Princess and the Frog looks the only semi decent choice.
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Quote: Nil Putters @ January 10 2010, 2:03 PM GMTThe Film 2010 job is in the bag.
Not new but box office related. David Quantick reviewing Lesbian Vampire Killers on Twitter
"I've dug better films out of a vulture's eye. This is like shit's idea of a movie."
"If they were looking for wooden stakes to kill the vampires with, they should have just sharpened the cast. Bing-O!"
"I mean, if I'd wanted to see the poor man's Ricky Gervais and his work experience kid remake a Cannon and Ball fim with the staff of Nuts..."
Quote: sootyj @ January 10 2010, 2:37 PM GMTTried to watch Inglorious Basterds, but boy is it boring.
How far did you make it?
I saw Sherlock Holmes recently... and thought it was good fun and worth going to see.
Just in case someone wants to know.
Going to watch the new Sherlock Holmes film tomorrow. Has anyone seen it and what did they think?
I'm never know whether I like Robert Downy Jnr or not.
Check post above yours Jack!
I saw 'It's Complicated' today. I wanted to see Sherlock Holmes but missed it.
It was ok, but I was seriously considering sneeking out and watching the end of Sherlock.
Alec Baldwin may be enjoying a new lease on life, but Robert Downey is so fit.....
Quote: Griff @ January 15 2010, 10:32 PM GMTI saw Inglourious Basterds twice and thoroughly enjoyed it.
It's a terrific film, I don't see how anyone could find it boring exactly.
Quote: Jack Massey @ January 15 2010, 10:32 PM GMTGoing to watch the new Sherlock Holmes film tomorrow. Has anyone seen it and what did they think?
Sorry, Jeremy Brett for me every time.
Quote: Oldrocker @ January 16 2010, 1:49 AM GMTSorry, Jeremy Brett for me every time.
Our local PBS station runs it and I'm hooked too.
Quote: DaButt @ January 11 2010, 11:42 PM GMTHow far did you make it?
All that stuff about the Bear Jew.
Thing is I used to be a big of QT but since he dumped Robert Avery who wrote all the actual funny/clever stuff in Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs etc. I can spot these intermidable bits where something witty should be happening and it doesn't.
Quote: sootyj @ January 16 2010, 8:34 AM GMTThing is I used to be a big of QT but since he dumped Robert Avery who wrote all the actual funny/clever stuff in Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs etc.
That's a myth. Avary is not the unheralded genius behind Tarantino's early work. He did not help write Reservoir Dogs (Well, he helped co-write some of those radio host voiceover bits), but he did come up with the original story of the gold watch sequence in Pulp and wrote a script for it, which Tarantino then developed into the finished script; Avary also had the original ideas for some of the other scenes.
True Romance started as a very different script by Avary, which Tarantino then more or less completely changed; Avary was then hired, after Tarantino refused, to cut it down, make it straighter and add a happy ending. Avary also wrote one scene for Natural Born Killers; which was then cut.
So I think it's fair-ish to say, if you no longer like Tarantino's work, then it's not really down to the lack of Avary.
Then it's a coincidence when Avery left (Pulp Fiction?) Tarantino's quality plummeted, Maybe it was a coincidence? Who knows?
Certainly Avery's first big post Tarantino film Killing Zoe is not very good. I don't think anyone said Avery wrote the scripts but maybe he just restrained QT? Certainly after Pulp Fiction the quality drop was very sharp.
I found Basterds well just dull unimaginative and leaden. Where as all the golden era QT films got me in the first minute.