I love Kill Bill 1&2, two of my favs. Jackie Brown is my least fav of his films. Not that I hate it just like his other stuff better. If he does do a part 3 i will be in the movie theater opening night.
Yeah, I recall when he was planning to do a KILL BILL 3. But, a couple of years ago, he told some friends of mine in the UK that he doubted he would ever get around to really doing it. That conversation happened long before Carradineās death. And if he was planning the stories to be 15 years apart, or so, then it wouldnāt have mattered if David was alive or not (because Bill would have been dead, anyway). Sebastian probably knows more about this than I do, though. I guess I really should have said that I doubt there will be a KILL BILL 3 instead of saying an outright ānoā.
I actually enjoyed the KILL BILL moviesā¦to some degreeā¦but, I have to be honest and say that I didnāt find them to be as spectacular as some feel they are.
[quote=āChris_Casey, post:158, topic:613ā]And speaking of KILL BILLā¦
I sure miss my old buddy, David Carradine. I started thinking about him the other day when I was trying to figure out a way to display the āKill Billā sword he gave me.
It is true that David was one strange cat, but he was always really nice and friendly towards me. Long story on how we met (via a few projects I was involved in for the History Channel); but, I was always surprised that David asked me for my address and phone number at the end of our working togetherā¦and that he actually kept in touch with me up until a few weeks before his death in Thailand. I miss hearing from the guy.[/quote]
First saw David Carradine on the āKung Fuā TV show, been a fan of his ever since. Been in some cool movies, really enjoyed āAmericanaā and I have to admit having a soft spot for āDeath Race 2000ā. 8)
I never met him but my sister in law overheard him and his girlfriend? arguing on a beach on the Cote Dāazure, apparently the air was blue.
I enjoy Kill Bill but not as much as his other films, and Bill was the best partā¦
I would much rather see a sequal to
True Romance with Christian Slater with an Eye Patch & Christopher Walken kidnaps his wife & son & Elvisās Ghost continues to talk to him that would be cool + Christian Slater deserves a come back he made some good films
Or
The Vega brothers film with John Travolta & Micheal Madsen set before Pulp Fiction & Resevoir Dogs
Yeah, Iād like to see that. Too much time has passed though, both actors are looking old these days.
Grindhouse is out!
Yeh its a shame there getting old
Also I read somewhere that the ending for True Romance is not what tarantino wanted so he probably wont make a sequal to a movie he didnt approve of, but hey āRamboā was sapposed to die in that film & spawned some pretty good sequals too.
Tarantino does approve of True Romance, very much so. He even contributed an audio commentary to the DVD.
They should make an alternative version, a Tarantino cut, which brings the footage which was shot in the order as QT had conceived it in his screenplay.
first of all, it is not a Tarantino movie. He had nothing to do with the making of the film. So there is no sensible reason why anyone should release a Tarantino cut.
secondly, Tarantino is officially a fan of the existing Directorās Cut, he loves it, and has contributed an audio commentary. This is as strong an endorsement from someone who has SOLD the script AWAY to someone else to make it, as it can get.
thirdly, a recut version is circulating in the bittorrent world, so if anyone should really be arrogant enough to circument the will of the author, producer, and director of the film and watch this movie unathorizedly modified and recut, then there is a way to do it
So I gather you donāt like fan edits? But seriously, I donāt think there is anything arrogant about editing a movie for some purpose (in True Romanceās case, making the movie more like Tarantinoās script, which is a sensible reason) or to make it more enjoyable to yourself and maybe others. Especially since it takes a lot of time and dedication, you donāt fan edit something you despise completely!
no but I think thereās a certain amount of arrogance involved in embarking on something like modifying a movie. or if not arrogance, call it disrespect for the artist, forgery or abuse. I mean you either like True Romance or you donāt. And there is only one true romance for a fan, and that has to be the version that the director likes, because after all the director is the creator of the movie.
Well, you can like True Romance with reservation, though. You can like certain parts of a movie. You can like a certain cut of a movie (Star Wars pre-Lucas messing around or to stay with Tony Scott, the theatrical cut of Revenge). You can like a movie, but think it could have been better. And I really donāt think that modifying somebodyās movie is really disrespectful, not anymore than remaking a movie or remixing a song, though there is the money thing involved here, but that has nothing to do with respect. But if you make money off your fan edit, thatās disrespectful.
And I really donāt think that if youāre a fan of a movie you have to like the directorās cut above any other cut. Are all of those hardcore Star Wars fans who are mad at Lucas for messing around with the original trilogy, not really fan? One of my favorite movies has two cuts, I prefer the original cut, but if the director was to come out and say āWell, you know, I actually I prefer the theatrical release.ā, I still would prefer the original cut, I think I would still be a fan of the movie.
Hopefully there is still a chance of a sequal with an older Christian Slater wearing an Eye patching who talkes to the ghost of āThe Kingā and kills peopleā¦
fingers crossed
(Also I think the original cut is fine, because if he did die in the script there would be no love to see him in a sequal considering Christopher Walken is still alive I believe)
Kay, I see your point now. The Lucas argument is good and valid. however, even in that case, in the end, itās Lucasā movie, and wellā¦ not yours
But I do see your point. I just donāt see whatās wrong with True Romance Directorās Cut, and why there should be any reason to mess with it. George Lucas truly fucked with his fans and the franchiseā¦ in the True Romance case, they backpedalled on some things and in the end we have a version that the director likes, that Tarantino likes and thatās an awesome movie. Not reason to cut it around just so it matches a piece of paperback, that has no more relevance to the present time.
Actually, I havenāt watched and I donāt intend to watch the fan edited version of True Romance either, I also feel the film is already fine as it is. But fan editing in general is something I really love (although Iāve never done a fan edit) and Iāve rarely seen it done without respect for the filmmakers.
Heck, Iāve been wanting to do a serious version of Hell of the Living Dead for a long time and I love Matteiās film ;D .
I like True Romance, but think it would probably be a better film if the scenes were arranged in the way QT had written them. Iām only talking about the film as it is, but the scenes in another order. Scott had said they tried to do it that way. but it hadnāt worked. I would like to check it.
And to be true, for me True Romance is without any doubt a QT movie , while Natural Born Killers is an Oliver Stone film.
And I have no problems to alter an āartistsā work (by recutting, sampling, remaking, covering or whatever), as long as the āOriginalā will still be available.
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Vanashing Point is a great film. I remember watching it as a double bill with āDeath Proofā and I stil lthink it is way better. One of the greatest ācarā films. Makes me want to run from the law in a desert somewhereā¦ sort of like the film āBadlandsā does (especially if I could find a Sissy Spacek to accompany me in the case of the latter).
I actually couldnāt stand the āKill Billā filmsā¦ even if many thought Iād love them as I like a lot of the cast (Uma Thurman, Carradine and Michael Madsenā¦ though I prefer Virginia Madsen! ) and the films that Tarrantino is emulating/referencesā¦ but I couldnāt. I just found the violence not very stylish (unlike the much older, and better, āBaby Cartā/āLone Wolf And Cubā films, or even the Hanzo ones and certainly not most of the Spags).
I respect Tarantino and like āReservoir Dogsā (and I liked āJackie Brownā but I havenāt seen it since the 90sā¦ so I am not sure whether I will today) and āTrue Romanceā (which he wrote) and think he has a good taste in films, but I just donāt like th majority of his films. I am more of a Coen bros fan as far as 90s Directors go. I think some of it has too do with the violence; I like it stylised but not too unrealistic. And I am not a fan of āslicknessā (if that is the right word?).
I didnāt really hate āDeath Proofā and quite liked the car chase (and loved that it wasnāt all CGI) and I am a big fan of Kurt Russel so it was good to see him again, but I still couldnāt get into it.
Sorry guys, Iāll get my coat (rig and hat).
Iāve felt that the more heās celebrated, the more Tarantino emphasizes style over substance to his (and filmgoersā) detriment. Inglorious Basterds, Kill Bill, and to some extent Pulp Fiction are essentially live-action cartoons. There arenāt many characters in these who are real and appealing. When I choose to watch these movies, I know Iām watching spectacle and spectacle alone. Itās why scenes like the end of Kill Bill 2 donāt hold together for me. You canāt try to end on a character moment when, up to that point, there wasnāt really a character.
I can name the reason why Jackie Brown is my favorite Tarantino film in two words: Robert Forster (actually, those arenāt words, really). Heās a deep, human character in whom I as a viewer can invest. His relationship with Jackie makes that movie for me.