Reservoir Dogs

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Summary: Tarantinos 1st movie
Review: I'm a follower of every Tarantino movie. This is one of his better movies. I liked the way it told the story and the relentless violence plus the ending is a total mind blower. This was just a great movie.

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Summary: Great Cast --So so screenplay
Review: This film has some great individual performances most notably from Harvey Keitel who is as usual fantastic in it. Having seen Pulp Fiction many times prior to watching this for the first time it is clear how much more developed the screenplay and how much more witty the dialogue is in Tarrantino's follow up to this. That aside it is a good first effort and the violence is unforgettable. Basically a bunch of low-life hoods bungle a theft and chaos ensues. Some of the scenes were very obviously improved upon and utilized again in Pulp. The bloody backseat, etc...Well worth checking out if you haven't seen it but don't expect it to be as good as Pulp Fiction.

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Summary: Very good film, Steve Buscemi should have been nominated
Review: Very good film, being Quentin Tarantino's film debut. Sadly, this film didn't get nomianted for an Oscar, but either Steve Buscemi, Lawernce Tierney or Tim Roth should have been nominated for a Best Supporting Actor. Can you believe there is only ONE woman in this film? But, who cares.

This DVD has both widescreen and fullscreen versions of the movie, and only the widescreen version has DTS sound. The director himself makes a few apperances as Mr. Brown. But the first disc has five deleted scenes, inculding two alternate angles of the bloody "EAR" scene, one which is more graphic than the other. But, the more graphic angle when Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) slices off the ear, he's HOLDING the ear while he PRETENDS to slice it off! No wonder that angle wasn't in the film.

Overall rating: 7/10

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Summary: Not a very good movie ,overall=Mediocre
Review: Quentin Tarantino made his film debut with this low-budget,violent,and outrageous black comedy about a group a thieves that hide out in a warehouse and then try to figure what happened in the bank heist. The cast is good with Harvey Keitel,Tim Roth,Steve Buscemi(all three appeared in Tarantino's second and better movie Pulp Fiction),Michael Madsen,Chris Penn,and veteran actor Lawrence Tierney. The only reason this mediocre movie gets 2 stars is because the classic EAR scene. Quentin Tarantino second feature Pulp Fiction was much better.

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Summary: Idiots on parade
Review: On the scale of 1 to 5 stars in the category of "First-time filmmakers," Quentin Tarantino scores a solid 5. My 3-star rating is a subjective one that balances the film's worthiness with my general dislike of movies with excessive brutal violence and adolescent (so-called "adult") language. Having heard many times how worthy this film is, I decided to give it a go anyway.

I'm glad I did, for several reasons. For one thing, if one can peek past all the four-letter words, the dialogue is truly excellent. And, of course, taking into account that this is a world of seedy small-time and mid-level hoods and would-be gangsters, the profanity is necessary. The words Tarantino gives his characters are as real as you'd expect from any group of overgrown juvenile delinquents, often funny, sometimes unwittingly insightful in character development, and always revealing what a bunch of idiots these saps are. Those three levels to the dialogue are all on full display when Tarantino himself delivers an opening monologue about the real meaning of Madonna's music, especially "Like a Virgin," and it's a theme that runs through the entire film.

Another thing that becomes brutally evident is that Tarantino doesn't want us to romanticize these guys. While the opening scene in the diner makes us very familiar with these men in a comfortable way, furthered by the scene that follows while the credits roll, Tarantino then abruptly cuts to a scene of horrifying bloodshed that strips away any glorifying we may have expected to come around the corner. Throughout the film he cuts back in time to show the warm relationships these mental midgets have shared, the forth in time as they repeatedly reveal themselves to be unworthy of even the slightest sympathy. Even the two cops involved with the hoods eventually unravel and therefore receive no mercy.

It's a very thoughtful film and very, very well made, especially considering its microscopic budget. But be forewarned that it's not for the squeamish. "Reservoir Dogs" fans will be thrilled with the extras on this latest version of the DVD, the title of which simply reflects Tarantino's love of words and combinations thereof, having no connection with the story whatsoever; it's a play on words that includes a reference to an equally gory Sam Peckinpah film called "Straw Dogs."

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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: All my friends hyped this movie up. So, I gave it a chance and bought it. It was NOT that good. I've seen a lot of organized crime movies and this one was one of the worst. I don't know.. I didn't like it.

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Summary: Tarantino is a master filmmaker
Review: This is Tarantino's first film and it was one of the best movies of the year, and the Academy awards and Siskel and Ebert should both be caned by a group spitfire Asians for snubbing it. This is a movie that you'll find yourself quoting ten years after you've seen it. The characters are all extremely likable, even crazy sadist, Mr. Blonde, and the dialogue is hilarious. It's like Seinfeld but with gun fights and torture scenes and you can't go wrong with that. A couple of morons I know would tell you there's too much talking, but if anyone says a movie is'nt good because there's "...too much talking" without the movie being Sci-Fi or a Jackie Chan movie are probably idiots any way.
Buscemi rules.

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Summary: Quentin Tarantino's Masterful Debut
Review: From one of the best and most influential directors of the 90's comes this brilliant crime drama. Instead of straight forward story telling(pssh) Tarantino weaves his way back and forth from past,present and future(all before and after the criminals heist). With amazing acting all around (Harvey Keitel,Tim Roth,Michael Madsen,Steve Buscemi,and Chris Penn) that transforms this tale of deception into a raw,brutal and emotional(at times even comical) tour de force. This has got to be up there as one of my top 15 movies, and probably one of my favorites from Tarantino. Highly, Highly Recommended Viewing.
"Are you going to bark all day little doggy, or are you going to bite?"

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Summary: Some flaws in presentation, otherwise - excellent crime film
Review: This edition is NOT perfect. For one thing the transfer is very strange - the brightness is pumped WAY too high. The orange credits-on-black looks incredibly washed out. The original laserdisc transfer looks better than this. There's MORE picture information on the sides of the frame than the previous widescreen transfer, so that's a plus. The audio commentary, while informative, is NOT screen-specific. It sounds like interviews from cast & crew edited together; not bad, if you like it that way. As for the supplements, someone thought it would be clever to present the interviews in a cutesy format. It does NOT work. Can you imagine any other crime film being treated like this? Of the better features are the commentaries by notable film critics like Peter Travers, et al.