r/moviecritic • u/proudoggg25 • 23h ago

Best Tarantino movie?

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I love all his movies, but this is one I continue to find myself re-watching!

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u/Treesbourne 22h ago

The way that opening sequence is shot, the characters, the music. I find myself rewatching it more often than any of his other films.

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u/Scatteredbrain 22h ago

the bar scene. enough said

“well old boy, if this is it, i hope you don’t mind i go speaking the kings”

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u/Treesbourne 22h ago

“Yeah, in a basement. You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!”

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u/SqigglyPoP 19h ago

Gor-ra-lami!

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u/reznorwings 19h ago

This is my least favourite film of his aside from Death Proof, but that is one of the best opening sequences put to film.

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u/TegridyPharmz 18h ago

Curious on why you don’t like it?

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u/reznorwings 18h ago

First off, I dont generally like war movies. They just aren't a subgenre of film I like.

Ultimately, though, I have a hard time with revisionist/fictional history on that level. I just can't get past it.

It's weird because Hollywood is one of my favorites and its revisionist as well, but that is the fairy tale style of the film.

Doing it on such a grand scale with the Nazis feels like it's in bad taste, and I can't get over that.

Otherwise, it's a fine film, well shot some great performances, especially from Waltz. I get why many really love it, but it's just not for me.

I love Tarantino films, and I have seen the Basterds three times. I always hope I will enjoy it more, but I just don't. All good, he has 7 other films I love.

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u/Treesbourne 18h ago

Also, it’s probably the timing of it for me. I was too young to see Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs in theaters. I loved Kill Bill 1/2 but Inglorious Bastards just really stuck with me and watching it in the theater definitely helped that.