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Summary: The Worst Movie I Have Ever Seen In My Entire Life.
Review: Pew! Aargh!(accompanied by various retching noises)
This film stank so badly that it was positively flatulent. I initially went to Amazon.com to see if other folk had similarly negative impressions and was amazed to see so many people rating this film so favorably and with such Messianic fervor. To admit that I was both saddened and chagrined. Wondering to myself: "Are favorable aesthetic judgements really so easily bought and persuaded?" And perhaps more melodramatically: "Is this what American cinema has finally been reduced to?"
Quentin's final filmic vignette, a blatant cannabalization of an Alfred Hitchcock story, basically consists of long and tiresome diatribes by the director/actor. The camera lovingly massages him with a series of static head shots, in the talking head style of a television journalist, while he egomaniacally mugs and indulges himself in the most excruciating and high-schoolian sort of verbal masturbation. (The gentleman obviously has the ego the size of a Macy's Thanksgiving parade balloon.) If it is intended as satire, then it is merely a watery satire of a satire--something that completely loses reflexivity in utter artlessness. Poor acting. Pretentious and viscid dialogue. If you want to see wierdness that is informed by good directing then check out the strange and wonderful films of Baz Luhrman or Pedro Almodovar. Or hey, just watch "South Park" on television- at least that's relatively funny by comparison.
This film is The Emperor's New Clothes and Quentin Tarantino is most assuredly naked.
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Summary: strange
Review: one of the weirdest movies ive seen in a long time
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Summary: I have problems.....plural.
Review: Look this movie is a great, fun little film PERIOD. Tim Roth steals the show from a huge cast,strutting all the way. Just know that this film is 4 different stories with nothing in common but poor Ted the Bellboy. Roth is hilarious as he tries to get through New Year's eve without getting shot, stabbed, or thrown out a window.(oh yeah he did get stabbed didn't he?) Antonio, David Proval, Tarantino, and an uncredited and stoned Bruce Willis take the unusual walk to the funny side and thrive.(especially antonio) Trust me rent this film and you will wish you would have bought it. The best in short attention span film and a MUST HAVE for Tarantino/Rodriquez followers.
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Summary: Back to the base
Review: Usually, love 'em or hate 'em, Hollywood produces movies. But every once in a while, a star or director hits it big enough that (s)he earns the opportunity to humiliate him/herself before an international audience in a celluloid disaster. Or maybe some maverick executive decides that it's time to unleash Tinseltown's enfants terrible in a big-budget assault on the senses. Shortly thereafter, those in charge realize that they made a huge mistake, and decide that maybe high-concept entertainment really only works in Europe and Asia. While 'Four Rooms' might appeal to young Wiccans for Allison Anders' embarrassingly silly girl-power vignette (featuring-- surprise!-- a poor performance from the calculating Madonna), or make Quentin Tarantino purists happy for his cringe-inducing knock-off of an Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode, it's nothing short of a cinematic trainwreck that will be remembered primarily for ensuring that a number of talented moviemakers and actors would go through a well-deserved dry spell before working again.Robert (El Mariachi) Rodriguez' vignette is the most noteworthy of the lot, which is like saying that being eaten by sharks is a hoot when compared to being eaten by zombies. The premise of the film, with Tim Roth's hapless bellboy caught in the middle of French farce-style hijinx on acid, could have worked. But this hopeless vanity piece does nothing more than showcase the major-league pretensions of bush-league players. The stories are inept, the pacing is leaden, the dialogue is preposterous, and the comedy is so desperately "hip" that the end product is embarrassing to watch. Sadly, it all culminates in Tarantino's shameful paean to himself at the height of his post- 'Pulp Fiction' glory. The good news? Between this and another stellar 1995 failure, 'Destiny Turns on the Radio,' Tarantino has been effectively removed from a position in front of the camera. And that's half the battle.
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Summary: Rodriguez & Tarantino deliver big time!
Review: Right off the bat: The first two segments of this film are godawful pointless mind-numbing garbage. The Tarantino and Rodriguez segments, however, are five star shorts that showcase all of their considerable talents. Rodriguez's story is very funny and the direction is excellent. It's fascinating seeing such a frenetic director trapped in a single room, allowing his style to build a gleeful tension perfect for his odd tale. Tarantino gives us a bizarre gem that feels like a prologue or interlude for one of his films. His dialogue is endlessly fascinating and he manages to create something wildly original out of an old, well-known tale.
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Summary: Dumbest but funniest...
Review: I was up late on night and this was the only movie on. As I started watching it I thought it was the dumbest movie I ever saw. But, As he moved on to the 3rd room I almost peeed my pants (LOL). It stayed the dumbest but, became most hillarious movie I ever saw. Tim Roth truely made this movie. MaDonna on the other hand.. well, see for yourself.
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Summary: uhh, my brother liked it
Review: I didnt like this movie because it had people with a lot of hair. whats with all that hair. my brother Cleetus liked it when that thing happened, and then the other thing right after it. i have to admit, i liked that part too. the best part was when the guy went into the buiding and was talking to the other guy for a while and then left. that was crazy. you might not like this movie... but if you like things that happen and people that talk to other people, you may very well like this movie. on a scale of 1-10 i definatly give this movie somewhere between 1 and 10
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Summary: Hilarious!!
Review: I think this is Tim Roth's best performance in a film to date. Ted the Bellboy goes from wacky situation to wacky situation, and gets funnier every time! (I've got problems - plural!) The movie gets funnier as it goes along, and Antonio Banderas also gives his funniest performance in this film as a [angry] dad determined to do New Year's Eve right, leaving his horrible children in Ted the Bellboy's care. If you like quirky, sometimes dark humor, this is definitely a movie for you!
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Summary: So-So, So Watch It!
Review: I have only watched it once, maybe I should see it again to be fair. But I kept waiting for something to tie everything together, but with the exception of Roth and one actress who appears in more than one segment, these are stand-alone pieces. The first one was just stupid and really had no pay-off (there should have been some kind of ironic twist on this one - be careful what you wish for!). The second one was mildly entertaining. THE THIRD ONE WAS EXCELENT with the two kids stealing the entire movie! QTs segment was OK as it built a nice tension that was missing from the rest of the movie. If nothing else, rent it for the third story!
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Summary: hey...i liked it
Review: four rooms isn't as bad as people will tell you it is. i found it best that i knew alot abot it before i saw i. it's worth watching just for tim roth's hilarious perfrmance as ted the bellboy. of course...anything written, let alone directed, even if it's just 1/4 of a movie, by quentin tarantino i'll give a chance and probably like. four rooms is worth a watch, and its like tarantino said himself: "if the audience likes our story, great. if they don't...too bad." words of wisdom for all you negative people right there
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