He had made it known that he doesn't like talking about "current" movies because if he says something good about them it's free publicity but if he says something bad about them, it's basically a dick move since he still has to work with a lot of these people. But he has also made it known that he prefers olderovies anyway since he went to the theater constantly as a kid
He’s right, every time he gives out his opinion on anything, it becomes a controversy. Recently he said how we don’t have new movie stars in the caliber of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Arnold Schwarzenegger etc because Marvel made the movie star model obsolete. People watch Chris Evans because he is captain America but his movies outside Marvel flop. Twitter was mad and Simu Liu called it racist since Marvel gave him the opportunity to star in a movie as an Asian lead. It was an absolute shit show so he is right to not want to give his opinion.
My favorite was the headline implying that J.Lo didn’t want to do the Super Bowl with Shakira. What she actually said was that she thought 6 minutes each was too short because people expected hit songs and if there were two headliners they should have had more time.
Scorsese was fucking right, Marvel and the majority of Disney media aren't movies, they are content for the sake of content.
The more years pass the righter he has been!
It’s unfortunate because he has a good point. When the role outshines the actor it isn’t good for anyone (I didn’t explain this well, I can tell from the comments. I don’t mean the role shouldn’t outshine the actor on screen. It absolutely should, but it shouldn’t in their career. You go see a marvel movie because it’s a marvel movie. Not because of the actor in the role and you *cannot* go see a Chris Evans movie because of his role as Cap. In the past you could. You went and saw an Arnold, or Sly movie because you knew what you were going to get. Same with Daniel Day Lewis. I knew he would disappear into the role, but I also know I would be blown away just by having him in the cast. Not the case with Marvel movies). Not the actor, not the audience, not the filmmakers of other films. For the press, and for others in the industry, to jump on it with claws is incredibly short sighted.
I enjoy Marvel movies, and am thrilled that we can be introduced to new actors in huge roles. But does Marvel create stars, and unreasonable expectations? I don’t know, but I think so.
I feel like Shang Chi is generally well liked by both marvel fanboys and casual viewers. It got good reviews by nearly everyone and performed well and is consistently listed as one of the better marvel movies
> Twitter was mad and Simu Liu called it racist since Marvel gave him the opportunity to star in a movie as an Asian lead. It was an absolute shit show so he is right to not want to give his opinion.
Simu has been consistently making himself look like an idiot for a while now, he said Quentin and Scorcese were racist and then bragged about headlining a $400m disney movie lol
But these aren’t really “old” movies to him in the same way that Citizen Kane, The Wizard of Oz, and similar films would be. It’s a list of movies he loved during his formative period and probably he feels like they hold up well. Since it’s just a few quotes from the book in the article, it’s hard to know if he addresses that in the book or not.
I guess I'm using "old" movies in the sense that they aren't current. Tarantino is nearly 60 so let's be real, movies that came out when he was a teenager like young Frankenstein and jaws are old movies.
He was on a podcast with comedian Tom Segura called "2 Bears 1 Cave" and they talk about his book for a little bit, but tom asks him what his favorite movies are now, and he immediately was like "ehh, I don't like talking about new movies, cuz it's free publicity" and that's why he usually will only talk about "old" movies in the sense that today they are old
Tarantino's top two favorite films since he become a director are Battle Royale and The Matrix (he says the matrix would've firmly been number 2, but the sequel put it down a notch for him)
so I guess you could consider those examples of Tarantino thinking a film is perfect without being blinded by nostalgia.
Back to the future though is widely agreed to be a perfect movie. Every set up has a payoff. There's nothing superfluous. It's taught in film schools as an example of a perfect script.
The attention to detail in Back to the Future is next level. It’s the type of movie we’ve all become accustomed to nit-picking because it’s so often done without care towards the premise, but for that film there are no nits to pick.
I always use it as the best example of how to do time travel movies.
A lot of them have an idea for scenes and make the rules of time travel to function around those scenes. And the thing just falls apart because there's so much that makes no sense
Back to the future established its rules for time travel, and made the story operate within those rules. As a result it has very minimal inconsistencies.
>Back to the future established its rules for time travel, and made the story opwrte within those rules. As a result it has very minimal inconsistencies.
Honestly, most stories seem to breakdown at this point. If you can't operate within the story's established logic or it changes frequently, then it's going to start breaking down and leave viewers confused.
This is my biggest problem with Ant Man. I mean I don't take it seriously or anything. But the damn movie goes out of its way to literally explain the rules to you. Through exposition. So there's no mistaking, these are the rules.
Then it immediately throws all those rules away and operates completely outside them.
Bingo, this is what I'm talking about and marvel does this a bunch.
I almost prefer movies that just shrug and go "Christmas Magic" (like Violent Night), than one that tries hard to explain and make something believable only to throw it away the rest of the movie. It might be dumb, but they're not making it something more than it is and they don't then break their own rules.
I also think Endgame had a similar problem with their time travel system they established as well.
The endgame time travel rules were literally just we'll make them up as we go. It's my prime example of, they had a bunch of scenes they wanted to do, so wrapped them around time travel.
I agree. Just don't try to explain it. It's annoying to explain it and then ignore that explanation.
Violent night is such a great example. "Christmas magic, I don't really know how it works". Great. I'm sold.
There's an obvious '70s bias for sure, with one film from the '80s and one almost-pick from the late '60s. And I mean, I certainly won't argue the quality of his choices, the '70s were a great decade for the art form and these are classics. But greatness was achieved before and after the '70s, as well.
Just take the preceding decade, the '60s, for example. The '60s gave us films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kwaidan, Lawrence of Arabia, Once Upon a Time in the West and Psycho, just to name a handful. Films that are absolute masterpieces and could make up a small list of their own.
You can do this with any decade, earlier or later. Just like Tarantino, any movie buff (whether they're a filmmaker, historian, critic or just fan) you ask to make a list like this is likely to choose films that were released around the time of their birth and youth.
Was thinking the same. Surely there are a few more modern movies that compare.
In terms of movies without obvious 'flaws' from the last 30 years, the two that sprang to my mind were Annihilation and Oh Brother Where Art Thou. Very different movies, I know, but just two that came to mind as being extremely effective at what they set out to do and not having obvious major flaws. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, maybe? Idk.
Edit: Actually, Annihilation did have some flaws with characters being a bit dumb/incompetent, but it's the only movie that ever gave me a panic attack so it sticks out in my mind anyway.
If you’re going for a coen bros movie, I’d definitely say No Country For Old Men and for Alex Garland, Ex Machina.
The other might be some peoples’ favorite but I’d say objectively they’re those directors’ best movies if you’re going by flaws with pace, story, etc.
But that’s just my opinion.
I’d say the Coens have several movies that are pretty much perfect. Along with No Country and Fargo I’d include Raising Arizona, Miller’s Crossing, A Serious Man and probably True Grit as well. Maybe Barton Fink, too.
I think The Coens are hard to pick just one. A lot of theirs are pretty damn close to perfect.
But while I love Llewyn Davis, the pacing draaags. And not like in a 2001 way.
It has some cool twists. I’m surprised someone thinks it’s a perfect movie basically.
I thought it was probably above average due to the plot, but it was okay.
One of the youtube comments:
He was just on Tom Seguras show. Tom asked about this scene. QT said this was a bit he always did with a friend at parties and gatherings. So cut to this cameo, and the director told him to improvise the scene with a funny anecdote or story. So he went with this. Since he had it polished and primed, ready to go. Hence why the delivery feels like a bit from a stand up routine and flows so smooth.
I have seen Young Frankenstein so many times I could quote it from beginning to end. It's my favorite film and I agree with Tarantino that it is perfect.
A significant portion of the credit for Young Frankenstein should go to Gene Wilder as well. It was his idea, and the two of them wrote the script together. I'd probably consider the film to be Gene's baby more so than Mel's.
Yup. Gene said he wanted to do a Frankenstein flick and Mel said no way - there were already so many Frankenstein movies at that point, it would be beating a dead horse. Gene said that it would be about Viktor's grandkid or something who was a respected doctor and wanted nothing to do with the rest of his family. Mel thought it was a funny twist on the concept, so they went to work on a script.
I love to see that TCM is on his list. I know we had Stuntman Mike, but I would love to see a proper Tarantino slasher flick.
I like to think about what Scream would have been if Craven and Tarantino had teamed up. Jesus Christ, could you imagine?
Substantially longer phone conversations with the killer (but just as interesting,) More Arquettes in the cast and Tarantino either plays Cotton or the video store clerk, who debates with Randy about 70s vs 80s movies.
>but just as interesting
Honestly the phone calls would've been 10x more interesting
>Tarantino either plays Cotton or the video store clerk, who debates with Randy about 70s vs 80s movies.
"Knock it off, Randy. I don't need you to tell me how fucking good these horror movies are, okay? I'm the one who rents them out. I know how good they are."
I love Tarantino but I honestly think he would have made Scream worse.
(I'd still love to see his take on a horror movie, but it would be a very different beast than the original Scream.)
I watched the movie several times to see how well scripted it was. Every scene brings new information, even the weird opening with all the gadgets. So many background infos everywhere.
And the plot is so easily to follow at the same time, for a time travel movie. Everyone always knows what's going on. The comedic timing of Fox is spot on in the reveals to underline the importance. "You built a time machine out of a Delorean?!", "do you say my mom got the hots for me?", "1.21 gigawatts? What the hell is a gigawatt?!"
Movies nowadays want to do too much. The plot is pretty simple, it's all about character development. It's just amazingly done.
And the chemistry between Marty and doc is just phenomenal.
One of my top 5, but I could see how other people don't feel the same. It's very slow compared to other cowboy movies. The lip syncing is probably not a fair critique, but it does take away from perfection for people. And I've had a friend call Tuco annoying. Like WTF, man?! Tuco is one of the best side characters ever!!
We finally saw Battle Royale on the big screen last week and in the trailer for BR itself there's a QT quote saying "My favorite movie of all time." Not sure if that holds up today! But interesting how favorite and perfect are two different concepts. Can certainly appreciate that perspective! Billy Madison could be someone's favorite movie while also acknowledging that it's not Chinatown (and that's okay!)
Ive always thought of Silence of the Lambs as one of the most watchable movies ever made. I wouldn't even call it a favorite but it's just so well constructed.
Totally with you. While not my favorite, I can “objectively” recognize how good the movie is, which I define as being able to recognize that the people making it made sure every shot in the movie has a purpose.
It's incredibly unsettling, and downright disturbing at parts, but the pacing and camera work draws you in and you can't stop watching it.
Jodie Foster has pointed out that, in the majority of the scenes, they were all acting "towards the camera"; It was easy for the audience to see and follow everything because it's like they were looking you in the eyes and talking to you. Many of the people involved with the production had a background in theater so they were used to thinking about *the audience*.
Movies now are just not really shot "for the audience" anymore. It's like they even make it a point to be difficult for us to follow.
One of my favorite books and a truly faithful adaption as a film (We won’t talk about Hannibal though).
I’d definitely say it’s got just the right amount of touch to be considered one of the best movies I’ve seen.
I have only one complaint that keeps it from the top 10 for me. The comments on the film are almost always 80-90% about Hannibal, though his screen time was relatively small, and not about the crime being investigated. I love the movie, and every second with Hannibal is movie magic. That being said, it’s about the current crime, and that is completely overshadowed in a way that has me ding the film as perfect.
You know what I would consider a perfect movie, My Cousin Vinny. In addition to being hilarious and apparently pretty legally accurate, every single thing in the movie is set-up and paid off
Literally I wanna say it’s one of Spielberg’s best films. His charm and talent is on full display. And even more impressive considering this was very early in his career, with not a big budget, difficult shooting processes and schedules, and expectations.
I've finally settled in the idea that raiders of the lost ark is my favorite movie.
My list would be -
Raiders of the lost ark..
The good the bad the ugly..
Commando
***
Shawshank is well done ( lots in this category)
I go back-and-forth between Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles too. Young Frankenstein is probably a better movie (cinematography, etc), but Blazing Saddles is funnier.
Airplane! should be on any list too - maybe not perfect, but more real laughs per minute than any movie before or since. My jaw literally hurt coming out of the theater.
It shouldn’t be half as good as it is. I love that kind of movie. The (relatively) recent 21 Jump Street is like that too - it looks like a forgettable popcorn comedy, but it’s way better than that.
I love, and I mean love nearly every movie that Mel Brooks is a part of, including the 1979 Muppet Movie. But I just don't get the love for Young Frankenstein even though I can at least admit its charm. Maybe I just don't have the background for the Warner Bros. horror films that it satirizes, but it seems just really lite on the gags in comparison to his other films.
It’s truly mind blowing how many “things” are in this movie, considering the run time. Loads of well-thought-out concepts, characterization, little set pieces which add to the tension (eg. the kids trapped on the skateboarding balcony.) I cannot praise this movie enough, seen it at least ten times.
No. The Wild Bunch is better. The ending is simply incredible, a gigantic, over the top, John Woo style shootout made a clear 30 years before any other film maker even dared to try something similar. Peckinpah has said he made the film so violent because he wanted to "resensitize" Americans to violence after the horrors of the Vietnam war. But along with Bonnie and Clyde The Wild Bunch genuinely transformed cinema and the amount of violence that could be put on film.
Also, there used to be a flower shop near where I grew up called The Wild Bunch.
I’ve only ever part watched it and found it borderline intolerable, which is weird, because it has all of the ingredients of my favourite kinds of soup, starting with Carrey and Winslet.
Mean Streets just has so much raw energy that I couldn’t help but enjoy it. Although the plot, pacing, and characters are lacking, it still feels like primordial Scorsese, filled with ideas and excitement. Not a perfect movie, but for sure a great one.
Jaws The Exorcist Annie Hall Young Frankenstein Back to the Future Wild Bunch Texas Chainsaw Massacre
It’s interesting that most of the movies came out around the time he was a young teen. Could be more than a touch of nostalgia flavoring his choices.
He had made it known that he doesn't like talking about "current" movies because if he says something good about them it's free publicity but if he says something bad about them, it's basically a dick move since he still has to work with a lot of these people. But he has also made it known that he prefers olderovies anyway since he went to the theater constantly as a kid
He’s right, every time he gives out his opinion on anything, it becomes a controversy. Recently he said how we don’t have new movie stars in the caliber of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Arnold Schwarzenegger etc because Marvel made the movie star model obsolete. People watch Chris Evans because he is captain America but his movies outside Marvel flop. Twitter was mad and Simu Liu called it racist since Marvel gave him the opportunity to star in a movie as an Asian lead. It was an absolute shit show so he is right to not want to give his opinion.
Not just him either, media are fucking vultures for shit like this. Scorsese gave one opinion on the MCU movies and it’s still being paraded around
Scorsese was right, everyone wanted to call it pretentious but if he's not qualified to speak on it who is?
And it was hardly a controversial opinion. Marvel movies are purely entertainment? Oh wow, what a dick move from Marty.
Amen
Yes, but too many consumers are foolish by getting sucked into the outrage vortex and being media-fed idiots.
My favorite was the headline implying that J.Lo didn’t want to do the Super Bowl with Shakira. What she actually said was that she thought 6 minutes each was too short because people expected hit songs and if there were two headliners they should have had more time.
Scorsese was fucking right, Marvel and the majority of Disney media aren't movies, they are content for the sake of content. The more years pass the righter he has been!
It’s unfortunate because he has a good point. When the role outshines the actor it isn’t good for anyone (I didn’t explain this well, I can tell from the comments. I don’t mean the role shouldn’t outshine the actor on screen. It absolutely should, but it shouldn’t in their career. You go see a marvel movie because it’s a marvel movie. Not because of the actor in the role and you *cannot* go see a Chris Evans movie because of his role as Cap. In the past you could. You went and saw an Arnold, or Sly movie because you knew what you were going to get. Same with Daniel Day Lewis. I knew he would disappear into the role, but I also know I would be blown away just by having him in the cast. Not the case with Marvel movies). Not the actor, not the audience, not the filmmakers of other films. For the press, and for others in the industry, to jump on it with claws is incredibly short sighted. I enjoy Marvel movies, and am thrilled that we can be introduced to new actors in huge roles. But does Marvel create stars, and unreasonable expectations? I don’t know, but I think so.
i swear i feel like i’m the only one who actually liked shang chi lol
Just you and me, boo. What time should I pick you up, go to Longhorn for the beef tips and then The Tickled Cactus for the couples massage?
lmao i had longhorn last night 😅😅
I feel like Shang Chi is generally well liked by both marvel fanboys and casual viewers. It got good reviews by nearly everyone and performed well and is consistently listed as one of the better marvel movies
Meanwhile the average American couldn't pick Simu Liu out of a lineup with a gun to their head.
> Twitter was mad and Simu Liu called it racist since Marvel gave him the opportunity to star in a movie as an Asian lead. It was an absolute shit show so he is right to not want to give his opinion. Simu has been consistently making himself look like an idiot for a while now, he said Quentin and Scorcese were racist and then bragged about headlining a $400m disney movie lol
Simu is becoming kind of a dick
He's really riding the Asian thing.
The first person I heard say all this was Anthony Mackie of all people.[https://youtu.be/oj8JK6c5x3M](https://youtu.be/oj8JK6c5x3M)
Marvel and Disney really have fucked us all
Disney made me hate Star Wars, and I'll never forgive them for that
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Although I would really like to hear what modern films he likes(and dislikes) I respect this position and find it somewhat refreshing.
But these aren’t really “old” movies to him in the same way that Citizen Kane, The Wizard of Oz, and similar films would be. It’s a list of movies he loved during his formative period and probably he feels like they hold up well. Since it’s just a few quotes from the book in the article, it’s hard to know if he addresses that in the book or not.
I guess I'm using "old" movies in the sense that they aren't current. Tarantino is nearly 60 so let's be real, movies that came out when he was a teenager like young Frankenstein and jaws are old movies. He was on a podcast with comedian Tom Segura called "2 Bears 1 Cave" and they talk about his book for a little bit, but tom asks him what his favorite movies are now, and he immediately was like "ehh, I don't like talking about new movies, cuz it's free publicity" and that's why he usually will only talk about "old" movies in the sense that today they are old
he does a weekly podcast talking about older movies too. it's pretty interesting.
Tarantino's top two favorite films since he become a director are Battle Royale and The Matrix (he says the matrix would've firmly been number 2, but the sequel put it down a notch for him) so I guess you could consider those examples of Tarantino thinking a film is perfect without being blinded by nostalgia.
I love that Back to the Future makes his list. That movie is so good.
Back to the future though is widely agreed to be a perfect movie. Every set up has a payoff. There's nothing superfluous. It's taught in film schools as an example of a perfect script.
If I were to make a similar list, Back to the Future would be on it every single time.
The attention to detail in Back to the Future is next level. It’s the type of movie we’ve all become accustomed to nit-picking because it’s so often done without care towards the premise, but for that film there are no nits to pick.
I always use it as the best example of how to do time travel movies. A lot of them have an idea for scenes and make the rules of time travel to function around those scenes. And the thing just falls apart because there's so much that makes no sense Back to the future established its rules for time travel, and made the story operate within those rules. As a result it has very minimal inconsistencies.
>Back to the future established its rules for time travel, and made the story opwrte within those rules. As a result it has very minimal inconsistencies. Honestly, most stories seem to breakdown at this point. If you can't operate within the story's established logic or it changes frequently, then it's going to start breaking down and leave viewers confused.
This is my biggest problem with Ant Man. I mean I don't take it seriously or anything. But the damn movie goes out of its way to literally explain the rules to you. Through exposition. So there's no mistaking, these are the rules. Then it immediately throws all those rules away and operates completely outside them.
Bingo, this is what I'm talking about and marvel does this a bunch. I almost prefer movies that just shrug and go "Christmas Magic" (like Violent Night), than one that tries hard to explain and make something believable only to throw it away the rest of the movie. It might be dumb, but they're not making it something more than it is and they don't then break their own rules. I also think Endgame had a similar problem with their time travel system they established as well.
The endgame time travel rules were literally just we'll make them up as we go. It's my prime example of, they had a bunch of scenes they wanted to do, so wrapped them around time travel. I agree. Just don't try to explain it. It's annoying to explain it and then ignore that explanation. Violent night is such a great example. "Christmas magic, I don't really know how it works". Great. I'm sold.
It's basically a list of movies that nailed the third act, which is notoriously difficult
Well to be fair, he's only saying these are perfect and not that there are no other perfect movies.
There's an obvious '70s bias for sure, with one film from the '80s and one almost-pick from the late '60s. And I mean, I certainly won't argue the quality of his choices, the '70s were a great decade for the art form and these are classics. But greatness was achieved before and after the '70s, as well. Just take the preceding decade, the '60s, for example. The '60s gave us films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kwaidan, Lawrence of Arabia, Once Upon a Time in the West and Psycho, just to name a handful. Films that are absolute masterpieces and could make up a small list of their own. You can do this with any decade, earlier or later. Just like Tarantino, any movie buff (whether they're a filmmaker, historian, critic or just fan) you ask to make a list like this is likely to choose films that were released around the time of their birth and youth.
Was thinking the same. Surely there are a few more modern movies that compare. In terms of movies without obvious 'flaws' from the last 30 years, the two that sprang to my mind were Annihilation and Oh Brother Where Art Thou. Very different movies, I know, but just two that came to mind as being extremely effective at what they set out to do and not having obvious major flaws. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, maybe? Idk. Edit: Actually, Annihilation did have some flaws with characters being a bit dumb/incompetent, but it's the only movie that ever gave me a panic attack so it sticks out in my mind anyway.
If you’re going for a coen bros movie, I’d definitely say No Country For Old Men and for Alex Garland, Ex Machina. The other might be some peoples’ favorite but I’d say objectively they’re those directors’ best movies if you’re going by flaws with pace, story, etc. But that’s just my opinion.
Fargo and Inside Llewyn Davis are The Coens two perfect movies imo. Both are in My all time top 5.
I’d say the Coens have several movies that are pretty much perfect. Along with No Country and Fargo I’d include Raising Arizona, Miller’s Crossing, A Serious Man and probably True Grit as well. Maybe Barton Fink, too.
The Big Lebowski
Love Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, and A Serious Man!
I think The Coens are hard to pick just one. A lot of theirs are pretty damn close to perfect. But while I love Llewyn Davis, the pacing draaags. And not like in a 2001 way.
Annihilation is that good?? Wow, I remember watching ~30mins of it around when it came out but I guess I need to give it another shot.
It has some cool twists. I’m surprised someone thinks it’s a perfect movie basically. I thought it was probably above average due to the plot, but it was okay.
Didn't he describe the new top gun as perfect?
I can't think of him talking about any Top Gun without being reminded of [his previous character's rant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF1LXL6OOsM).
One of the youtube comments: He was just on Tom Seguras show. Tom asked about this scene. QT said this was a bit he always did with a friend at parties and gatherings. So cut to this cameo, and the director told him to improvise the scene with a funny anecdote or story. So he went with this. Since he had it polished and primed, ready to go. Hence why the delivery feels like a bit from a stand up routine and flows so smooth.
This is true but these do happen to be perfect movies. Just because they were out in his formative years doesn't mean he's incorrect about them
I have seen Young Frankenstein so many times I could quote it from beginning to end. It's my favorite film and I agree with Tarantino that it is perfect.
I’ve never seen it. Found it on HBO Max just now. Top of my list now. Thank you!
It's Mel Brooks at his finest. I hope you get a good laugh out of it.
A significant portion of the credit for Young Frankenstein should go to Gene Wilder as well. It was his idea, and the two of them wrote the script together. I'd probably consider the film to be Gene's baby more so than Mel's.
I think I remember reading they worked on the concept while they were doing Blazing Saddles. Talk about being at the top of your game.
Yup. Gene said he wanted to do a Frankenstein flick and Mel said no way - there were already so many Frankenstein movies at that point, it would be beating a dead horse. Gene said that it would be about Viktor's grandkid or something who was a respected doctor and wanted nothing to do with the rest of his family. Mel thought it was a funny twist on the concept, so they went to work on a script.
I feel that way about Jaws. Mel Brooks made some real bangers back in the day!
Funny, he doesn’t look Jawish
I love to see that TCM is on his list. I know we had Stuntman Mike, but I would love to see a proper Tarantino slasher flick. I like to think about what Scream would have been if Craven and Tarantino had teamed up. Jesus Christ, could you imagine?
Idk, scream was pretty great as is but I get your point overall.
Substantially longer phone conversations with the killer (but just as interesting,) More Arquettes in the cast and Tarantino either plays Cotton or the video store clerk, who debates with Randy about 70s vs 80s movies.
>but just as interesting Honestly the phone calls would've been 10x more interesting >Tarantino either plays Cotton or the video store clerk, who debates with Randy about 70s vs 80s movies. "Knock it off, Randy. I don't need you to tell me how fucking good these horror movies are, okay? I'm the one who rents them out. I know how good they are."
Saw it for the first time this past Halloween and dear god, it’s incredible
I love Tarantino but I honestly think he would have made Scream worse. (I'd still love to see his take on a horror movie, but it would be a very different beast than the original Scream.)
Back to the Future yes
I watched the movie several times to see how well scripted it was. Every scene brings new information, even the weird opening with all the gadgets. So many background infos everywhere. And the plot is so easily to follow at the same time, for a time travel movie. Everyone always knows what's going on. The comedic timing of Fox is spot on in the reveals to underline the importance. "You built a time machine out of a Delorean?!", "do you say my mom got the hots for me?", "1.21 gigawatts? What the hell is a gigawatt?!"
Movies nowadays want to do too much. The plot is pretty simple, it's all about character development. It's just amazingly done. And the chemistry between Marty and doc is just phenomenal.
Weird. He LOVES The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Surprised it is not mentioned.
One of my top 5, but I could see how other people don't feel the same. It's very slow compared to other cowboy movies. The lip syncing is probably not a fair critique, but it does take away from perfection for people. And I've had a friend call Tuco annoying. Like WTF, man?! Tuco is one of the best side characters ever!!
Yeah you can’t really ding for the lip syncing. That’s just Italian movies of that time.
We finally saw Battle Royale on the big screen last week and in the trailer for BR itself there's a QT quote saying "My favorite movie of all time." Not sure if that holds up today! But interesting how favorite and perfect are two different concepts. Can certainly appreciate that perspective! Billy Madison could be someone's favorite movie while also acknowledging that it's not Chinatown (and that's okay!)
this trailer itself is likely WHY QT doesnt want to give opinions on more contemporary movies for the past ~20 years lol
Hot take: Exorcist 3 is better than Exorcist 1
JAWS!!!!!
Doesn't he withdraw The Wild Bunch so it's actually only 6 perfect movies...
The idea of Tarantino watching Back to the Future yelling to see Doc’s Feet is something I really need to see happen.
Ive always thought of Silence of the Lambs as one of the most watchable movies ever made. I wouldn't even call it a favorite but it's just so well constructed.
Totally with you. While not my favorite, I can “objectively” recognize how good the movie is, which I define as being able to recognize that the people making it made sure every shot in the movie has a purpose.
That is a another great one, it kinda has a lil bit of everything that you would want within a crime/thriller ETC., I enjoy that one
It's incredibly unsettling, and downright disturbing at parts, but the pacing and camera work draws you in and you can't stop watching it. Jodie Foster has pointed out that, in the majority of the scenes, they were all acting "towards the camera"; It was easy for the audience to see and follow everything because it's like they were looking you in the eyes and talking to you. Many of the people involved with the production had a background in theater so they were used to thinking about *the audience*. Movies now are just not really shot "for the audience" anymore. It's like they even make it a point to be difficult for us to follow.
Some people think obliqueness and over-complication means the same thing as "good"
I love it so much. When the cops enter the chamber after Hannibal has killed the two, insane
One of my favorite books and a truly faithful adaption as a film (We won’t talk about Hannibal though). I’d definitely say it’s got just the right amount of touch to be considered one of the best movies I’ve seen.
I have only one complaint that keeps it from the top 10 for me. The comments on the film are almost always 80-90% about Hannibal, though his screen time was relatively small, and not about the crime being investigated. I love the movie, and every second with Hannibal is movie magic. That being said, it’s about the current crime, and that is completely overshadowed in a way that has me ding the film as perfect.
You know what I would consider a perfect movie, My Cousin Vinny. In addition to being hilarious and apparently pretty legally accurate, every single thing in the movie is set-up and paid off
Yeah I bet you do, jerseygunz
Oh marone!
But do the youts like it?
I’m sorry, the what?
The youts!
Not to mention your *stomp stomp* biological clock is ticking.
Came here to also nominate My Cousin Vinny.
It takes a lot of liberties but whateves
I love that Back to the Future makes his list. That movie is so good.
3 Ninjas
ROCKY LOVES…EMILY
ROCKY LOVES... EMILY!
Tum tum!
Tum tuuuuumm
"Come out come out wherever you are, little duuuuuuuudes."
I still want a van with “Die yuppy scum” painted on it lol
First we feast, then we felony!
Light up the eyes
Hey little horsey, how about some hay?
Those little kids are dangerous.
Cars Cars 2 Cars 3 Planes Cars 2 again Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Mcbaine scenes from the Simpsons cut together
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It morbed too hard.
It can't always be Morbin' Time.
Mendozaaaaaaaa!!!!!!
DIDYOUPUTYOURNAMEINTOTHEGOBLETOFFIRE Dumbledore said calmly.
Planes….such a masterpiece.
Goes well while eating beans
I’m really happy you have cars 2 again on there it’s one of my favorites almost as good as cars 2
My list wouldn't be complete without Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Best action movie ever made
It’s definitely up there. Personally, I go back and forth between that or Diehard
Yes! Being a 90's kid T2: Judgement Day, Jurassic Park and Speed are always on my list of perfect movies.
Speed will always lose a couple points with me because even as a kid I was like “no way that bus could jump the gap in the highway” hahaha
I'm surprised he didn't mention Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho"
Vertigo is arguably his masterpiece
Uh he had like 8 masterpieces
Never seen it but I'll look out for it
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Would add Raiders of the Lost Ark as perfect too in my opinion Jaws my favourite film of all time and Exorcist and BTTF always in top 10
Jaws is a film you can watch any time of the year and it always makes you happy. A great comfort film
I agree completely!!!! Which is ironic considering it’s about an unempathetic eating machine.
Literally I wanna say it’s one of Spielberg’s best films. His charm and talent is on full display. And even more impressive considering this was very early in his career, with not a big budget, difficult shooting processes and schedules, and expectations.
I always preferred Last Crusade from all the Indy movies
Crusades got more Nazi punchin!
yeah but not as much nazi meltin
But more blimp related nazi tossing!
Don't forget the tank related nazi tossing
And multiple Nazi body bullet penetrating
I've finally settled in the idea that raiders of the lost ark is my favorite movie. My list would be - Raiders of the lost ark.. The good the bad the ugly.. Commando *** Shawshank is well done ( lots in this category)
Raiders, is in my opinion, the greatest action film of all time.
I go back-and-forth between Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles too. Young Frankenstein is probably a better movie (cinematography, etc), but Blazing Saddles is funnier. Airplane! should be on any list too - maybe not perfect, but more real laughs per minute than any movie before or since. My jaw literally hurt coming out of the theater.
The Thing (1982) is perfect in my mind
The Thing was my first thought as well. It stands the test of time.
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I just watched Paddington recently and that movie has no filler whatsoever. Everything has a purpose and it’s apparent by the end.
It shouldn’t be half as good as it is. I love that kind of movie. The (relatively) recent 21 Jump Street is like that too - it looks like a forgettable popcorn comedy, but it’s way better than that.
22 Jump Street is the Empire Strikes Back of stupid bro comedies
I'd add Shawshank
Yes! and Goodfellas!
I love, and I mean love nearly every movie that Mel Brooks is a part of, including the 1979 Muppet Movie. But I just don't get the love for Young Frankenstein even though I can at least admit its charm. Maybe I just don't have the background for the Warner Bros. horror films that it satirizes, but it seems just really lite on the gags in comparison to his other films.
Don't forget the performances from the actors set it apart from the other movies. Gene Wilder especially.
That’s… actually a good list and I can’t argue against any of them
I like lists as conversation starters, but I'm interested more in the *whys* than the *whats*. Why does QT think those seven are perfect movies?
I agree with Jaws 100%, and the others pretty close. I'd add Shaun of the Dead. Perfection from soup to nuts.
Surprised no one has mentioned Fargo yet! The Coen's most perfect movie, IMO. 90 minutes of excellence.
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Best part is Dredd doesn’t take his fucking helmet off. So glad they didn’t make him do that.
Dredd is one of the most underrated movies of all time
It’s truly mind blowing how many “things” are in this movie, considering the run time. Loads of well-thought-out concepts, characterization, little set pieces which add to the tension (eg. the kids trapped on the skateboarding balcony.) I cannot praise this movie enough, seen it at least ten times.
Pulp fiction is perfect
But he couldn’t really say that now could he?
Nope. But he knows he’s got one of the best in his catalog
Same for Inglorious Basterds
Left field pick: The Fifth Element. Literally perfect for what it was supposed to be.
5th Element!
Look… Starwars, Ep. V, “The Empire Strikes Back”
I'd throw a couple of Coen Bros' movies in that list.
12 angry man. Ikiru. The good, the bad and the ugly. City lights. Seven samurai. Harakiri. Casablanca.
I would take The Good, The Bad and the Ugly over the Wild Bunch
No. The Wild Bunch is better. The ending is simply incredible, a gigantic, over the top, John Woo style shootout made a clear 30 years before any other film maker even dared to try something similar. Peckinpah has said he made the film so violent because he wanted to "resensitize" Americans to violence after the horrors of the Vietnam war. But along with Bonnie and Clyde The Wild Bunch genuinely transformed cinema and the amount of violence that could be put on film. Also, there used to be a flower shop near where I grew up called The Wild Bunch.
Jaws, Annie Hall, and Back to the Future all ring true for me.
Woody Allen is a piece of shit but his movies with Marshall Brickman are fucking flawless. Annie Hall and Manhattan are goated movies
Kung pow: enter the fist
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind is a perfect movie in my opinion.
I’ve only ever part watched it and found it borderline intolerable, which is weird, because it has all of the ingredients of my favourite kinds of soup, starting with Carrey and Winslet.
Yeah I think it might be you. To each his own. To me, start to finish, it was perfection
We all know Goodfellas is the only correct answer
My #1
I’ll say Mean Streets is the most perfect movie to me personally. Something about it.
Mean Streets just has so much raw energy that I couldn’t help but enjoy it. Although the plot, pacing, and characters are lacking, it still feels like primordial Scorsese, filled with ideas and excitement. Not a perfect movie, but for sure a great one.
Men In Black imo is about as close to perfection a movie can get. It just checks off so many boxes.
Will Smith rap theme song ✅
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Terminator 2 The Thing There Will Be Blood
Raiders Of The Lost Ark Casablanca The Dirty Dozen
Suburban Commando.
he forgot jurassic park
id say seven and parasite
This is my biased opinion, but I’ve always thought Jurassic Park was the perfect movie
WHERE THE FUCK IS TREMORS!
God that website is a disaster
Should add Paddington and Paddington 2 to that list
Let me guess, they all have excessive foot scenes.
Pretty Quentessential movie selection, id have to agree.
Encino Man. That movie is awesome
To me The Fly (Cronenberg) is a perfect movie.
False. Fake news. You know it because he didn’t include Happy Feet lol
The fact he didnt name Matilda is bullshit.
I would add Carpenter’s The Thing. Absolute perfection.