You guys should check out The Hateful 8 that reminds me of Pulp Fiction with two stories in one and it's a pleasure Schmitt & Samantha, you both take care
Reservoir Dogs was supposed to be an Indie post-college type film so Tarantino could show people he could direct. However, when Harvey Keitel read the script he immediately poured money into the project and got top-notch actors to sign on. Secured a distribution deal for Tarantino and suddenly Tarantino was the hottest young director in Hollywood. Making a movie ten times better quality than his peers for one-tenth the money. Sending Tarantino into legendary status.
@@redjakOfficial Harvey made it happen. Otherwise, this would be in the pile of unknown awesome indie projects that were at the back of blockbuster. Or now streamed on the Indie movie channel.
The woman who shoots Mr. Orange before he kills her was Tim Roth’s dialect coach who taught him an American accent. She was so hard on him he asked for her to play the woman he killed.
If he really disliked her that much his facial expression when he shoots her shows what a great actor he is; that face he makes shows absolutely, total remorse for killing a civilian.
This a big time personal favorite. My grandparents lived in Mr. Orange's apartment (Highland Park, CA). Sometimes I would go downstairs to play and roll toy cars down that ramp Orange dies on. It was the same building, a mortuary that my grandfather worked at. There were a couple of apartments on the top floor. The "warehouse" was just the garage the hearses were parked--Mr. Blond is sitting on one; and those are caskets sitting on end in there too. Blew my mind when I saw it the first time. Love the channel, guys!
Wow. I remember watching the movie for the second time back around 1994 and noticing there were coffins all over the place. It's weird that there were apartments upstairs.
Fun fact: Tarantino has said in an interview that he wrote the screenplay with the part of Mr. pink for himself. Steve Buscemi came in and auditioned for it. Tarantino said OK well you’re gonna have to TAKE this part away from me, and it turned out he was so blown away by Buscemi‘s audition that he had to give him the part.
As “revenge” for that Tarantino gave himself the line about Madonna and big dicks, originally meant for Mr. Pink, which he replaced with the I don’t tip line for Mr. Pink. Tarantino has since said that Buscemi ‘complained’ to him about always having to tip generously at restaurants since everyone knows him for that line. Hilarious stuff
Just want to humbly add that you both are very endearing, both your individual personalities and how you interact with each other. You come across as kind, open-minded, curious, etc. We need good people, and you both seem to fit that. So here's just a bit of applause for you both. Best wishes to you.
As patriarch of the eminent Blam family, I agree with mr Blom's findings. The TBRs are very likeable & watchable. Definitely in my top three reactionist channels.
Yes, this was Taratino's directorial debut, and remains one of his best. It's such a gripping and efficient story. At times it feels like a stage play. This movie had a limited theatrical release and really blew up on video, which is where I saw it. His next film was Pulp Fiction, which made him a household name.
Funny thing, the very first time I saw something "from" this movie, was at my future high school when my brother was a student. There was an annual "Drama-thon" where the students could do various scenes from plays/movies/their own work, and two guys did the scene between White and Pink around 9:42.
This movie was so good that up until now, all these years, I never realized that this movie plot was pretty impossible considering undercover cops would NEVER be allowed to participate in this way... It's illegal to commit acts of violence rebuilt on duty... You can't go through with a crime like this and expect an arrest later... Still his best film IMO
I cannot hear Stuck in the Middle without seeing THAT scene. Micheal Madsen always plays that kind of character. Seems to be his trademark, lol. Absolutely top-level Tarantino and one of my favorite films ever, so happy to see your reaction to this one!
I was driving a company car with a co-worker and that song came on on the radio and I said this song really makes me want to chop a cops ear off and cover them in gasoline... Coworker looked at me and he's like I'm so glad I get that reference
Can you imagine: Chris Penn Lily Tomlin Tim Robbins Julianne Moore Jack Lemmon Andie MacDowell Matthew Modine Frances McDormand (among others) all in the same movie???? No??? Try watching "Short Cuts" (1993).
Fun fact: when Mr. Brown tells the "like a virgin" story, you notice that Eddie doesn't say anything. That's because his actor, Chris Penn is Sean Penn's brother, who was married to Madonna in the 80's. Chris Penn said that particular scene made him feel uncomfortable. Bonus: Madonna even told Tarantino, through a letter, that he got the meaning of "Like a virgin" wrong.
This movie was all filmed in Highland Park Ca in L.A. I was 15 years old when they were filming it there and I remember seeing the actors on Figueroa and York Blvd. I never would’ve thought it would become such an iconic film.
The color based code names of the crooks was a direct homage to the film The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974). It is such a NY movie and you guys would love it
I was lucky enough to see The Taking of the Pelham 123 in a theater that was doing a week long crime film festival. Kicked my ass. Would love for them to do a reaction to it.
A text book example of character driven, non-linear story telling. It repulses you time and time again, yet you are so rivetted you can't look away. Masterpiece.
Some other people have said it, but try "True Romance." It's not technically a Tarantino film, but he wrote the screenplay. It's a lot of fun, and I think y'all will like it.
they shot the ear-cutting scene three ways: where you see mr. blonde cutting it off but don't see it very graphically, where you see him cutting it off in extreme gory close-up, and the actual shot in the movie where tarantino pans away. he chose the third option, partly because it was a better choice but also because the prosthetic ear looked too fake, but even with him panning away, people still walked out of early screenings in disgust, some even thinking they saw more gore than they actually did. super fun reaction guys, and *please* check out jackie brown, one of his absolute best.
I've never seen anyone catch it; and to this day, I haven't heard whether it's just a coincidence...or QT brilliance. But in the ear cut-away, above the loading dock it says..."watch your head". Makes sense, for a warehouse loading dock; and it's ironic, as the cut-away...for someone having their ear lopped off.
Kinda shoots down the whole, “They did it because of the budget” theory. Kind of the opposite, it sounds like…they spent way more money than they needed to if they’d just picked one option to begin with.
@@nomchompsky2883 Not true, he didn't hate True Romance. He only said it would be a different movie if they allowed him to direct. Natural Born Killers is the movie he hates
When Blonde says "either he's alive or he's dead, or the cops got him... or they don't"; even NGE looks at him like "WTF is wrong with you man". The explanation is likely, the joint got to Blondie.
I'm a mental health caseworker and I run a group about personality disorders and when we discuss anti social personality disorder that is always the example I use. Mr blonde. I write that quote on the erase board
I agree with the Jackie Brown recommendations! The movie's always been hugely underrated because everyone at the time (including me!) was expecting another Pulp Fiction... or something even more extreme! I re-watched it about a year ago and it's a masterpiece. If you go in with the right expectations (i.e. not comparing it to Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction), it doesn't disappoint.
TBR schmitt is the best movie reaction channel on youtube. Keep up the great content your going to be over 100k subscribers in no time. My favorite things here are they pick great movies and shows and dont talk thru them constantly missing important dialogue like so many others do.
@@BDogg2023 He didn't really do this exact thing again. The thing that made reservoir dogs unique was that it never showed the main event. It details the lead up to, and the fallout from, a robbery, without ever showing us what happened in the store. I can't think of any other tarantino movies to do that. Pulp fiction and kill bill 1 are obviously told out of order, and they rely heavily on flashbacks in volume 2 and in hateful 8, but they don't really skip the main event like reservoir dogs does.
"He seems like a psycho already" They had yet to even see how true this really is lol Orange told him he was a cop because it was already over, and he felt bad for the one guy who fought for him. Don't forget Orange shot a civilian, so even if he had lived he would be in serious trouble. This is why I think White was so trusting in him, Orange was the only person in the crew to kill a "real person", someone who's not a cop, a civilian. No way a cop would do that, in White's mind. He's not a murdering psycho like Blonde, he and Pink have a conscience. Notice how he didn't tell Pink about who Orange killed, or the specifics of how he got shot, he was covering Orange's secret, killing an innocent.
This was the first Tarantino film that I took my girlfriend to see on our first date. She got me into Pulp Fiction after that. Really loved the story and acting in Reservoir Dogs.
Fantastic reaction, guys. The crime genre has been a gold mine for first time directors, everyone from Stanley Kubrick to Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson and the Wachowskis. Minimal locations and small casts make them very cost effective, the subject matter easy for distributors to sell and if they're provocative and well done, they can stand out artistically. In 2012, Jason Reitman assembled an almost all-Black cast for a live read of _Reservoir Dogs_ at LACMA. His cast was Laurence Fishburne (Mr. White), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Mr. Orange), Terrence Howard (Mr. Blonde), Anthony Anderson (Nice Guy Eddie), Anthony Mackie (Mr. Pink), Chi McBride (Joe), Common (Mr. Brown) and Patton Oswalt (Marvin Nash, K-BILLY deeyjay).
I believe Patton Oswalt also played Randy Brooks' part of Holdaway, the only major Black character in the original film, which is why he's part of an "all Black" cast in case anyone was wondering LOL.
Tarantino's first major film. Through word of mouth and reading about him and this movie, we went and saw it on its opening weekend. Well, I was blown away just like Mr White. The opening sequence with them in the restaurant and the conversation was just so new and raw and real. Loved it from the start, and followed his movies ever since.
This is such an underrated movie and seriously my favorite Tarantino film. The music, the style its shot in, the great story, the awesome cast, the simplistic beauty of it. Not to mention that Tarantino truly is the king of dialogue, which is absolutely my favorite part of this movie. Thank you so much for reacting to this! I hope you guys watch more of his films! 😃❤
Another great movie from the Tarantino universe is From Dusk Till Dawn, he did not directed but writte and is one of the protagonists with George Clooney and Harvey Keitel(Mr. White). It's worth a watch.
Apparently the make-up effects guy made a deal with Tarantino that he would fo this film for free if Tarantino would turn his story idea for From Dusk til Dawn into a script.
Jackie Brown is a great heist flick based on an Elmore Leonard novel. Pam Grier. De Niro. Samuel L, of course. Michael Keaton, Chris Tucker, Bridget Fonda, Robert Forester. I haven’t seen many react to it.
"Jackie Brown" is the Tarantino movie I return more than any other, it's the only movie of his that gets better upon repeated viewings; I find most of his movies DON'T get better upon repeated viewings. I never enjoyed "Reservoir Dogs" or "Pulp Fiction" more than I did when I first saw them, and definitely none of the others. I liked "Jackie Brown" when it came out, definitely, but it didn't take long to become my favorite. Fifty times better than "KIll Bill", lol. "Kill Bill" probably made me appreciate "Jackie Brown" even more, lol.
@@TTM9691 and @George Morley, liked and seconded both of your comments! I discovered Tarantino in my teens through the ''Kill Bill'' duology (Still hoping for the 3rd film!), but likewise after watching ''Jackie Brown'' it also became my favorite, not the least because of Pam Grier. Somehow I find it both the most and the least Tarantino-esque of all of his films, probably since it is the only one that is an adaptation of another person's work.
@@tar-mairo Yes, interesting point that you raise there. He may be a finer director of other people’s screenplays, and better at adaptation of other works in his own writing, when he loosely based the plot of reservoir dogs on films like city on fire and the killing.
@@georgemorley1029 Sorry for the late reply, but I guess it is the typical clash between the checking power and creativity. If you have open hands, then creativity goes wild and can be misguided or misunderstood, as happened so frequently during the New Hollywood in the '70s. On the other hand, if you are bound by an existing work then you have to retain something of its essence, even if sprinkling your own personal touch, which can also be a hit or miss, obviously. Thank you for mentioning those films, I will definitely check them out!
Liked all of the above! My thoughts exactly! Somehow I find it both the least and the most Tarantino-esque of all of his films, probably since it is the only one that is an adaptation of another person's work.
That double-focus shot with both Mr. Orange and the cop in the frame (at 18:00) is achieved using a split diopter lens-a special lens with two separate foci that allows both the foreground and the background to be in focus at the same time. It looks weird because it’s impossible-with a normal lens. Tarantino shows his influences here, especially Brian De Palma, who used split diopters in films like Blow Out and Carrie. Alan Pakula uses it, too, in All the President’s Men. It gives an uncanny emphasis on near and far that increases alienation between characters, like each is in their own separate world.
I remember watching this classic back in the 90’s in the VHS. A few years after it came out and was 8. Definitely a work of art to stand the test of time. Was waiting for this reaction for a hot minute.
I saw The Hateful 8 in a movie theater with a 70mm film presentation. The picture grain had so much texture, after so many years of digital, I was surprised to see it look so good. Digital has replaced 70mm, but I realized that I really missed film production over digital. The snow scenes were gorgeous. Hey TBR, next Tarantino film should be the "8".
The entire music budget on this film was used to secure the rights to use "Stuck in the Middle" Harvey Keitel (Mr. White) read the screenplay and loved it and agreed to co-produce it which gave them enough money to film it.
I was in my early 20s when this movie came out and I rented it from Blockbuster later that year on a whim. Had no idea who Tarantino was but I was an instant fan from the moment this movie started. Pure, dark genius.
Thank you! One of my favorite movies. Think the first time I saw it I was tripping on acid in the 90’s. When they cut to Mr. Orange in the backseat of the car was a very jarring experience!
You guys have to watch True Romance. Written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott. Its really good. I have heard that all of Tarantino`s movies/ stories are connected somehow. Alabama from True Romance is actually mentioned in Reservoir Dogs.
I'm gonna end up an old man sitting by the fire telling stories about waking into a screening of this movie cold while I was in film school in the 90's 😆
I still believe that Mr. Pink got away, sold the diamonds to some middle men for Marsellus Wallace, and the diamonds were picked up by hitmen Jules and Mr. Blonde's brother Vincent Vega. Just a theory connecting it to Tarantino's next movie, Pulp Fiction.
It’s easy to forget what an imact this movie had. As a 21 year old film student, we walked out of the cinema thinking what the hell did we just see. This little independent movie to us, changed cinema for all time. Quentin’s gift was his movie knowledge, lifting numerous influences and putting them together in a way not seen before.
I remember thinking the same thing when I saw, "Hard Boiled", and I've read many younger people at the time were equally moved by, "Donnie Darko" (one guy said he dumped his gf after the move, I mean blimey).
Actually Tarantino must really "have loved" Ringo Lam's CITY ON FIRE - Since RES DOGS is basically the last act of CITY ON FIRE expanded into a feature film. There was tons "homaged"/stolen from that film by QT - even down to exact shots! I love RES DOGS and QT but there's an argument to be made for sure.
Mr Blondes character was called Vic Vega, John Travolta's character in Pulp Fiction was called Vincent Vega, they were brothers in the "Tarantino-verse" and there was plans for a Vega brothers film which would have been a prequel to pulp fiction and reservoir dogs, but it never ended up getting made.
He starred in a tv adaptation of Kafka's Metamorphosis and became the creature without makeup - just body language. Around the same time he portrayed Frankenstein's creation in enactments to illustrate a documentary about the history of the book. Late 1980's if I remember correctly.
Jackie Brown is my favourite Tarantino - I think it's his few films where the actors play characters rather than archetypes. True Romance - written by Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott - is supremely entertaining
It's not fully a Tarantino-esque movie, he just wrote and directed a part of it, but I hope someday you will watch Four Rooms. It's a hilarious film with Tim Roth.
Tarantino is the master when it comes to writing cool dialogs and this movie is a prime example. He always write the coolest conversations that just draw you in. The action scenes in hes movies are amazing too, but the dialogs are out of this world
If you're going to continue with Tarantino movies, I hope you don't skip over, "Jackie Brown." One of his best movies, and severely underrated by most.
Liked all of the above! My thoughts exactly! Somehow I find it both the least and the most Tarantino-esque of all of his films, probably since it is the only one that is an adaptation of another person's work.
I'm glad you enjoyed and appreciated the movie. There are many people who dislike Tarantino because of the violence, his style, and unconventional movie making. The general public get confused and angered when a movie doesn't fit into Hollywood formula. The dialog, the use of music, and the acting are amazing. It's a cult classic for a reason. Can you even imagine having the moxie to convincing well know actors to be in your first low budget film wrote?
The character subtext in this movie is so next level. Because Harvey Keitel feels responsible for getting Tim Roth shot. HE stops thinking like a criminal and starts taking on a father figure role, soothing Tim Roth as he bleeds out. He knows ROth's going to die, he feels responsible for it and it won't let him entertain the fact that Tim Roth is a cop. Tarantino's subtext is always next level and gives the meaning of events in the movie so much more psychological impact than would be in a normal shoot-em-up heist flick.
It is a well recognized psychological phenomenon, when you save a person's life during a traumatic event, you can form a really strong bond with that person and feel responsible for their safety from that point on. It is like there is a motherhood program that starts in your brain, and then it just doesn't turn off.
This was made for almost no money, I think the costumes were even just the actors' own clothes. It didn't make a huge impact on general audiences at the time, but serious film people saw this and it blew their minds, it created a huge underground buzz. It's why Pulp Fiction had such an all-star cast: people were begging to be on his next film. That film of course was a big, mainstream success, and Tarantino became the big new thing at the box office. But Reservoir Dogs is what really put him on the map for those in the industry, and those in the know.
35:36 I think Samantha is 100% right; Orange felt obligated to be straight with White after the guy went and killed his closest friends just to stick up for someone in fact lying to him. White spent the film caring for and defending Orange; so he couldn’t live with sending White to prison with that kind of betrayal and allowed him one last choice as the least he could do. In the end they died like brothers because the alternative was actually more awful. Brilliant ending. Love your reactions!
The opening scene of them at breakfast establishes many things, but mainly each character is intensely passionate for whatever ideology they have come upon. The other thing is Harvey Keitel is willing to go against JOe, when he won't give him his notebook. Tarantino's dialogue is never there for fluff. it always takes us somewhere. We never understand until the movie credit roll, but it's there for a reason.
Great reaction guys! So, Mr Blonde - aka Vic Vega - (Michael Madsen) is the brother of the Vincent Vega (John Travolta) in Pulp Fiction. This confirms that both of these movies exist together in Tarantino's movie universe. Of Tarantino's films, not all exist in his own universe, some are in fact movies within his universe. Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Django, Inglorious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Hateful Eight and True Romance (more on that below) have all been confirmed as true stories within Tarantino's universe (albeit with alternative historical events to actual history as portrayed in Inglorious Basterds). Both Kill Bill films, From Dusk Til Dawn and Death Proof are all films within his universe. He states that these are the type of movies characters like Jules (Samuel L Jackson), Vincent (Travolta) or Butch (Bruce Willis) would go to the movies to watch. As many others have said, True Romance is a must watch as a fan of Tarantino's work and to explore his universe more. Tarantino wrote the screenplay for the movie but had to sell it in order to finance Reservoir Dogs. He sold the story to the late Tony Scott who directed it (brother of Ridley Scott - Alien franchise amongst other films) and reworked the script to be linear. Tarantino original wrote True Romance in a non-linear way, similar to this or Pulp Fiction, but Scott rearranged the story to keep it linear in order to attract the best talent possible and as "audiences wouldn't be ready for this type of story telling" which was a successful call as he managed to get Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Val Kilmar, Christopher Walken, Samuel L Jackson, James Gandolfini, Chris Penn (Eddie in this movie) and Tom Sizemore, amongst many other stars to sign on for the movie. Now, although Tarantino didn't direct True Romance, he has confirmed on many occasions that it does exist within his shared movie universe. He does this by having one of the characters - movie producer Lee Donowitz who plays a key role in the story - to be a son of Donny Donowitz, aka the Bear Jew, from Inglorious Basterds. He has related characters spread across his movies except those I mentioned earlier that are movies within his universe. So I highly recommend watching True Romance. It's a great story, well acted, and loaded with classic Tarantino dialogue. After watching it, you can then imagine how the story would've unfolded if being told in it's original non-linear narrative.
A background detail I love is that when Mr. Pink and Mr. White are arguing at the start there are bottles in the background and the orange bottle is away from the pink and white ones showing that orange is separate from the other two. There is also the fact that Tim Roth is the only british actor among the Americans
If you liked this movie, consider watching "Glengarry Glenn Ross", Written by David Mamet. A different kind of film, but where it's similar is that it takes place in just a few locations and has some of the sharpest dialogue ever written. It also came out the same year as "Reservoir Dogs" and has an All-star cast lead by Al Pacino. Love your reactions. Keep up the great work.
It's a great film, beloved of salesmen everywhere. The reason it has so few locations is because the story was originally a play and scenery changes in a theatre are a limiting factor. Not sure how long it ran for but it was huge.
The song that plays at the end of the movie was "the lime in the coconut" which is about a woman treating a stomach ache by drinking the very same drink that gave her the stomach ache in the first place
This still remains my favorite Tarantino film. I think I watched it at a similar time frame as you(seen a couple, but not all) It’s is just the insane execution on such a small scale, with so little money. One of the best premier films for any director evvvver
Good movie. I saw this after seeing Pulp Fiction and True Romance (which I think he just wrote). This is possibly his best film overall, because it is so simple compared to his other works, yet has the same massive impact as any other movie.
LOVED this reaction!!!!! "Reservoir Dogs" is inspired in part by Kubrick's first (real) movie "The Killing", he even dedicates it to the writer of the book it was based on. (Tarantino has a thing about Kubrick, hence why he didn't dedicate the movie to him! lol). 10:38 - Tarantino scored a laugh from Sam!
It is also heavily inspired by 1987 Hongkong movie City on fire. The whole udercover cop plot is very similiar, the whole Reservoir dogs is finale of City on fire (loosely). There are even same scenes, frame by frame. But of course, Tarantino did his own thing and there are many other inspirations.
I love all the foreshadowing and clues in this movie. I mean all the orange colored clues to show that he's the cop, and the fact that they are in a casket warehouse and there are caskets lined up in the background the whole movie.
Tarantino was one of my favorite directors as a teenager but back then he had only made 3 movies and they were original, quotable with a little something that made every new director a wannabe Tarantino. Having said that, after Kill Bill, I cant say I enjoyed his films as much as I admired the first ones, I think hes one of these talents that peaked from the start and after a while could only "imitate" them and count on hardcore fans to call every film a masterpiece... well I think the first five films he made were masterpieces....
I met Michael Madsen about 17 years ago at his house when I was a kid. Real cool and nice guy. If I remember correctly the part where he cuts off the cops ear, he improvised that little dance he did. One of Tarantino's best films imo.
Fun Fact: Mr. Blonde’s character name is Vic Vega which you hear him referred to as when meeting with Joe and Eddie. According to Tarantino, Vic Vega is the brother of Vincent Vega (John Travolta’s character in Pulp Fiction). There was talk about making a “Vega Brothers” film, but unfortunately it never came to fruition.
Nice Guy Eddie calling Joe "Daddy" always cracks me up for some reason. White holding Orange in his arms and gently combing his hair is so sweet and breaks my heart.
Jackie Brown is awesome and is definitely a must see.. I agree with the True Romance recommendations, it's technically a Tarantino film even though he didn't direct it.. and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is good, I didn't really like it on the first watch but loved it on the second watch..
JACKIE BROWN, DEATH PROOF, THE HATEFUL EIGHT, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, he also wrote TRUE ROMANCE, and received a story credit for NATURAL BORN KILLERS (against his will, because the concept was his but the script was completely rewritten). All incredible films. I swear anything the man so much as breathes on turns to gold.
Personal theory: Mr. Blonde's name is Vic Vega. Travolta's character in "Pulp Fiction" was Vincent Vega. Brothers? If so, they had a seriously dysfunctional family.
Tarantino didn't have this story just laying around waiting to be made into a movie. He raised money the old-fashioned way, then wrote the script AROUND the limited budget, which is really just a testament to the dude's ability to write a good story.
When I worked at the video store, on my shelf of staff picks I had Reservoir Dogs. Mr. Orange, Tim Roth, is one of my favorite actors. Have you watched Gridlock'd with him and Tupac Shakur, that's a cool movie. You will like that one. He also played in a cool show that I think you guys might like called "Lie To Me" A show about a company that works with law enforcement to look a verbal and body language clues to see if they are lying, and he is the master at it.
There is a movie similar to this called FREE FIRE from 2016. Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Sam Reilly, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Michael Smiley and Patrick Bergin star in this action comedy about a weapons deal that goes terribly wrong in a warehouse in Boston 1978.
Some of my favorite movies of all time are QT movies and Reservoir Dogs is always up there at the top. Also something interesting to note, the warehouse was actually a morgue or funeral home of some kind. You can see coffins wrapped up around in the main area and embalming chemicals and equipment in the room where White and Pink have their first conversation. And in the end the whole place was just filled with dead men. Also I've always read the situation with Orange and the car jacking as self preservation. He was going for the woman instead of letting White go for her probably to make sure she wouldn't get hurt, then gets shot and falls to the ground and doesn't even think about it. He had his gun in his hand and probably didn't even feel the gun shot at that very first moment, he just hit the ground and reflexively shot back. Then that ugly horrible realization sets in and he just felt so dirty.
Yeah, this was Tarantino's film debut...he had sold a few screenplays by the time he made this, and it was Harvey Keitel's participation that helped to secure the funding for the film. The ear scene with Mr. Blonde and the cop did film a take with Michael Madsen slicing the cop's ear off...but Tarantino felt it worked better with the pan away and the audience imagining what he was doing. Since the film released, many theater companies all around the country have staged productions of the script like a play with Tarantino's permission. Vic Vega aka Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) is actually the brother of Vincent Vega (John Travolta) in 'Pulp Fiction' in Tarantino's weird film universe. At one point, Tarantino was planning a film with both characters...but it has since been abandoned. I am waiting for you two to react to 'Jackie Brown' which is my favorite Tarantino film. Thanks!!!!
Michael Madsen's and John Travolta's characters (Vic and Vincent Vega) are actually brothers in the Tarantino universe. I believe there was talks at one point about doing a flick called the Vega Brothers. By the time Tarantino got back to the idea of the movie John Travolta and Michael Masden had gotten too old to play their younger selevs, so Tarantino scrapped the project.
One of his most rewatchable movies. It's so damn funny and has some of the best characters he has ever written. It's a wild combo of genres. It's everything from western to hang out comedy to drama to thriller. It's get better and more entertaining every time I watch it.
My favorite Tarantino film is Jackie Brown, but it's certainly one of his most divisive ones. It's very slow paced and doesn't have any of his signature action/ violence. So it's a bit of a coin toss for most people.
@Dante Anthony Liked and seconded! My thoughts as well. Somehow I find it both the least and the most Tarantino-esque of all of his films, probably since like @ugottaride says, it is the only one that is an adaptation of another person's work.
An amazing debut! We can’t wait to watch the remaining Tarantino movies we haven’t seen yet!
Thank you for the support!
You guys have to check out The Hateful 8, and Jackie Brown
Hopefully you finish up some Stanly Kubrick movies as well! Namely, Barry Lyndon, a masterpiece.
React to True Romance, Natural Born Killers and From Dusk Till Dawn. Tarantino didn't direct them, but wrote them.
You guys should check out The Hateful 8 that reminds me of Pulp Fiction with two stories in one and it's a pleasure Schmitt & Samantha, you both take care
He wrote screenplays for True Romance, Natural Born Killers and Reservoir Dogs. He sold the first two to get money to film Reservoir Dogs.
Reservoir Dogs was supposed to be an Indie post-college type film so Tarantino could show people he could direct. However, when Harvey Keitel read the script he immediately poured money into the project and got top-notch actors to sign on. Secured a distribution deal for Tarantino and suddenly Tarantino was the hottest young director in Hollywood. Making a movie ten times better quality than his peers for one-tenth the money. Sending Tarantino into legendary status.
Neat, I bet you could copy/paste this same comment on every Reservoir Dogs reaction vid, huh? Or just this one time?
Thank you Harvey !
@@DarthMohammedRules Pretty much everytime if it start a great conversation.
@@redjakOfficial Harvey made it happen. Otherwise, this would be in the pile of unknown awesome indie projects that were at the back of blockbuster. Or now streamed on the Indie movie channel.
@@DarthMohammedRules what are you on about, huh? braindead much?
The woman who shoots Mr. Orange before he kills her was Tim Roth’s dialect coach who taught him an American accent. She was so hard on him he asked for her to play the woman he killed.
That's freaking hilarious
If he really disliked her that much his facial expression when he shoots her shows what a great actor he is; that face he makes shows absolutely, total remorse for killing a civilian.
@@jackgrimaldi8685as it should. He's a cop who didn't want to kill her but he was left with no choice. Tim Roth is a great actor.
@@brandocalrissian3294Agreed. Tim Roth is an amazing actor. Love his portrayal of Dutch Schultz in Hoodlum. Great movie as well.
@@Jerzeejaylive and planet of the apes 2001
This a big time personal favorite. My grandparents lived in Mr. Orange's apartment (Highland Park, CA). Sometimes I would go downstairs to play and roll toy cars down that ramp Orange dies on. It was the same building, a mortuary that my grandfather worked at. There were a couple of apartments on the top floor. The "warehouse" was just the garage the hearses were parked--Mr. Blond is sitting on one; and those are caskets sitting on end in there too. Blew my mind when I saw it the first time.
Love the channel, guys!
That’s an amazing little anecdote!
Wow. I remember watching the movie for the second time back around 1994 and noticing there were coffins all over the place. It's weird that there were apartments upstairs.
Very cool.
I wanna visit 😀
That's awesome. Do you have pictures of the apartment?
Fun fact: Tarantino has said in an interview that he wrote the screenplay with the part of Mr. pink for himself. Steve Buscemi came in and auditioned for it. Tarantino said OK well you’re gonna have to TAKE this part away from me, and it turned out he was so blown away by Buscemi‘s audition that he had to give him the part.
As “revenge” for that Tarantino gave himself the line about Madonna and big dicks, originally meant for Mr. Pink, which he replaced with the I don’t tip line for Mr. Pink. Tarantino has since said that Buscemi ‘complained’ to him about always having to tip generously at restaurants since everyone knows him for that line. Hilarious stuff
Just want to humbly add that you both are very endearing, both your individual personalities and how you interact with each other. You come across as kind, open-minded, curious, etc. We need good people, and you both seem to fit that. So here's just a bit of applause for you both. Best wishes to you.
As patriarch of the eminent Blam family, I agree with mr Blom's findings.
The TBRs are very likeable & watchable.
Definitely in my top three reactionist channels.
Yeah id like to add my agreement and appreciation also.
Yes, this was Taratino's directorial debut, and remains one of his best. It's such a gripping and efficient story. At times it feels like a stage play. This movie had a limited theatrical release and really blew up on video, which is where I saw it. His next film was Pulp Fiction, which made him a household name.
You're right, this movie does feel like a play.
Funny thing, the very first time I saw something "from" this movie, was at my future high school when my brother was a student. There was an annual "Drama-thon" where the students could do various scenes from plays/movies/their own work, and two guys did the scene between White and Pink around 9:42.
All his movies are like stage plays. Some more so than others.
This movie was so good that up until now, all these years, I never realized that this movie plot was pretty impossible considering undercover cops would NEVER be allowed to participate in this way... It's illegal to commit acts of violence rebuilt on duty... You can't go through with a crime like this and expect an arrest later... Still his best film IMO
It's his best to me
I cannot hear Stuck in the Middle without seeing THAT scene. Micheal Madsen always plays that kind of character. Seems to be his trademark, lol. Absolutely top-level Tarantino and one of my favorite films ever, so happy to see your reaction to this one!
I just made the same comment. I should have scrolled down first! I doubt we’re alone.
I was driving a company car with a co-worker and that song came on on the radio and I said this song really makes me want to chop a cops ear off and cover them in gasoline... Coworker looked at me and he's like I'm so glad I get that reference
Can you imagine:
Chris Penn
Lily Tomlin
Tim Robbins
Julianne Moore
Jack Lemmon
Andie MacDowell
Matthew Modine
Frances McDormand
(among others)
all in the same movie????
No???
Try watching "Short Cuts" (1993).
He's the hero in Species. But I absolutely love him in this movie. "Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
@@laustcawz2089 I've seen Short Cuts, 50 times. No MM. Perhaps you mean Chris Penn?
Fun fact: when Mr. Brown tells the "like a virgin" story, you notice that Eddie doesn't say anything. That's because his actor, Chris Penn is Sean Penn's brother, who was married to Madonna in the 80's. Chris Penn said that particular scene made him feel uncomfortable. Bonus: Madonna even told Tarantino, through a letter, that he got the meaning of "Like a virgin" wrong.
Of course a chick that took that many dicks would say that
Helluva a lot more awkward if you remember what Sean did to Madonna during that timeframe.
@@ashleyneku5432what did he do
@NoahIsThaGOAT I guess the world will never know...or at least us 😂
Reservoir Dogs, 1992
Pulp Fiction, 1994
Jackie Brown, 1997
Kill Bill, Vol 1, 2003
Kill Bill, Vol 2, 2004
Death Proof, 2007
Inglorious Bastards, 2009
Django Unchained 2012
The Ha8ful Eight, 2015
Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood, 2019.
This movie was all filmed in Highland Park Ca in L.A. I was 15 years old when they were filming it there and I remember seeing the actors on Figueroa and York Blvd. I never would’ve thought it would become such an iconic film.
The color based code names of the crooks was a direct homage to the film The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974). It is such a NY movie and you guys would love it
Yes, the original
I was lucky enough to see The Taking of the Pelham 123 in a theater that was doing a week long crime film festival. Kicked my ass. Would love for them to do a reaction to it.
@@marcuscato9083 I saw it at the drive in on it's original release run.
I just watched it in the last couple of years on one of the streamers and assumed Tarantino took inspiration and really liked the movie.
Big, big +1 to this. It’s a terrific thriller, sort of the proto-Die Hard. And also a hilariously on-point portrait of 1970s New York.
A text book example of character driven, non-linear story telling. It repulses you time and time again, yet you are so rivetted you can't look away. Masterpiece.
What is repulsive about it?
Steven Wright is a very funny comedian in the 80’s. Probably the best one liner comedians ever. He’s the DJ on the radio.
“I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.” -Steven Wright
He also played the bum on the couch in Half Baked i believe
@@BigBoss-zi5ss He was also in "Desperately Seeking Susan".
RIP
@@NefariousKoel Steven is still alive.
Some other people have said it, but try "True Romance." It's not technically a Tarantino film, but he wrote the screenplay. It's a lot of fun, and I think y'all will like it.
It’s definitely Tarantino dialog!
Also Four Rooms, it's not as good as TR but still fun and partly written by Tarantino.
I'd also like to see a reaction to Enemy of the State
its a terrible film, as is jackie brown. not worth it at all.
The Sicilian scene with Walken & Hopper is one my favorite scenes of all time.
And Dusk Till Dawn, for the same reasons.
they shot the ear-cutting scene three ways: where you see mr. blonde cutting it off but don't see it very graphically, where you see him cutting it off in extreme gory close-up, and the actual shot in the movie where tarantino pans away. he chose the third option, partly because it was a better choice but also because the prosthetic ear looked too fake, but even with him panning away, people still walked out of early screenings in disgust, some even thinking they saw more gore than they actually did. super fun reaction guys, and *please* check out jackie brown, one of his absolute best.
I've never seen anyone catch it; and to this day, I haven't heard whether it's just a coincidence...or QT brilliance. But in the ear cut-away, above the loading dock it says..."watch your head". Makes sense, for a warehouse loading dock; and it's ironic, as the cut-away...for someone having their ear lopped off.
Kinda shoots down the whole, “They did it because of the budget” theory. Kind of the opposite, it sounds like…they spent way more money than they needed to if they’d just picked one option to begin with.
Yes to "Jackie Brown"!
"True Romance".. a Tarantino story should be on your list. ..excellent movie.
@@nomchompsky2883 Not true, he didn't hate True Romance. He only said it would be a different movie if they allowed him to direct. Natural Born Killers is the movie he hates
"If they hadn't done what I told 'em not to do, they'd still be alive." 👏👏👏
"That's your excuse to go on a killing crazy rampage?"
Did you kill anyone ? Just a few cops , oh no real people
My fucking hero!
When Blonde says "either he's alive or he's dead, or the cops got him... or they don't"; even NGE looks at him like "WTF is wrong with you man". The explanation is likely, the joint got to Blondie.
I'm a mental health caseworker and I run a group about personality disorders and when we discuss anti social personality disorder that is always the example I use. Mr blonde. I write that quote on the erase board
I agree with the Jackie Brown recommendations!
The movie's always been hugely underrated because everyone at the time (including me!) was expecting another Pulp Fiction... or something even more extreme!
I re-watched it about a year ago and it's a masterpiece. If you go in with the right expectations (i.e. not comparing it to Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction), it doesn't disappoint.
TBR schmitt is the best movie reaction channel on youtube. Keep up the great content your going to be over 100k subscribers in no time. My favorite things here are they pick great movies and shows and dont talk thru them constantly missing important dialogue like so many others do.
This might be my favorite Tarantino film. The way it's told is so unique.
It **was** unique. Until he did it over and over again. 😂
@@BDogg2023 He didn't really do this exact thing again. The thing that made reservoir dogs unique was that it never showed the main event. It details the lead up to, and the fallout from, a robbery, without ever showing us what happened in the store. I can't think of any other tarantino movies to do that. Pulp fiction and kill bill 1 are obviously told out of order, and they rely heavily on flashbacks in volume 2 and in hateful 8, but they don't really skip the main event like reservoir dogs does.
It's not really all that unique. He basically copy pasted this movie from a hong kong movie called city on fire
I love the diner scene and the conversation about tipping or not tipping,it's great.
"He seems like a psycho already" They had yet to even see how true this really is lol
Orange told him he was a cop because it was already over, and he felt bad for the one guy who fought for him. Don't forget Orange shot a civilian, so even if he had lived he would be in serious trouble. This is why I think White was so trusting in him, Orange was the only person in the crew to kill a "real person", someone who's not a cop, a civilian. No way a cop would do that, in White's mind. He's not a murdering psycho like Blonde, he and Pink have a conscience. Notice how he didn't tell Pink about who Orange killed, or the specifics of how he got shot, he was covering Orange's secret, killing an innocent.
This was the first Tarantino film that I took my girlfriend to see on our first date. She got me into Pulp Fiction after that. Really loved the story and acting in Reservoir Dogs.
The first date for my wife and I was going to see “Pulp Fiction” when it first came out, then Chuck E Cheese.
Now we are in our 26th year of marriage.
Fantastic reaction, guys. The crime genre has been a gold mine for first time directors, everyone from Stanley Kubrick to Christopher Nolan, Paul Thomas Anderson and the Wachowskis. Minimal locations and small casts make them very cost effective, the subject matter easy for distributors to sell and if they're provocative and well done, they can stand out artistically.
In 2012, Jason Reitman assembled an almost all-Black cast for a live read of _Reservoir Dogs_ at LACMA. His cast was Laurence Fishburne (Mr. White), Cuba Gooding Jr. (Mr. Orange), Terrence Howard (Mr. Blonde), Anthony Anderson (Nice Guy Eddie), Anthony Mackie (Mr. Pink), Chi McBride (Joe), Common (Mr. Brown) and Patton Oswalt (Marvin Nash, K-BILLY deeyjay).
Don't forget John Huston and the grand-daddy of all crime movie debuts: "The Maltese Falcon".
I believe Patton Oswalt also played Randy Brooks' part of Holdaway, the only major Black character in the original film, which is why he's part of an "all Black" cast in case anyone was wondering LOL.
Interesting. Samuel L. Jackson was supposed to be in RD as Mr. Black, but he was committed to some other project.
@Roy Phillips - naturally, the name Mr. Black is reserved for a bad motherfucker.
This is Michael Madsen most remembered role. Nobody ever remembers that Michael Madsen played the Dad in Free Willy.
Thelma and Louise
@@vincentjoyce5100 can't say that I have watched Thelma and Louise.
Tarantino's first major film. Through word of mouth and reading about him and this movie, we went and saw it on its opening weekend. Well, I was blown away just like Mr White. The opening sequence with them in the restaurant and the conversation was just so new and raw and real. Loved it from the start, and followed his movies ever since.
The dialogue in the wash room scene is up there with the best in QT’s filmography.
Buscemi going toe to toe with a prime Harvey Keitel!
Fun fact: After Blonde's flashback, u can see an orange balloon rolling in the street, which foreshadows Orange's background.
This is such an underrated movie and seriously my favorite Tarantino film. The music, the style its shot in, the great story, the awesome cast, the simplistic beauty of it. Not to mention that Tarantino truly is the king of dialogue, which is absolutely my favorite part of this movie. Thank you so much for reacting to this! I hope you guys watch more of his films! 😃❤
Another great movie from the Tarantino universe is From Dusk Till Dawn, he did not directed but writte and is one of the protagonists with George Clooney and Harvey Keitel(Mr. White). It's worth a watch.
Also, don't forget about True Romance... He wrote the script but Tony Scott directed it👍
@@beverett417 Yes to both!
Apparently the make-up effects guy made a deal with Tarantino that he would fo this film for free if Tarantino would turn his story idea for From Dusk til Dawn into a script.
@@beverett417 I didn't know who wrote True Romance, but when that particular ending scene happened, I correctly guessed it was Tarantino.
I love From Dusk Till Dawn but it doesnt seem to a very well-known movie.
Jackie Brown is a great heist flick based on an Elmore Leonard novel. Pam Grier. De Niro. Samuel L, of course. Michael Keaton, Chris Tucker, Bridget Fonda, Robert Forester. I haven’t seen many react to it.
I need to rewatch that again, only seen it one time and don't remember much from it.
Keaton reprises his role for a cameo in Out of Sight, based on another Leonard novel.
@@LordVolkov Fun book and movie with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez.
I think the end of the film is one of the most powerful and memorable endings in cinema. This and Jackie Brown are Tarantino’s best work by far.
"Jackie Brown" is the Tarantino movie I return more than any other, it's the only movie of his that gets better upon repeated viewings; I find most of his movies DON'T get better upon repeated viewings. I never enjoyed "Reservoir Dogs" or "Pulp Fiction" more than I did when I first saw them, and definitely none of the others. I liked "Jackie Brown" when it came out, definitely, but it didn't take long to become my favorite. Fifty times better than "KIll Bill", lol. "Kill Bill" probably made me appreciate "Jackie Brown" even more, lol.
@@TTM9691 and @George Morley, liked and seconded both of your comments! I discovered Tarantino in my teens through the ''Kill Bill'' duology (Still hoping for the 3rd film!), but likewise after watching ''Jackie Brown'' it also became my favorite, not the least because of Pam Grier. Somehow I find it both the most and the least Tarantino-esque of all of his films, probably since it is the only one that is an adaptation of another person's work.
@@tar-mairo Yes, interesting point that you raise there. He may be a finer director of other people’s screenplays, and better at adaptation of other works in his own writing, when he loosely based the plot of reservoir dogs on films like city on fire and the killing.
@@georgemorley1029 Sorry for the late reply, but I guess it is the typical clash between the checking power and creativity. If you have open hands, then creativity goes wild and can be misguided or misunderstood, as happened so frequently during the New Hollywood in the '70s. On the other hand, if you are bound by an existing work then you have to retain something of its essence, even if sprinkling your own personal touch, which can also be a hit or miss, obviously. Thank you for mentioning those films, I will definitely check them out!
I hope you guys do Jackie Brown. It wasn’t my favourite on first watch, but having seen all the movies multiple times, I think it’s my favourite
Same.
Watch this one indeed!
That's the only Tarrantino movie I _really_ like
Liked all of the above! My thoughts exactly! Somehow I find it both the least and the most Tarantino-esque of all of his films, probably since it is the only one that is an adaptation of another person's work.
If you’re a fan of Tarantino, you two have to react to True Romance!!! It’s not directed by him, but it it written by him.
That double-focus shot with both Mr. Orange and the cop in the frame (at 18:00) is achieved using a split diopter lens-a special lens with two separate foci that allows both the foreground and the background to be in focus at the same time. It looks weird because it’s impossible-with a normal lens. Tarantino shows his influences here, especially Brian De Palma, who used split diopters in films like Blow Out and Carrie. Alan Pakula uses it, too, in All the President’s Men. It gives an uncanny emphasis on near and far that increases alienation between characters, like each is in their own separate world.
It is used in Hateful Eight too I believe.
Vic Vega is Vincent Vega's brother from Pulp Fiction
I remember watching this classic back in the 90’s in the VHS. A few years after it came out and was 8. Definitely a work of art to stand the test of time. Was waiting for this reaction for a hot minute.
I'm pretty sure this was officially Quentin's 1st movie but "True Romance" was his unofficial 1st movie that he wrote but Tony Scott directed.
This movie was heavily inspired by 'City on Fire' (1987), a crime thriller from Hong Kong featuring Chow Yun-fat.
I saw The Hateful 8 in a movie theater with a 70mm film presentation.
The picture grain had so much texture, after so many years of digital, I was surprised to see it look so good.
Digital has replaced 70mm, but I realized that I really missed film production over digital.
The snow scenes were gorgeous.
Hey TBR, next Tarantino film should be the "8".
The entire music budget on this film was used to secure the rights to use "Stuck in the Middle" Harvey Keitel (Mr. White) read the screenplay and loved it and agreed to co-produce it which gave them enough money to film it.
True Romance. Written by Quentin Tarantino directed by Tony Scott. Great movie.
Still my favorite Tarantino movie. Tim Roth is brilliant.
Mine too. I think Pulp Fiction pales in comparison.
@@jkhooverreservoir dogs is in my top 10 of all time but to say pulp pales in comparison is an absolutely ridiculous statement
I was in my early 20s when this movie came out and I rented it from Blockbuster later that year on a whim. Had no idea who Tarantino was but I was an instant fan from the moment this movie started. Pure, dark genius.
same here man, and this is one of my fav. movies.
Thank you! One of my favorite movies. Think the first time I saw it I was tripping on acid in the 90’s. When they cut to Mr. Orange in the backseat of the car was a very jarring experience!
You guys have to watch True Romance. Written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott. Its really good. I have heard that all of Tarantino`s movies/ stories are connected somehow. Alabama from True Romance is actually mentioned in Reservoir Dogs.
I'm gonna end up an old man sitting by the fire telling stories about waking into a screening of this movie cold while I was in film school in the 90's 😆
I still believe that Mr. Pink got away, sold the diamonds to some middle men for Marsellus Wallace, and the diamonds were picked up by hitmen Jules and Mr. Blonde's brother Vincent Vega. Just a theory connecting it to Tarantino's next movie, Pulp Fiction.
But why would he go back to being a waiter? Steve Buscemi was the waiter in Jack Rabbit Slims.
It’s easy to forget what an imact this movie had. As a 21 year old film student, we walked out of the cinema thinking what the hell did we just see.
This little independent movie to us, changed cinema for all time. Quentin’s gift was his movie knowledge, lifting numerous influences and putting them together in a way not seen before.
I remember thinking the same thing when I saw, "Hard Boiled", and I've read many younger people at the time were equally moved by, "Donnie Darko" (one guy said he dumped his gf after the move, I mean blimey).
@@mapesdhs597 yes. John Woo and Chow Yun Fat pre Hollywood. If only someone did reviews of 80s Hong Kong movies!
Tarantino must have loved Kubrick's "The Killing". Some people say that's stealing, but I'm all about it.
Shia, is that you?
@Vahan Eloyan Overlooked, maybe. Underrated, no. The Killing is quite highly rated as a good film. It’s just that not many people consider it.
Actually Tarantino must really "have loved" Ringo Lam's CITY ON FIRE - Since RES DOGS is basically the last act of CITY ON FIRE expanded into a feature film. There was tons "homaged"/stolen from that film by QT - even down to exact shots!
I love RES DOGS and QT but there's an argument to be made for sure.
Mr Blondes character was called Vic Vega, John Travolta's character in Pulp Fiction was called Vincent Vega, they were brothers in the "Tarantino-verse" and there was plans for a Vega brothers film which would have been a prequel to pulp fiction and reservoir dogs, but it never ended up getting made.
Loved the reactions. Tim Roth is an incredible actor. You should check out Lie to Me, a tv series he starred in. It was excellent.
He starred in a tv adaptation of Kafka's Metamorphosis and became the creature without makeup - just body language. Around the same time he portrayed Frankenstein's creation in enactments to illustrate a documentary about the history of the book. Late 1980's if I remember correctly.
Jackie Brown is my favourite Tarantino - I think it's his few films where the actors play characters rather than archetypes. True Romance - written by Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott - is supremely entertaining
It's not fully a Tarantino-esque movie, he just wrote and directed a part of it, but I hope someday you will watch Four Rooms. It's a hilarious film with Tim Roth.
Tarantino is the master when it comes to writing cool dialogs and this movie is a prime example. He always write the coolest conversations that just draw you in. The action scenes in hes movies are amazing too, but the dialogs are out of this world
If you're going to continue with Tarantino movies, I hope you don't skip over, "Jackie Brown." One of his best movies, and severely underrated by most.
Underrated movie
Agree 💯%
Pulp Fiction is my favorite Tarantino movie, but Jackie Brown is his best.
Liked all of the above! My thoughts exactly! Somehow I find it both the least and the most Tarantino-esque of all of his films, probably since it is the only one that is an adaptation of another person's work.
I'm glad you enjoyed and appreciated the movie. There are many people who dislike Tarantino because of the violence, his style, and unconventional movie making. The general public get confused and angered when a movie doesn't fit into Hollywood formula.
The dialog, the use of music, and the acting are amazing. It's a cult classic for a reason. Can you even imagine having the moxie to convincing well know actors to be in your first low budget film wrote?
The character subtext in this movie is so next level. Because Harvey Keitel feels responsible for getting Tim Roth shot. HE stops thinking like a criminal and starts taking on a father figure role, soothing Tim Roth as he bleeds out. He knows ROth's going to die, he feels responsible for it and it won't let him entertain the fact that Tim Roth is a cop. Tarantino's subtext is always next level and gives the meaning of events in the movie so much more psychological impact than would be in a normal shoot-em-up heist flick.
It is a well recognized psychological phenomenon, when you save a person's life during a traumatic event, you can form a really strong bond with that person and feel responsible for their safety from that point on.
It is like there is a motherhood program that starts in your brain, and then it just doesn't turn off.
This was made for almost no money, I think the costumes were even just the actors' own clothes. It didn't make a huge impact on general audiences at the time, but serious film people saw this and it blew their minds, it created a huge underground buzz. It's why Pulp Fiction had such an all-star cast: people were begging to be on his next film. That film of course was a big, mainstream success, and Tarantino became the big new thing at the box office. But Reservoir Dogs is what really put him on the map for those in the industry, and those in the know.
35:36 I think Samantha is 100% right; Orange felt obligated to be straight with White after the guy went and killed his closest friends just to stick up for someone in fact lying to him. White spent the film caring for and defending Orange; so he couldn’t live with sending White to prison with that kind of betrayal and allowed him one last choice as the least he could do. In the end they died like brothers because the alternative was actually more awful. Brilliant ending. Love your reactions!
The opening scene of them at breakfast establishes many things, but mainly each character is intensely passionate for whatever ideology they have come upon. The other thing is Harvey Keitel is willing to go against JOe, when he won't give him his notebook. Tarantino's dialogue is never there for fluff. it always takes us somewhere. We never understand until the movie credit roll, but it's there for a reason.
Joe - "Who didn't stump up?"
Orange - "Mr Pink" (the cop is the only one to snitch)
Great reaction guys!
So, Mr Blonde - aka Vic Vega - (Michael Madsen) is the brother of the Vincent Vega (John Travolta) in Pulp Fiction. This confirms that both of these movies exist together in Tarantino's movie universe.
Of Tarantino's films, not all exist in his own universe, some are in fact movies within his universe. Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Django, Inglorious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Hateful Eight and True Romance (more on that below) have all been confirmed as true stories within Tarantino's universe (albeit with alternative historical events to actual history as portrayed in Inglorious Basterds). Both Kill Bill films, From Dusk Til Dawn and Death Proof are all films within his universe. He states that these are the type of movies characters like Jules (Samuel L Jackson), Vincent (Travolta) or Butch (Bruce Willis) would go to the movies to watch.
As many others have said, True Romance is a must watch as a fan of Tarantino's work and to explore his universe more. Tarantino wrote the screenplay for the movie but had to sell it in order to finance Reservoir Dogs. He sold the story to the late Tony Scott who directed it (brother of Ridley Scott - Alien franchise amongst other films) and reworked the script to be linear. Tarantino original wrote True Romance in a non-linear way, similar to this or Pulp Fiction, but Scott rearranged the story to keep it linear in order to attract the best talent possible and as "audiences wouldn't be ready for this type of story telling" which was a successful call as he managed to get Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Val Kilmar, Christopher Walken, Samuel L Jackson, James Gandolfini, Chris Penn (Eddie in this movie) and Tom Sizemore, amongst many other stars to sign on for the movie.
Now, although Tarantino didn't direct True Romance, he has confirmed on many occasions that it does exist within his shared movie universe. He does this by having one of the characters - movie producer Lee Donowitz who plays a key role in the story - to be a son of Donny Donowitz, aka the Bear Jew, from Inglorious Basterds. He has related characters spread across his movies except those I mentioned earlier that are movies within his universe.
So I highly recommend watching True Romance. It's a great story, well acted, and loaded with classic Tarantino dialogue. After watching it, you can then imagine how the story would've unfolded if being told in it's original non-linear narrative.
The motel scenes were shot at the Safari Inn in Burbank, across the street from my Apts.
A background detail I love is that when Mr. Pink and Mr. White are arguing at the start there are bottles in the background and the orange bottle is away from the pink and white ones showing that orange is separate from the other two.
There is also the fact that Tim Roth is the only british actor among the Americans
If you liked this movie, consider watching "Glengarry Glenn Ross", Written by David Mamet. A different kind of film, but where it's similar is that it takes place in just a few locations and has some of the sharpest dialogue ever written. It also came out the same year as "Reservoir Dogs" and has an All-star cast lead by Al Pacino. Love your reactions. Keep up the great work.
It's a great film, beloved of salesmen everywhere.
The reason it has so few locations is because the story was originally a play and scenery changes in a theatre are a limiting factor. Not sure how long it ran for but it was huge.
The song that plays at the end of the movie was "the lime in the coconut" which is about a woman treating a stomach ache by drinking the very same drink that gave her the stomach ache in the first place
Oh Shit never gonna think about the Song stuck in the middle the same way …
While he denies it, this movie is virtually a remake of the Hong Kong movie City on Fire. The similarities are so close to be just coincidence.
This still remains my favorite Tarantino film. I think I watched it at a similar time frame as you(seen a couple, but not all)
It’s is just the insane execution on such a small scale, with so little money. One of the best premier films for any director evvvver
Good movie. I saw this after seeing Pulp Fiction and True Romance (which I think he just wrote). This is possibly his best film overall, because it is so simple compared to his other works, yet has the same massive impact as any other movie.
LOVED this reaction!!!!! "Reservoir Dogs" is inspired in part by Kubrick's first (real) movie "The Killing", he even dedicates it to the writer of the book it was based on. (Tarantino has a thing about Kubrick, hence why he didn't dedicate the movie to him! lol). 10:38 - Tarantino scored a laugh from Sam!
It is also heavily inspired by 1987 Hongkong movie City on fire. The whole udercover cop plot is very similiar, the whole Reservoir dogs is finale of City on fire (loosely). There are even same scenes, frame by frame. But of course, Tarantino did his own thing and there are many other inspirations.
I love all the foreshadowing and clues in this movie. I mean all the orange colored clues to show that he's the cop, and the fact that they are in a casket warehouse and there are caskets lined up in the background the whole movie.
Tarantino was one of my favorite directors as a teenager but back then he had only made 3 movies and they were original, quotable with a little something that made every new director a wannabe Tarantino. Having said that, after Kill Bill, I cant say I enjoyed his films as much as I admired the first ones, I think hes one of these talents that peaked from the start and after a while could only "imitate" them and count on hardcore fans to call every film a masterpiece... well I think the first five films he made were masterpieces....
Shyamalan kinda went a similar route, though Tarantino held the quality better for longer.
He kinda lost me at Kill Bill. The style changed a bit with those and his later movies, that I've seen, all seemed to go with that style.
"Mr Blonde" in Kill Bill 2 is so good... Love Michael Madsen... One of my all time favorite actors.. so underrated
I met Michael Madsen about 17 years ago at his house when I was a kid. Real cool and nice guy. If I remember correctly the part where he cuts off the cops ear, he improvised that little dance he did. One of Tarantino's best films imo.
Fun Fact: Mr. Blonde’s character name is Vic Vega which you hear him referred to as when meeting with Joe and Eddie. According to Tarantino, Vic Vega is the brother of Vincent Vega (John Travolta’s character in Pulp Fiction). There was talk about making a “Vega Brothers” film, but unfortunately it never came to fruition.
Jackie Brown and True Romance are fantastic!
Nice Guy Eddie calling Joe "Daddy" always cracks me up for some reason.
White holding Orange in his arms and gently combing his hair is so sweet and breaks my heart.
Their use of the color-coded names was inspired by 1974’s “Taking of Pelham 1-2-3.”
God bless you
Taking of Pelham 123 deserves a reaction by TBR..... the 1974 version yes.
FYI: the use of music that occurs within the movie world is called diegetic music
Please watch Four Rooms (1995). One of Tarintino's best movie/projects he did for showtime.
20:28, how the camera pans around him. That's amazing!
I saw this movie decades ago. To this day I can’t hear “Stuck in the Middle with You” without thinking of the torture scene. Great job as always guys!
Jackie Brown is awesome and is definitely a must see.. I agree with the True Romance recommendations, it's technically a Tarantino film even though he didn't direct it.. and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is good, I didn't really like it on the first watch but loved it on the second watch..
JACKIE BROWN, DEATH PROOF, THE HATEFUL EIGHT, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, he also wrote TRUE ROMANCE, and received a story credit for NATURAL BORN KILLERS (against his will, because the concept was his but the script was completely rewritten). All incredible films. I swear anything the man so much as breathes on turns to gold.
He also wrote crimson tide ( script doctored) you can notice his dialogue. In it
He also wrote and directed one segment of "4 Rooms."
@@stvdagger8074 Yeah, I always forget that he wrote FROM DUSK TILL DAWN too. It feels like such a Rodriguez job I always just associate it with him.
Personal theory:
Mr. Blonde's name is Vic Vega. Travolta's character in "Pulp Fiction" was Vincent Vega.
Brothers?
If so, they had a seriously dysfunctional family.
They are brothers.
Tarantino was going to direct a film with both of them and name it "The Vega Brothers"
From dusk till down is also a great movie Quentin Tarantino
Yeah Salma Hayek's performance was great 😏
@@f1playlist308 A very talented actress with many great qualities
Tarantino didn't have this story just laying around waiting to be made into a movie. He raised money the old-fashioned way, then wrote the script AROUND the limited budget, which is really just a testament to the dude's ability to write a good story.
When I worked at the video store, on my shelf of staff picks I had Reservoir Dogs. Mr. Orange, Tim Roth, is one of my favorite actors. Have you watched Gridlock'd with him and Tupac Shakur, that's a cool movie. You will like that one.
He also played in a cool show that I think you guys might like called "Lie To Me" A show about a company that works with law enforcement to look a verbal and body language clues to see if they are lying, and he is the master at it.
There is a movie similar to this called FREE FIRE from 2016.
Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Sam Reilly, Cillian Murphy, Jack Reynor, Michael Smiley and Patrick Bergin star in this action comedy about a weapons deal that goes terribly wrong in a warehouse in Boston 1978.
Some of my favorite movies of all time are QT movies and Reservoir Dogs is always up there at the top.
Also something interesting to note, the warehouse was actually a morgue or funeral home of some kind. You can see coffins wrapped up around in the main area and embalming chemicals and equipment in the room where White and Pink have their first conversation. And in the end the whole place was just filled with dead men.
Also I've always read the situation with Orange and the car jacking as self preservation. He was going for the woman instead of letting White go for her probably to make sure she wouldn't get hurt, then gets shot and falls to the ground and doesn't even think about it. He had his gun in his hand and probably didn't even feel the gun shot at that very first moment, he just hit the ground and reflexively shot back. Then that ugly horrible realization sets in and he just felt so dirty.
Yeah, this was Tarantino's film debut...he had sold a few screenplays by the time he made this, and it was Harvey Keitel's participation that helped to secure the funding for the film. The ear scene with Mr. Blonde and the cop did film a take with Michael Madsen slicing the cop's ear off...but Tarantino felt it worked better with the pan away and the audience imagining what he was doing. Since the film released, many theater companies all around the country have staged productions of the script like a play with Tarantino's permission.
Vic Vega aka Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) is actually the brother of Vincent Vega (John Travolta) in 'Pulp Fiction' in Tarantino's weird film universe. At one point, Tarantino was planning a film with both characters...but it has since been abandoned.
I am waiting for you two to react to 'Jackie Brown' which is my favorite Tarantino film.
Thanks!!!!
Joe also mentions Marcellus Wallace who is the boss in Pulp Fiction. Probably took over for Joe
IMO, still his best movie.
One of my favorite Quentin Tarantino movies. My favorite scenes are the scene where everyone gets their names and the scene where Mr Blond is dancing.
Michael Madsen's and John Travolta's characters (Vic and Vincent Vega) are actually brothers in the Tarantino universe. I believe there was talks at one point about doing a flick called the Vega Brothers. By the time Tarantino got back to the idea of the movie John Travolta and Michael Masden had gotten too old to play their younger selevs, so Tarantino scrapped the project.
Would have been an awesome movie.
My fav thing about how shoestring the budget is is that they couldnt get cops to stop traffic so for Pink's escape they timed it with the red light.
Hateful Eight is a must watch. It's hilarious
One of his most rewatchable movies. It's so damn funny and has some of the best characters he has ever written. It's a wild combo of genres. It's everything from western to hang out comedy to drama to thriller. It's get better and more entertaining every time I watch it.
One thing about Tarantino is that every character has a philosophical conversation about the situation by telling a personally or factual story
My favorite Tarantino film is Jackie Brown, but it's certainly one of his most divisive ones. It's very slow paced and doesn't have any of his signature action/ violence. So it's a bit of a coin toss for most people.
@Dirty Sanchez No.. that would easily be Death Proof
It’s not his story, so it’s hard to put his signature on it. It’s based on an Elmore Leonard book, Rum Punch.
Ha ha, my least favourite.
@@BDogg2023 Yep, I read it after I watched the movie. Great book
@Dante Anthony Liked and seconded! My thoughts as well. Somehow I find it both the least and the most Tarantino-esque of all of his films, probably since like @ugottaride says, it is the only one that is an adaptation of another person's work.
Vic Vega is Vincent Vega's (from Pulp Fiction) brother. There was a movie about them that fell through.