Hey, take it easy or I'll never get to hang out on an asteroid with Ben Affleck!
I was very embarrassed to say that I have never seen this one. It is one of the most influential 90's movies ever made. This was the start of it all. Before Django, Kill Bills, Inglorious Bastards, Death Wish, Pulp Fiction, Dusk till and Dawn, and even Jackie Brown. It was 1992, I was twelve years old when this came out and a few years later I remember the coolest people in high school talking about it. Of course, like everyone else, they didn't discover it until after Pulp Fiction. So anyway, I finally watched it and even as a Quentin Tarantino fan in general, I was impressed. There were so many elements he pioneered here that resonated through the remainder of his work. Such as:
The cool camera angles that drag you along the action. You are either standing way back as an observer or you are standing on the shoulder of one of the actors.
Overall lack of soundtrack behind dialogue. Tarantino has always known that music distracts from powerful dialogue.
The long, character developing dialogue regarding TV, music, movies, etc.
Starting the movie at a restaurant.
The name "Vega".
The random descriptive graphics "Mr. White", "Mr. Orange" to set offside stories.
The way they plan robberies with the different roles, just without the "honeybunney".
The messed up chronology....the beginning is kind of the ending.
A super weird soundtrack of obscure 50's, 60's, and 70's music.
The only thing I didn't catch was a reference to Tennessee, which is most of his movies (Tarantino is from Knoxville). Yup, it is all there, so now in 2014 I can officially declare myself a 90's kid, and a cool kid in high school of course.
