The Personal Recommendation Hall of Fame II

Your replacement movie is......







Let the Right One In (2008)

Perfect!

It is very close to that, yes

A woman with not much going for her attempts to perform a heist that could cost her everything if failed

I see that some people consider this to be an outlier in Tarantino’s career. How can that be though? It has engaging dialogue, a long runtime that flies by, a groovy soundtrack and clear homage to films that he loves. The only two reasons I can really see is that there’s very little violence and the plot is, for the most part, linear. I know a few people who say it’s their favourite Tarantino for these reasons. While I wouldn’t call it my favourite, I can’t blame them.

This film really takes its time; Most of the film is character interactions and the heist doesn’t happen until near the end of the film. I quite like this style, not everything has to be about samurai sword fights and warehouse shootouts. I was already familiar with this type of Tarantino film when I saw ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’, but of course this was the first time I’d say he used it. For a dialogue heavy film the dialogue is very well written and expresses the personalities of the characters well. Of course the dialogue has that standard Tarantino flair of talking about a random topic that has nothing to do with the plot but is interesting nonetheless (coughing's good, it gets you higher). The use of soul music for the soundtrack gives it a very fresh and cool mood. Even though it's a heist film that doesn't focus too much on the planning or the heist itself, these parts are very well done; they manage to be intense and really funny at the same time.

Not Tarantino’s best film but certainly a great one. Thanks to whoever picked it (even if I did see it before I knew it had been picked last night!)

People consider it an outlier because it's his one and only adaptation. Everything else he has written is original. So it has another writer's "feel" to it as much as it is his own.

Perhaps because it’s an adaptation, but I consider Jackie Brown his best film and his most restrained film. His other films he tends to go overboard with the dialogue.

Most restrained for sure and that's why people consider it his best / worst movie. Ha, both sides of the spectrum.

I'll probably start with Blue Velvet either tonight or tomorrow to get it over with, then I'll probably squeeze in An American Werewolf in London this weekend since it's almost Halloween.

Side Note:
Jack Clayton (director of The Innocents) hasn’t exactly won me over with his first two films I’ve seen so far.
The Pumpkin Eater and Room at the Top. I found both rather mediocre, to be honest. I have The Great Gatsby (1974) saved on Amazon to view as well. *
I’m hoping this “psychological horror” film is better.

The Conversation - Been wanting to watch this for awhile. Good pick.

Most Biblical movies were long If I Recall.

seen A Clockwork Orange. In all honesty, the movie was weird and silly