I was just thinking..

Melisandre121 · 06-01-2015 4:25am #1

Does anyone else cringe when Quentin Tarantino makes a cameo in one of his films?

AboutaWeekAgo · 06-01-2015 4:42am

Worst part of Django was his scene. Pulp Fiction one ain't too bad though.

Into The Blue · 06-01-2015 4:45am

AboutaWeekAgo wrote: »

Worst part of Django was his scene. Pulp Fiction one ain't too bad though.

He was good in Dusk till Dawn

Edit; produced, not directed.

Melisandre121 · 06-01-2015 4:45am

Yes, Django was exactly what I was thinking about! He looked so out of place. I think he over-acted in Pulp Fiction.

DoYouEvenLift · 06-01-2015 4:53am

Yeah, guy just comes across out of place even from just his appearance for some reason. A lot of directors are dreadful actors I'd say

The Strawman Argument · 06-01-2015 4:57am

Not as much as when Stan Lee makes a cameo in just about everything.

Melisandre121 · 06-01-2015 5:01am

The Strawman Argument wrote: »

Not as much as when Stan Lee makes a cameo in just about everything.

I find his cameos endearing

kneemos · 06-01-2015 5:03am

Looked bloated in Django.

Melisandre121 · 06-01-2015 5:05am

I reckon the actors cringe doing their scenes with him

NegativeCreep · 06-01-2015 5:07am

He was great in resevoir dogs I think.

ectoraige · 06-01-2015 5:09am

Didn't mind Tarantino in pulp, but Peter Jackson's carrot-munching was awful in desolation of Smaug.

AboutaWeekAgo · 06-01-2015 5:15am

Into The Blue wrote: »

He was good in Dusk till Dawn

Edit; produced, not directed.

Forgot about that one, great flick! I think he's so good in that because he's playing a deranged psychopath, doesn't seem like the biggest stretch for him to be fair.

Billy86 · 06-01-2015 7:46am

He's grand in a smaller, kind of understated/everyday guy type of role like in Resevoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction, but Django was OTT - basically he knows how to act or what is required, but he's not great at it.

Spike Lee is another who loves to have roles in some of his own films. He was even the lead in Do The Right Thing, though in fairness that's probably the best Hollywood film of the entire 1980s (or just a small bit behind Raging Bull).

harry Bailey esq · 06-01-2015 8:05am

Melisandre121 wrote: »

Does anyone else cringe when Quentin Tarantino makes a cameo in one of his films?

I think his rant about the pitfalls of cheap coffee in pulp fiction was pretty funny

Egginacup · 06-01-2015 12:54pm

AboutaWeekAgo wrote: »

Worst part of Django was his scene. Pulp Fiction one ain't too bad though.

Pulp Fiction performance was dire.

"I don't wanna get divorced!!"

Mushy · 06-01-2015 1:00pm

I thought he appeared in the films, well Django anyway, as a bit of a joke.

Birneybau · 06-01-2015 1:01pm

Was great in 'The Golden Girls'

http://www.chronologicalsnobbery.com/2007/11/quentin-tarantino-on-golden-girls.html

Go to 4:38.

Dog of Tears · 06-01-2015 1:05pm

Ever see him try to talk to Black people in real life?

I can't post URL's but a quick Google search will bring up the video.

Now that's cringe.

Egginacup · 06-01-2015 1:06pm

Billy86 wrote: »

He's grand in a smaller, kind of understated/everyday guy type of role like in Resevoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction, but Django was OTT - basically he knows how to act or what is required, but he's not great at it.

Spike Lee is another who loves to have roles in some of his own films. He was even the lead in Do The Right Thing, though in fairness that's probably the best Hollywood film of the entire 1980s (or just a small bit behind Raging Bull).

:eek:

The Shining?
Scarface?
Mississippi Burning?
The Untouchables?
Full Metal Jacket?

KungPao · 06-01-2015 1:10pm

Egginacup wrote: »

Pulp Fiction performance was dire.

"I don't wanna get divorced!!"

Don't you ****ing Jimmy me, Jules. Okay?

Did you see a sign outside that says 'dead n**ger storage'?

I love that scene. He hilarious in it.

super_furry · 06-01-2015 1:55pm

I'm more creeped out by his foot fetish and his obligatory foot fetish scene in every film.

Grayson · 06-01-2015 1:59pm

He was great when he popped up in Desperado. That might be because he got shot in the face.

The Strawman Argument · 06-01-2015 2:12pm

Egginacup wrote: »

:eek:

The Shining?
Scarface?
Mississippi Burning?
The Untouchables?
Full Metal Jacket?

That's not a bold statement at all, certainly has a much stronger claim than some of the ones you've listed there.

Have you actually seen Do The Right Thing?

osarusan · 06-01-2015 2:24pm

He's ok usually, maybe wouldn't be noticed if he wasn't the director.

He was terrible in Django though, but it was mostly the accent.

Billy86 · 06-01-2015 2:36pm

Egginacup wrote: »

:eek:

The Shining?
Scarface?
Mississippi Burning?
The Untouchables?
Full Metal Jacket?

Easily better than Untouchables or Mississippi Burning, FMJ is a class of in bits falls off as it goes on, and Scarface isn't as good as is made out - it just developed a huge cult following. Shining might have a place in the discussion, though I reckon DTRT and Raging Bull have aged better.

valoren · 06-01-2015 2:40pm

Melisandre121 wrote: »

Does anyone else cringe when Quentin Tarantino makes a cameo in one of his films?

I've reached this point with QT to be honest.

osarusan · 06-01-2015 2:56pm

Billy86 wrote: »

Shining might have a place in the discussion,

No way.

Billy86 · 06-01-2015 3:33pm

osarusan wrote: »

No way.

I would agree but some rate it extremely highly. My guess is back in 1980 it was a lot more cutting edge and legitimately scary than it is now but that's only a guess since I wasn't born until 6 years after (hence why I said the other two have aged better - watched DTRT only a few weeks ago for the first time in a while and it held up remarkably well still I though; Raging Bull was made in certain a way that it's kind of hard for it to ever age if that makes sense?).

I was just thinking..

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