenant this weekend.

[The Futurist]

Mikael Haneke would explain to you that Tarantino trivializes violence and uses it to sell his movies to the virgin, naive souls of the youth of the west (world).

 

No kidding here, he actually believes this.

[Blankments]

Final predicts:

 

DOM: 62M

WW: 143M

[The Futurist]

If QT was making his violent scenes as sensual/sex scenes in 70mm, God only Knows ... Male Cortexes would melt, or not.

[RichWS]

The violence in this DID kinda wear me out by the end. 

[The Futurist]

If Saw-Hostel movies are like 10 on a violence scale, where H8ful Eight is at ?

 

What comparison could be made ?

Edited January 6, 2016 by The Futurist

[junkshop36]

Kill Bill vol1

Django

Basterds

Kill Bill vol2

Death Proof

 

Haven't seen H8

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

1 hour ago, The Futurist said:

If Saw-Hostel movies are like 10 violence scale, where H8ful Eight is at ?

 

What comparison could be made ?

9. Less torture porny than those, although you can construe a lot of the violence as torture porn. It's so violent, it feels like a parody of a Tarantino movie.

Edited January 6, 2016 by Jayhawk the Hutt

[Dementeleus]

2 minutes ago, Jayhawk the Hutt said:

9. Less torture porny than those, although you can construe a lot of the violence as torture porn. It's so violent, it's like a parody of Tarantino movies.

 

And yet, there's nothing as nasty as carving off a dude's ear, although some of the gore is closer to something goofy like EVIL DEAD.

 

EVIL DEAD, the Sam Raimi versions.

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

2 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

And yet, there's nothing as nasty as carving off a dude's ear.

That's what stops me from rating it a 10. Nothing super gross, IMO. Just buckets of blood and guts everywhere. Since everyone is unlikable, the violence doesn't have a ton of emotional impact either. That combined with how over the top it is, makes it more funny more than anything else.

Edited January 6, 2016 by Jayhawk the Hutt

[Dementeleus]

Just now, Jayhawk the Hutt said:

That's what stops me from rating it a 10. Nothing super gross, IMO. Just buckets of blood and guts everywhere.

 

More gore would've made you give it a ten?

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

17 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

More gore would've made you give it a ten?

Nah. It has to do with how disturbing the violence was (moderately so). There were certainly a couple scenes of disturbing violence, but most of it was what you see in an average GOT episode (but with guns and not swords).

Edited January 6, 2016 by Jayhawk the Hutt