[Norman Mushari]

Tarantino is my favorite movie director, and have seen all of his movies many times. I love how he uses conceptual continuity with scenes, and shots. The trunkshot is the first thing that came to mind. I was also thinking about how much he loves the mexican standoff. I get it. IT's very dramatic, and people emotions change very quickly.

So, I was thinking, what was everybodys favorite standoff? Besides Inglorious Bastards, all of them happen at the end of the movie. That's maybe why I like it the most. In the bar, with the hot blond double agent, the german officer, who is sitting in the corner, the scotch, Maximillion. Pulp Fiction comes in second. The wallet, Yolanda, Vincent showing up in the middle, and of coarse the briefcase.

True Romance, and Natural Born Killers count, because he wrote them.

This post has been edited by Norman Mushari: Jun 21 2011 01:43 PM

[Hard_Eight]

And it's in the movie twice.

I picked Reservoir Dogs. Carnage.

There is also Dusk Till Dawn which, you know, involved some Mexicans.

[rollerjag]

This is a good thread, but please be mindful of message board rules, which apply to quotes from movies as well as our own contributions.

[Deacon]

Not to be snide, but how should we put up a movie quote with objectionable language in it? Simply reference to it, blank out the objectionable stuff, or just have fond memories?

[rollerjag]

If a quote contains objectionable material, just don't post it. It's that simple.

[rollerjag]

My vote went to True Romance. There was something about it being a three way stand-off that appealed to me. But all of the poll choices were quality scenes.

[Norman Mushari]

This thread is ending up much funner than I expected.

You're right about the rules though. I'm just going to go read the post about the religious person having sex with a 12 year old.

Is there any part of that movie one can talk about? I like the scene where Vincent pulls out a...Nevermind.

Has anybody ever see the clip of the movie, that just shows the cussing. It's pretty funny, especially Tarantino, and Walken.

[Dakota]

Favorite Mexican Standoff: A big burrito vs my tummy!

[rollerjag]

Norman Mushari, on Jun 22 2011 01:12 PM, said:

This thread is ending up much funner than I expected.

You're right about the rules though. I'm just going to go read the post about the religious person having sex with a 12 year old.

Is there any part of that movie one can talk about? I like the scene where Vincent pulls out a...Nevermind.

Has anybody ever see the clip of the movie, that just shows the cussing. It's pretty funny, especially Tarantino, and Walken.

Outside of the standoff scenes, my favorite scene in the Tarantino movies is the Sicilian heritage lesson given to Vincenzo Coccotti by Clifford Worley in True Romance. Anyone not knowing what I'm talking about but cares to can easily Google it.

See how that works?

[Deacon]

True Romance was simply brilliant on a lot of levels.

I love the Clarence and Elvis dialogue, Brad Pitt on the couch, Gary Oldman as a pimp, etc.

But the Pulp Fiction standoff was the best.

[Hard_Eight]

How have I never seen this True Romance?

Gotta catch up on it this weekend

[KlrJgFn]

Great thread. It was a very difficult choice as they're all great movies that I've enjoyed watching multiple times. Now that I've got "Stuck in the Middle w/ You" on auto rewind in my head, I gave the nod to Reservoir Dogs only because the film was written so that there had to be a Mexican standoff. I remember the first time I saw it, I was just trying to guess who was going to make it out of the building.

Pulp Fiction was a close second due to how smoothly Jules handled the situation.

The True Romance "lesson" scene was great, but my favorite "Sicilian lesson" scene was from "A Bronx Tale". Google - Now you's can't leave. It's not a Quentin movie but definitely worth a look.

[Norman Mushari]

Hard_Eight, on Jun 22 2011 01:54 PM, said:

How have I never seen this True Romance?

Gotta catch up on it this weekend

I love that movie. I always like C. Slater, but I hate the Arquettes.

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Outside of the standoff scenes, my favorite scene in the Tarantino movies is the Sicilian heritage lesson given to Vincenzo Coccotti by Clifford Worley in True Romance. Anyone not knowing what I'm talking about but cares to can easily Google it.

See how that works?

It kinda surprises me that C. Walkens most popular stuff(Besides that Cowbell)(PLease, no more cowbell), is Tarantino work. He's only in each of the movies for 5 mins, but owns the scenes. Dennis Hopper is also really good in that scene.


Can I type in my favorite line? Please, please, please. No foul language.

[Norman Mushari]

Chooch, on Jun 22 2011 01:52 PM, said:

True Romance was simply brilliant on a lot of levels.

I love the Clarence and Elvis dialogue, Brad Pitt on the couch, Gary Oldman as a pimp, etc.

But the Pulp Fiction standoff was the best.

Who do you think would have played everybody had he directed it himself? I always watch the movie wondering how they decided to cast the people they did, but everybody works out great. I never would have seen Oldman, or Pitt, but Pitt was so funny, and Oldman was great.

I love The guy who played Balkie(?sp)(Perfect Strangers?)

The Elvis Dialogue is with Val Kilmer.

[Deacon]

Norman Mushari, on Jun 22 2011 03:18 PM, said:

Who do you think would have played everybody had he directed it himself? I always watch the movie wondering how they decided to cast the people they did, but everybody works out great. I never would have seen Oldman, or Pitt, but Pitt was so funny, and Oldman was great.

I love The guy who played Balkie(?sp)(Perfect Strangers?)

The Elvis Dialogue is with Val Kilmer.

To be honest, I never thought about "re-casting" that movie. I guess I liked the ensemble cast feature so much I never thought about changing it. I will watch pretty much anything with Oldman in it. I always enjoy his work.

I had heard somewhere that Elvis was actually played by three different actors, one for each dialogue. I know that Kilmer was one, but now I wanna find out who the other two were.

[Norman Mushari]

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I had heard somewhere that Elvis was actually played by three different actors, one for each dialogue. I know that Kilmer was one, but now I wanna find out who the other two were.
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Now I got to watch it again. Thanks.

[Deacon]

Well, don't go rushing off. There has been no mention of that being true, and it's a good possibility that I was drunk at the time that I "heard" that little tidbit.

[Hard_Eight]

Chooch, on Jun 23 2011 02:11 PM, said:

Well, don't go rushing off. There has been no mention of that being true, and it's a good possibility that I was drunk at the time that I "heard" that little tidbit.

What? You were awake?