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BuckwheatPicard - July 1st, 2009 at 4:42 am

Jackie Brown is in my Netflix cue. I hope it is entertaining.
I just watched Foxy Brown. I must say it beats the stuffing out of Superfly.
Pam Grier. Yeah, she's quite the woman.

Mike_Kriskey - July 1st, 2009 at 5:20 am

Over at Threedonia, we have a great new interview up with AlfonZo Rachel. Give it a listen!

And if you haven't heard them yet, we also interviewed the legendary John Nolte and the mighty Christian Toto.

ManicOtter - July 1st, 2009 at 5:31 am

Never saw Jackie Brown.

My wife, however, orders a sandwich called a Hot Jackson Brown from our local Wild Wings restaurant…pretty good sandwich. It's hot roast beef with horseradish and a couple toppings…to quote my wife, it "burns my face off and I love it".

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 5:33 am

It's a Tarantino movie, sex, extreme violence, and some good lines.

Pam Grier doesn't age, she's looked that amazing forever…..

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 5:37 am

mmmmmm……..burning face……..(insert Homer Simpson impression here…)

SgtTank - July 1st, 2009 at 5:38 am

lol..I can do a homer Simpson drooling for doughnuts.

SgtTank - July 1st, 2009 at 5:40 am

BTW, here is a list of Tea Parties for the 4th of July in case anyone is interested. You have to scroll down past the article to see them.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.vi...

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 5:42 am

I AM a Homer Simpson drooling for doughnuts…..

Tennessee_Jed - July 1st, 2009 at 5:43 am

Jackie Brown reminds me of the stolen senatorial election in Minnesota. (O.K. actually she doesn't but I had to vent about how I have lost all respect for the voters of Minnesota (I lived there from 1985-1990.) John Fund of the WSJ has done excellent work on Democrats stealing elections.

p.s. Jackie played an interesting character on HBO's "The L Word."

SgtTank - July 1st, 2009 at 6:02 am

Jed, I am with you all the way on the MN thing..That state has got to be full of THE stupidest people on the planet. I am so whizzed about that entire fiasco and I really am losing faith in our voting process. It seems that all the dems have to do is keep on recounting until they win. What a big freakin' joke.

SgtTank - July 1st, 2009 at 6:10 am

lol..My favorite Homer scene was the one where people were making out on the beach at night and someone says "making bacon" and Homer drools and says "baaaacon".

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 6:11 am

Couldn't have said it better. I wonder where Soros was when Franken won?

MN and CA must have lead in their water or something….

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 6:16 am

My favorite line is when Marge is trying to talk Homer out of something insane and Homer says to her, "If we agree then why are we arguing??"

Miko - July 1st, 2009 at 6:16 am

Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert DeNiro, Brigette Fonda and Robert Forster all did excellent work on "Jackie Brown." Tarentino did good on this retroflick. I was beginning to believe that Tarentino could do no wrong when this one hit the theaters.

SgtTank - July 1st, 2009 at 6:17 am

I think someone must have dumped a huge case of stupid into their water supply. I swear there is no hope for those two states.

Tennessee_Jed - July 1st, 2009 at 6:20 am

Again, I highly recommend John Fund's book "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy." The same guy who stole the election in the Pacific Northwest was involved here. This gets back to Andrew Breitbart's article a week or two ago. We are engaged in nothing less than warfare here and Hillary and Obama's political Chicago guru wrote the book on dirty politics. My concern, of course, is that the Republican National and state political organizations seem to be clueless when it comes to stopping fraud.

Make no mistake, Norm Coleman shot himself in the foot which opened the door, but this election was stolen. Liberals will taunt saying now the shoe is on the other foot from 2000. The biggest difference is this. In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court kept algore from stealing the election while in the "Gopher" state, it literally was stolen

Tennessee_Jed - July 1st, 2009 at 6:21 am

test

Tennessee_Jed - July 1st, 2009 at 6:24 am

I had trouble posting. John Fund's book details all of this very well. Republicans need to wake up. Breitbart was clear we need to understand Democrats wrote the book on dirty politics. Democrats will taunt saying this is no different than 2000. Well it is. In 2000 theft was prevented, in 2008 in Minnesota, it was allowed to happen.

SgtTank - July 1st, 2009 at 6:26 am

lol..I don't think there's a funnier program than the Simpsons. Homer is the epitome of stupid.

Daddy-O - July 1st, 2009 at 6:27 am

After walking out of "From Dusk Till Dawn" I have sworn off of Tarantino's films.

My time and money are too precious to be wasted allowing myself to be soiled by another man's sick vision.

He focuses on the WORST that humanity has to offer. No thanks.

Willow_DeWisp - July 1st, 2009 at 6:34 am

However, now that the Dems have their filibuster-proof majority, whatever happens now by way of health care "reform," tax increases, cap-and-trade, unemployment, etc. is all theirs. They now own it. Gone are the days of blaming everything they can think of on George W. Bush or the Christian Right or Reagan's policies or the Republicans in general or Sarah Palin or Newt Gingrich or whatever bogeyman they can conjure up. And to that, I say, "You have fun with that, guys!"

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 6:43 am

The blame train left the station for democrats when Obama shoved the stimulus down our throats. They already own this mess.

Unfortunately we'll be a third world country by the time enough people realize Obama is a disaster….

dcase - July 1st, 2009 at 6:47 am

one thing everyone must remember about the Franken/Coleman mess is that here was a third party candidate- if you guess the losertarians you are correct- and Jesse Ventura's legacy was the nitwit he installed to serve out the rest of Wellstone's term ran against both of them and split the vote up; Franken got his reliable 32% of the left wing loon vote, and Coleman 32% of those who work for a living, and the more obstinate among them gave Dean Barkley the rest…

So it's the party that knows only one thing- losing- that cost Minnesota a good man and put Stewart Smalley in office…

BuckwheatPicard - July 1st, 2009 at 6:54 am

Isn't the current leadership gap in the Republican party the perfect opportunity for the Libertarians to step in and get the ship going in their direction? The only way to change the party is to do so from within. I don't know who among the libertarians could do it, but it seems like an opening.
I'm not the sharpest bulb in the deck, but it seems obvious to me.

Oily_Taitz - July 1st, 2009 at 6:58 am

Hank_Scorpio wrote:
"I wonder where Soros was when Franken won?"
OOOO! Scary boogie man George Soros!!! I think his black helicopter was sighted over St. Paul on the day the court issued it's ruling. Also, if you go to this website, you can see a video of Soros handing out checks to the Minnesota Supreme Court judges:
http://tinyurl.com/yjm842
Soros also introduced Mark Sanford to his mistress and faked Obama's birth certificate.

Tennessee_Jed - July 1st, 2009 at 6:58 am

I think it would be really hard, Buckwheat. The two party system seems SOOOO entrenched.

oakknoll - July 1st, 2009 at 7:05 am

Not lead, Flouride

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 7:07 am

The problem is that they don't have a viable candidate either. Ron Paul came close until he talked about foreign policy and the whole 9\11 truther nonsense.

All libertarians seem to have great ideas and then all of a sudden they come off the rails with something foolish. That's what killed Ron Paul. they need to remove their heads from their buttocks and find someone that is firing on all cylinders. Until then no one will take them seriously.

EdSki - July 1st, 2009 at 7:13 am

Doesn't matter. The MSM and the dems will continue to blame everything on Reagan, Bush et. al. Modern liberals run on pure emotion, no logic allowed. In order to keep them emotionally riled, the dems and the MSM will continuously pound the GOP. They can't let the emotions cool down to the point where democratic voters might actually think for themselves.

That, and if they didn't hammer republicans, they'd have nothing else to report on, because they purposely refuse to cover what's really happening in Washington. Can't have that.

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 7:14 am

I'll bet you were one of the tools whining about Haliburton and the oil companies….

BuckwheatPicard - July 1st, 2009 at 7:15 am

I don't mean throw out the 2 parties, I mean change them from within. The liberterians don't win much on their own and have a lot in common with republicans. Didn't they used to be a leg of the stool?

vainamoinen - July 1st, 2009 at 7:19 am

Oily, you're a great limbo dancer. Thanks for the performance!

vainamoinen - July 1st, 2009 at 7:22 am

Meet the new cast of SNL…the 2009 U.S. Congress.

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 7:24 am

He isn't THAT stupid, he hates liberals….

Daddy-O - July 1st, 2009 at 7:42 am

No, no, no… I bet Soros was peeing in his custom made urinal that is strangely shaped like the shape of the United States.

Just a guess.

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 7:50 am

And SNL still won't be funny….

AndrewPrice - July 1st, 2009 at 7:53 am

I thought it was flat the first time I watched it, but it made me want to watch it again. The more I watched it, the more I liked it. It's not Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs, but it's still really good.

dcase - July 1st, 2009 at 7:56 am

agreed.

The very same person who engineered Gregoire's theft from Dino Rossi in WA did indeed, with generous help from the modern equivalent to Auric Goldfinger- Gerorge Soros. But without the losertarians help it couldn't have happened, Coleman would have cruised to an easy victory.

Third parties are for parliamentary governments- with no confidence votes- and really wouldn't work here…

dcase - July 1st, 2009 at 8:04 am

Soros, who is not a US citizen, did fund the recount battle, Taitz.. It's a matter of record. He has also caused economic calamaties in other countries by manipulating their currencies, and sold out his fellow Jewish refugees to the Nazis in WWII "because somebody would have done it anyway"…

nice guy, eh?

Another Carolyn - July 1st, 2009 at 9:19 am

I wouldn't describe it as my favorite Tarantino movie. That would be the sublime Pulp Fiction. Nevertheless, I do like the movie. Samuel L. Jackson is wonderful in it and it's fun to see Robert DeNiro play a very different character than he usually plays. I also liked seeing Michael Keaton play the exact same role in Jackie Brown and Out of Sight.

Another Carolyn - July 1st, 2009 at 9:22 am

Forgot to add Robert Forster. The man was robbed of an Oscar for his performance.

Another Carolyn - July 1st, 2009 at 9:26 am

Actually, that was a Robert Rodriquez movie. Tarantino acted in it and co-wrote the screenplay, I believe. I thought it was a lot of fun even though George Clooney was in it. This was before he became insufferable.

USArtguy - July 1st, 2009 at 9:27 am

A coworker sent me the link to a list humbly entitled "The 50 Greatest Trailers of All Time". It can be found over at IFC . com.

http://www.ifc.com/news/2009/06/50-greatest-trail...

They have a short commentary with each one. Check it out and see if you agree.

maatkare - July 1st, 2009 at 9:43 am

I preferred the black and white ones that ran with the film originally. They definitely made me curious to see it at the time. I know this poster is fittingly 'retro,' but it's terrible! Love this film–good plot, amazing cast, and Tarantino puts an amazing soundtrack on top of it all. He's real hit or miss with me, but this was a lot of fun. I will say, the Kill Bill films have grown on me over the years. Boy, does Grier owe Tarantino for a strong 2nd act to her career.

Primer - July 1st, 2009 at 9:46 am

dcase
How dare you use facts in an argument with a Libtard! Now the poor creature is gonna have to Google and Wiki' his fingers to bloody stumps before he can post again……

Your really good at this………Why use Raid on a cockroach when you can use a sledgehammer…….+1 dcase…

CrisD - July 1st, 2009 at 9:48 am

Love it. Am having a ball!

Thomas Talionis - July 1st, 2009 at 10:15 am

Public Enemies was AWFUL. The acting, writing, cinematography and wort of all the sound mix were embarrassing. And Depp was wearing too much eye liner.

Believe it or not there is a lot of preaching about why torture is bad. And of course the villain is made out to be a hero. Possibly the worst ending to a movie i have ever seen.

Thomas Talionis - July 1st, 2009 at 10:17 am

"Worst of humanity?" Maybe you walked out before Salma Hayek's scene.

Mauther - July 1st, 2009 at 10:17 am

Jackie Brown is probably Tarantino's best film. Its fairly quiet and understated (at least for a Tarantino movie). And the chemistry between Grier and Forrester is excellent, I never thought I'd use the phrase "quiet dignity" in reference to a Tarantino flick but this movie has it. Its got some violence and and some bouts of vulgarity but its one of the few recent films to actually use violence and cursing to actually further the plot and define the characters.

I'm not a Deniro fan, but he finally plays a non-Deniro role for the first time in two decades and really pulls it off. And Samuel Jackson actually reminds people that he was a credible actor in the days before SWAT, Snakes on a Plane, and Deep Blue. But Pam Grier and Robert Forester blow this movie away.

tublecane - July 1st, 2009 at 10:21 am

Pulp fiction sublime? Is it possible for a self-consciously and intentionally trashy movie to be sublime?

Well, I suppose Samuel L. Jackson's turn at the end transcends the sort of stuff that goes before it. But it is silly. Sudden "road to Damascus" conversions don't happen often, and almost never involve modeling your life on the plot of "Kung Fu".

tublecane - July 1st, 2009 at 10:26 am

Where's "Star Wars, Episode One: The Phantom Menace"? Can't overestimate the sort of excitment that caused.

tublecane - July 1st, 2009 at 10:30 am

"However, now that the Dems have their filibuster-proof majority, whatever happens now by way of health care 'reform,' tax increases, cap-and-trade, unemployment, etc. is all theirs"

Not necessarily. 44 Democrats voted against Cap and Trade in the House. In the Senate, it's expected to be less popular. Not all Democrats are Obama liberals.

Everything you mentioned might be passed, of course, just not in the most radical manner possible.

Another Carolyn - July 1st, 2009 at 10:51 am

Pulp Fiction stood out amongst the numerous pedestrian, by the numbers movies out there. Just because it's not Shakespeare (who I love by the way), doesn't mean it's not artistically worthy. For me, it was.

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 11:04 am

Agreed, without his presence the movie was just meh….

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 11:06 am

Me too. I actually avoided it because I thought it was going to be a waste of time. But upon subsequent viewings it grew on me.

IamTheMacGuffin - July 1st, 2009 at 11:17 am

Tarantino sucks.

Movie Lovah - July 1st, 2009 at 11:22 am

Tarantino has talent, and his films have a pulse of ALIVENESS, a rare quality (in films) which I appreciate.
Too bad QT is so content with the extreme limitations of his narrow, shallow, impoverished sensibility/mentality,
and the corresponding limitation of subject matter he cares to address…

He seems like a textbook case of overcompensating (MACHO)
for having been a sort of nerd who lived with his mom until he was 25 or so …
Too bad more guys who are insecure about their masculinity don't fix it with dedication to a discipline like martial arts, boxing, weight training, etc, rather than go for the empty flash of easy posturing options…

How odd that QT's films celebrate brutality, cruelty, sadism, etc (a HUGE turn off for me),
while he seems to be (in TV appearances, interviews, etc) a genuinely sweet individual…

Movie Lovah - July 1st, 2009 at 11:29 am

When Robert Forster was nominated for an Oscar for his role in Jackie Brown, he got lots of media exposure,
and I learned he has been giving free seminars for years. Years later, I got to go to one, and it was a blast.
He seems like a great guy. Loved his work in Jackie Brown. Wish he'd get more roles that good or better.

He has distilled some great advice into just nine words
(about persevering through difficulty, to make the most of your life over the long haul,
despite lots of discouraging experience) :

1. Forgive the past. 2. Produce excellence now. 3. Never give up.

SgtTank - July 1st, 2009 at 11:35 am

I have to say that I don't like any of QTs movies either but in all honesty he is basically "playing to the audience" giving them what they want. However; what he does give isn't for everyone, me included.

sqt - July 1st, 2009 at 11:47 am

Totally agree. As much as I like Greer, Forster made the movie for me.

neyney - July 1st, 2009 at 11:48 am

Just saw that Karl Malden has died. RIP Mr. Malden a real classy guy!

Movie Lovah - July 1st, 2009 at 11:48 am

Oops, I think I made an error in quoting Robert Forster's nine words of advice.

I think #2 is actually "DELIVER excellence now", a difference which matters,
because you need to 'put it out there' if it is to make maximum difference in your prosperity
(ie, it won't help you as much if the excellence you produce remains only 'your secret source of pride', etc).

And #1 is so powerful, in just four syllables, even better than if he had said "accept" the past.
When you "forgive" the past, you really LET IT GO, so you LIBERATE yourself from the BURDEN of whatever in your past has been keeping your spirits low, keeping you too pessimistic (or grudging) to try your best again now — almost like you forget it ever happened, almost like it never happened to you…
This change of outlook will significantly increase your chances for success & happiness now & in the future…

Thanks Robert Forster!

Daddy-O - July 1st, 2009 at 2:09 pm

I did.

When I looked around me and saw the audience laughing at the fact that Tarantino's character wanted to rape the Juliette Lewis character… that was enough.

Not worth it.

Bennett_Marco - July 1st, 2009 at 2:53 pm

I liked "Pulp Fiction," a lot. But the very best thing Tarantino ever did was the screenplay for "True Romance" — especially the Walken-Hopper scene.

Bennett_Marco - July 1st, 2009 at 2:54 pm

I've said it before: Best Blood-Sucking, Undead, Queen of the Vampires. Ever.

Bennett_Marco - July 1st, 2009 at 2:57 pm

RIP Father Barry.

bluecollarbytes - July 1st, 2009 at 4:00 pm

I generally like aspects of Tarantino's movies. His 'trash movies as art' philosophy makes for some entertaining And boring moments. I imagine one's age determines how one looks at them to some extent. I'm way past young, but not quite old-fartish yet. My first wife Hated The Godfather as she said it glorified crime {sin}. I still think it's the best movie made overall. I watch it again and again when it's on.

My second wife and daughter liked all the 'Freddy NIghtmare' movies, so I gained a temporary appreciation for that at the time. But that was mixed in with '8 Is Enough' reruns, Cosby, Family Affair, etc….a 'well rounded' mix of good and bad.

Hank_Scorpio's Dad - July 1st, 2009 at 4:00 pm

And I bet you're a conspiracy theorist virgin. Get off that right wing hate site and do the dishes!

bluecollarbytes - July 1st, 2009 at 4:06 pm

Off movie topic…….'Al Franken is a Clown for a living' –>Sen Inhoffe

Does this include his Air America days? I vote yes.

Thomas_Talionis - July 1st, 2009 at 4:35 pm

Her line was something like, "i'm going to make you my foot stool for all eternity." and I was like, "where do I volunteer for that?"

Jamesb - July 1st, 2009 at 5:20 pm

Soros was orbiting over Minnesota in his civilian version of an AWACS command center 747, petting his kitty and laughing hysterically….

Jamesb - July 1st, 2009 at 5:25 pm

The infrastructure of party politics precludes the loonies that make up the typical third party from working….name one successful candidate besides that idiot Ventura…these Libertarins need to look at the big picture and side with conservatives.

Hank_Scorpio - July 1st, 2009 at 6:21 pm

ooooo how clever. You should've just added a "P" to your name then it would no longer be "ussy"….

maatkare - July 1st, 2009 at 9:22 pm

Ah, but he also despises his religious neighbor, Flanders.

R Green - July 2nd, 2009 at 4:28 am

I think Tarentino's 15 minutes of fame are about up, bloody violence with classic pop songs in the backgroundit was ammusing once Resevoir Dogs Ill give him Pulp Fiction too.
Obama doesnt want to meddle in Iran but he is quick enough to support a Leftist thug in Honduras.
Castro, Chevez, Obama, and Ortega all on the same page , birds of a feather….

Hank_Scorpio - July 2nd, 2009 at 4:51 am

Despises is the wrong word. Homer is jealous of Flanders and his perfect life, that is until Homer kills his wife in a freak T-Shirt gun incident.

The religious aspect doesn't really matter except when Homer called him "Churchie La Femme". Remember, Homer and the whole family go to church too.

I need a life……

Oily_Taitz - July 2nd, 2009 at 5:20 am

Show me the "public record". Link to it.

maatkare - July 2nd, 2009 at 6:52 am

Oh, no, my friend…the Simpsons are a required part of a healthy life!

dcase - July 2nd, 2009 at 7:33 am

perhaps if you inquire civily we will respond in kind; your tone is nasty…

Oily_Taitz - July 2nd, 2009 at 8:46 am

dcase wrote:
"perhaps if you inquire civily we will respond in kind; your tone is nasty… "
I happen to have my breitbot-to-english translator right here. What dcase is really saying:
"I don't have any facts I can link to backing up my claims, just right wing conspiracy theories, so I'm changing the subject. And I'm so dumb I don't know how to spell the word "civilly"."

dcase - July 2nd, 2009 at 8:57 am

not going to do your homework for you; check both Franken and the Secretary of State of Mn- and you will see the groups, funded by Soros who were heavily involved. Same folk were involved in the Washington State theft for Chrisiteine Gregoire over Dino Rossi… if you were really interested in the truth you'd do your own fact check…

dcase - July 2nd, 2009 at 9:00 am

alright, Oily…

we figured you would respond in ways showing both your doltishness and ignorance. So, in absence of you doing YOUR homework here it is:

On November 20th, at his mansion in New York, George Soros held a fundraiser for Al Franken with Al Gore in attendance. Check the New York Post website for further details, or Newsmax as well. The Center for American Progress (Soros funded) and MoveOn.Org (ditto) also contributed to both the campaign and the recount.

Sorry for mispelling 'civily'; it is a word you don't understand in the first place…

Oily_Taitz - July 2nd, 2009 at 9:28 am

Soros held a fundraiser for Franken's recount fund, that's old news. Not the same as the "public record" showing he "funded" the recount. Soros gave money to Franken’s recount fund, so what? He hasn't done anything illegal regarding the recount. Since when have republicans had a problem with big money donors & king makers? Richard Mellon Scaife has been funding wingers for many years, including the Clinton impeachment. Turnabout is fair play.
"Check the New York Post website for further details, or Newsmax as well."
Yeah, because Murdoch(Post) and Scaife(newsmax) are objective and reliable sources. Nice try though.

dcase - July 2nd, 2009 at 9:39 am

terrible reply as we expected, obfuscation and spin… and Scaife? talk about digging up the past. No one said it was illegal, nitwit- just that it happened- and we never said he funded it solely- but he has dedicated millions to this and he is not even a citizen of this country ; as your child-like fingers found from playing on your mom's computer told you. Now, your dad wants you to get a job…

Bob - July 2nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm

This movie was long and ponderous. A great disappointment after Tarantino's bracing "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction." The only redeemable feature was a young Bridget Fonda. All I can say is, "Wow!" She is apparently in retirement now from acting, but she is certainly missed.

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