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Month: January 2016

  • Steve Jobs

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    What a fantastic film. Who cares that itā€™s a narrative construction that is inspired by the life of Jobs – thatā€™s probably why itā€™s such an entertaining film to watch. No big surprise that the backdrop for the story is of course something Iā€™d be into – I think Iā€™ve been pretty clear when talking…

  • The Hateful Eight

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    Holy shit did I ever love this movie. I was absolutely mesmerized from start to finish, to a point where I barely felt the time go by, which is saying something for a 3-hour film (I didnā€™t even want it to end). With everything Tarantino so fresh in my mind, although I still canā€™t say…

  • Django Unchained

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    And with this, my Tarantino marathon comes to an end (until of course I watch The Hateful Eight). As with Inglourious Basterds, Iā€™d only watched Django Unchained once, and so didnā€™t remember it as much as I did all the other Tarantino movies Iā€™ve watched over the last few days. Also, I seemed to remember…

  • Inglourious Basterds

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    Considering the number of times Iā€™ve watched Tarantino movies in general – especially Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, which I had even on VHS – it was fun watching Inglourious Basterds again because I had only watched it once (and same goes for Django Unchained). I really enjoyed it, much more than I remembered enjoying…

  • Death Proof

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    I think Death Proof is underrated – it doesnā€™t help that people donā€™t think about it beyond its Grindhouse double billing, with the Rodriguez film (which I also quite like). There are so many fun nods at how these movies were done, and the sequences with cars are truly exciting to watch. I also love…

  • Kill Bill Vol. 2

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    I like Vol. 2, and when considered as part of a whole, itā€™s fine, but it canā€™t really be considered to be a great movie on its own. Pretty much every single iconic moment you remember from Kill Bill is from Vol. 1. Vol. 2 is more grounded, and moreĀ ā€œregular,ā€ really – the one highlight…

  • Kill Bill Vol. 1

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    Watching Kill Bill Vol. 1 tonight, I think Iā€™ve never enjoyed it so much. I remember that when it originally came out, although it felt more satisfying as a Tarantino film than Jackie Brown did, it almost felt too Tarantino-esque, like he was starting to parody himself. As outlandish as Pulp can come off as,…

  • Jackie Brown

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    I never really liked Jackie Brown. Watching it again now, itā€™s easy to see why. After the amazing innovative 1-2 punch of Dogs and Pulp, he follows up with what feels like such aĀ ā€œregularā€ movie. I wonā€™t go so far as to say I actively dislike it – and I actually quite enjoyed watching it…