Another plan that didn't come to fruition- getting this out before October.
It is still a celebration!
Reservoir Dogs is one of the biggest Movies that people think of when they think of the '90s.
Well, that and Pulp Fiction, but I have reservations- no pun intended- about watching that for the first time in *does the Math* 26 years or so. (UPDATE from the Future- I have the Blu-Ray and it will happen)
How do you make a Heist Film without showing the Heist?
How do you make a Film without putting it in order?
How do you make a Film with no Black Leads, but lots of people saying the 'N-word?'
It is Tarantino- love it or hate it!
To see how this often-overshadowed Film plays out, read on...
A Cold Open gives us a long discussion between a bunch of guys in matching suits (well, save for Chris Penn) discuss such important things as Tipping Waitresses, the 'true' meaning of Like a Virgin and other filler.
Weird filler conversation, pedantic arguments and pop culture- is there a question about which one of the people in this shot Wrote this?
They create the Crime Film Cliche by walking out together and drawing all sorts of attention.
Even if this Heist goes well, it would be easy to identify them later, no?
We suddenly cut to two of the men- Mr. White and Mr. Pink- trying to figure out how everything went wrong. Mr. Orange is bleeding out.
Things went poorly.
Well, we hear about the Heist. We hear about a shooting. We hear about the Cops.
We do- eventually- see how Mr. Orange was shot (no SPOILERS) and a brief bit with some Cops.
Mr. Blonde shows up with a surprise.
We get more flashbacks in random order.
Most of them aren't better shown this way, but whatever.
We eventually get the Scene that chased off Rick Baker and Wes Craven at Cannes. It also ruined one song for a generation.
We finally get to see who the Cop is via a prolonged flashback and then the end comes.
For once, no SPOILER there either. If you haven't seen it and want to, go for it.
A good Film for the most part and worthy of lots of praise.
Let's be clear- if you don't like Tarantino Films, this won't convert you.
You get the usual- lots of swearing, lots of overlapping dialog, the n-word, lots of blood and lots of violence.
Also, Tarantino himself monologues and is the worst Actor there.
Still here? Good.
I think the 'let's deconstruct the Genre' approach works better here than most of his later stuff, if I'm being honest. As someone who logged way too many hours in Payday 2 (yes, even the RD content), the Genre can be overdone.
I don't mind missing out on the Heist.
I don't mind the sudden jump cut to 'what the hell happened?!?' and all that.
That said, Pacing is all over the place and giving us all of the story content later is mostly kind of pointless.
Obviously the one section with the reveal of the Cop is key, so there is an exception.
It is as good as people say.
Is it better? Meh, that depends on you.
Now, is it or me, or do you sometimes feel like someone is watching you?
NOW let's begin October properly! Let the Horror begin!
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