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who has the time to read all that? one glance and im put off
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LMAO! I read the first one and knew it was going to be one of these types of topics.
I do also worry that QT’s name itself brings high expectations with it. Ok, not so much with the “QT Presents” stuff, because some of those are kind of whack. But when he makes a film, the general public knows it by “the new Tarantino movie” more than they know it by the title.
My Aunt and Uncle are big QT fans. They have all his DVD’s and some merchandise, but they didn’t know what Inglourious Basterds was. Bear in mind that they don’t scour the web everyday looking for news on the man and his work like some of us do, and they don’t hang out with people like us because they’re all social and cool. But when I told them about it, I said, “It’s the new film Quentin’s making right now”. THEN they got excited. “Oh! Tarantino’s making another movie?! Great! Can’t wait”, was my Aunt’s reply.
So yeah, I do sometimes think that he may have shot himself in the foot by becoming so hot so fast. Not that he could help it, and not that I would want him to. I just don’t want to read bad reviews of IB. I don’t want to read critics calling him a hack, or saying that he’s lost his edge. I want this film to blow everyone away, and having read the script, I have no doubt it will.
So yeah, I agree with you, people DO expect more from him. IB can turn out to be exceptionally good, best film of 2009, but if people don’t like it the way they did PF, then they may not hold it in as high regard.