Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction is the bringing together of 4
main stories all intertwining. The two hit men, Vincent Vega (John Travolta),
Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson); a mafia leader’s wife, Mia Wallace (Uma
Thurman); a boxer, Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis); and two diner robbers, Ringo
(Tim Roth) and Yolanda (Amanda Plummer).
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Written by: Quentin Tarantino
Story: Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
IMDb rating: 9/10
Metascore: 94/100
My rating: 10/10
Awards: 1 Oscar among 59 others and 46
nominations and number 4 on the IMDb top 250
Film Review: Roger Ebert rated Pulp Fiction
4 stars on his website; this is a snippet of the review he gave:
“Seeing
this movie last May at the Cannes Film Festival, I knew it was either one of
the year's best films, or one of the worst.
Tarantino
is too gifted a filmmaker to make a boring movie, but he could possibly make a
bad one: Like Edward D. Wood Jr., proclaimed the Worst Director of All Time,
he's in love with every shot - intoxicated with the very act of making a movie.
It's that very lack of caution and introspection that makes "Pulp
Fiction" crackle like an ozone generator: Here's a director who's been let
loose inside the toy store, and wants to play all night.”- Roger Ebert.
My thoughts: I completely agree with Ebert and I feel that this film is a masterpiece and can only get better with each viewing. It is an all time classic and is one of my favourite films ever made.
Inglorious Basterds
“In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to
assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a
theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.”-IMDb
Director: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth
Main Cast: Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
IMDb rating: 8.3/10
Metascore: 69/100
My Rating: 9/10
Awards: 1 Oscar and another 75 wins and 63 nominations; plus
109/250 on IMDb’s top 250 films
Film Review: Roger Ebert rated Inglorious Basterds 4 stars and
gave this review:
“Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” is a big, bold,
audacious war movie that will annoy some, startle others and demonstrate once
again that he’s the real thing, a director of quixotic delights. For starters
(and at this late stage after the premiere in May at Cannes, I don’t believe
I’m spoiling anything), he provides World War II with a much-needed alternative
ending. For once the basterds get what’s coming to them.”-Roger Ebert
My
Views: I feel that this film is extremely well shot with outstanding
performances from Christoph Waltz in particular, who is also outstanding in
Django Unchained. I feel that the story line is extremely entertaining however
it lacks that piece of originality to make it a “cult classic” like what Pulp
Fiction or more so The Godfather have turned into.
The Godfather
“The
aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his
clandestine empire to his reluctant son.”-IMDb
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Main
Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan,
Writing
Credits: Mario Puzo (screenplay, novel), Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay)
IMDb
Rating: 9.2/10
Metascore:
100/100
My
Rating: 9/10
Awards:
3 Oscars, another 29 wins and 19 nominations. Rated at number /250 on IMBd’s
top 250 films.
Film
Review: Roger Ebert rated this a 4 star film but also labeled it a “great
movie”
“The
Godfather is told entirely within a closed world. That’s why we sympathize with
characters that are essentially evil. The story by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford
Coppola is a brilliant conjuring act, inviting us to consider the Mafia
entirely on its own terms. Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) emerges as a
sympathetic and even admirable character; during the entire film, this lifelong
professional criminal does nothing of which we can really disapprove.”
My
Views: I feel that The Godfather is a very good movie that has been
choreographed brilliantly and the only reason I didn’t give it 10 out of 10 is
that it is extremely long and takes a lot of concentration and takes a few
viewings to grasp the whole thing, but once I’ve seen it enough times that
rating would probably turn to a ten.
Luke Keeler
You screen shots are not coming up on your blog. Could you please upload again.
ReplyDeleteYou have still not submitted the summer task nor questionnaire.
I've done 3: Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds and The Godfather. I have uploaded both the questionnaire and the Summer task, I have also uploaded the pictures they are the first thing i uploaded they are at the bottom of the page. I tried to upload screenshots from the films as you can see from the boxes but they havent come through, how do I get around this problem?
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ReplyDeleteWell done Luke for meeting the deadline. I like the way you have engaged with the critics whilst expressing your views. Your expression is also improving.
Re uploading screen shots check the document I gave you about uploading images or speak to Mr Seal.
At present a Level 2 because you have not identified a clip from one of the films and explained how the director uses, develops or challenges generic conventions. To strenthen i suggest you add to the case study and do some analysis
Think about focusing on location, or character types, or lighting. Tink about the work we've done in lesson on Once Upon a Time in America and Essex Boys.
You also need to file your work under the correct labels or else I think you've not submitted case studies. This needs to be posted under label G321 Thriller Research. Could you do this without delay. Thanks.