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Post by kijii on Aug 5, 2019 15:27:14 GMT
I think Quentin Tarantino may be running out of gas...
This Hollywood tall tale..that like others..rewrites history in a fun fashion, did not rise to the level of his other movies.
Maybe a Tarantino movie only works when Samuel L. Jackson or Christoph Waltz is in it.
YET, the review level on the IMDb belies my predictions or thoughts on the movie.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 5, 2019 15:31:18 GMT
I'm actually surprised to hear SLJ isn't in it. Figured there'd at least be a cameo.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Aug 5, 2019 18:16:04 GMT
I think it's among Tarantino's best.
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Post by Prime etc. on Aug 5, 2019 19:45:41 GMT
Here's a question-what films of 1969 or so best show off Hollywood at the time? I mean the locations, the studios etc.
If one wanted to glimpse the Hollywood area to compare with Tarantino's depiction, what films would be a good time machine experience for the environments?
TARGETS is the only thing that comes immediately to mind.
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 5, 2019 20:24:51 GMT
Here's a question-what films of 1969 or so best show off Hollywood at the time? I mean the locations, the studios etc. If one wanted to glimpse the Hollywood area to compare with Tarantino's depiction, what films would be a good time machine experience for the environments? TARGETS is the only thing that comes immediately to mind. Another 1969 film set in the general area -- MARLOWE with James Garner as Raymond Chandler's hero modernized from the usual 1940s setting.
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Post by Prime etc. on Aug 5, 2019 20:32:01 GMT
Another 1969 film set in the general area -- MARLOWE with James Garner as Raymond Chandler's hero modernized from the usual 1940s setting. Oh right- I watched that a while ago and thought about it specifically because of Bruce Lee.
Hey it's mentioned in a list:
Marlowe
“Marlowe” (1969)
Fans and admirers of the late Bruce Lee likely will be affronted by the scene in “Hollywood” where the legendary martial artist (played by Mike Moh) gets tossed about by stunt double Cliff Booth. The dust-up recalls a similarly improbable face-off in Paul Bogart’s “Marlowe,” a contemporized adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s “The Little Sister” that had James Garner’s private eye Philip Marlowe getting the best of a swift-kicking mob enforcer played by the real Bruce Lee after maneuvering said enforcer into diving off a rooftop. Years later, Garner would recall in his memoir: “I got to beat up Bruce Lee. (Only in the movies!)” As a bonus, Garner added: “Bruce showed me some martial arts moves between takes,” just like he does for Sharon Tate (prior to her “Wrecking Crew” role) in “Hollywood.”
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 5, 2019 20:59:00 GMT
Geez -- my suggestion was even more brilliant than I first realized!
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Post by bravomailer on Aug 5, 2019 21:21:59 GMT
Blow with Johnny Depp has a nice look at Southern California in the late-60s/early 70s. Not sure if Tinsel Town itself was depicted.
The Coens' Hail, Caesar looked at Hollywood in the early 50s.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Aug 5, 2019 22:40:29 GMT
Here's a question-what films of 1969 or so best show off Hollywood at the time? I mean the locations, the studios etc. If one wanted to glimpse the Hollywood area to compare with Tarantino's depiction, what films would be a good time machine experience for the environments? TARGETS is the only thing that comes immediately to mind. 's submission of Marlowe is a good one. Many iconic L.A. locations: the Bradbury Bldg; Union Station; the Sunset Strip; a glimpse of MGM's Thalberg Bldg (standing in for an advertising agency); one of the beach areas (I'm not sure which) before they all got so pricey. 1969's Model Shop is another: the very same beach area (whichever it was); areas of West Hollywood from the toniest to the seediest. Still another is 1970's Alex In Wonderland (in which Donald Sutherland balks at paying $40,000 for a Hollywood Hills home, just to illustrate how times change). Extending the era just another few years (when general appearances and culture hadn't changed much) is 1973's Save the Tiger. And going back a few to 1967, The Graduate shows off locations like Beverly Hills, UCLA, USC and the Ambassador Hotel.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Aug 14, 2019 18:18:51 GMT
I liked the movie, it has comedy and suspense and seems like an honest love letter to QT's youth in his hometown. Some of the casting of actual celebs seemed odd, Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen? I didn't see the connection. The ending came as a bit of a relief, honestly. I was enjoying the laid-backness of it all and didn't want such a violent finale. |
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