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Sammyd1108 t1_j6iscjx wrote

Reply to comment by SwimmingLaddersWings in I just finally watched Bone Tomahawk last night by utopiandiorama

Dragged Across Concrete was good, but the fact that you’re comparing the writing to a Tarantino film is laughable.

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SwimmingLaddersWings t1_j6it6lm wrote

It’s better than quite a few Tarantino films so it’s really not laughable at all

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Sammyd1108 t1_j6itnyp wrote

There’s not a single Tarantino film it’s better than, even Death Proof, lol.

If anything, a lot of his writing comes off as a slight knock off version of a Tarantino film. You seem to view Zahler much better than he actually is. He’s a good filmmaker, but that’s it. The only reason he gets mentioned so much on here cause of how violent his films are.

Dragged Across Concrete isn’t even his best movie, Bone Tomahawk is.

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RolloTonyBrownTown t1_j6jihc9 wrote

> He’s a good filmmaker, but that’s it.

Hes also a good author, has written several novels that are great reads.

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Sammyd1108 t1_j6jin9a wrote

I haven’t read any of his books, so I can’t comment on that.

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SwimmingLaddersWings t1_j6itxdt wrote

I think you view Zahler much lower than he is. I’d take Concrete over any Tarantino film besides Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds and Jackie Brown

And Concrete is his best film. The best written and most intricately structured one. Bone Tomahawk is his worst

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Sammyd1108 t1_j6iu81q wrote

That’s wild to me, but everyone has their own opinions. I’d rather watch any Tarantino film than DAC any day of the week.

Concrete is a pretty slow movie honestly. I feel like his movies have dipped in quality with each one he’s released.

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SwimmingLaddersWings t1_j6iuqz5 wrote

I don’t mind slow. Plenty of my favorite movies oat are slow. Silence is maybe top 3 Scorsese for me and it’s one of his slowest films as well.

Concrete is slow but it’s packed with substance and incredible dialogue and character moments. I don’t think another writer/filmmaker has crafted such a great world in the crime genre as Zahler since arguably Michael Mann did for Miami Vice.

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Sammyd1108 t1_j6ivv2u wrote

Slow doesn’t bother me at all, Terrence Malik is one of my favorite filmmakers, but I guess I just didn’t see what you saw in Dragged Across Concrete.

I love crime movies, but that one didn’t do anything for me. All of his movies have had a B movie feel to them, and I feel like that worked great with Bone Tomahawk since it was partly a horror film, but it doesn’t work as well with crime films.

Silence is such a good movie though, but I have no desire to ever watch it again, lol. Actually it’s similar to Malik’s most recent film. They’re both great, but because of how long and the subject matter, I don’t feel the need to watch them again.

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SwimmingLaddersWings t1_j6j8uxt wrote

I got nothing against B movies. Shit Terrifier 2 was better than any of the acclaimed horror movies last year like Barbarian or Smile. I don’t mind Zahler having that B movie quality because his writing and worldbuilding is better than practically any studio director working today.

And I love Malick as well, particularly his 2000s era. The new world and Thin Red Line are two of my favorite movies oat. I don’t mind rewatching slower and longer movies but in general I’m not much into rewatching movies like I used to. There’s just so much new stuff to always watch.

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