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This was Tarantino's only good movie, and it was the first to open with "minutae" (conversation about nothing) dialogue. But for me, what made the movie great was its noble attempt to address the difficult phenomenon of what it means to be a man in the 21st (late 20th) century.

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Isn't that what they said about Fight Club? Not that it matters.

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Other than that, I disagree.

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Have you even seen the movie?

It wasn't about violence or anti-establishment.

It was about character.

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shut the fuck up before someone with a coherent grasp of the film comes in here and hands your ass to you for making such a stupid statement.

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hehehe, plum makes the best jokes.. i hope

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Also! did mr pink get shot by the cops or live? who knows! that's what the movie was about for me. Mystery.

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Mosquito Coast was about character yet I have never heard it being called "a noble attempt to address the difficult phenomenon of what it means to be a man in the 21st (late 20th) century"

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Mosquito Coast was about character yet I have never heard it being called "a noble attempt to address the difficult phenomenon of what it means to be a man in the 21st (late 20th) century"

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Its actually a metaphor for what it is like to be a rubber chicken in the 23rd century.

B.C.

Hah

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I really didn't see the movie to find some deeper meaning. I mainly wanted to see Michael Madsen's lil' dance number as he cuts that guy's ear off.

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shut the fuck up before someone with a coherent grasp of the film comes in here and hands your ass to you for making such a stupid statement.

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oh gee, ya think? i thought i had made it clear that it wasn't going to be me; funny, for someone who bleats about being the superior intellect around here you seem to have a hard time grasping the abundantly obvious.

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plum vs. lime

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Talk about over-analyzing. Resevoir Dogs was an attempt (and a successful one I might add) of a young unknown indie filmaker to break into the box office with a style that flew in the face of the established mainstream film format of the time. It was a vehicle for both the violence that marks his style and for the use of characters and dialogue that mirrored the less than tidy real world that Hollywood traditionally glossed over.

It worked and worked well. However, I think to read any more into it gives Tarantino more credit than he is due.

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go rent it

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Reservoir Dogs is about making you feel smarter than you really are.

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great movie

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decent movie

nothing else. I doubt Quentin said to himself, "ya know this would make a great social statement"
I'm sure it was more like "ya know what would be a great storyline?"
don't post after you smoke pot and watch a movie

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This thread is sad. You guys can be pretentious. I'm not even talking about the english boy either.

What the heck?

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I actually disliked this movie the most out of all his works but having said that it was enjoyable enough.

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This thread is sad. You guys can be pretentious. I'm not even talking about the english boy either.

What the heck?

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useless information: the big entertainment stores lock the reservoir dogs dvds up with the pornos in the cage o'doom

plum for president 2008

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Real men say 'hell'.

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CAFF CRUSH!

/beats chest

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