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Frank Longo
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30. "I don't see how he can be praised for this."
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So he wrote a movie that was far, far, far too long, and then trimmed it down to a time that was probably still too long. Should I give the guy a cookie? Would it kill him to bring a movie in at a 100 minute running time?

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Mr. Tarantino, please learn to edit. "Basterds" over 2 and a half hours. [View all] , Frank Longo, Wed Apr-29-09 09:11 AM
 
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kill bill could NOT have been one movie.
Apr 29th 2009
1
The two together, uncut, is 240 minutes.
Apr 29th 2009
2
And it'd still be better off as two movies.
Apr 29th 2009
3
Eh, I guess you're right. They both still had parts where they dragged.
Apr 29th 2009
4
i'm really not talking about the length.
Apr 29th 2009
7
      right
Apr 29th 2009
8
the story could've been one movie
May 13th 2009
60
LMAO!!!!
Apr 29th 2009
5
That's 2.5 hrs of snacks too.
Apr 29th 2009
6
death proof and planet terror should have been an hour each
Apr 29th 2009
9
^^^^^Clearly not a fan of Once Upon a Time in America
May 04th 2009
41
      RE: ^^^^^Clearly not a fan of Once Upon a Time in America
May 04th 2009
45
it will be the same movie we've seen before from him
Apr 29th 2009
10
QT is almost a victim of his own hype
Apr 29th 2009
12
      RE: QT is almost a victim of his own hype
Apr 29th 2009
13
           RE: QT is almost a victim of his own hype
Apr 29th 2009
18
I see it as getting more for your money
Apr 29th 2009
11
as opposed to getting more of a bad thing for your money?
Apr 29th 2009
14
I predict you're not gonna be thoroughly entertained for the
Apr 29th 2009
15
When I need a root canal, it's expensive. It doesn't mean I want MORE.
Apr 29th 2009
17
^ squeezes that last quarter out of the end credits
Apr 30th 2009
28
but he's gotta make a statement!
Apr 29th 2009
16
Blog entry about it:
Apr 29th 2009
19
I was always hoping it would by dialogue driven
Apr 29th 2009
20
not long enough if you ask me
Apr 29th 2009
21
O_A: Obvious Alias
Apr 29th 2009
22
^ mad.
Apr 30th 2009
29
lol wtf
Apr 30th 2009
26
Change your avy and your sig, Maddy Rich
Apr 30th 2009
34
lmao
May 04th 2009
49
Lets wait till we're in the cinema before deciding when we want .....
Apr 29th 2009
23
Oh I will. Believe me, I HOPE it'll be good, despite all my trash talk.
Apr 29th 2009
24
What are your thoughts on "the good shepherd"
Apr 30th 2009
33
160 minutes is like the double album
Apr 30th 2009
27
      who has pulled off the double album?certainly no one in the past 20years
May 04th 2009
44
           Forever, Life After Death
May 04th 2009
47
wasn't it written to be three films?
Apr 30th 2009
25
      he don't wanna cut any of that clever dialouge
Apr 30th 2009
31
      C'mon, Frank. This part is bullshit:
Apr 30th 2009
32
           Platoon Leader was 97 minutes
Apr 30th 2009
35
           Okay, fair point. But would a 2h15m run time kill him?
May 01st 2009
36
                What research is that?
May 04th 2009
43
I love Tarantino for his dialogue most of all...
May 04th 2009
37
saying you don;t like tarantino for his dialogue is like saying
May 04th 2009
38
His dialogue is a gimmick that wore off a decade ago
May 04th 2009
46
      Um.......?
May 04th 2009
48
even from a known filmophobe like The Doc...
May 04th 2009
39
correction: Death Proof could've been 15 minutes
May 04th 2009
40
he's said this since the inception of the project
May 04th 2009
42
if yall can sit through the snoozefest thats the LOTR films...
May 04th 2009
50
i know you had a short attention span when you were 6
May 10th 2009
54
      yeah
May 10th 2009
56
NYT on Tarantino, Basterds (long swipe)
May 10th 2009
51
BOMB!!!!
May 10th 2009
52
Doesn't all this QT hate go against your champions theory?
May 10th 2009
53
no, because that's sports, you dumb jackass.
May 10th 2009
55
      That's funny coming from the captain of the 'BERS! movement
May 11th 2009
57
basa, I'd say get your hate ready for this:
May 13th 2009
61
wow most of it is in French and German
May 13th 2009
59
      I kind of respect him for making the movie he wants to make
May 13th 2009
62
RE: Mr. Tarantino, please learn to edit. "Basterds" over 2 and a half ho...
May 13th 2009
58
I see I'm the only one who loved "DP" and both "Kill Bill" joints
May 14th 2009
63

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