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Reservoir Dogs - 25/11/2005 10:48:48 AM

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- 9/4/2006 5:22:59 PM

dazz

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tarantino's debut has a massive impact on the way his then-future films would develop. his cinematography and trademark flashbacks are fantastic

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Brilliant..But a bit overrated - 12/4/2006 9:28:00 PM

jamdodge1

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QT's indie heist movie was great and had brilliant performances .(including a rather creepy one from Michael Madsen) But I was a tiny bit disapointed. But who cares when it has one of the greatest twists of all time!

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The Debut Of Quentin Tarantino Packs A Hard Punch! - 31/5/2006 8:11:21 AM

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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Everythnig about Reservoir Dogs is great. From the opening syllable of Mr. Blue's Madonna speech down to the very last chord of Harry Nilsson's "Coconut" it is all absolutely awesome! Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi (my favourite actor of all time), Lawrence Tierney (RIP), Eddie Bunker (RIP), Quentin Tarantino himself, Chris Penn (RIP) are all great in this movie as the colour coded criminals of a diamond store robbery that goes wrong. The most shocking scene in the movie, I think most moviegoers / movie critics will agree that this is, is the scene where Mr. Blonde tunes into K-Billy's Super Sounds Of The Seventies Weekend, sings along and dances to Stuck In The Middle With You and slices the ear off of a cop the 'Dogs have held hostage! Even though the scene is off screen you know whats happening, and then the, "Hello, can you hear that?" is hilarious as he speaks into the bodiless ear! The flashbacks from Mr. Pink, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Orange and Mr. White are 'touching' to say the least, but they do provide a little bit of an insight into how the guys got into the heist in the first place. The movie could've gone without them but, they fit! As with Pulp Fiction this movie is incorrectly ordered in the chronological state and, as with Pulp Fiction, this movie goes well whether its ordered right or whether its ordered wrong! The 70s soundtrack is brilliant, "Little Green Bag," "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes," "Coconut," "Stuck In The Middle With You," "Fool For Love" and many others. Steven Wright performs a great voice-over for the K-Billy DJ on the "Super Sounds Of The Seventies Weekend." The ending of the movie consists of a Mexican Standoff between Joe, Nice Guy Eddie, Mr. White, and Mr. Orange (no gun). Joe shoots Orange, White kills Joe, Eddie kills White, White kills Eddie. Its complicated. Anyway, that leaves

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- 14/6/2006 9:33:44 PM

huny_monster

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Amazing, amazing, amazing

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reservoir dogs - 18/6/2006 12:50:07 PM

casino

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this is the greatest film ever made!!

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reservoir dogs - 18/6/2006 12:50:09 PM

casino

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this is the greatest film ever made!!

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- 17/9/2006 7:51:30 PM

sserplla

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This is Tarantino's best work (even better than Pulp Fiction, in my opinion)

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Ultra - violent - 19/11/2006 5:57:21 PM

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Quentin Tarantinos first film would have to be an all time classic. A hesiet movie thats about the aftermath not the build up. Reservoir dogs truly is a blood splattred masterpiece.

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- 6/4/2007 6:33:49 PM

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there is no fault in Tarantino's brilliance, he impresses with this fantastic and brutal heist movie. The cast, the writing, the direction is all completely top-notch!

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Bloody... - 18/8/2007 2:25:01 AM

dhollseed

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...bloody. This film is just very bloody. Bloody effective tho'.

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- 23/10/2007 4:20:54 PM

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the simplest film ever and 1 of the most efective - still groundbreaking

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- 23/10/2007 4:20:55 PM

bobbyperu

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the simplest film ever and 1 of the most efective - still groundbreaking

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Fucking goosebumps! - 28/11/2007 6:16:40 PM

Patrick Evans

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I was blessed to get to see this masterpiece in the cinema and as soon as Little Green Bag kicked in and the slow motion shot of the 'dogs' appeared, I was in heaven. Goosebumps took over and I knew that, although seeing this film before and its effect on me was pretty big, this film was cemmented with me as a brick-shithouse of a movie. My terminology isn't exactly poetic, but I'm sure no one cares and is even reading this anyway.

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Fucking goosebumps! - 28/11/2007 6:16:40 PM

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Good Crime Caper. Woof!! - 24/1/2008 12:19:24 PM

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A decent and groundbreaking debut from Tarantino. Smart, but a touch shaky at times, but with stunning performances from all the cast, who needs to complain?

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Good Crime Caper. Woof!! - 24/1/2008 12:19:26 PM

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A decent and groundbreaking debut from Tarantino. Smart, but a touch shaky at times, but with stunning performances from all the cast, who needs to complain?

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- 31/3/2008 8:00:17 PM

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Well i dont know why i came here tonight - 27/9/2008 11:19:10 AM

Hamsterwalt

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Absolute classic Tarantino great soundtrack too

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let me tell you how great this film is - 27/9/2008 7:11:10 PM

JaCkT794

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Every director makes an overall great film, better than anyother film they make, right? Wrong.
I mean, pulp fiction, kill bill are all great films from QT, but his first directing project WAS the best to me.
Amazing, crime caper from the man who's first film, maybe the best, thats my oppinion any way.
if i could give it another 5 stars, i would.

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part 2 - 27/9/2008 7:13:16 PM

JaCkT794

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okay so maybe scorsese has several great films all as good as each other.
but to me QT has one best one, this.

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Are you gonna bark all day, little doggy, or are you go... - 12/12/2008 8:06:43 PM

Dr Manhattan

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Without a doubt the coolest film ever made.

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Because there are no women. - 6/1/2009 11:55:19 AM

Ruairt

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Call me sexist but three of the best films EVER made had littleor no female cast. The Great Escape. The Shawshank Redemption. And of course Resivoir Dogs. I know i come across as a male chauvanist but you have to consider my theory. Films without woman turn out fantastic. R Dogs rock. Tarintino has NEVER topped his first flick. Pulp Fiction doesn't even come close. Fantastic.

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- 4/2/2009 9:36:24 AM

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WHAT A FLIPPING BEAUTY! THIS BRILLIANTLY ORIGINAL HEIST-GONE-WRONG CLASSIC IS POSSIBLY THE BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT IN HISTORY! THE SCENE WHERE MR. BLOND TORTURES THAT COP IS PROBABLY THE MOST MEMORABLE ACT OF SADISTIC CRUELTY IN CINEMA!

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What's special? Taking you out the back and sucking you... - 19/4/2009 11:09:22 AM

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I watched Pulp Fiction before I saw this and the film totally rocked. So the next day I sprinted up to HMV and bought Reservoir Dogs with great expectations. I came home and shoved it in my DVD player and sat there, buzzing with exitement, while the opening credits rolled. As soon as the soundtrack played and the main cast walked down the street in slow-mo, wearing their shades and suits, I knew that this movie was going to be brilliant...and it certainly was! It totally blew me away and I instantly preferred this to Pulp Fiction. Tarintino definetely knows how to deliver the goods. The script is gold and the film is dynamite. Every one of the cast (the dogs that is) rocks so much, it's hard to decide which one's the coolest (right now I'm stuck between Keitel and Madsen). You simply have to see this movie.

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- 22/5/2009 11:00:42 PM

wiseguy7

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Tarantino's debut is far superior to Pulp Fiction as its brutality and profanity is justified by the chaotic events that the film is structured around

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QT's probable second best... - 6/11/2009 8:35:10 AM

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...either this or Jackie Brown anyway. And I apoligise with all my heart for writing that this is better than Pulp Fiction because....OF COURSE IT FUCKING ISN'T! Nothing that QT will ever do will better Pulp Fiction, no offense to him, who I am the biggest fan of, it's just impossible. Anyway, I still like Reservoir Dogs and is probably the best first film by any director, next to Duel.

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- 16/11/2009 11:37:21 AM

ivanahump

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my favorite film.....ever

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- 16/11/2009 11:37:23 AM

ivanahump

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my favorite film.....ever

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Possibly the greatest debut ever - 23/10/2010 4:43:36 PM

hjfleeds

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People obviosuly knew straight away Tarantino was talented. I mean, for a first film ,this is a classic. As a film, on the whole, this is a very good, very thoughtful film but for his first its a masterpiece. Each character is good, it features many qoutable sayings, has great logic (such as Mr Pink's anti-tipping speech, which is very true), and while not much action, it is saved by thoroughly good performances. A Classic!

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