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Listed below are comments made by tomforpresident between Saturday, 14th March 2009 and Tuesday, 1st September 2009.

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The Bride Wars Challenge 5:53pm on 01 Sep 2009 you wont have to quit, you get to decide what goes on the list after all.

please dont quit.
Heartless in mouth 12:23pm on 01 Sep 2009 just watched darkly noon after seeing this, wow that was great, normally not a fan of brendan fraser but he really worked in this i didnt find him distracting like i would.

well how was heartless then, we need a review now after this.
The Tarantino Situation 00:28am on 12 Aug 2009 well mark, your just right aren't you. i hope your happy!

tarantino certainly needs a leash, the reason i think his early films were better were because he was making big idea films for no money. you want to do a big heist movie for a tiny budget you have to be clever.

i think the real bad guys here are the people tarantino has around him, he needs to shake his ties with the weinsteins, the only good they do is discovering new talent, they certainly don't nurture it. when tarantino made jackie brown he was growing up but when it didnt make any money the weinsteins probably rubbed his nose in it like he made a mess on the carpet. now he can make big films with big budgets, one problem is that he is paying homage (i'm starting to get sick of that word, but we'll save that for another time) to small films with big ideas, like his early work. the reason these films work is that you can only do so much, you have to be intelligent and clever and witty to solve problems in story and plot. where as money takes that challenge away.

he also needs to lose the yes men he surrounds himself in, rodriguez, roth (i won't start ranting about him either) etc. you just know they spend hours on the couch watching movies with tarantino going "could i do that?" and everyone around him going "of course you can, you're qt!" his ego must be the size of his chin.

dont get me wrong, i love the guy, dogs, fiction and brown are some of my fave films and i also must be in the minority who liked death proof despite its many flaws.

my hopes are not held high for basterds, it just feels to big and expected to be amazing, my heart sank when in the trailer in massive letters it said "the 7th film by quentin tarantino" it just felt wromg and also why are his films numbered? dowes anyone else do that?

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Tab me to hell 3:03pm on 10 Jun 2009 hey dr. k

would love to agree with you on this one. the link between film violence and real violence is one that has always intrigued me and i also angered me when the press are so quick to find blame with movies.

i do think on this one who ever tried to start this one just didnt make a big enough wave for others to catch, aswell as there being to much elsewhere for them to report on. right time right place and it would have been away. it would be nice to think that people could stop blaming movies but we live in a blame society, its to gard to find true reason when we can just blame something else.

i have seen countless horror films, i have even made nasty horror films and i have never been violent to another human being. some people just have it in them, regardless of the films they watch/music they listen too/games they play.

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Blog words: You, me and the last remake on the left 8:28pm on 26 Mar 2009 the argument for and against remakes is undeniably an infinite one. but it has to be said that this is creating discussion about old and new, so can't be all bad. one thing a remake dose prompt is usually a decent dvd release of the original which is definately good.

also wish i had a decent local art cinema, and then also the money to support them.

on a lighter note, my comment got read out. i am "chuffed as nuts" oh yes!
Review: Ozploitation 00:36am on 14 Mar 2009 hoo-rah!

i like your thinking!

out of curiousity, would anyone say there is a british "mad max"? or similar, cant really think of anything off the top of my head.
The Last House on the Left but one 00:20am on 14 Mar 2009 have to agree with you here.

one problem i find with most modern horror, is that you just see too much! when i was young and just finding horror, i always wanted more, now i have it i think its gone a little too far.

and as for last house on the left and its stable-mates, just keep repeating, its only a remake, its only a remake, its only a remake!

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