Dude idk why but I love these clips from people in the business about other people in the business. Nobody else uploads this gold like you do, keep ‘em comin!!
Picked up the killer, hard bolied and a better tomorrow all second hand. Stranglehold on playstation 3 was a fun game back in the day, literally how I heard of John Woos flicks.
Is someone is gonna finally remembers to Tarantino how great and important to 80 action cinema John McTiernan and Paul Verhoven were ? Plus, Walter Hiill did some of is bests jobs in the 80.
Quentin is a hack. He has passion for movies and knows a lot about them but sometimes he just seems unable to appreciate the effort others put in the films as well. We are talking about the man who is a big fan of cheese B movies.
He has a prejudice against 80s cinema in general. We who grew up in the 80s and 90s are always going to disagree with him on that, especially when you compare it to the dross they put out now.
@@jdxsr85and Michael Mann, yeah he had a different pace to his films and had fewer films in that 80s decade, bit still action was critical to his films.
Commando Cobra The Running Man Extreme Prejudice Red Dawn Red Heat Tango & Cash Big Trouble in Little China Escape from New York Death Wish 3 Road House 48 Hrs Bloodsport Too Gun Beverly Hills Cop 2 (oops, I almost forgot Lethal Weapon)
@@m1lst3r And to say nothing of Hong Kong! The 80s were incredible on that side of things both before and after John Woo took off with A Better Tomorrow! Lots of great stuff by Sammo Hung, latent Shaw Brothers classics (including the earliest works of Jet Li), the hidden gem that is Duel to the Death, and most especially Jackie Chan's run from The Young Master (1980) to Miracles (1989), which comprises the bulk of his many, many masterpieces. I love Quentin's movies, but how can he write off the entire decade like that?!
Quentin has the opinion that the 80s was the worst decade for movies in general aswell as the 50s. He's entitled to his opinion, but that's all it is and many would disagree especially about the 80s.
Somehow I suspected that QT is Woo's fan. Even though his REservoir Doigs is almost a rip-off of City on Fire. However, I must berate QT for saying that 1980s action was flat. I mean, seriously? If anything, 1980s revitalized action cinema. Heck, Walter Hill's Extreme Prejudice is probably the best modern western masquerading as ction film there is. And it's not due to John Woo's contribution, although he swept me away with Hard Boiled and A Better Tomorrow.
Tarantino made a reference to John Woo in Jackie Brown, when Ordell tells Louis everyone wanted a 45 after watching Chow Yun Fat in The Killer. Even though the correct pistol was a 9mm.
I think he means in terms of directors with stylistic flair, sure the 1980s had loads of great SHLOCKY pulpy action films but aside Walter Hill (48 hours), Woo and Cameron with this first real "personal style" action films (as he mentioned them, I'd also add Donner, Verhoeven but his only real action film in the 1980s was Robocop and McTiernan only really smashed in action with Die Hard in the decade's last year, so let's let it slide), most other films were made by hack or gun for hire director which did their stuff well with the right cast, crew and script but had no personal touch or that capacity to elevate the thing through style. 1980s western action cinema was still great DESPITE THAT though. As usual in Tarantino when his film analysis gets going, he doesn't care on the ambiguous wording or if the point gets muddled, but we who heard him more then once get used to it. I still think he's underplaying the 1980s action cinema, but he got a certain point that it was massively done by producers and crews more than stylist directors.
I just watched Reservoir dogs for the first time in a long time. I was like a wait a minute; this is similar to City on Fire. Clearly Tarantino took that idea and put his own spin on it. At the end of the day, they're completely two different movies. It's hard to do anything original in Hollywood. At this point, everything has been done.
The 80’s was an amazing decade for action. Arnold and Stallone set the bar for action movies. Die Hard as well. What is QT talking about that 80’s wasn’t a good decade for action movies? RoboCop is in the mix as well.
@@dornravlinfr though if it wasn’t for 80s action movies QT’s reservoir dogs would not exist because of it being a remake of city on fire 1987 a Hong Kong crime action movie
That's what happens when chow yun fat takes up weird roles like bullet proof monk and dragon ball evolution. I want the killers, hard boiled, god of gamblers chow yun fat.
I wanted him and Woo to do a balls to the wall movie where they left him alone. I was BORED with Silent Night. My action movie for 2023? Sisu. Hands down.
The more Tarrantino speaks i realize he knows less about films than people think... 80s action cinema had nothing... Robocop,Predator, die hard, rambo etc
“So I’m not really a big fan of Chow Yun Fat…I’m kind of over him now.” What an arrogant a-hole. I like his movies, but I can’t stand Tarantino himself.
@@YorgosL1 nah. It's OK to say it. Dude is total prick in general. Respect guys like John Woo who did a lot with very little compared to Hollywood studios. QT just likes the sound of his own voice.
I think all of Woo's shoot outs always look like an exaggerated parody. Dozens of people shoot at the hero from a distance of 2 meters and nobody hits. When the hero shoots, the bad boys do a piruette until they hit wood somewhere. How can you take something like that seriously? And all this bad acting.
Dude idk why but I love these clips from people in the business about other people in the business. Nobody else uploads this gold like you do, keep ‘em comin!!
Criterion, give us a John Woo Blu-ray collection a.s.a.p
They wont, been asking since 2003. I believe they lost the rights, China go figure.
@shoheiimamura4067 I have the Hong Kong Rescue Killer and Hard Boiled. They're pretty good. Maybe Kino Lorber will get the rights.
@@charliebronson1274 One can hope!
I have Criterion Collection DVDs of The Killer and Hard Boiled 😊
@thebacklogisreal4278 Me too. I've owned them for almost 25 years. Those were two of my first DVD's I ever bought.
This is a great channel, loving these takes
John Woo's films were special
Love these clips, interviews awesome!
Picked up the killer, hard bolied and a better tomorrow all second hand. Stranglehold on playstation 3 was a fun game back in the day, literally how I heard of John Woos flicks.
Is someone is gonna finally remembers to Tarantino how great and important to 80 action cinema John McTiernan and Paul Verhoven were ? Plus, Walter Hiill did some of is bests jobs in the 80.
Quentin is a hack. He has passion for movies and knows a lot about them but sometimes he just seems unable to appreciate the effort others put in the films as well. We are talking about the man who is a big fan of cheese B movies.
He has a prejudice against 80s cinema in general. We who grew up in the 80s and 90s are always going to disagree with him on that, especially when you compare it to the dross they put out now.
@@Magooch86 He lumps the 50s, the 80s, and the 2010/20s in the same bucket.
I'd even add Richard Donner and James Cameron.
@@jdxsr85and Michael Mann, yeah he had a different pace to his films and had fewer films in that 80s decade, bit still action was critical to his films.
At that time if you were into action flicks we all wanted to be Chow Yun Fat : D
I mean, Kitano basically breathed new life into what he's talking about. But we all bought that stupid long coat, even if we only wore it once.
Stupid? Long coats are cool as fuck, unlike most Zoomer fashions.
Can i get the interview link 🤷♂️
Only Cameron made good action in the 80's? Really Quentin?
Uhm:
Robocop
Die Hard
Highlander
First Blood
Mad Max 2
Predator
Raiders
Commando
Cobra
The Running Man
Extreme Prejudice
Red Dawn
Red Heat
Tango & Cash
Big Trouble in Little China
Escape from New York
Death Wish 3
Road House
48 Hrs
Bloodsport
Too Gun
Beverly Hills Cop 2
(oops, I almost forgot Lethal Weapon)
Agree, 80s had directors such as Paul Verhoeven, John McTiernan, Richard Donner, to name a few.
@@m1lst3r And to say nothing of Hong Kong! The 80s were incredible on that side of things both before and after John Woo took off with A Better Tomorrow! Lots of great stuff by Sammo Hung, latent Shaw Brothers classics (including the earliest works of Jet Li), the hidden gem that is Duel to the Death, and most especially Jackie Chan's run from The Young Master (1980) to Miracles (1989), which comprises the bulk of his many, many masterpieces. I love Quentin's movies, but how can he write off the entire decade like that?!
He’s talking about ‘80s Hollywood cinema being bad.
Quentin has the opinion that the 80s was the worst decade for movies in general aswell as the 50s. He's entitled to his opinion, but that's all it is and many would disagree especially about the 80s.
We used to buy those movies 57 street chambers
Somehow I suspected that QT is Woo's fan. Even though his REservoir Doigs is almost a rip-off of City on Fire. However, I must berate QT for saying that 1980s action was flat. I mean, seriously? If anything, 1980s revitalized action cinema. Heck, Walter Hill's Extreme Prejudice is probably the best modern western masquerading as ction film there is. And it's not due to John Woo's contribution, although he swept me away with Hard Boiled and A Better Tomorrow.
Yeah it's such a dodgy take, one could argue the 80s is THE decade for action.
... the Rambo franchise, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Predator ... . For me Hard-Boiled was my favourite "Hong Kong" Woo flick ...
@@deanandco8163 100 percent.
Tarantino made a reference to John Woo in Jackie Brown, when Ordell tells Louis everyone wanted a 45 after watching Chow Yun Fat in The Killer. Even though the correct pistol was a 9mm.
@@Billwarson29 i think he also did in Reservoir Dogs with Mexican stand-offs.
The 1980s was a great decade for action cinema! What’s QT going on about?
I think he means in terms of directors with stylistic flair, sure the 1980s had loads of great SHLOCKY pulpy action films but aside Walter Hill (48 hours), Woo and Cameron with this first real "personal style" action films (as he mentioned them, I'd also add Donner, Verhoeven but his only real action film in the 1980s was Robocop and McTiernan only really smashed in action with Die Hard in the decade's last year, so let's let it slide), most other films were made by hack or gun for hire director which did their stuff well with the right cast, crew and script but had no personal touch or that capacity to elevate the thing through style. 1980s western action cinema was still great DESPITE THAT though. As usual in Tarantino when his film analysis gets going, he doesn't care on the ambiguous wording or if the point gets muddled, but we who heard him more then once get used to it. I still think he's underplaying the 1980s action cinema, but he got a certain point that it was massively done by producers and crews more than stylist directors.
The best, in my opinion
He hates the 80s. It's his least favourite decade. He hates the jingoism.
Chow yun Fat is in my top 5 Goat action actors
Sally Yeh is a lovely, charming woman. She had a bit part in the Hong Kong version of The Protector(1985).
John Mcterien (Die Hard, Predator) was a prominent action director of the 80s c'mon Quentin.
I just watched Reservoir dogs for the first time in a long time. I was like a wait a minute; this is similar to City on Fire. Clearly Tarantino took that idea and put his own spin on it. At the end of the day, they're completely two different movies. It's hard to do anything original in Hollywood. At this point, everything has been done.
Of course Tarantino dressed like Chow Yun-fat. I'd be surprised if he HADN'T done that.
The 80’s was an amazing decade for action. Arnold and Stallone set the bar for action movies. Die Hard as well. What is QT talking about that 80’s wasn’t a good decade for action movies? RoboCop is in the mix as well.
Yeah I don’t want he’s on about 80s was the number one decade for action cinema. In both America and Hong Kong
@@dornravlinfr though if it wasn’t for 80s action movies QT’s reservoir dogs would not exist because of it being a remake of city on fire 1987 a Hong Kong crime action movie
the 80's had a lot of great action movies that weren't Hong Kong
Don’t forget die hard
Who remember Bulletproof Monk? Lol
"Chinese Alain Delon"
That's what happens when chow yun fat takes up weird roles like bullet proof monk and dragon ball evolution. I want the killers, hard boiled, god of gamblers chow yun fat.
I wanted him and Woo to do a balls to the wall movie where they left him alone. I was BORED with Silent Night. My action movie for 2023? Sisu. Hands down.
Hollywood ruined both Fat and Woo's careers.
You guys see paycheck? That is a bada.. movie!
The more Tarrantino speaks i realize he knows less about films than people think... 80s action cinema had nothing... Robocop,Predator, die hard, rambo etc
Why won't Quentin join in our 80's movie circle-jerk, guys? We're not tired of gushing over the same damn eighties flicks over and over, are we?
Hell no we aren’t
Action movies weren't good in the 80s? He does know what year Terminator and Robocop were released, right?
Meanwhile QC shits on Chow Yun Fat.
“So I’m not really a big fan of Chow Yun Fat…I’m kind of over him now.”
What an arrogant a-hole.
I like his movies, but I can’t stand Tarantino himself.
I agree, and I also think his movies are dated af.
Chow Yun fat probably didn’t know who he was
lmao he didn’t necessary need to say all that. U can still like the movies. but over him sound ridiculous
@@YorgosL1 nah. It's OK to say it. Dude is total prick in general. Respect guys like John Woo who did a lot with very little compared to Hollywood studios. QT just likes the sound of his own voice.
He was joking guys he actually loves him
I think all of Woo's shoot outs always look like an exaggerated parody. Dozens of people shoot at the hero from a distance of 2 meters and nobody hits. When the hero shoots, the bad boys do a piruette until they hit wood somewhere. How can you take something like that seriously? And all this bad acting.
Wow Tarantino sounds dumber than usual here.. 80s Hollywood action was bad? Chow Yun Fat overrated?
What a hack!!
But is he a hack fraud?
@@vitorafmonteiro Yes.
Woo or QT?
@@chrisdell5679 Sure he means QT. Only reasonable choice lol