TRUE ROMANCE (1993) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | Reaction & Commentary | TARANTINO CHARACTERS!!!!

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  • This week it's TRUE ROMANCE, the movie I didn't know I needed in my life!!! Check out my reaction to this Tarantino/Scott collab and then sound off below where you were when you first caught TRUE ROMANCE!!!
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  • @phunkjnky
    @phunkjnky 5 месяцев назад +115

    This is low-key one of the best ensemble casts ever assembled. If you didn't know Val Kilmer and Gary Oldman were in this, would you recognize them?

    • @botz77
      @botz77 5 месяцев назад +15

      And Brad Pitt as the guy on the couch.

    • @pablosonic892
      @pablosonic892 5 месяцев назад +7

      Floyd is The Goat!

    • @delfordchaffin5617
      @delfordchaffin5617 5 месяцев назад +16

      ​@@pablosonic892"Don't condescend me, man." 😂

    • @markmcgee2417
      @markmcgee2417 5 месяцев назад +13

      And at the time of release James Gandolfini was an unknown so the cast just got more packed after the Sopranos.

    • @gaz-l621
      @gaz-l621 5 месяцев назад +9

      Even the smaller roles, like Sam Jackson, Gandolfini and Saul Rubinek are all fantastic.

  • @middleschoolgravy
    @middleschoolgravy 5 месяцев назад +67

    I’m that guy who claims this as their favorite “Tarantino film”. I adore the Hans Zimmer score. The main theme has been used in several trailers for various rom-coms in the years since.

    • @NeilLewis77
      @NeilLewis77 5 месяцев назад +7

      The score and the whole movie of true romance is partly a homage to Terennce Mallicks "Badlands".
      it uses the exact same song. and has Sissy Spacek's southern drawl narrate over the top of it in the exact same way as Patricia Arquette does here.
      Instead of Christian Slater its a young Martin Sheen starring in an iconic movie.
      whenever true romance comes up no one seems to get the huge "badlands" reference running through out the entire movie.

    • @jasonturner2206
      @jasonturner2206 5 месяцев назад +5

      Absolutely agree, best Tarantino movie..

    • @patron40silver
      @patron40silver 5 месяцев назад +2

      I thought I was that guy🤔.

    • @euchongo4240
      @euchongo4240 5 месяцев назад +2

      Me too

    • @LiquidAwesomePersonified
      @LiquidAwesomePersonified 4 месяца назад +2

      I'd say it's top5 but at the same time, I'm the dude who's like "Hateful 8 is a solid film, but the best thing about it is the landscape shots - that shit was gorgeous."
      lol

  • @gaz-l621
    @gaz-l621 5 месяцев назад +19

    The moment in the fight scene in the motel room where Alabama hits James Gandolfini with the toilet cistern lid and it DOESN'T break like movies train you to expect is so brutal.

  • @christophercrane9540
    @christophercrane9540 5 месяцев назад +30

    My friends and I watched this movie fifty times over during college. A true 90s classic.

  • @hulkslayer626
    @hulkslayer626 5 месяцев назад +14

    "You must've thought this was White-Boy day" Gary Oldman is damn chameleon!!! Lol

  • @renecasillas1308
    @renecasillas1308 5 месяцев назад +43

    This is a great movie. Quinton Tarantino wrote this movie and "Natural Born Killers" to get the money for his Directorial debut

    • @eatsmylifeYT
      @eatsmylifeYT 5 месяцев назад +2

      Quentin

    • @3DJapan
      @3DJapan 5 месяцев назад +1

      That's 2 good things he did, then he started directing .

    • @jack_rabbit
      @jack_rabbit 5 месяцев назад +4

      Well rumor is that these were both part of one script initially. If you think about it, mickey and mallory do strike a resemblance w these two.

    • @vincecommando7575
      @vincecommando7575 4 месяца назад

      Quentin Tarantino has said that he liked the way True Romance was directed more than Natural Born Killers.

    • @jp3813
      @jp3813 3 месяца назад +1

      @@3DJapan Looks like nobody took you seriously since Quentin's first two films were Reservoir Dogs & Pulp Fiction.

  • @44excalibur
    @44excalibur 5 месяцев назад +22

    True Romance was Quentin Tarantino's first script. It was written from a combination of a short film he'd directed in 1986 called 'My Best Friend's Birthday,' and an early script by his friend, Roger Avary, called 'The Open Road.' Tarantino's inspiration for the story was the 1973 film Badlands, starring Sissy Spacek and Martin Sheen. Tarantino ended up having to sell True Romance to Warner Bros. after losing interest in directing the film himself, so that he could finance his directorial debut, 1992's Reservoir Dogs.

    • @jimiewilliams7623
      @jimiewilliams7623 4 месяца назад +1

      Tarantino wrote From Dusk Til Dawn and sold it to Robert Kurtzman, before he wrote True Romance and Natural Born Killers. His first finished screenplay was Captain Peachfuzz and the Anchovy Bandit. After Tarantino made a big splash with Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Kurtzman asked him to direct From Dusk Til Dawn. Tarantino said he'd rather act in it, because when he told Robert Rodriguez about the script, during the festival tour of 1992, Rodriguez said that he would love to direct it. Funny how things work out.

    • @44excalibur
      @44excalibur 4 месяца назад +1

      @@jimiewilliams7623 Well, I hate to be too critical of Tarantino, but I always saw From Dusk 'Till Dawn as a ripoff of the 1986 film Vamp, with Grace Jones, which had a nearly identical plot.

    • @jimiewilliams7623
      @jimiewilliams7623 4 месяца назад +2

      I love Grace in Vamp, but criticizing Tarantino for stealing from other movies, is like criticizing blues musicians for lifting each other's riffs. We're talking about his first screenplays, not about how original they are. Now, if we're talking about originality, there's nothing original about Tarantino, he's just a crafty director, who can write a compelling script. Hell, not even Cassavetes was original. Cassavetes only created the American version of the French New Wave. it still does not diminish his brilliance. When you're a true cinephile, like Tarantino, you realize that it has been said before.@@44excalibur

    • @44excalibur
      @44excalibur 4 месяца назад +1

      @@jimiewilliams7623 Well, it's just my opinion, but I feel that From Dusk 'Till Dawn and Death Proof were Tarantino's two weakest scripts.

  • @jrob2473
    @jrob2473 5 месяцев назад +36

    I swear, this movie has three of my most favorite scenes of all time. The Clarence (edited-spellcheck error)/Drexel scene, the Sicilian scene, and the Alabama/Virgil fight.

    • @vincecommando7575
      @vincecommando7575 4 месяца назад

      The Sicilian scene is my personal favorite. The Alabama vs. Virgil scene is one of those well choreographed and no holds barred fights ever shot on film. Clarence vs. Drexl was heavily flawed in my opinion. Also their names are not Clearance or Drexel.

    • @jrob2473
      @jrob2473 4 месяца назад

      @@vincecommando7575 Well, spell check got me on "Clearance" and Drexel/Drexl, whatever. Nitpick much?

  • @phatpolofish
    @phatpolofish 5 месяцев назад +36

    It always surprises me that this film gets so little attention. Glad you found this gem, it's a crazy ride with an insanely good cast. Thanks for the awesome uploads.

  • @maxducoudray
    @maxducoudray 5 месяцев назад +38

    There is a Tarantino commentary track on the DVD where he reveals that the original script had very Tarantino out-of-order sequencing, but Tony Scott changed it to be more traditional.
    Originally, the middle section was first and when we meet Dennis Hopper, the audience doesn’t know the context for what’s happening: we’re behind the characters. Then the beginning of the film was next, when we are in step with the main characters. Then in the final act, we are ahead of them and see the conflict coming before they do.
    Tarantino liked the final movie and thought the only flaw was that Walken and Hopper were so good that they overshadowed act three with their performances.

    • @LordVolkov
      @LordVolkov 5 месяцев назад +9

      I think Tony's decision to straighten out the narrative really helps True Romance.

    • @tempsitch5632
      @tempsitch5632 5 месяцев назад +5

      Thank goodness for Scott and Co.

    • @BishopWalters12
      @BishopWalters12 4 месяца назад +2

      Scott was right here and he also changed the ending. QT had Clarence dying in the car.

    • @gabrielegagliardi3956
      @gabrielegagliardi3956 4 месяца назад +2

      I don't know if the original timelapse was better or worse, both pulp fiction and reservoir dogs have a non linear timeline and it worked perfectly, i don't see any reasons why True Romance would have suffered from the original script.

    • @maxducoudray
      @maxducoudray 4 месяца назад +1

      Better or worse, I just thought it was interesting to know how Tarantino would’ve done it.

  • @thegeekyouseek8229
    @thegeekyouseek8229 5 месяцев назад +17

    One of my all time favorite films. Everybody in it was great. Dennis Hoppers monologue and scene with Christopher Walken is one of the best ever. He know he had to infuriate him so he’d kill him right away and avoid a drawn out torture. Brilliant move.

  • @citizenbobx
    @citizenbobx 5 месяцев назад +10

    RIP:
    Tony Scott
    James Gandolfini
    Dennis Hopper
    Tom Sizemore
    Chris Penn
    Conchata Ferrell

    • @rexmundi2986
      @rexmundi2986 5 месяцев назад +1

      Oh damn! I knew about all of those, except Conchata Ferrell. Great character actor, she was.

    • @Cybertron-cs7sk
      @Cybertron-cs7sk 4 месяца назад

      We lost all the greats!

  • @Hortonfantastic4
    @Hortonfantastic4 5 месяцев назад +18

    My heart was so smitten by Christian Slater during this time. All due to Pump Up The Volume which I would love for you to watch

    • @chroniclesofbennerman1164
      @chroniclesofbennerman1164 5 месяцев назад

      Gleaming the Cube

    • @mcgilj1
      @mcgilj1 5 месяцев назад +6

      The Name of the Rose with Sean Connery .. And of course Heathers.. Slater was in fire in the 90s.

    • @themoviedealers
      @themoviedealers 4 месяца назад

      The whole idea of Pump Up The Volume was obliterated by the Internet.

    • @Hortonfantastic4
      @Hortonfantastic4 4 месяца назад +1

      @@themoviedealers yeah but as a slice of life in history movie it’s pretty good. Plus the soundtrack was banging

  • @stephenmcdonald8474
    @stephenmcdonald8474 5 месяцев назад +9

    This is the "Alabama" briefly mentioned by Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs.

  • @RussellCHall
    @RussellCHall 4 месяца назад +3

    A great early Gary Oldman character is his Irish American mobster character in "State Of Grace" . That movie also has a similarly stacked cast: Sean Penn, Robin Wright, Ed Harris, Oldman & best of all John C Reilly before he became a comic actor and still did dramas. I had no idea who Oldman was at the time and was shocked to findout that he was English when i saw him next.

    • @Madbandit77
      @Madbandit77 4 месяца назад +1

      Reilly was actually in the remake of the Humphrey Bogart comedy, "We're No Angels", with Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn and Demi Moore.

  • @christopherschreiber5805
    @christopherschreiber5805 5 месяцев назад +11

    Gary Oldman is a beast. The first time I watched this I saw his name in the opening credits and promptly forgot all about it, which really isn't surprising with a cast like this. At some point in the film, long after Drexl died, I was like where the hell is Gary Oldman? And I'm not the only person I know who's had this experience.

    • @rexmundi2986
      @rexmundi2986 5 месяцев назад

      I literally just wrote a comment to the same effect! I was aware he was in the film going in, and still didn't catch it! The guys a chameleon!

    • @SeenGod
      @SeenGod 5 месяцев назад +1

      if you can find it, there’s a great video where he does an interview still in costume and makeup as Drexl, but speaking in his normal voice, but there’s still a little bit of Drexl going on, the guy is an amazing actor

    • @BishopWalters12
      @BishopWalters12 4 месяца назад

      Gary Oldman is a living legend; the guy can be in a movie for 10 minutes and he's one of the highlights.

  • @EC-dz3fb
    @EC-dz3fb 5 месяцев назад +10

    I 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 this film! Glad you do, too! "You're so cool!" ♡

  • @Isojoki
    @Isojoki 5 месяцев назад +5

    One of the most underrated films of all-time!

  • @vwlssnvwls3262
    @vwlssnvwls3262 5 месяцев назад +6

    I have always been a huge Christian Slater fan, and this movie is one of my very favorites with him. The scene when Clarence meets Drexl is absolutely amazing, and Gary Oldman is at his finest in it. I just cannot get enough of this movie and just about every scene in it.

  • @kelsosemail
    @kelsosemail 5 месяцев назад +9

    Long ago I read Tarantino's orig8nal script. Tony Scott was ONE MILLION PERCENT right to put the pieces back together in order. In the case of TR, the non-linear style TOOK AWAY from the story. Great call!
    Also a great call to keep Clarence alive. And I love that his reasoning for wanting to change the ending was... he loved them too much.
    QT is my favorite writer/director.
    Tony Scott is my favorite director!
    His catalog is a loooong series of HIGHLY rewatchables!

    • @johnfriday5169
      @johnfriday5169 5 месяцев назад +2

      Domino is a Tony Scott movie I'd like to see get more attention.

    • @BishopWalters12
      @BishopWalters12 4 месяца назад +1

      I'm a big QT fan but Tony was right here and keeping Clarence alive was the perfect ending.

  • @ExUSSailor
    @ExUSSailor 5 месяцев назад +7

    I LOVE this movie! The scene between Dennis Hopper, and, Christopher Walken... *chef's kiss* And, Val Kilmer as Elvis was BRILLIANT!

    • @350125GOW
      @350125GOW 5 месяцев назад

      "They did so much fcking"

  • @thomashiggins9320
    @thomashiggins9320 5 месяцев назад +5

    I watched this in the cinema when it first came out.
    Nobody had ever seen anything by Tarantino -- he was almost entirely unknown, which is why they wouldn't let him direct.
    The scene when Alabama said what Clarence did to Drexel, "...is so romantic," my brain melted a little bit and I couldn't stop smiling.
    It just came out of nowhere and I realized I had *no idea* what was gonna happen in this movie.
    It's one of my favorites.

    • @runawaytrain9794
      @runawaytrain9794 2 месяца назад +1

      And the cinema was almost empty, I'm sure. We saw it at the cinema too and almost NOBODY was there. It was a box office failure, but grew in popularity over the years, thank goodness. It's a classic IMO.

  • @Shichiaikan
    @Shichiaikan 5 месяцев назад +5

    The 'Sicilian' scene is regarded in many circles as one of the best pieces of person to person dialogue cinema ever made.

  • @chrisleebowers
    @chrisleebowers 5 месяцев назад +16

    8:20 "These two are feeling a bit Bonnie and Clyde" This movie does owe a lot to that first iconic post-Hays Code real-life crime-spree-couple movie, but the one this one references more directly is Terence Malick's "Badlands" (1973) with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek, about the Starkweather homicides. The happy steel-drum tune Hans Zimmer uses in the score is a re-arrangement of Carl Orff's arrangement of "Gassenhauer" which was used extensively in the soundtrack to Badlands. (Orrf's arrangement itself was a rearrangement of "Gassenhauer nach" by Hans Neusiedler, composed in 1536)

    • @samuelchallis3420
      @samuelchallis3420 5 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you. I’ve been trying for like 20 years to figure out what movie TR references

    • @joehoy9242
      @joehoy9242 4 месяца назад +1

      I always felt there was a twist of "Something Wild" in there as well, but that may be coincidental.

    • @chrisleebowers
      @chrisleebowers 4 месяца назад

      @@joehoy9242 Quentin's inspirations tend to be older, but it's certainly possible.

    • @ecbenson98
      @ecbenson98 4 месяца назад

      It could easily have helped inspire Alabama's character @@joehoy9242

  • @stevenwertschnig329
    @stevenwertschnig329 5 месяцев назад +5

    So happy you did this movie. Top 5 my favorite. If this was recommended by your followers you got a great fan base 🤠

  • @absher2241
    @absher2241 5 месяцев назад +5

    Easily one of my favorite films of the 90’s. I think I was 20 when this came out and I was obsessed. You should definitely watch Natural Born Killers. Thanks for this!

    • @cdlehner511
      @cdlehner511 5 месяцев назад +1

      I like NBK very much; but be forewarned. Oliver Stone’s direction is “different”. A lot of people didn’t get the satire and comedy; I think they took it too literally, and glamorized the violence…when the idea was to satirize the violence (and/ot ITS glamorization). Tarantino has famously, disavowed the movie; but I still think it’s worth a watch.

  • @Yggdrasil42
    @Yggdrasil42 5 месяцев назад +3

    This was my favorite movie in college. The happy soundtrack with the ultraviolence and amazing cast was such a hit to me. I played the VHS till it broke.

  • @kennethwilliams7731
    @kennethwilliams7731 4 месяца назад +1

    I believe I read somewhere that the reason Tarintino didn't direct this script was because it was very early in his career and he sold the script to the studio. He later enjoyed enough success to be able to direct and write his own films. I really like this film! The brutality is raw and the dialog is memorable. Great reaction!

  • @fatboy5926
    @fatboy5926 5 месяцев назад +3

    Best scene ever - Christopher Walken & Dennis Hopper… doesn’t get any better

  • @jabecker21
    @jabecker21 5 месяцев назад +1

    One of my all time favorite movies. Definitely my favorite Tarantino film. Turned my dad onto this a long time ago, we watched it so many times together over the years. About five years ago he and my mom went to some friends house for dinner and my dad brought it along for them all to watch. They were all in their mid-70s at the time. I don’t think it went over well. I know my mom was pissed.

    • @theaikidoka
      @theaikidoka 4 месяца назад +1

      Love the enthusiasm, but not the room-reading skills lol

  • @user-jm7jp3nq8c
    @user-jm7jp3nq8c 4 месяца назад +1

    Great job, as ever, Shanelle. One of my fave movies: Great script, casting, direction, soundtrack. Yes, Oldman isn't easy to spot, such a versatile actor. I could go on & on & on. There MUST BE a story as to how Tarrantino resisted the temptation to direct. Keep 'em coming Shanelle. 10/10. ; )

  • @van8ryan
    @van8ryan 5 месяцев назад +2

    Personally, of only three directors that have directed a Tarantino script (Oliver Stone with NATURAL BORN KILLRS and Robert Rodriguez's FROM DUSK TIL DAWN), Tony Scott's film feels the most like a Tarantino film; so much of his style works so well with Tarantino's words and characters.
    Yep, Clarence originally died from the gunshot during the shootout and the film originally ended with Alabama's dialogue (minus the son being named Elvis) before shooting herself in the Cadilliac.

  • @jamesodonnell3636
    @jamesodonnell3636 5 месяцев назад +1

    As a huge QT fan, I saved my first-time viewing of this film for several years, and I was SO glad that I did. A couple of years ago, when I felt I needed to watch something extra-special for a spiritual rejuve, I ran a bath, set up my screen, and had one of the best movie experiences ever, ever, ever. The entire cast is phenomenal, but honestly, I think Gary Oldman is in the running for best actor of his generation. Like you, I'm in awe of how much he disappears into the various characters he plays -- and the characters he plays are SO diverse. Great reaction!

  • @gammaanteria
    @gammaanteria 5 месяцев назад +3

    I’ll never forget the pleasure of going to see “Darkest Hour” (Gary Oldman’s Oscar-winning turn as Winston Churchill) in the movie theater with my mom and her partner, and then, immediately upon returning home, showing them the scene of Clarence vs. Drexl in “True Romance”…watching their jaws just drop to the floor in amazement, priceless! 🤣

    • @rexmundi2986
      @rexmundi2986 5 месяцев назад +1

      From Churchill to Dracula, to Sid vicious, to a southern conservative senator, to a Detroit pimp, Gary Oldman is the consummate actor.

  • @darkhorse1280
    @darkhorse1280 5 месяцев назад +7

    In the trivia section, you brought up Roger Avary. I highly recommend checking out 'The Rules of Attraction' (2002), a film directed by Avary. It can be seen as an unofficial sequel to American Psycho, and features James Van Der Beek as Patrick Bateman's younger brother in college. Every aspect of the movie, including the performances, direction, storytelling and soundtrack, deserves more recognition than it has received. I can assure you that watching this film will spark numerous ideas for your screenplays and projects.
    Hope you add it to the list!

  • @deBebbler
    @deBebbler 5 месяцев назад +1

    I saw this the year it was released, and for years it was my favorite ensemble cast ever.

    • @deBebbler
      @deBebbler 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@chrisjfox8715 I finally watched A Bridge Too Far ten years later.

  • @RetroClassic66
    @RetroClassic66 4 месяца назад +1

    16:31 This monologue by Dennis Hopper is a case of art imitating life. It was literally told to a young Quentin Tarantino almost verbatim by his mother’s Black boyfriend in the early 1970s, and he never forgot it. He says that if you do the historical research, you’ll find that it’s actually a true story.

  • @Xonslaught1
    @Xonslaught1 5 месяцев назад +1

    RIP Chris Penn, and Tom Sizemore. Funny you mentioned the roller coaster scene, because that is why Kevin Smith added the hockey fight in Chasing Amy.

  • @nathanweiss5174
    @nathanweiss5174 5 месяцев назад +2

    Natural Born Killers is a good social commentary story wrapped in a Tarantino screenplay... not as strong a film but worth the watch sometime along the way.

  • @MrSnrubIsRight
    @MrSnrubIsRight 3 месяца назад

    "Tarantino's 10th-Hour Bloodbath" - LOVE IT!

  • @TedBrogan
    @TedBrogan 4 месяца назад

    The "Youre So Cool" part at the end, with music and voice over makes me think the director of Spring Breakers saw this, loved it, and decided to make his entire movie in the same vibe.

  • @44excalibur
    @44excalibur 5 месяцев назад +1

    True Romance originally began as a script by Tarantino's co-worker and collaborator Roger Avary, who worked with Tarantino at Video Archives. Inspired by Martin Scorsese's After Hours, the story revolved around a business man who decides to leave his world for the open road. He ends up picking up a wild hitchhiker and they get into various adventures. Avary struggled to finish the story and at some point Tarantino started to work on it and make changes.
    The script was named 'The Open Road' and Tarantino ended up changing the business man and hitchhiker into a comic book store worker and a call girl named Clarence and Alabama, inspired by characters from his short film, 'My Best Friend's Birthday.' Clarence begins to write a movie script while the two of them are on the road about a psychotic fantasy version of him and Alabama. The couple are serial killers named Mickey and Mallory. Eventually the story and plot from Clarence's script start to bleed into his and Alabama's life, blurring the lines of fantasy and reality. Tarantino would ultimately remove the Mickey and Mallory sequences from True Romance, which later became the basis for the 1994 Oliver Stone movie, Natural Born Killers.

  • @SageNemesis
    @SageNemesis 5 месяцев назад +2

    This was the first rated R movie I saw without my parents lol. And it was at a drive-in which was awesome. I love this move, one of my favorites.

  • @Scallycowell
    @Scallycowell 3 месяца назад

    I love how Zimmer’s playful score for the couple depicts their sweet innocence all while everything around them is rotten and violent, scored rather aggressively in contrast. Favorite Zimmer score/Micheal Douglas film is Black Rain. Brilliant synth work.

  • @LordVolkov
    @LordVolkov 5 месяцев назад +3

    I became a real fan of Tony's work posthumously (RIP). I'd seen most of his movies before then, but only in my 30s did I come to appreciate his use of visual tone/color across his work.
    True Romance follows hot on the heels of his 'warm orange' period (Top Gun - Days of Thunder) and he uses a contrast of warm and cold tones to separate Detroit from California here. I love rewatching his movies with an artist's eye.

    • @chrisleebowers
      @chrisleebowers 5 месяцев назад +2

      He pioneered a lot of shaky-cam/fast edit techniques that many later directors copied with far less success. You can tell guys like Michael Bay are trying so hard to emulate him but just don't have the same level of skill and control.

  • @vwlssnvwls3262
    @vwlssnvwls3262 5 месяцев назад +2

    When I saw this in the theater, Tarrintino was not really known yet. So I went in knowing, and expecting nothing, but only interested in seeing Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette.

  • @tamarleigh
    @tamarleigh 5 месяцев назад +1

    31:50 Yes!!! The other one who does this so amazingly is Christopher Guest. Get THIS: Even Rob Reiner went through it with Guest-who’s also his good friend!! At the cast party for The Princess Bride, Reiner (the director) came up to Guest like, “Chris!! What a nice surprise! Thanks for coming out to support the film!” Guest had so thoroughly become Count Rugen that Reiner-who had just recently also directed Guest in Spinal Tap-had forgotten Chris Guest was even in the movie. 😆🏆

  • @stevesosa265
    @stevesosa265 5 месяцев назад

    I don’t know why I watch this movie so much but I love it. That scene with Walken and Hopper is chef’s kiss.

  • @domainmojo2162
    @domainmojo2162 3 месяца назад

    One of the great scenes in movie history! The Christopher Walken/Dennis Hopper scene. Walken is soooo briliantly sadistic and Hopper so chill despite knowing his going to d soon- and it was all acted beautifully.
    I still remember it today. When I think of this movie, that scene comes to mind.
    Masterclass!

  • @rexmundi2986
    @rexmundi2986 5 месяцев назад +1

    Easily my Fave "Tarantino film"! Tony scott did good changing the ending, Clarence and Alabama are to adorable to not get away. Aside from the ending,and change to chronological structure, this is pretty much the dialogue Tarantino wrote (a few trims here and there, but its all his dialogue)
    I watched this back in the day when it came out, and was excited to see Gary Oldman's name in the credits. Afterwards, I said to my gf at the time "I thought Gary Oldman was in this?," And my jaw dropped when she said "He was the pimp"
    Absolute masterpiece! Ireally love how the Sicilian speeach has layers, cuz its not somebody being racist, its somebody trying to piss off the gangster, so that he kills him quickly, so that he doesn't have to give up his son. It didn't matter ultimately, but it was a noble way to go out.
    I love this movie so much, so many great performances, Patricia Arquette in particular, she looked like a primal cavewoman when she kills James Gandolfini. And his performance here is actually what got him the sopranos gig. Also, Brad Pitt as a stoner was awesome! I suspect he may have tackled the role with a "method" approach! 😆

  • @ruairiwhite6303
    @ruairiwhite6303 4 месяца назад

    Saw it when first released. Was then and still now my favourite movie. Always will be. Thanks Shanelle for doing this one!!!

  • @christophermitchell6307
    @christophermitchell6307 5 месяцев назад +1

    As well as Saul Rubenik who was in this and another recent reviewed film which was unforgiven as W.W Beauchamp, the girl in the bar with Christian slater at the beginning of this was also in unforgiven as the girl with the cuts on her face.

  • @LazloHo
    @LazloHo 5 месяцев назад +1

    I saw it back in the 90s, hadn't seen it again in a while. Thinking back, to when this was new - Tarantino was a real shot in the arm for Hollywood. Not to say we haven't always had good movies, but his were fresh in a way that was really invigorating. His style is also distinct, no matter which of his movies you see first or when, but it's easy to overlook the context in which he was introduced. He's influenced so many things since he came on the scene that you might not appreciate how different he was when he was new.
    Needless to say, me and all my teenage friends loved this movie. It was an instant favorite, quoted for weeks or months after we saw it.

  • @anacrobat89
    @anacrobat89 5 месяцев назад

    Great reaction to this classic film that a lot of people have never seen. I like that you read the trivia at the end, that was a fun touch! When I was 22, this was mine and my friends favorite movie ever.

  • @chappie_nottherobot
    @chappie_nottherobot 4 месяца назад

    "You must have thought it was 'White Boy Day'" is still one of the funniest thing ever iterated it a film, and the fact that Tony Scott said that Oldman told him Drexel was inspired by Gary’s drug dealer(which Gary denied) makes this performance even funnier.

  • @graciefolden2359
    @graciefolden2359 4 месяца назад +1

    Bronson Pinchot is best known as Balki in 8 seasons of TV's "Perfect Strangers" but I loved him as Serge in Beverly Hills Cop.

  • @adamwhite767
    @adamwhite767 5 месяцев назад

    I love this movie, I'm so glad you reacted to it. The scene between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper is one of my favorite dialogues (not the actual verbage) of all time, the tension and delivery between two powerhouses of acting is amazing.

  • @RetroClassic66
    @RetroClassic66 4 месяца назад

    4:56 This movie theater is in Hollywood and was built in 1923. It just recently reopened after a long refurbishment by its new owner: Quentin Tarantino. This is the second movie theater in Los Angeles that he owns (the other is the New Beverly Cinema, which regularly programs not just his movies but occasionally shows his personal 35mm film prints)!

  • @stevenhayes859
    @stevenhayes859 4 месяца назад

    This is such a good movie! Slater was so cool in this role. The Walken and Hopper scene is a master class in acting.

  • @Beardofdeath
    @Beardofdeath 5 месяцев назад

    Haven't even started and I'm giddy. I love this movie and try to get even casual Tarantino fans to watch.

  • @danielbullock1019
    @danielbullock1019 5 месяцев назад

    The fact that you didn't even recognize Gary Oldman in this role is a testament to his awesome acting abilities.
    Great movie!
    Star studded cast.
    Hans Zimmer score.
    Thanks!

  • @soccerprog226
    @soccerprog226 4 месяца назад

    Gary Oldman is the highlight of the entire movie for me. When I first watched this movie, I hadn't even heard of Gary Oldman. I couldn't believe my eyes and ears when I went back and watched this years later.

  • @coreyhendricks9490
    @coreyhendricks9490 5 месяцев назад

    Cool reaction as always Shanelle, you take care sweetie 🥰❤️

  • @aquablushgirl
    @aquablushgirl 4 месяца назад +1

    This is one of my top five films of all time. I absolutely love it. Patricia Arquette is so memorable and amazing as Alabama

  • @Echo4Bravo
    @Echo4Bravo 4 месяца назад +1

    James Gandolfini's smirk. 🤣 I definitely miss him.

  • @PerfectHandProductions
    @PerfectHandProductions 5 месяцев назад

    I love that "You're So Cool" theme.

  • @Hi-SickBoiFan
    @Hi-SickBoiFan 5 месяцев назад +1

    Yes!! Been hoping you would react to this,suggested it a while ago,will be my 1st watch when home from work 😁Love this movie and the casting is perfect

  • @feelingpaulie3943
    @feelingpaulie3943 4 месяца назад

    I love True Romance. Saw it at the cinema and have it in my collection.........completely underrated, and often overlooked. Great reaction as always......xxooxx

  • @brentharker7868
    @brentharker7868 4 месяца назад

    Dennis Hopper giving the Sicilian's a genealogy lesson is my favorite movie scene of all time. If you are going to die why not go in a blaze of glory!

  • @dIggl3r
    @dIggl3r 5 месяцев назад +1

    This movie has everything!

  • @evanreid6917
    @evanreid6917 5 месяцев назад

    For years this was the only movie of Terentinos I hadn't seen, then a friend recommended the movie let me Barrow it and it's become one of my favorites.
    I only saw it about 4 or 5 years ago too.
    Such a good flick.

  • @poetwp975
    @poetwp975 5 месяцев назад

    This is one of my favorite movies. It’s a great one for rewatching from time to time. Also I really like that you do a trivia bit at the end of your videos it’s always very interesting. I wish more reactors would do that.

  • @DigitalGus75
    @DigitalGus75 5 месяцев назад +1

    ABOUT TIME!

  • @jmwild1
    @jmwild1 5 месяцев назад +1

    RIP Tony Scott, Dennis Hopper, James Gandolfini, Tom Sizemore, and Chris Penn.

    • @rexmundi2986
      @rexmundi2986 5 месяцев назад

      And, apparently, Conchata Ferrell, I just learned.

  • @1ofLouisBoys
    @1ofLouisBoys 5 месяцев назад +5

    I love the fact that Brad Pitt is doing his impersonation of his roommate, Jeremy Renner, when he is playing Floyd. You can also see Renner pretty much playing himself in National Lampoon's Senior Trip.

  • @mervinmerencio6861
    @mervinmerencio6861 5 месяцев назад +1

    This one and untamed heart with Slater and Marisa Tomei are two of my favorites

  • @alanhembra2565
    @alanhembra2565 5 месяцев назад

    I remember seeing this in the theatre, I immediately bought a ticket for the next showing and watched it again. I love this movie.

  • @TheJamieRamone
    @TheJamieRamone 5 месяцев назад +1

    All right! 'nother Thursday, 'nother shanaction! 😃

  • @laurence2421
    @laurence2421 3 дня назад

    Soon as Shanelle said "I'm Sicilian," I'm like "Woooooooo sh*t...here we go" 😅

  • @user-vc2qo6gl1k
    @user-vc2qo6gl1k 4 месяца назад

    Val Kilmer as the "mentor" was an awesome surprise in the credits!

  • @christophercrane9540
    @christophercrane9540 5 месяцев назад +2

    I would also recommend KALIFORNIA as a lost gem of the 90s.

  • @TransHippie
    @TransHippie 5 месяцев назад +1

    The "Nicholson and me" followed by "Nicholson and I" is my favorite Tarrantino joke, not just a moment of always having to be right. "Nicholson and me" is correct. The grammar cop (and actual cop) is "correcting" grammar that's already correct.
    I'm that big a nerd. Also a grammar cop myself, so I caught it even the first time through.

    • @rexmundi2986
      @rexmundi2986 5 месяцев назад

      Yeah, I can be a bit of a grammar cop myself, and I always get a kick out of that gag!

  • @DewJee2019
    @DewJee2019 5 месяцев назад

    Finally! My Gal, Shanelle! True Romance. Glad you liked it. Love you. Saw it closer to 1993. Immediately one of my Top 3 movies at the time. I bought it on VHS. Pulp Fiction was my 2nd favorite. Shadowlands with Debra Winger and Anthony Hopkins is my No. 1 favorite film ever. Saw it in the theater. Bought it on DVD.

  • @RedDeadGunslingerOutlaw
    @RedDeadGunslingerOutlaw Месяц назад +1

    90's have some of the best movies

  • @DiacriticalOne
    @DiacriticalOne 5 месяцев назад

    One of my favorite movies of all time that I actually saw in the theater. . So nice to see a reaction to it, and an appreciative one at that. Under-appreciated, like “Children of Men” and “Predestination”. I’ll have to go look to see if she covered either of those.

  • @Hortonfantastic4
    @Hortonfantastic4 5 месяцев назад +2

    8:52 it’s Gary Oldham!!!

  • @stevegoldy2196
    @stevegoldy2196 5 месяцев назад

    I would love to see Tarantino do a re-make of this movie. In his original script not only did Clarence die but he wrote it in a non-linear fashion like Reservoir dogs and Pulp Fiction. It would be so cool to see this movie in the way Tarantino envisioned it, with that said i have always loved Tony Scott's version and he is a legend in his own right!

  • @robertcopeland2946
    @robertcopeland2946 4 месяца назад

    I love Walkin he is a great actor and actually figured out how to get away with murder! Respect.

  • @gilesdurrant3918
    @gilesdurrant3918 5 месяцев назад

    This is one of my favourite movies of all time, often my favourite. You're absolutely right that this film works on so many different levels, which is why I love it. There's pretty much every genre in here except horror! I often describe this movie to people as the best movie you've never heard of! Thank you so much for reacting to this one, very enjoyable!

  • @RetroView66
    @RetroView66 4 месяца назад

    Dennis Hopper insults Walken so perfectly he kills him instantly.

  • @mindcrome
    @mindcrome 5 месяцев назад

    I swear this is my buddy's favorite movie. He has a frame photo of Alabama. I always liked this movie and love how it is shot.

  • @cockbeard
    @cockbeard 5 месяцев назад +1

    I'm very glad Tarantino didn't direct this, I rate his writing above his film making, but both very high. Glad you're enjoying it so far, regularly makes my top 5. Best chick-flick ever

  • @darrenmacdonald1499
    @darrenmacdonald1499 5 месяцев назад

    FYI: Drexel was played by Gary Oldman, an amazing role for him. The Mario Batali look-alike was Chris Penn, Sean Penn's brother. I saw this movie when it first hit video, and have seen it at least a dozen times since then, and it just keeps getting better.

  • @delskioffskinov
    @delskioffskinov 4 месяца назад

    One of my all time favourite movies Shanelle great choice pal loved your reaction!

  • @LordToddtastic666
    @LordToddtastic666 5 месяцев назад

    One of the few and very rare perfect films. And that scene between Walken and Hopper is so, so good! It's been a long time favorite

  • @weezel4612
    @weezel4612 4 месяца назад

    I love love love this movie, my favorite romance!
    So glad you found this gem!!!
    😎😎

  • @Dorenito
    @Dorenito 5 месяцев назад +1

    Love your channel great content!

  • @vincecommando7575
    @vincecommando7575 4 месяца назад +1

    The Sicilian scene is hands down one of the greatest scenes in the history of cinema. Dennis Hopper's character knows no matter what is was going to die. He decided not to go through the pain of torture and sacrifice himself for his son. Which is something he felt he owed his son. After failing his son and his family from his addiction to alcohol. On a side note, Shanelle I know that you making a legitimate point about the characters in Quentin Tarantino's films. But Tony Scott committed suicide by jumping off a bridge. I'm really not trying to make you feel bad. Unfortunately there are people that would consider that statement incentive.

  • @lambknot
    @lambknot 5 месяцев назад +1

    This movie had everyone, classic in the 90s roster.
    Watch Hans Zimmer play the them live, pretty cool.

  • @Plethora222
    @Plethora222 10 дней назад

    If i recall correctly, the walken and hopper scene was vited as one of the afi best scenes of all time. It definitely is a great one.