Sam's Thread of Chattin' w/ Jake & Other Robust Subjects

[Uncle Sam]

Self indulgence is Tarantino's modus operandi. Pulp Fiction might be prentious but I've seen enough baffling, incoherent, boring arthouse tripe to know what end of the scale I like it at.

Hateful Eight is on at a £4 for a ticket indie cinema tonight. I'll let you know what I think when I get out of the screening next Tuesday.

 

[Uncle Sam]

If any of you ever find yourselves in Whitechapel - I'm looking at you, JGlass - then I heartily recommend the Genesis cinema. Its gimmick is they charge prices that don't make you feel like a cunt.

1. The Hateful Eight ★★★★

Quentin "four star" Tarantino.

There's one chapter that I would have cut entirely, and not just to cut down on that mammoth running time. Otherwise, I entirely understand if you're not a fan, but the Tarantino dialogue, the lengthy monologues, the shifting alliances, the moral greyness, the slapstick deaths, the showey direction - I'm pretty much entirely on board with it. Just cut that penultimate chapter.

Sam Jackson won't win the Oscar for this but he should - as an apology for the academy giving it to Christoph fucking Waltz for Django Unchained. Mental.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Oh, and the score was terrific.

 

[Uncle Sam]

We might have some late entries onto the list in Superbob, Turbokid and Beasts of No Nation if I can, you know, be arsed.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Just give use the scores and be done with it.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. Mad Max: Fury Road ★★★★★
2. Spy ★★★★
3. It Follows ★★★★
4. Whiplash ★★★★
5. The Good Dinosaur ★★★★
6. Inside Out ★★★★
7. A Fistful of Fingers ★★★
8. The Lobster ★★★
9. Slow West ★★★
10. The Martian ★★★
11. Ex Machina ★★★
12. Jurassic World ★★★
13. Ant-Man ★★★
14. Superbob ★★★
15. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens ★★★
16. Steve Jobs ★★★
17. Song of the Sea ★★★
18. Fast & Furious 7 ★★★
19. Avengers: Age of Ultron ★★★
20. Pitch Perfect 2 ★★★
21. Sicario ★★★
22. Kingsman: The Secret Service ★★★
23. Inherent Vice ★★
24. Carol ★★
25. Amy ★★
26. Straight Outta Compton ★★
27. The Gift ★★
28. Macbeth ★★
29. Big Hero 6 ★★
30. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol ★★
31. Spectre ★★
32. Terminator: Genisys ★

Yeah, it was alright. Quite funny.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. In The Heart Of The Sea ★★★★
2. The Hateful 8 ★★★
3. Joy ★★★
4. Carol ★★★
5. The Danish Girl ★★★
6. Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie ★

Carol was lovely. The Danish Girl had the worst lead performance I've seen in a long time. So bad it amused me to the point of enjoyment.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Eddie Redmayne got a nomination off the back of that, mate.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Wish I had a copy of it on DVD and knew how to edit. Somebody make me the parody trailer I want but don't have the talent to make.

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

Wish I had a copy of it on DVD and knew how to edit. Somebody make me the parody trailer I want but don't have the talent to make.

This isn't it but I can't imagine it being much different.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Subtler ham, but yeah.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I'm nearly certain I won't like The Assassin. Not even sure I'll like The Revenant. Creed though, that I'll definitely like.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

My three chain cinemas aren't showing Room. But it's ok because they've rereleased Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn and The Martian.

 

[JGlass]

Room was solid if you're okay with long periods of nothing happening. I was, though.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I thought Frank was a bit shot. I'm not bothered about Room. In fact, I think I'd rather watch The Room.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Anybody see The Big Short yet?


Good movie.

 

[JGlass]

I did. Really enjoyed it.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I meant shit. Frank was a bit shit.

My girlfriend watched Rocky between browsing Reddit yesterday - I think she's ready to appreciate all the nuances of Creed with me. "Why do people want Rocky to win? I don't understand." She gets it.

 

[Uncle Sam]

1. The Revenant ★★★★
2. The Hateful Eight ★★★★

It's emotionally underwhelming and there's not much Acting from Leo beyond a lot of pained faces but I'll be damned if it's not one of the most spectacular films I ever did see.

 

[Hyorinmaru]

Hateful 8 is high on my to watch list.

I'm a huge Tarantino fan

 

[Coco]

So is Quentin.

*Edit* Worked better before Milenko edited his post. Still works though.

 

[Uncle Sam]

The mind races at what exactly Tarantino could be a euphemism for.

But yeah, The Revenant, as a technical achievement, in terms of scope and sheer beauty, it's up there with Lawrence of Arabia. Really on the verge of that fifth star.

Edit: And it's pacey. Real pacey. Always moving.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

1. Creed ★★★★
2. In The Heart Of The Sea ★★★★
3. The Revenant ★★★
4. The Hateful 8 ★★★
5. Joy ★★★
6. Carol ★★★
7. The Danish Girl ★★★
8. Snoopy And Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie ★

The Revenant gave me close-up fatigue. Leo was shot like Bay shoots Optimus Prime.

 

[JGlass]

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

I'll be playing Binary Domain sometime in the near future.

 

[Uncle Sam]

You're very welcome. Do you know how difficult it is for a Briton to use Amazon.com? The answer is not very but more than I'd hoped for. My advice for Binary Domain is to stick with it at least until they introduce the French robot who wears a neckerchief.

It seems Jake and I both think pretty highly of Creed.