Reservoir Dogs (15th Anniversary)
[Blu-ray] starring Kirk Baltz, Randy
Brooks, Edward Bunker, Steve
Buscemi, Suzanne Celeste
Clowns To The Left Of Me, Jokers To The Right...
Quentin Tarantino came out of nowhere (i.e., a video store in Manhattan
Beach, California) and turned Hollywood on its ear in 1992 with his
explosive first feature, Reservoir Dogs. Like Tarantinos mainstream
breakthrough Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs has an unconventional
structure, cleverly shuffling back and forth in time to reveal details about
the characters, experienced criminals who know next to nothing about
each other. Joe (Lawrence Tierney) has assembled them to pull off a
simple heist, and has gruffly assigned them color-coded aliases (Mr.
Orange, Mr. Pink, Mr. White) to conceal their identities from being known
even to each other. But something has gone wrong, an d the plan has
blown up in their faces. One by one, the surviving robbers find their way
back to their prearranged warehouse hideout. There, they try to piece
together the chronology of this bloody fiasco--and to identify the traitor
among them who tipped off the police. Pressure mounts, blood flows,
accusations and bullets fly. In the combustible atmosphere these men are
forced to confront life-and-death questions of trust, loyalty,
professionalism, deception, and betrayal. As many critics have observed, i t
is a movie about honor among thieves (just as Pulp Fiction is about
redemption, and Jackie Brown is about survival). Along with everything
else, the movie provides a showcase for a terrific ensemble of actors:
Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Christopher
Penn, and Tarantino himself, offering a fervent dissection of Madonnas
Like a Virgin over breakfast. Reservoir Dogs is violent (though the violence
is implied rather than explicit), clever, gabby, harrowing, funny,
suspenseful, and even--in the end--unexpectedly moving. (Dont forget that
Super Sounds of the Seventies soundtrack, either.) Reservoir Dogs
deserves just as much acclaim and attention as its follow-up, Pulp Fiction,
would receive two years later. --Jim Emerson
One thing that I have noticed about Tarantino: is that you really cant watch
his movies once then forget about them. In addition, you seem to get a
liking for them more and more, hey, it worked for Kill Bill Vol 1 as well
(although I still think Vol. 2 i s alright). Reservoir Dogs, his first feature,
doesnt rely on anything such as visual effects, pyrotechnics, but rather,
great dialogue, sparing yet satisfying action, and excellent performances.
As everyone and their mother knows, Reservoir Dogs deals with a botched
jewel heist, and consists of finding the rat who made the heist. Its a movie
that deals in flashback to reveal characters, but not without juicy dialogue
that reveals the characters instincts and other things like that. Of course,
that means its going to be pretty antsy, and it ends in a bloodbath.
Anyway, Reservoir Dogs takes some heat from the love-to-hate Tarantino
camp, but I beg to differ. Reservoir Dogs creates characters and dialogue
that is his own, and not to mention, takes the action and pacing in a good
way and actually makes the whole movie much better. Why? Because
City on Fire is a pretty slow movie. It doesnt really matter much anyway,
because I could not care less about City On Fires boring dialogue and
everything else. I could give a damn less about some old, crappy chinese
movie anyway. Sorry stupid movie ________, this movie is way better.
The Dialogue of Dogs and Fiction have some major assets and in my eyes
sometimes compete with one another. While Pulp Fiction may have great
lines through ever turn, Dogs has rich dialogue relating to the plot, all of it a
blast to just jump up once in a while and talk along with them. If you do
that (and put facial expressions and nonverbal communication elements,
you will, UNDERSTAND, why it always seems the actors are having the
time of their lives while acting in a Tarantino movie. Besides that, it has
some of the greatest Tarantino Dialogue bits ever. The like A Virgin
discussion and is classic, and theres many many more entertaining bits.
My favorites are the giving of the names, the s Besides that, the dialogue
that is used to carry the story along is electric. Unlike KIll Bill Vol 2, which
contains lots and lots of very slow and boring dialogue, Reservoir Dogs
does not. Its a testament to the brilliance of this movies way of sucking
you into the movie. Through it, they brilliantly set up motives of characters,
to keep you guessing until they reveal it. Thats why these movies go by so
quick, they know how to make the dialogue seem like an action scene, or
something of that nature. Its the same thing with Pulp Fiction, anyway.
The somewhat meager film-making further outstrips the moviess many
assets, as a matter of fact, it might make it better. Besides, it doesnt he lp
either that the performers are great, and actually include good ones.
Actors such as Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, MIchael Madsen, and
Lawrence Tierny give great performances, and Tarantino himself does a
good job, considering that he actually gives some love into his part as Mr
Brown, preferably when hes giving his speech. Besides, he knows he
loves the speech, so hes going to _______ tell it like he loves it (and thats
just what he does). The setting, LA, isnt really a wonderland, however, if
you have a (weird) taste, you might like the setting of LA. Besides, I think
the fact that you spend time in an abandon warehouse full of coffins to be
a cool asset. And the violence is pretty good, not too overdone, somewhat
bloody, and there is not a single cut-off in the whole movie onscreen (such
as the ear scene). The music is great, very amazing. The iconic opening
scene, with Little Green Bag, you just cant beat an opening like that.
Shame on those who think they are just so cool to parody it. Yeah, The
SImpsons, Im looking at you (watch the Sherry Bobbins episode for a very
inaccurate and shamelessly retarded parody of Tarantno. Stupid
_______).
Reservoir Dogs is a movie that you probably would be futile not seeing.
WHile Pulp FIction is well known, Reservoir Dogs is nearly as good, and
the epitome of Tarantino. Sure, I once was never interested in other
Tarantino work, but if you find a pechant for this and Fiction, check out his
other work and be sucked into the world of Tarantino. To those who
understand what makes Tarantino so great, well, suffice to say, we know
what we are talking about.
A-
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