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September 9th 2006 11:11
True Romance (1993)
A lot of people mistakenly label this as a 'Quentin Tarantino' film. True, it's penned by the man himself, but it aint directed by him... and after seeing this, that's what counts! It just isn’t in the same league as Tarantino’s films.
'True Romance' is by no means a bad movie... the acting and cast is brilliant (watch for an amazingly astounding scene between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper), and the dialogue is vintage Tarantino, nearly on par with 'Pulp Fiction'. But, the plot is all over the place; characters appear out of nowhere and stick around for only a brief amount of time, the hero's motivations are barely explained (if they exist at all) and the film suffers from a lack of clarity - Is it a comedy? Is it a gangster flick? Is it tragedy? Actually, the more I think about it, the more frustrated I get by the holes in it. To be fair, I have heard that there are a fair few deleted scenes that can be found about, and from what I've heard I'm disappointed that I've missed them. But I can't be held responsible for the final cut, which is ultimately what I saw, and what I must judge.
Another annoying factor in this film was it's score - it was overly melodramatic and had a whole bad-80s synthesizer vibe happened. It really is a shame, because there are more than a few shining moments throughout the film, and when it's on it's on. Unfortunately it's flaws are too large to not affect the whole.
HIGHLIGHTS: A huge cast of recognisable and respectable faces here... Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore, Gary Oldman (as always, impressive in his chameleonic ability to be absorbed by completely alien roles), Brad Pitt, Val Kilmer (voice and body only, his face remains [bizarrely] blurred and unseen throughout!), James Gandolfini and Samuel L. Jackson (in a pitifully small role considering how prominent his name is in the credits). I hear Christopher Walken appears in several of the deleted scenes, which only serves to compound my frustration, as he's so good in the one remaining scene he appears in.
Strange movie this one.
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This is one of my favourite love stories of all time, I actually cried the first time I saw it. (Sitting alongside The Princess Bride and Say Anything)
Ridiculous how this film touches me, but when I think of true love I think of True Romance, its a movie that makes me and my girlfriend go all mooshy.
Admittedly, Without the crackling script and inspired casting the film would be nothing more than another clumsy action film.
One of the few Tony Scott films I can sit through- The Hunger and Last Boyscout being the other two
I have the U.S SE of this with the deleted scenes and though some of them are good, I dont think they would change your mind into being a fan. The commentaries on the disc are spectacular, all the cast and Mr T himself. (Worth it just to here Tarantino gush all over Tony Scott's filmography and defend him as one of the all time greats)