@spxeli Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed, Gangs of New York, and Mean Streets are all crime movies. And actually Taxi Driver's climax is centered around a crime, so I'm thinking you just don't know your stuff or don't know how to count and I'm arguing with a troll or a teenager.
@spxeli - I love Scorsese! I just also love Spielberg and Lucas and it is arbitrary to compare them, especially Lucas since he's only directed two films besides Star Wars and is mainly a writer unlike Scorsese for the bulk of his career. Scorsese wouldn't mind having more successes with his other films that have less crime or violence. Spielberg has an extremely successful, very diverse career. "Scorsese is better" is purely a statement of opinion, an invalid argument. Goodfellas, Casino, The D
When they show home movies at the beggining of the baby's christening doe's this mean that everything turned out ok, like at the end they showed Deniro and Keitel getting whacked. It left you wondering did they live on?
This is the best movie intro / song I have seen. I dont want to argue about different directors. I just want people to know that when I play this movie... This intro makes my hair stand up... Im 24 years old and this intro (not necessarily the movie) is the best I know. Thats all = )
@allofilm - Scorsese wishes he had Spielberg's career! All people want him to do is make violent crime movies. And Lucas has directed, what? About three films? Lucas is a writer and Scorsese has never undertaken anything like Star Wars. Lucas and Spielberg revolutionized the film industry! If you want to compare Scorsese to a film director, you should try Brian DePalma!
@TheJabberwock Spielberg and Lucas are more popular. They've revolutionized the film industry in the sense that they practically invented the modern blockbuster (especially Spielberg). That's it. Scorsese is the better film maker. Also, I'd like to point out Scorsese has only made three crime films... If you don't like Scorsese what's the point of even watching this video?
Probably the greatest rock and roll record of all time.."Be My Baby" by the Ronettes. It sure as hell made this movie for Scorsese..as he will readily admit!
@HenryConway007 I dunno. Miserlou in Pulp Fiction as well as The Last Race in Death proof are pretty epic. But I do believe that Be My Baby fits the mood of this film and really represents the depression of Harvey Keitel's character. It's still a very neat sequence--I just think there are better.
@Transformers2themax “Pulp Fiction” is a good film, but “Mean Streets” is a cinematic masterpiece. “Pulp Fiction” lacks the depth of character and realism of “Mean Streets”. Quentin Tarantino’s film is essentially, an extremely entertaining well-constructed comic book. Martin Scorsese’s film is a great novel.
@HenryConway007 You're kidding right? Pulp Fiction is about as artistic as any crime or film noir. It's not just cute dialogue and violence. People don't give Tarantino credit for being an artist. Art's not just a good film, it has an artistic meaning to it. Have you like the others not even researched the symbolic background of the different chapters of the film? I suggest you do so before comparing it to Mean Streets, even though they're both great films.
@HenryConway007 And actually, Pulp Fiction itself practically is a graphic novel, hence the title. Most of Tarantino's films are graphic novels; except, they have symbolism and metaphors. No, I'm not trying to be rude. I just don't like how you're describing a Tarantino flick. They're beyond entertainment; people just let the entertaining side take over the movie for them.
@Transformers2themax A “graphic novel” (I prefer the less pretentious term comic book) is the perfect comparison. “Pulp Fiction” is definitely an entertaining film, but it’s not a deep one. It’s all style over substance. Tell me how you think it’s deep.
@HenryConway007 Comic book? Pulp Fiction, the term itself, is more than just comic books. Besides, comic books are about as artistic and as deep as graphic novels. But actually, Pulp Fiction is very deep. Did you pay no attention to the speech given by SLJ at the end? The whole Jules and Vincent story is a symbol for the "fork in the road" between going to Heaven or Hell. The breakfast killing scene is a symbol for the Grim Reaper coming. 666? The red flashes? Marcellus's neck; the devil's soul?
@HenryConway007 (Cont.) The chapter about Vincent and Mia is about a man failing at life. Uma Thurman's character is almost like an alter ego of some sort for Vincent; hence "Mia", which sounds a lot like "Me". The exchange about sharing straws and getting cooties? Plus, the entire chapter about Butch's watch is a reflection of his father's duty in Vietnam. Butch and Marcellus held hostage in the rape scene is a symbol for his father and Christopher Walken as POWs in the Hanoi Hilton....
@Transformers2themax Sure, if you wanna go really pretentious, you can say all those things. But I’m sure that even Tarantino would scoff at your readings. He never struck me as incredibly pretentious, in his films or interviews. If you want pretentious pseudo-analysis, stick with Jean-Luc Godard.
@HenryConway007 Jimi Hendrix just played the guitar for fun and Bob Dylan just wrote songs. Some of the best artists are the most modest. I've been developing a screenplay for the story of a western in the form of a '60s biker film, and even I was surprised by the level of possible subtext in it. It was stuff I never intended, and could mean anything to anyone. That's soul purpose of art.
@Transformers2themax Who ever accused Tarantino of modesty? He’s not particularly modest, but he’s not a pseudo-intellectual either. I think Tarantino put that symbolism in the film simply to get people talking while he laughs his way to the bank. His films are exquisitely made pop art, but they’re not high art (sounds pretentious, I know, but fuck it).
@HenryConway007 He's never been accused of modesty. He just happens to be of that category. I'm sorry, but I feel as though you're basing all your judgments off of preference and basic interpretation. Maybe they are "pop art". So what? So was Andy Warhol. In fact, that's one of the "primary colors" post-modernism.
@Transformers2themax Postmodernism is a bullshit movement. Warhol had talent, but his primary greatness came from denuding all sorts of frauds and bullshitters. I remember seeing him on a talk show with an art critic. For about five minutes the art critic says, “Note Andy’s brushstroke here”, etc. Warhol then responds, “My helper did this piece at the factory. He used a paint roller.”
@HenryConway007 That's because, like a lot of famous artists, he let the fame get to him. He's Andy Warhol, he doesn't have to work. Rather, he sponsors art now. And postmodernism--I've never heard of it being a movement, but okay. So what--are we supposed to just make films about modern culture. Just follow the herd and do what's "hip and cool" these days. Fuck modern culture. Culture itself died when the 2000s hit...That's why people like you flame on Tarantino...Just a bunch of sheep.
@HenryConway007 See, it's fairly obvious now that you're running off a herd mentality. "These films over here are good because they're by Scorsese and Sergio Leone, but these films over here suck because they're by Tarantino"; "ACDC and Metallica are way cool, but Jimi Hendrix is lame because he's(more like was) a hippie".
@Transformers2themax And we now enter the world of incoherent rambling. Unfortunately, Transformers2themax (seriously what a shitty film series) is not on the same level as Robin Williams. Instead of providing humor, he makes ad hominem assumptions and psychoanalyzes the opponent rather than tackling his argument. This has been another episode of “Good Faith, Stupidity, and the Internet”.
@HenryConway007 Episode 7 - Pedantic Fool Thinks He Knows Everything About Film and the Art of It When He Likely Doesn't Even Have a Thing to Do With Art Itself, Much Less Understand It...Not tackling the argument? That's what each of my comments were. Yes, I was analyzing--to back up my argument. You're just spewing out several large vocabulary words(which I strongly doubt you regularly use) in an attempt to make yourself appear superior. When it comes straight down to it, you're just an ass.
@Transformers2themax You’re the one who’s reading all sorts of things into minutia. If anything you’re the pedantic one. But yes, do go on. I welcome your hatred. :)
@HenryConway007 Hate? I do not hate you--I hate your straight to the point, conservative thinking. To hate a living being of any kind is evil, and is pure ignorance if you haven't even met them....
@HenryConway007 *rolls eyes*. No offense, because I don't mean any, but you really are just a troll. Instead of having a logical discussion on a simple disagreement, you toss insults and sass my way. You said that this was the best usage of a song in a title sequence ever. I agree that it's one of the best, but to call it the best is pure ignorance. There are far better; yet, there's really no "best" of them. The music in Mean Streets is great, but Tarantino is better at using music in film.
@HenryConway007 On the contrary. DiCaprio is in his next film Django Unchained. I honestly don't care for DiCaprio; though, I think his acting is suited for the role he's to play. Tarantino is a lot better with music as for it fitting the scene. Scorsese uses the popular stuff, whereas Tarantino uses equally good distorted, less known music from the old days. Most folks hadn't heard anything he used in Inglourious Basterds. Most people just thought it was original score music.
@Transformers2themax In which case, Tarantino has nada. And if you look at “Mean Streets” and “Goodfellas” it does add to the scene, as well as establishing a period feel. And “Taxi Driver” features Bernard Herrmann’s best score, which automatically establishes Scorsese’s superiority. Tarantino’s used R&B and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” well, but he’s not at Scorsese’s level.
@HenryConway007 Establishing a period feel? Italian mobsters and female Motown records--in what way does that fit? It's more less ironic and makes me laugh, rather than it actually fitting the mood. Don't get me wrong, Scorsese's good, but he's more skilled when it comes to characters and their inner thoughts....whereas Tarantino's better with music and cinematography. Though, even Tarantino's characters are very logical and philosophically developed. You mustn't have seen much of his work.
@Transformers2themax I’ve seen, from Tarantino, “Reservoir Dogs”, “Pulp Fiction”, “Jackie Brown”, “Kill Bill Vol. 1” and “Kill Bill Vol. 2”. No use of music in any of those films is as memorable as “Be My Baby”, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, etc. in “Mean Streets” (and yeah, that song would be playing on a jukebox during that period), or “Sunshine of Your Love”, “Layla”, “Gimme Shelter”, “Atlantis”, etc. in “Goodfellas”.
@HenryConway007 Again, following the herd. All of the songs used in the film are great, but they're too generic. They're pop songs. They're what's been played a million times over the radio(from that time period at least). Tarantino, on the other hand, uses music people have never heard of; still, it fits the feel of the scene of and the film it's being used in. If I'm wrong, without looking it up, I'd love for you to list every song used in Kill Bill and where you originally heard each.
@Transformers2themax Really, the only music from “Kill Bill” I even remember is “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, which I first heard in the eponymous film. Scorsese’s use of music is much more memorable.
Scorsese’s use of a contemporary soundtrack actually enhances the film because it ADDS a period flavor. This is what would’ve been playing on the radio or at jukeboxes at bars. It’s not only great music, but it adds authenticity. And it always adds dramatic flavor.
@HenryConway007 Point taken. The theme from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was not used in Kill Bill. Nothing from that film was used in it. Tarantino's too clever to use something so cliched. And period flavor? Tarantino's films do have a period flavor. They almost have their own. They're set in their own era. That's the magic of them; they take you away from reality. You forget you're watching a movie. And you're saying this is much more memorable--and that's why it's better? Sheep.
@Transformers2themax With Tarantino, I’m ALWAYS aware that I’m watching a movie. His universe is too affected and stylized for me to think anything else. It’s entertaining, yes, but it is a movie. When watching “Taxi Driver”, “Mean Streets”, “Goodfellas”, “The King of Comedy”, “Raging Bull”, or “After Hours”, you forget you’re watching a film.
And he did use music from “The Good the Bad and the Ugly” in “Vol 2”, when Beatrix first sees Bill right before her wedding.
@HenryConway007 Well, obviously you're a Scorsese fan. I am too, but I do not think he is as good as Tarantino when it comes to music or cinematography. Artistically, yes, he is better than Tarantino. There's no doubt about that. I just don't think you're making a balanced comparison here. And nice use of Google. I haven't seen the western in quite some time. However, you calling it by its title threw me off. Each Morricone track has its own name. And actually, it was a wedding rehearsal.
@Transformers2themax And you say that Tarantino would "scoff" at my analyzations of his films? On the contrary, he'd more less encourage them. He himself said he loves it when people do subtext critiquing of his work. I myself would too. See, I feel as though you've mistaken the meaning of art. Art is a form of expression. People interpret it differently; and sometimes, the artists who make it like me appreciate it. It helps us see film in a different way; it broadens our horizons.
@Transformers2themax I also find it interesting how, when I put your mentality into words and quotes(even though they're not exactly what you said; more less how you think), you sting back. Rather than thinking for a moment about what I've said or actually taking any logic into account, you insult me. You're obviously one of those types who knows when an individual has their hands around your throat but you still try to breathe.
@Transformers2themax Oh christ, you really do get everywhere, don't you? I can't seem to find a single video where you aren't gushing all over Tarantino. Are you his publicist?
@HenryConway007 I agree that Scorsese's films have more depth than Tarantino, but to just call Tarantino's films "entertaining comic books" is like calling Platoon "just an accurate war drama". They are art and do have subtext. Just because you don't intend it when you first make an art piece, doesn't mean it's not there. I am surprised whenever I do analyzations of my screenplays.
The good old days. When Scorsese was a rebel. When he didn't direct commercials for Armani and credit cards. When he was the best director in the world. When he was young and hungry.
@MartiniandCigarettes Actually Scorsese began his career directing alot of commercials, mostly in Europe. This was in the late 60's after "Who's That Knocking" was released and before "Mean Streets".
@spxeli Goodfellas, Casino, The Departed, Gangs of New York, and Mean Streets are all crime movies. And actually Taxi Driver's climax is centered around a crime, so I'm thinking you just don't know your stuff or don't know how to count and I'm arguing with a troll or a teenager.
TheJabberwock 3 weeks ago
PWNT!
TheJabberwock 3 weeks ago
@spxeli - and don't use the "Why are you watching a _________ video if you don't even like ________" comment on me, young man, I invented it!
TheJabberwock 3 weeks ago
@spxeli - I love Scorsese! I just also love Spielberg and Lucas and it is arbitrary to compare them, especially Lucas since he's only directed two films besides Star Wars and is mainly a writer unlike Scorsese for the bulk of his career. Scorsese wouldn't mind having more successes with his other films that have less crime or violence. Spielberg has an extremely successful, very diverse career. "Scorsese is better" is purely a statement of opinion, an invalid argument. Goodfellas, Casino, The D
TheJabberwock 3 weeks ago
When they show home movies at the beggining of the baby's christening doe's this mean that everything turned out ok, like at the end they showed Deniro and Keitel getting whacked. It left you wondering did they live on?
TheRetired2010 1 month ago
@TheRetired2010 Really interesting comment, I've often thought the same!
lurvelysooz 1 week ago
This is the best movie intro / song I have seen. I dont want to argue about different directors. I just want people to know that when I play this movie... This intro makes my hair stand up... Im 24 years old and this intro (not necessarily the movie) is the best I know. Thats all = )
BugCombat 1 month ago
@allofilm - Scorsese wishes he had Spielberg's career! All people want him to do is make violent crime movies. And Lucas has directed, what? About three films? Lucas is a writer and Scorsese has never undertaken anything like Star Wars. Lucas and Spielberg revolutionized the film industry! If you want to compare Scorsese to a film director, you should try Brian DePalma!
TheJabberwock 1 month ago
@TheJabberwock Spielberg and Lucas are more popular. They've revolutionized the film industry in the sense that they practically invented the modern blockbuster (especially Spielberg). That's it. Scorsese is the better film maker. Also, I'd like to point out Scorsese has only made three crime films... If you don't like Scorsese what's the point of even watching this video?
spxeli 3 weeks ago
SCORSESE IS STILL THE BEST. Much better than Spielberg and lucas. just sayin'
allofilm 1 month ago
Probably the greatest rock and roll record of all time.."Be My Baby" by the Ronettes. It sure as hell made this movie for Scorsese..as he will readily admit!
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All movies have intros - THIS is the greatest.
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saturnfiverocket 5 months ago
Best ever use of a popular song during a title sequence? Quite possibly so.
HenryConway007 5 months ago
@HenryConway007................ your so right.
saturnfiverocket 5 months ago
@HenryConway007 I dunno. Miserlou in Pulp Fiction as well as The Last Race in Death proof are pretty epic. But I do believe that Be My Baby fits the mood of this film and really represents the depression of Harvey Keitel's character. It's still a very neat sequence--I just think there are better.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax “Pulp Fiction” is a good film, but “Mean Streets” is a cinematic masterpiece. “Pulp Fiction” lacks the depth of character and realism of “Mean Streets”. Quentin Tarantino’s film is essentially, an extremely entertaining well-constructed comic book. Martin Scorsese’s film is a great novel.
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 You're kidding right? Pulp Fiction is about as artistic as any crime or film noir. It's not just cute dialogue and violence. People don't give Tarantino credit for being an artist. Art's not just a good film, it has an artistic meaning to it. Have you like the others not even researched the symbolic background of the different chapters of the film? I suggest you do so before comparing it to Mean Streets, even though they're both great films.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 And actually, Pulp Fiction itself practically is a graphic novel, hence the title. Most of Tarantino's films are graphic novels; except, they have symbolism and metaphors. No, I'm not trying to be rude. I just don't like how you're describing a Tarantino flick. They're beyond entertainment; people just let the entertaining side take over the movie for them.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax A “graphic novel” (I prefer the less pretentious term comic book) is the perfect comparison. “Pulp Fiction” is definitely an entertaining film, but it’s not a deep one. It’s all style over substance. Tell me how you think it’s deep.
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 Comic book? Pulp Fiction, the term itself, is more than just comic books. Besides, comic books are about as artistic and as deep as graphic novels. But actually, Pulp Fiction is very deep. Did you pay no attention to the speech given by SLJ at the end? The whole Jules and Vincent story is a symbol for the "fork in the road" between going to Heaven or Hell. The breakfast killing scene is a symbol for the Grim Reaper coming. 666? The red flashes? Marcellus's neck; the devil's soul?
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 (Cont.) The chapter about Vincent and Mia is about a man failing at life. Uma Thurman's character is almost like an alter ego of some sort for Vincent; hence "Mia", which sounds a lot like "Me". The exchange about sharing straws and getting cooties? Plus, the entire chapter about Butch's watch is a reflection of his father's duty in Vietnam. Butch and Marcellus held hostage in the rape scene is a symbol for his father and Christopher Walken as POWs in the Hanoi Hilton....
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax Sure, if you wanna go really pretentious, you can say all those things. But I’m sure that even Tarantino would scoff at your readings. He never struck me as incredibly pretentious, in his films or interviews. If you want pretentious pseudo-analysis, stick with Jean-Luc Godard.
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 Jimi Hendrix just played the guitar for fun and Bob Dylan just wrote songs. Some of the best artists are the most modest. I've been developing a screenplay for the story of a western in the form of a '60s biker film, and even I was surprised by the level of possible subtext in it. It was stuff I never intended, and could mean anything to anyone. That's soul purpose of art.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax Who ever accused Tarantino of modesty? He’s not particularly modest, but he’s not a pseudo-intellectual either. I think Tarantino put that symbolism in the film simply to get people talking while he laughs his way to the bank. His films are exquisitely made pop art, but they’re not high art (sounds pretentious, I know, but fuck it).
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 He's never been accused of modesty. He just happens to be of that category. I'm sorry, but I feel as though you're basing all your judgments off of preference and basic interpretation. Maybe they are "pop art". So what? So was Andy Warhol. In fact, that's one of the "primary colors" post-modernism.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax Postmodernism is a bullshit movement. Warhol had talent, but his primary greatness came from denuding all sorts of frauds and bullshitters. I remember seeing him on a talk show with an art critic. For about five minutes the art critic says, “Note Andy’s brushstroke here”, etc. Warhol then responds, “My helper did this piece at the factory. He used a paint roller.”
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 That's because, like a lot of famous artists, he let the fame get to him. He's Andy Warhol, he doesn't have to work. Rather, he sponsors art now. And postmodernism--I've never heard of it being a movement, but okay. So what--are we supposed to just make films about modern culture. Just follow the herd and do what's "hip and cool" these days. Fuck modern culture. Culture itself died when the 2000s hit...That's why people like you flame on Tarantino...Just a bunch of sheep.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 See, it's fairly obvious now that you're running off a herd mentality. "These films over here are good because they're by Scorsese and Sergio Leone, but these films over here suck because they're by Tarantino"; "ACDC and Metallica are way cool, but Jimi Hendrix is lame because he's(more like was) a hippie".
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax And we now enter the world of incoherent rambling. Unfortunately, Transformers2themax (seriously what a shitty film series) is not on the same level as Robin Williams. Instead of providing humor, he makes ad hominem assumptions and psychoanalyzes the opponent rather than tackling his argument. This has been another episode of “Good Faith, Stupidity, and the Internet”.
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 Episode 7 - Pedantic Fool Thinks He Knows Everything About Film and the Art of It When He Likely Doesn't Even Have a Thing to Do With Art Itself, Much Less Understand It...Not tackling the argument? That's what each of my comments were. Yes, I was analyzing--to back up my argument. You're just spewing out several large vocabulary words(which I strongly doubt you regularly use) in an attempt to make yourself appear superior. When it comes straight down to it, you're just an ass.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax You’re the one who’s reading all sorts of things into minutia. If anything you’re the pedantic one. But yes, do go on. I welcome your hatred. :)
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 Hate? I do not hate you--I hate your straight to the point, conservative thinking. To hate a living being of any kind is evil, and is pure ignorance if you haven't even met them....
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax Conservative? That’s a new one.
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 *rolls eyes*. No offense, because I don't mean any, but you really are just a troll. Instead of having a logical discussion on a simple disagreement, you toss insults and sass my way. You said that this was the best usage of a song in a title sequence ever. I agree that it's one of the best, but to call it the best is pure ignorance. There are far better; yet, there's really no "best" of them. The music in Mean Streets is great, but Tarantino is better at using music in film.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax The only respect in which Tarantino is better than Scorsese is that he hasn’t cast Leonardo DiCaprio in any of his films.
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 On the contrary. DiCaprio is in his next film Django Unchained. I honestly don't care for DiCaprio; though, I think his acting is suited for the role he's to play. Tarantino is a lot better with music as for it fitting the scene. Scorsese uses the popular stuff, whereas Tarantino uses equally good distorted, less known music from the old days. Most folks hadn't heard anything he used in Inglourious Basterds. Most people just thought it was original score music.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax In which case, Tarantino has nada. And if you look at “Mean Streets” and “Goodfellas” it does add to the scene, as well as establishing a period feel. And “Taxi Driver” features Bernard Herrmann’s best score, which automatically establishes Scorsese’s superiority. Tarantino’s used R&B and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” well, but he’s not at Scorsese’s level.
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 Establishing a period feel? Italian mobsters and female Motown records--in what way does that fit? It's more less ironic and makes me laugh, rather than it actually fitting the mood. Don't get me wrong, Scorsese's good, but he's more skilled when it comes to characters and their inner thoughts....whereas Tarantino's better with music and cinematography. Though, even Tarantino's characters are very logical and philosophically developed. You mustn't have seen much of his work.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax I’ve seen, from Tarantino, “Reservoir Dogs”, “Pulp Fiction”, “Jackie Brown”, “Kill Bill Vol. 1” and “Kill Bill Vol. 2”. No use of music in any of those films is as memorable as “Be My Baby”, “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, etc. in “Mean Streets” (and yeah, that song would be playing on a jukebox during that period), or “Sunshine of Your Love”, “Layla”, “Gimme Shelter”, “Atlantis”, etc. in “Goodfellas”.
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 Again, following the herd. All of the songs used in the film are great, but they're too generic. They're pop songs. They're what's been played a million times over the radio(from that time period at least). Tarantino, on the other hand, uses music people have never heard of; still, it fits the feel of the scene of and the film it's being used in. If I'm wrong, without looking it up, I'd love for you to list every song used in Kill Bill and where you originally heard each.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax Really, the only music from “Kill Bill” I even remember is “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, which I first heard in the eponymous film. Scorsese’s use of music is much more memorable.
Scorsese’s use of a contemporary soundtrack actually enhances the film because it ADDS a period flavor. This is what would’ve been playing on the radio or at jukeboxes at bars. It’s not only great music, but it adds authenticity. And it always adds dramatic flavor.
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 Point taken. The theme from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was not used in Kill Bill. Nothing from that film was used in it. Tarantino's too clever to use something so cliched. And period flavor? Tarantino's films do have a period flavor. They almost have their own. They're set in their own era. That's the magic of them; they take you away from reality. You forget you're watching a movie. And you're saying this is much more memorable--and that's why it's better? Sheep.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax With Tarantino, I’m ALWAYS aware that I’m watching a movie. His universe is too affected and stylized for me to think anything else. It’s entertaining, yes, but it is a movie. When watching “Taxi Driver”, “Mean Streets”, “Goodfellas”, “The King of Comedy”, “Raging Bull”, or “After Hours”, you forget you’re watching a film.
And he did use music from “The Good the Bad and the Ugly” in “Vol 2”, when Beatrix first sees Bill right before her wedding.
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@HenryConway007 Well, obviously you're a Scorsese fan. I am too, but I do not think he is as good as Tarantino when it comes to music or cinematography. Artistically, yes, he is better than Tarantino. There's no doubt about that. I just don't think you're making a balanced comparison here. And nice use of Google. I haven't seen the western in quite some time. However, you calling it by its title threw me off. Each Morricone track has its own name. And actually, it was a wedding rehearsal.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago 2
@Transformers2themax And you say that Tarantino would "scoff" at my analyzations of his films? On the contrary, he'd more less encourage them. He himself said he loves it when people do subtext critiquing of his work. I myself would too. See, I feel as though you've mistaken the meaning of art. Art is a form of expression. People interpret it differently; and sometimes, the artists who make it like me appreciate it. It helps us see film in a different way; it broadens our horizons.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax I also find it interesting how, when I put your mentality into words and quotes(even though they're not exactly what you said; more less how you think), you sting back. Rather than thinking for a moment about what I've said or actually taking any logic into account, you insult me. You're obviously one of those types who knows when an individual has their hands around your throat but you still try to breathe.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
@Transformers2themax Oh christ, you really do get everywhere, don't you? I can't seem to find a single video where you aren't gushing all over Tarantino. Are you his publicist?
MrKeepitunderyourhat 4 weeks ago
@MrKeepitunderyourhat Nope. If I'm any filmmaker's publicist I'm my own, or Kubrick's. Lol.
Transformers2themax 4 weeks ago
@HenryConway007 I agree that Scorsese's films have more depth than Tarantino, but to just call Tarantino's films "entertaining comic books" is like calling Platoon "just an accurate war drama". They are art and do have subtext. Just because you don't intend it when you first make an art piece, doesn't mean it's not there. I am surprised whenever I do analyzations of my screenplays.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago 2
@HenryConway007 And at least Tarantino's not a pedophile.
Transformers2themax 3 months ago
the true scorsese, prefer it to other mob flicks like goodfellas or casino
leavejackoalone 6 months ago
It's official: I think this is Scorsese's best movie!
Robin4ever1970 6 months ago 2
the beginning of some great careers are right here in the opening scene. scorsese, de niro, keitel. this is where it all started...
BobbyD167 6 months ago
Just keep pressing this; 1:00. The opening credits are the heart & soul of the movie.
oifnolykous 7 months ago
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oifnolykous 7 months ago
This is one of those movies that just gets better and better each time you watch it.
mussman717word 7 months ago
The good old days. When Scorsese was a rebel. When he didn't direct commercials for Armani and credit cards. When he was the best director in the world. When he was young and hungry.
MartiniandCigarettes 10 months ago 25
@MartiniandCigarettes Actually Scorsese began his career directing alot of commercials, mostly in Europe. This was in the late 60's after "Who's That Knocking" was released and before "Mean Streets".
huttcore 9 months ago 13
@huttcore but not for Armani and credit cards...
neilbahadur1 7 months ago
@huttcore Actually I think what this guy meant was that Scorsese was unapologetic!
TheORGANEZIZED 5 days ago
@MartiniandCigarettes As a female Scorsese fan, I admit you are so correct in saying this, I officially now want to have your baby.
iwantoldschool 7 months ago
@MartiniandCigarettes hes been delivering for 40 yrs. give him a break
BobbyD167 6 months ago
@MartiniandCigarettes He's still the greatest director of all time.
spxeli 6 months ago
@spxeli one of the great masters, for sure.
MartiniandCigarettes 6 months ago
@MartiniandCigarettes And also before he started directing bloated lifeless fluff with that talentless pretty boy Leonardo DiCaprio.
HenryConway007 5 months ago
@HenryConway007 actually i think scorsese made Leo Dicaprio a better actor.
filmgeek22 3 months ago
@filmgeek22 DiCaprio’s beyond saving.
HenryConway007 3 months ago
@MartiniandCigarettes he's still the greatest filmmaker in the world
samfilmkid 3 months ago
@MartiniandCigarettes He doesn't have that same "umph" that he used to have but he still makes great movies in my opinion.
TheCinemaJackTV 2 months ago
@MartiniandCigarettes Scorsese is exactly the same masterful director today as he ever was.
DanielTheWalrus 2 months ago
@MartiniandCigarettes He never stopped being the best director in the world.
FrancisKubrick 17 hours ago
Brilliant film. Scorsese's a genius.
GodsChauffeur 1 year ago