This is going to be Quentin Tarantino's new film which takes place during World War II...but it hasn't been shot yet. In fact, he just finished the script, and a studio hasn't even purchased the rights to produce it. Hollywood is all abuzz, nonetheless.

I'm a fan, so I've been keeping up on the news about the film at Hollywood-Elsewhere.com. The (incredibly well-connected) guy that runs the site has a copy of the script, and has written some thoughts about it here: 1/2 script review

Dirty Dozen meets Kill Bill. Yes, please.

Apparently, Brad Pitt has already signed on.

nice

He finished the script and likes it. Latest post.

I have five dollars that says its a piece of shit.

I find that hard to believe.


That you have five dollars.

My wallet may be empty.

But really, what does that prove?

That the booming '90s economy has collapsed into a sad state where a semi-articulate 17-25-year-old man has trouble earning high enough above his needs to comfortably justify the high risk of even a minuscule wager?

Or that Debit Cards have rendered cash almost obsolete.

I've had HSX stock in this project for like 4 years. Started to think it was never going to happen.

I've seen the HSX ticker on Santa Monica Blvd before but never really knew what it was about.

He's been working on this since before Kill bill, it should be interesting, at the very least. That guys review of the script was kinda insufferable, but it sounds like a fun movie

http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/inglouriousbasterds/

I read 1 page of the script in a GQ magazine a couple months ago.

This is going to be over hyped isn't it.

Tarantino always delivers the goods. Hell I even enjoyed Deathproof.

Death proof was my favorite thing QT's done since Pulp fiction, I think ( well, maybe Kill Bill 1). I thought it was outstanding. it's probably going to be the last major chase scene sans cgi, unless there's like a big "punk " movie movement that back lashes against computer effects.

I really hate all the CGI shit that's going on. I hope this movie is good.

Well, since there's no objective way of making this wager, as you can call anything you want a piece of sht, I will bet you that it has a higher than 65 metacritic score, if you want.

i'd probably lose that bet, but i'll take it anyways.

I prefer 1 to 2. Most people tell me I'm wrong.

Booked. We'll take the critic score 2 weeks after it's release, so it has a fair amount of time to get reviews, agreed?

WITNESS!

I also prefer 1 to 2, though many critics disagree. I rewatched 2 recently, and it was not as bad as I thought it was when it first came out. However, it suffers from 2 major problems. 1) it's a martial arts movie with precious little martial arts. It shows her training with Pai Ma ( which is the best section of the movie) and it has a fight with darryl hannah ( which was good, but short). but over all, has almost no martial arts. Her fight with bill was particularly anticlimaxtic. When you have a part of the movie like Beatrix Vs the crazy 88, and it occurs, essentially, at the half way part of the movie ( 'cause really, KB1 and 2 are the same movie), then everything that comes after it, from an action point of view, is anti climactic. I know the movie is more than just a pure martial arts movie, but I guess I'm a purist, and if you're having an action movie, you don't want to shoot your action load too soon ( I think Gladiator is the most clear cut example of this, as the best gladiatorial fight is the first one, and every successive one is worse, finishing with a shit scene with the emperor)

Second, and really most importantly, David Carridine is the worst fcking actor alive. It's rare in a movie when I think acting matters that much. I think actors, by and large, are overrated, and the success and failure of a movie relies mostly in it's writing, directing and editing. Usually, if a movie has bad acting in it, it was a poorly written and directed movie to begin with, because a good director wouldn't stand for a crap actor stinking up his movie. Occassionally, there are some performances that are so great, they make a movie ( The Wrestler) and some performances that just wreck a movie. DC as Bill was one of those, IMO. He was never a good actor, he was always an historically bad actor. And forcing him to carry so much of the load of this movie, just wasn't in his wheel house. It would be different it he was making a cameo or something, but he was the male lead of this movie. And he's just rotten. And very, very old. I do not believe this old bastard could be either a world class assassin, or a sexer of foxy lady assassins. And, because he is such a useless old wreck, they couldn't have a good fight scene at the end of the movie, and instead end it the way they do. It's terrible. I don't know who QT should have picked. Clearly, it wouldn't be someone with the grindhouse and Kung fu pastiche that DC has. But almost anyone would have been better. Casting DC is one of the few times that QT's referential film style really got in the way of making a good movie. Carradine was a just terrible choice ( and his no talent son stunk up the second season of Dexter, proving that hack acting is genetic).

yeah, i dont have any money online. so it will have to be an old fashioned mail off. or something.

Then I withdraw the bet. I hope you don't take this personally, but I don't want you having my address.

understandable, i guess. but i've always liked you. so theres nothing to worry about.

Most people whom are murdered are murdered by people they know and love.

thanks cindy.

More proof that your QT bias is too slanted. Pulp Fiction was great, but QT isn't as consistently awesome as you think he is. In your long post, you even say that yourself without knowing it. The director is in charge and if QT was as good as you think he is, then there is no way David Carradine is in Kill Bill... let alone the lead. (I like QT, as you know, I just don't think he's consistently awesome as you do. He's more like Stephen Soderbergh or something.)



Wait a second, big guy. So you're saying that IF the movie is higher than 65 on metacritic then the movie isn't a POS!? Finally. I'm the winner.



HAHAHA!

I reject your premise. One bad casting choice doesn't discredit a director's career. I mean, Ray Leota sucks ass in Goodfellas, but the movie is still a classic and Scorcese is still a genius. The fact that Olive Oil is god awful in The Shining, doesn't take away from Kubrick as a director.

Do I think QT is consistantly awesome... hmmm well, my first instinct was to say no, but now that I think about it, he is pretty consistently awesome, breaking down his movies...

Res Dogs-Awesome
Pulp Fiction - Personal top five all time movie
Jackie brown- Good but not awesome
Kill Bill 1 -Awesome
Kill Bill 2-disappointing, better than I thought upon further review,, but not awesome
Death Proof-Awesome


4 out of 6 is a pretty good awesomeness ratio, and even when he "misses", I still like it.




I don't think you understand gambling. I wanted to get action from him. If I said a metacric score of 40, I wouldn't have gotten action. Also, I've never said braveheart was a pos ( other than to purely get a rise out of you). I've just said it's mediocre, and I stand by that

Sadly, I haven't seen Res Dogs, which is a disgrace, but out of everything on this list the only movie I think is awesome is Pulp Fiction... but it's REALLY awesome. I haven't seen Res. Dogs, I didn't really love any of the others. Out of everything on the list I only own Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill Vol 1. I've watched Pulp Fiction over and over and over... but I've only watched KB Vol 1 two times. (It's good, but not awesome)

All of this is imo, obviously.

I think you'd love Res dogs, but I'm not sure if you'd think it's as awesome as I do. It was the right place/right time sort of movie to me.. I had seen Pulp fiction first, but Res Dogs was my introduction into the 90's "indy" movie scene, and in general part of my awakening to good movies and not just big budget movies. I rewatched it about a month ago, and I still think it's great, but I'm not sure, if I saw it for the first time now, that I would love it as much, if that makes sense. But.. it is, really great. Many people think it's his best movie.

Oh it makes perfect sense. It's in my netflix queue, just waiting for me to watch it.

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainme...=22&sp=true

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol...icle6327709.ece

review

try True Romance-- written by QT. It is my personal favorite QT screenplay. Pulp fiction is a close second. If you have not seen it, put it first in your netflix que!

You ever watch res dogs/

I'm not reading that review, btw. I'm seeing the movie no matter what that review says, so I don't want the movie tainted. QT is on my short list of director's I'll see their movie's no questions asked.

Mods, please change the title to 'Basterds'. Do it. Johnny Walker Black. Do it.

I made the title before I realized Quentin was serious about widening the gap between the literate and most of the general public.

Saw Pulp Fiction again this weekend for the first time in like 5 years. That movie is so awesome.

Variety Review

To be perfectly fair, you didn't spell either word correctly.

I haven't yet. I hate myself.

seriously.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CN...;show_article=1

Reservoir Dogs is my favorite QT movie.

That story is great. Can't wait to see this movie. I agree that Reservoir Dogs was his best, but I think this one may trump it.

It's a good, solid movie. QT is confidant as ever, shepherding multiple storylines. The first scene is fantastic.

You guys are insane. Reservoir Dogs can't even lick the jock strap of Pulp Fiction.

I was so disappointed by Pulp Fiction. Don't get me wrong; it was still a good flick, but not even close to Reservoir Dogs. Reservoir Dogs doesn't lick jock straps. It cuts them off. Along with bits of other things...

Anyone else mix up Reservior Dogs with Dog Day Afternoon?

For 5 years I thought Harvey Keitel was gay