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Dec 31, 2019 - 6:58 AM
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OnyaBirri
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Anyone see BAD TIMES AT El ROYALE? A colleague at work raved about it and said he enjoyed its Tarantinoesque vibe.
Why Mr. Phelps, you must be a psychic! 
Ms. Birri and I had the displeasure of watching this turkey last night. We instinctively knew in advance that it was going to suck, but sometimes that is just the kind of mood you are in.
This film is an utter Tarantino ripoff in terms of style, technique, plot, time jumps, characters, locale, etc., all of which are poorly conceived and executed. The hotel is kind of cool, though, so the film at least has that going for it.
As someone who generally likes, but does not worship, Tarantino, watching this film made me realize just how good even his lesser films are. So maybe it wasn't a total loss after all.
But if you like Tarantino, I implore you, don't make the mistake that Mrs. Birri and I made. In the time it took us to suffer through this travesty, we could have listened to two Jackie Gleason albums instead.
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There is a guy at work that liked the film, no joke.
Does the EL ROYALE have a scene that definitively exposes its awfulness? Anything come to mind?
Best film of the year.
Philistine s!
Who you gonna believe, me or Billdrick?
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Best film of the year.
Philistine s!
Who you gonna believe, me or Billdrick?
There'll be nothing to explain with a girl like you, Marsha.
Stick to subjects you know something about...like Jackie Gleason!
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Stick to subjects you know something about...like Jackie Gleason!
Thanks Marshy. One subject I know something about is Tarantino films; and while I'm no expert, I'm knowledgeable about the topic enough to be able to spot a third-rate knockoff when I see one.
And "third-rate" is pretty generous when describing "Bad Night Watching the El Royale."
Your posts are third rate.Loser.
Try enjoying the film as a stand alone work instead of constantly comparing it to QT.
Nah. That ship has sailed.
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Mar 25, 2020 - 11:59 AM
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Jim Phelps
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While watching Jackie Brown, I concluded that Tarantino's films "must" take place in an alternate world in which the early 1970s never ended.
Well, I live in that world too. A bunch of our friends were going to throw a 70s themed party, and we realized it would be no different from any of our other parties in terms of music and fashion.
You and Quentin Tarantino are the same age, correct? It makes sense that you and he would obsess over that time since you actually remember thise years an which are your formative years.
For whatever reason--and there are most likely dozens of them--I frequently revisit that 1970-75 time period even though it's really before my time (born in '71). However, the music, TV, and films of that era were all still quite accessible and playing continually--continuously, even--during my late '70s-early '80s frame of reference. I suppose there's something I find fascinating about the years just before my memory kicked in.
I also seem to embrace the early '70s every Spring as I have done the past three years; don't know why, though. I'd better ask Freud.
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