Licorice Pizza - Speculation & General Reactions

[Yes]

I wonder what his movie discussions with Tarantino are like, as he certainly doesn't share PTA's cautiousness (i.e., criticizing the logic of It Follows and responding to Drive by saying something like "nice try").

Tarantino talked shit about It Follows? I knew I didn't like that guy...

[The movie broke] mythology left, right, and center. We see how the bad guys are: They're never casual. They're never just hanging around. They've always got that one look, and they always just progressively move toward you. Yet in the movie theater, the guy thinks he sees the woman in the yellow dress, and the girl goes, "What woman?" Then he realizes that it's the follower. So he doesn't realize it's the follower upon just looking at her? She's just standing in the doorway of the theater, smiling at him, and he doesn't immediately notice her? You would think that he, of anybody, would know how to spot those things as soon as possible. We spotted them among the extras.

The movie keeps on doing things like that, not holding on to the rules that it sets up. Like, okay, you can shoot the bad guys in the head, but that just works for ten seconds? Well, that doesn't make any fucking sense. What's up with that? And then, all of a sudden, the things are aggressive and they're picking up appliances and throwing them at people? Now they're strategizing? That's never been part of it before. I don't buy that the thing is getting clever when they lower him into the pool. They're not clever.

Also, there's the gorgeously handsome geeky boy — and everyone's supposed to be ignoring that he's gorgeous, because that's what you do in movies — that kid obviously has no problem having sex with her and putting the thing on his trail. He's completely down with that idea. So wouldn't it have been a good idea for her to fuck that guy before she went into the pool, so then at least two people could see the thing? It's not like she'd have been tricking him into it. It's what I would've done.

[Drenk]

I'll watch It Follows for one reason: to decipher Tarantino's particular brand of stupidity. 

[PaulElroy35]

I'll watch It Follows for one reason: to decipher Tarantino's particular brand of stupidity. 

Well is he wrong?

I get Tarantino gets alot of hate around here for some reason but he just pointed out a problem that could be there.

[Drenk]

Yeah. This is hyperbole. I have no idea. There's this video on YouTube where he says that Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood is bad, which is, apparently, an opinion shared by many people. I find Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood great. I'm defying everybody who thinks the contrary. Fistfight at noon.

[Yes]

The charm (and annoyance) of QT is that he says the most hyperbolic things. That Boogie Nights is flawed because Burt is based too loosely off the director of Deep Throat (?)

[Pringle]

Tarantino's theater actually premiered a 35mm print of 'It Follows' a few years back

[polkablues]

I'll watch It Follows for one reason: to decipher Tarantino's particular brand of stupidity. 

Well is he wrong?

He is.

[polkablues]

Honestly, the most cogent point I pulled from QT's analysis is that he very badly wants to fuck Keir Gilchrist.

[ono]

It follows was a pretty shitty movie.  And yeah Paul Dano was bad in there Will be blood and no match for Daniel Day Lewis but I guess that was kind of the point.

[Alethia]

Say what you want about It Follows, but Under the Silver Lake is a masterpiece.

[Lots of Bees]

I wonder what his movie discussions with Tarantino are like, as he certainly doesn't share PTA's cautiousness (i.e., criticizing the logic of It Follows and responding to Drive by saying something like "nice try").

Tarantino talked shit about It Follows? I knew I didn't like that guy...

Right before that quote he said he actually liked it a lot, but it was so good at times that it pissed him off when it wasn't great. Pretty complementary of it in general.

[PaulElroy35]

I'll watch It Follows for one reason: to decipher Tarantino's particular brand of stupidity. 

Well is he wrong?

He is.

He still thought it was one of the coolest films of that year.

I guess your beef with him is strong I cant and wont try and change that.   

[wilberfan]

 

https://twitter.com/musicboxtheatre/status/1453587669787742208

[d]

Well, apart from the fact that they will have in in 70 mm, any theatre in thee world could post that. ;) But it's exciting to feel screenings are sooner than later and we can all forget about whether the actors look their characters age or not. 

[Yes]

LP is trending on Twitter because of the Letterboxd anticipated November films prompt