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Princess and the Frog looks the only semi decent choice.

Quote: Nil Putters @ January 10 2010, 2:03 PM GMT

The Film 2010 job is in the bag. ;)

:D

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 GMT

Tried 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 GMT

I 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 GMT

Going 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 GMT

Sorry, 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 GMT

How 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 GMT

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.

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.

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