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Summary: Still as fresh today as it was almost ten years ago
Review: Before Pulp Fiction made him a household name, Quentin Tarantino wrote this ultra violent crime fantasy which was directed by Tony Scott. Here we meet Clarence (Christian Slater) and Alabama (Patricia Arquette); two star crossed lovers who embark on a cross country road trip with a very large amount of stolen mafia cocaine. What results is the two running and gunning their way culminating in a Mexican standoff with cops, crooks, and the mob. Did I mention that Clarence also talks to the ghost of Elvis (Val Kilmer) whenever he goes to the bathroom? Tarantino's penchant for witty, pulpy dialog seems a bit underused here in comparison with his other projects (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown), but Scott's frantic bloody direction makes True Romance stand on it's own. The rest of the great cast includes Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Michael Rapaport, Bronson Pinchot (who steals many a scene), Samuel L. Jackson, James Gandolfini, Chris Penn, and Tom Sizemore in supporting roles; most of which give memorable performances. Warner Bros. really put together a great DVD package here, and while the other special features are standard, the commentaries by Scott, Slater and Arquette, and especially Tarantino, are worth owning the film for alone.
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Summary: Cooler than Cool!
Review: Another masterpiece from screenwriter Quentin Tarrantino ( Reservoir Dogs & Pulp Fiction) direcyed by Tony Scott ( The Last Boy Scout) True Rommance is a high-thrilled rommantic tale with a auwsome cast ever to be put together. Clarence Worley (Christain Slater) a commic book clerk obsessed with Kung-Fu and John Woo films, meets a call girl Alabama (Patricia Arquete) at a movie theater, they fall in love and get married and confronts her pimp Drexl ( Gary Oldman)kills him and stills a suitecase full of cocain that belongs to the Italian mob lead by ( Christopher Walken) who shares a auwsome sceen with ( Dennis Hooper) who plays clarence's dad. Clarence and Alabama go on a road trip to Los Angles and are relentlessly being followed by the mafia trying to reclaim their property and the cops who all get caught in the middle of a thousand smoking barrels of bullets. There's plenty of fammiliar faces of actors in short roles, Samuel L. Jackson as a big time pimp, Bradd Pitt as a big time stoner James Gandolfini (before is stardom on the The Sopranos) as a sadistic hitman who gets into a fight with Alabama. This has to be one of the most Tarrantino production ever made even thogh It came out a year before Pulp Fiction and a year after Resevoir Dogs.True Romance has more Hype to it and is enjoyable for beginging to end we will never see anything like this anymore. 1# Reservoir Dogs 2# True Romance 3# Pulp Fiction
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Summary: I always liked you Clarence, always have, always will.
Review: When people say that stories like Romeo and Juliet, Gone With the Wind and Sleepless in Seattle are the greatest love stories ever told then those people obviously havent seen TRUE ROMANCE yet. While I dont own the unrated DVD, I have seen this film and can obviously say that TRUE ROMANCE is one of the best and most underrated films ever made.
The story involves two people who come together and fall in love instantly, the two in question are Clarence, a comic book store clerk, and Alabama, a first time prostitute. Unfortuneatly for them they get involved in a series of nasty and complicated circumstances involving everyone from the Mafia to movie producers. To say that this film is multi layered is an understatement.
But at the heart of this film is just a simple heart warming love story between two social outcasts and their quest for happiness.
This film was always going to be good, but thanks to everyone involved in the making of this film it is awesome. Tony Scott does a fantastic job of bringing Quentin Tarantino's brilliant script to life. And the performances from the large ensemble cast is inspiring. While the film belongs to Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette special mention should also go to everyone involved for giving their all.
Put simply this film is essential if you like be immersed in your films you will like this. Buy it and cherish it.
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Summary: Stay True To Yourself
Review: Directed with a slick style by Tony Scott (Top Gun, Spy Game), True Romance, boasts an all star cast, a cool soudtrack, and a great script from Quentin Tarantino. He would of course, go on to write and direct Resevior Dogs, and Pulp Fiction. I happen to think though, however, that the script for this film is Tarantino's best work in anything he's ever done. Period I know I'm probably in the minority with that opinion, but most of the the other films he's written/directed himself, have a samenees to them. Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) likes comic books, Kung Fu Films, and Elvis. He leads a fairly normal life, that is, until he meets call girl Alabama (Patricia Arquette). After a spending a passionate night together, they declare their love for each other, and they decide to get hitched. Clarence is visited by the ghost of Elvis (Val Kilmer) who tells him that he should kill Alabama's pimp Drexel (Gary Oldman)... Dennis Hopper Michael Rappaport Christopher Walken and Brad Pitt also star in this quirky, sometimes dark, love story. The 2 disc DVD director's cut is a must for fans of the film, over the movie only disc version, that still available. Disc One has the unrated director's cut of the film. There are 3 audio commentary tracks. Each one offers a unique perspective on the same film and it's kind of fun to have these different takes on the same film. All of the tracks are decent and never lag (especialy Tarantino's who barely misses a beat) The director's storyboard track allows for a side by side comparison between the final film and how Scott laid everything out beforehand. DVD-ROM stuff includes the original script, production notes, and a web site archive with a few links Disc Two has interviews with both cast and crew, some interesting on the set footage. Cast members offer audio reactions to specific scenes that they appear in as they watch them--this is really cool. Comments are from Hopper Kilmer Pitt and others There are a number of deleted scenes that can be viewed optional commentary from Scott. The best extra is the alternate ending. Rounding out the extras are the ususal trailers and photo galleries and such. This 2 disc set comes highly recommended
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Summary: True Torture
Review: (...). This movie MIGHT have been great, and I know why some enjoy it, but Slater and Arquette were one of the most annoying, self-absorbed, and incredibly stupid couple in movie history. I really wanted them (of all the characters) to die all throughout the movie! And in the end they have a son. You can tell this kid is going to end up in prison or worse by the time he is old enough to vote. But worst of all is the stupidity. Clarence, the main character, somehow manages to take $500,000 worth of cocaine after committing mass murder, but leaves his ID in a dead guy's hand--even though the ID was the reason that he blew his top in the first place? And after his wife is almost killed, Clarence chooses to put them all in even more danger... suddenly the "coke" and $200,000 has become more important to him than his wife's safety or his own... even though their "romance" was the supposed catalyst for his transformation from comic book geek to mass murderer? Not to mention the title of the movie??!? These characters are stupid, unbelievable, the embodiment of immaturity and self-absorbedness, and end up becoming the murdering drug dealers they're supposed to be up against. And they actually concieve a child! No actually there's soemthing worse than all that...its that the movie tintilates you with the possibility of one or both this nefarious couple dying as a result of their own mistakes and self-degradation as they deserve, but doesn't follow through. If this movie were true it would be a serious concern about the viability of the human race. Thank goodness it is not. And thank goodness the movie is over.
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Summary: Christian makes me quiver
Review: This is one of my favorite movies of all time!!!! I can watch certain scenes over and over. The chemistry between Patricia and Christian is some of the best chemistry between two actors I've seen on the big screen (as it always is when two stars actually date. Check out Christian and Samantha Mathis' chemistry in Pump up the Volume) All the other characters are insane as well. One of the best cast films of all time. The scene between Christopher Walken and Hopper is true genius, (although I was kind of wondering why Christian or Patricia during the commentary don't mention that fact that it is racist [i guess we are just supposed to assume that just because it is Quentin Tarantino, race comments shouldn't be taken seriously? Hmmmm I haven't read Quentin's commentary yet.]) And that brown spot on Michael Rapaport's shirt after Brad Pitt (Floyd) doesn't get him toilet paper is hysterical. Maybe there is a link between those scenes or maybe not, but Tony directs the crap out of these actors and I catch something new each time I watch it. This special rated version is dope. Christian and Patricia's commentary is funny as hell. It must be weird watching a sex scene with a former lover on screen ten years later!!! And there are A LOT of great other special features. We get to see Tony Scott's storyboards. He made about 900 drawn frames, shot to shot of the movie. I learned a lot about the movie and filmmaking in general. I just hope that Christian and Tarantino can work together again. Christian's career needs just a little more twang thang shabang, and I know he can do it. He's got his kids and wife to make it happen. Christian Slater is one of the sexiest men on the screen of all time. The man literally takes my breath away everytime he is on screen. That voice? Those mannerisms? That laugh that is only one "Heh", and that crotch? GOOD GOD. Much love in your direction man, life is hard what can I say? Oh, and Patricia is a kick ass little adorable thang too.
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Summary: Fun movie-three stars
Review: I watch this one every few months and I never get tired of it. One hell of a ride, with some funny lines thrown in. Also the dialogue between Walken and Hopper is UNFORGETTABLE. Highly recommended, though, if you are sensitive to graphic violence, rent it first, it's quite bloody.
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Summary: Too much of a good thing
Review: Subtley was never Tarantino's strong suit, but in this, his earliest effort, there isn't even a touch of it in evidence. True Romance is completley over-the-top. What hinders it most is first the self-indulgence in the screen play. The main character, a comic book shop clerk, Kung Fu and Sonny Chiba enthusiast and lover of movies 'with balls,' could literally be Tarantino himself, and when he falls in love with a beautiful girl who reciprocates fully and shares his interests, it makes you kind of suspicious. The other occasional hinderance is the overwhelming star power in the movie. Rarely do you see so many big-name actors competing for screen space, and it's downright surreal if you've seen some of their other famous performances. Take a secne where Christopher Walken, improbably playing a Sicilian Mafia Don, threatens a nice-guy ex-cop played by - Dennis Hopper. It doesn't seem so much like mobster vs. cop as Christopher Walken vs. Dennis Hopper, and you can't help but think that if Dennis Hopper were in his Frank Booth persona, boy, would things be different. Meanwhile, the guy who plays Tony Soprano is standing in background, attendant to Walken. Then you have Samuel L. Jackson and the guy who plays 'Nice Guy' Eddie in Reservoir Dogs in walk-on roles, Val Kilmer is in there somewhere and Brad Pitt has ten minutes as the immobile stoner roomate who spoils everything. Granted, it's only retrospectively that some of these people are famous, but it's still distracting. These and other factors make it impossible to take True Romance seriously, but it's still extremely entertaining. It's more violent than Kill Bill pt. 1 and more shamelessly comic than Reservoir Dogs - if you thought the climax of Reservoir Dogs was violent, watch about three times as many people die in a scene worthy of a Shakespearian tragedy. Gary Oldman provides some of the funniest moments as the pimp who 'only wishes' he were black ("He musta thought it was white boy day!...It aint white boy day, is it?"), and the romance between the two main characters, while not entirely believable, is pretty hot. Direction by veteran Tony Scott doesn't seem to help the movie particularly; I get the feeling it might have worked better if Tarantino had directed it himself, novice though he was. A lot of this serves to fuel the charge that Tarantino is hopelessly immature, but all aesthetic ethics aside, it really shouldn't be missed.
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Summary: Tastes like French vanilla ice cream
Review: I've not seen a lot of Quentin Tarantino movies, this, and Pulp Fiction is the only other one. This movie comes a very close second to Pulp Fiction. The fact is, it's great. Although very violent. By the end of the film, you'll be exhausted. I was! Christian Slater is just so cute, although after being told he's practically using Jack Nicholson as his "idol", I can totally see it now. The receding hairline, the eyebrows, the eyes - lovely! Just younger! One thing that always gets me is guys with nice eyes. And at least he isn't getting a spare tyre, like some of his peers in the acting business. I'm not really a big fan of Patricia Arquette. She was great in Stigmata, but Lost Highway was such a pointless film (sorry), that she's not at the top of my favourite actresses list! But her & Christian (I keep going to write Christina) make a cute couple. This film is very violent - not as much as Passion of Christ - but guns are widely used, as well as fists, and anything else you can think of. You don't really mind when it's bad guys getting blown away and beaten up, but when it's happening to a girl, it's not as great. Patricia really gets badly beaten in this, and believe me, it is NOT pleasant, you will hiding behind your hands, cushion, anything you can lay your hands on. Basically, it's Bonnie & Clyde, but with matching his 'n' her tattoos, and lots of attitude. But still very much enjoyable. Some of the scenes between Christian & Patricia, are really sweet, especially after they first meet and end up in bed, and then they sit holding hands! Awwwww, I think I filled up at that bit. This film is a must have for any Christian Slater/Quentin Tarantino fan. It's a terrific movie, with packs of extras, and loads of stars (Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman, Val Kilmer etc). You just have to ignore Christian "talking" to Elvis, and ignore the bad soundalike/lookalike Elvis - I could do better as Elvis! Thank you very much.
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Summary: TARRENTINO IS NOT THE TALENT TEENAGERS IN THEIR 20's THINK
Review: Could have been a good movie, if tarentino's ego were kept under wraps. He inserts himself into everything and HIS actual life is terribly boring. Tarentino's films are universally and fundamentally boring for anyone who has ever lived a real life and not just fantasized about having one. His dipictions of violence eminate from his own personal lack of sexual energy. Sadly, teenage males without girlfriends seem to like these slammed together video games that are being called brilliant, and continue to support the trash factory that generates this type of hyper garbage. It's especially sad when a true film afficienado understands the brilliance of all of the original pictures which he doggedly ripped off and claimed the scenes for his own. If one more person calls this sad, pathetic, lack of a man a genious, I will become even more sick of him. Please get a life and buy a real movie.
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