What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino.

I love snowy films, be it The Thing, The Shining or Corbuccis brilliant The Great Silence. And this is no different, basically a group of strangers trapped in a snowbound cabin in the middle of nowhere. Morricones marvellous score, more reminiscent of classic horrors like The Shining or Psycho combined with the setting works brilliantly to evoke a menacing mood and the opening scenes of the stagecoach passing an old gothic cross in the middle of the white wasteland do ever more to convince me that this isn't a western but a horror flick in disguise. I loved it but somehow i suspect I'll be the only one here to think that highly of it.

Okay. I now want to see this. Asda here i come.

Can i recommend Day of the Outlaw if you like snowy westerns. For a Hollywood film it's grueling stuff.



Oh and McCabe and Mrs. Miller too. That's a Tarantino western in all but name.

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by J Harker

The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino.

A stagecoach thunders across the bleak snowy Wyoming wilderness. On board is bounty hunter John 'The Hangman' Ruth transporting his prisoner Daisy Domague to justice in the town of Red Rock. Sat upon a heap of corpses in the middle of the road is Major Marquis Warren. A rival bounty hunter also looking to get his catch to town after the elements claim his horse. Striking up an arrangement the two professionals share the carriage onward awhile before happening across a third traveller also struggling on foot in the harsh environment. Chris Mannix claims to be the new sherrif of Red Rock and manages to secure a ride aboard John Ruths stagecoach.
Unfortunately a ferocious blizzard forces the coach to stop at Minnies Haberdashery a remote trade post, where the men have no choice but to hole up til the storm passes.
Inside the trade post, we meet an odd assortment of travellers all with their own stories and agendas.
Tarantinos 9th feature is as ever a long drawn out indulgent affair, criticisms already levelled at this and at least his last two films. Its difficult to argue that point other than to say i enjoyed all three immensely and was never bored therefore i don't see how they can be overlong.
The Hateful Hate stars Kurt Russell doing his best John Wayne as John Ruth 'The Hangman' and Tarantino regular Samuel L.Jackson as Marquis Warren. Both are excellent in there own way even if Jackson is just playing his usual shouty self. Also in Minnies Haberdashery we get a brilliant turn from Tim Roth as the most English Englishman on earth, Michael Madsen as...well Michael Madsen. Bruce Dern as an old army general. Oh and credit where it really is due to a spectacular turn from Jennifer Jason Leigh as the prisoner Daisy Domague, foulmouthed, evil and hilarious in equal measure. I love snowy films, be it The Thing, The Shining or Corbuccis brilliant The Great Silence. And this is no different, basically a group of strangers trapped in a snowbound cabin in the middle of nowhere. Morricones marvellous score, more reminiscent of classic horrors like The Shining or Psycho combined with the setting works brilliantly to evoke a menacing mood and the opening scenes of the stagecoach passing an old gothic cross in the middle of the white wasteland do ever more to convince me that this isn't a western but a horror flick in disguise. I loved it but somehow i suspect I'll be the only one here to think that highly of it.
P.s.Jackie Brown is far too long.

I like all Quentin's films including Death proof. Loved Hateful 8.

For snowy westerns I also recommend The great silence


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[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Okay. I now want to see this. Asda here i come.

Can i recommend Day of the Outlaw if you like snowy westerns. For a Hollywood film it's grueling stuff.



Oh and McCabe and Mrs. Miller too. That's a Tarantino western in all but name.

While i urge you to watch it, i bet you'll bloody hate it Dem!
I think I'm one of the only people that actually thinks Tarantino is getting better and better.
Thanks for the recommendations.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by keirarts

I like all Quentin's films including Death proof. Loved Hateful 8.

For snowy westerns I also recommend The great silence


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Somehow i missed your post K. Yeah even Death Proof has some redemption but its easily Tarantino's worst film, ironic given its his shortest. The Great Silence is brilliant. While its set very early in what is generally considered the Western era The Revenant if you haven't seen it is absolutely stunning. To be honest my fondness for snowbound films isn't really limited to westerns (though it's somehow an interesting contrast to the usual tropes of the genre) The Thing, Let the Right One In, 30 Days of Night, Deadly Pursuit...
Even average films like The Grey are i think helped tremendously by the snowy environment.

[gag]

Originally Posted by J Harker

While i urge you to watch it, i bet you'll bloody hate it Dem!
I think I'm one of the only people that actually thinks Tarantino is getting better and better.
Thanks for the recommendations.

Love him or hate him there no two ways about it the guy is 100% pure talented.
I loved all his film up to death proof which i wasnt over impressed with it
Inglorious bastards, still havent seen it and to be honest im not that interest to either, dont even ask me why im not sure myself
Django unchained didnt like it couldnt take to it, i think there something about the film where i think he tried to be to clever amd smug with himself about it, but cant pinpoint why, thought the film was to long winded and more of just a dialogue film than being a film, and there was something about dicaprio that i didnt think he was quite suited for the film or the part,
Hatefull eight havent watched yet but so looking forward to it tho.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by gag

Love him or hate him there no two ways about it the guy is 100% pure talented.
I loved all his film up to death proof which i wasnt over impressed with it
Inglorious bastards, still havent seen it and to be honest im not that interest to either, dont even ask me why im not sure myself
Django unchained didnt like it couldnt take to it, i think there something about the film where i think he tried to be to clever amd smug with himself about it, but cant pinpoint why, thought the film was to long winded and more of just a dialogue film than being a film, and there was something about dicaprio that i didnt think he was quite suited for the film or the part,
Hatefull eight havent watched yet but so looking forward to it tho.

You like Jackie Brown gag?

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Somehow i missed your post K. Yeah even Death Proof has some redemption but its easily Tarantino's worst film, ironic given its his shortest. The Great Silence is brilliant. While its set very early in what is generally considered the Western era The Revenant if you haven't seen it is absolutely stunning. To be honest my fondness for snowbound films isn't really limited to westerns (though it's somehow an interesting contrast to the usual tropes of the genre) The Thing, Let the Right One In, 30 Days of Night, Deadly Pursuit...
Even average films like The Grey are i think helped tremendously by the snowy environment.

I really enjoyed the revenant, I also enjoyed the Grey. I think FARGO hasn't been mentioned yet!

[gag]

Originally Posted by J Harker

You like Jackie Brown gag?

Been a while since ive seen it but from what i remember yes i did.

[Deadite]

Watched The Visitor and am glad i got it for a low price. Being a cult film fan i'm used to seeing the diamond in the rough, but basically this film is a sheet of sandpaper in the rough. Admittedly the girl is pretty creepy, but that's about it.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by J Harker

The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino.

A stagecoach thunders across the bleak snowy Wyoming wilderness. On board is bounty hunter John 'The Hangman' Ruth transporting his prisoner Daisy Domague to justice in the town of Red Rock. Sat upon a heap of corpses in the middle of the road is Major Marquis Warren. A rival bounty hunter also looking to get his catch to town after the elements claim his horse. Striking up an arrangement the two professionals share the carriage onward awhile before happening across a third traveller also struggling on foot in the harsh environment. Chris Mannix claims to be the new sherrif of Red Rock and manages to secure a ride aboard John Ruths stagecoach.
Unfortunately a ferocious blizzard forces the coach to stop at Minnies Haberdashery a remote trade post, where the men have no choice but to hole up til the storm passes.
Inside the trade post, we meet an odd assortment of travellers all with their own stories and agendas.
Tarantinos 9th feature is as ever a long drawn out indulgent affair, criticisms already levelled at this and at least his last two films. Its difficult to argue that point other than to say i enjoyed all three immensely and was never bored therefore i don't see how they can be overlong.
The Hateful Hate stars Kurt Russell doing his best John Wayne as John Ruth 'The Hangman' and Tarantino regular Samuel L.Jackson as Marquis Warren. Both are excellent in there own way even if Jackson is just playing his usual shouty self. Also in Minnies Haberdashery we get a brilliant turn from Tim Roth as the most English Englishman on earth, Michael Madsen as...well Michael Madsen. Bruce Dern as an old army general. Oh and credit where it really is due to a spectacular turn from Jennifer Jason Leigh as the prisoner Daisy Domague, foulmouthed, evil and hilarious in equal measure. I love snowy films, be it The Thing, The Shining or Corbuccis brilliant The Great Silence. And this is no different, basically a group of strangers trapped in a snowbound cabin in the middle of nowhere. Morricones marvellous score, more reminiscent of classic horrors like The Shining or Psycho combined with the setting works brilliantly to evoke a menacing mood and the opening scenes of the stagecoach passing an old gothic cross in the middle of the white wasteland do ever more to convince me that this isn't a western but a horror flick in disguise. I loved it but somehow i suspect I'll be the only one here to think that highly of it.
P.s.Jackie Brown is far too long.

COUGH Bone Tomahawk is a western, this is just QT's usual aping of a genre...IMO!!


AANYway.....I also watched Charlie Chan & The Dlagon Queen (1981, Clive Donner)
When cocaine habits attack. Hollywood. You may hate them nowawdays for having no ideas....but this "film" is surely the epitome of the anything goes period. Literally jaw dropping in it's scattergun approach to it's subject. If it hadn't been for Brian Keith's hypochondriac copper, I would have given up after the title scene.

Bone Tomahawk (S. Craig Zahler, 2015)
Now this is more like it. Apart from some contemporary mores, this is a western (This I may have mentioned). Russell excels as the extremely civil Sheriff of Bright Hope, a town with only a few residents. Richard Jenkins nearly steals the film as the "back up" deputy, but it's Russell's show. Some genuine tension towards the climax had me on the edge of my seat.