While I found the movie to be really well written funny and captavating; I couldn't help but think an aspect of it was to mock Tarantino. Is it just me or did the director really have intentions to mock Tarantino?
shareWhat elements of the film would you say was mocking Tarantino? Aside from Marty talking on and on about how much he hates typical violent movies, I can't think of anything else. And even that is aimed at all Hollywood rather than just one man.
shareWould that be a problem for you?
Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar, and / or doesn't.
Marty McDonagh is an "Anti-Genre" Director and likes his films(In Bruges as an example) to hit on a Meta Level. This is no different. I think he was poking fun but not necessarily in a bad way.
shareIt was inspired by Tarantino before Tarantino instilled all the talking in his films.
It's that man again!!
I think the only sequence directly poking fun at Taranto of is the start. The two mobster's conversation is reminiscent of Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs, implicating that they may be important characters in the film, before they are abruptly shot and killed.
shareI actually think it was a commentary on the films that followed Pulp Fiction trying to emulate QTs style. What he did was original, but it spawned a decade of pail imitations, for the most part. This movie is acknowledging how overused it became.
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