Comments on: Quentin Tarantino Says ‘Selma’ “Deserved An Emmy,” Was Disappointed To Lose Oscar To ‘The Hurt Locker’

By: Selma Stinks

Selma Stinks — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

@LULU Yeah, because movies are real important! They\’re not like entertainment or anything.

By: Selma Smells The King's Speech's Farts

Selma Smells The King's Speech's Farts — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

@ Dee — You do realize that it’s possible to recognize that both Selma and The King’s Speech are POS. But Selma wasn’t a hack job — it was the best Duvarney could do. And it’s 100% garbage.

By: daniel

daniel — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

So when Tarantino says snarky things like The Playlist does on a daily basis, he\’s a \’jerk,\’ eh?

I KID! What he said, minus the Emmy comment, wasn\’t particularly snarky, just a little impolitely honest — and not inarguable.

By: SJ

SJ — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

Why is someone not allowed to voice their unpopular opinions without being labelled and mocked and vilified on the internet?

And yes as Daniel pointed out, on a scale of 1 to 10, The Playlist is 9 when it comes to snarikness, Taranitino might be 4.

By: TheLaughingMan

TheLaughingMan — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

I don\’t mind his opinions, but his hubris is taking its toll. Basterds, while having a few spectacular scenes (opening and Fassbender scenes, imo) was a rather disjointed screenplay and tonally a bit all over the place. I thought Django was even worse. The only good scenes were with Dicaprio. He spends the entire time creating this super alturistic chatracter that finally works out a way to set get Django his wife, then blows it all away because he doesn\’t want to apologize? Ridiculous.Pulp Fiction is still a masterpiece. And Reservoir Dogs is still fantastic, but Tarantino\’s writing has been hurting ever since her and Roger Avary parted ways.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

This is such a bullshit, clickbait take on that Times piece. Ellis and Tarantino were sitting out by the pool talking about Pauline Kael and film criticism. Then they veered into having actual critical opinions about contemporary movies, as two cinephiles are likely to do- just like this site and a hundred others like it do. Is this writer saying you need to have a press pass to be justified in giving a real, informed critique of movies? And as far as the comment on critics of black culture being unable to ignore him, it didn\’t read like that much of a boast to me. It was more like he\’s aware that he\’s the biggest mainstream director handing race in a direct way that\’s not just some pat-yourself-on-the-back-for-not -siding-with-the-overt-white-racists Oscar bait or a Tyler Perry movie. Tarantino can be insufferable with his self aggrandizing sometimes, but this was just a snippet of a normal conversation the guy had about what he\’d thought of some recent movies.

Also, the hour and a half or so of Selma I caught on HBO had some good performances, but looked like a well made, classy TV movie, and a lot of it was written with the kind of heavy handed edutainment dialogue you\’d expect from the same. I didn\’t see the whole thing so I won\’t say I can judge it all, but I get what Tarantino was saying in the context of the whole conversation he and Ellis were having. It was about the difference in TV and movies, and how Selma was more befitting the TV style, where budget issues force the focus to be on characters imparting information rather than more stylistic cinematic elements. Of course, this article is here to generate clickbait shares and faux outrage traffic by doing nothing but ripping quotes from another publication\’s work out of context.

And here I am feeding the beast.

By: DJ

DJ — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

I\’m on the fence with QT, and always have been, but his comments on Selma didn\’t diminish it one bit. Ava did a helluva job bringing that picture to the fore, but my impression is that Quentin is referring to the film\’s conventional technique/craft that relegates it to "TV" more than "cinema." Ironically, DuVernay would probably want to be judged on those merits more than say "race" or "female filmmaker."

By: Xian

Xian — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

“…he\’s starting to tread a fine line between commenting on the state of American cinema, and kind of being a jerk." Since when is that news? He thinks his own farts smell rich, vibrant and have long shelf-life.
Love his movies, but getting tired of both him and Nolan yapping about the state of cinema (especially film vs digital).

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

Classic IndieWire. You didn\’t like \’Selma\’? You must be a racist. \’Selma\’ is stuffy, voiceless Oscar bait. Granted, it deserves to sit alongside \’Theory of Everything\’ and \’Imitation Game\’ in the artless Oscar movies category, but it\’s not some masterpiece.

By: Selma Selma boh Belma

Selma Selma boh Belma — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

Selma stunk, and everyone knows it.

By: lulu

lulu — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

We\’re coming to an age where our young turks are turning into pompous, wining, arrogant old men. Too much time spent having hot air blown up you, ends with nothing less than an old man full of hot air. Of course he has to strongly defend his use of black culture, without it his films are barely there. So far he\’s seemed socially conscious enough to pass, but dissing on any of the very few actual black film makers currently working, makes me worry for him. The guy\’s a soundbite away from being Cinema\’s Miley Cyrus.

By: Hans Meier

Hans Meier — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

Taking small snippets out of a lengthy conversation and omitting any excerpts that might make Tarantino appear less arrogant is just cheap tabloid-ism in order to provoke a strong reaction from readers. I suggest to everyone to actually read the whole interview: I\’m sure after doing that the readers will have a more balanced view on QT than they have after reading the "article" above.

By: Joao

Joao — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

There isn\’t enough space in this world for his ego.

By: lulu

lulu — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

@SELMA SELMA BOH BELMA go play with some toys and let the grown ups talk.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

Tarantino, even in his worst moments ("I\’m shutting your butt down!") isn\’t being outright rude. He is just a passionate dude when it comes to cinema. Frankly, I enjoy an honest opinion about a film rather than some bullshit PR piece. I understand in the industry you don\’t want to burn any bridges, but I wouldn\’t want to work with anyone sensitive enough to be offended at slight criticism.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

Of course Tarantino is a jerk according to IW! He didn\’t like Selma and thought it\’s nothing but a well-made TV movie.

By: spooie

spooie — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

"The Kathryn Bigelow thing — I got it. Look, it was exciting that a woman had made such a good war film, and it was the first movie about the Iraq War that said something."

Uhhh… this is from the same guy that was bawling tears of JOY for Fahrenheit 9/11 receiving the Palme d\’Or at Cannes… right?

By: Smith

Smith — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

Ever think he slipped up when he said "Selma deserved an Emmy" and he wasn\’t be an ass?

By: Dee

Dee — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

For those labeling Selma as a conventional hack job, you clearly haven\’t seen The King\’s Speech, among other extraordinarily dull Oscar fare.

By: Selma Smells The King\'s Speech\'s Farts

Selma Smells The King\'s Speech\'s Farts — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

@ Dee — You do realize that it\’s possible to recognize that both Selma and The King\’s Speech are POS. But Selma wasn\’t a hack job — it was the best Duvarney could do. And it\’s 100% garbage.

By: lulu

lulu — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

@SPOOIE, yep so patronizing, especially as Hurt Locker managed to be both exhilarating and something that felt like real life. Tarantino can\’t do real life, he touched it briefly with Jackie Brown, which was great, but his thing is elevated trash and a kind of punk subversion, which is okay by me, but the feeling I get is that Tarantino himself feels deeply insecure and inferior for that lack, hence all the bitching. Speaking of lack @SELMA STINKS LOL, you lack basic skills of expression yet somehow we\’re expected to accept your critique of adult, intelligent material?

By: harishankar

harishankar — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

Writes Playlist.

By: @Dee

@Dee — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

Selma was definitely better than the atrocious King\’s Speech, but that\’s just a back-handed compliment. Not a high bar at all. And Selma WAS nominated for an Oscar, so it fit its role as a boring Oscar-bait movie perfectly.

By: Selma Smelt it AND Dealt It

Selma Smelt it AND Dealt It — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

I\’m sorry that you were confused by my missive. Let me break it down into smaller pieces so as to be more easily digestible by you.

By: SELMA SMELT IT AND DEALT IT

SELMA SMELT IT AND DEALT IT — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:47:42 +0000

1. Selma smells the King\’s Speeches f*rts. This means that Selma, the film, inhales the noxious effluvium of The King\’s Speech.