@@darnellwilliams8783 Tarantino originally wrote Vince Vega for Madsen to play in Pulp Fiction. Tarantino when writing PF told Madsen not to take any acting roles but Madsen ended up signing up to star as Virgil Earp in the Kevin Costner movie Wyatt Earp so he wasn't available to star in PF. Later on Tarantino discussed the possibility of Travolta and Madsen startting in a prequel movie The Vega Brothrs movie but eventually Travolta and Madsen both aged out of being able to star as younger versions of these characters.
@@darnellwilliams8783 Pulp Fiction totally revived his career for a 10 or 15 years. In the last several years his career has been in the tank again but he's much older now.
I will say this though, nobody else is going to call out this double standard so I will, at the beginning of this movie these characters show respect to women (typical, tired, stupid, politically correct, feminist respect to women) but later on in the movie they disrespect Black people!
Pulp Fiction is a better film. As quotable as Reservoir Dogs is, Pulp Fiction probably along with The Godfather & Goodfellas are the most quoted crime films of all time "You Will Know My Name As The Lord", "That Was Fcking Trippy", "Correct-a-Mundo" etc.
This film, much like Pulp Fiction soon after, was like a shotgun blast to the face of American cinema. NOBODY was expecting a filmmaker like Quentin Tarantino, but when he burst on the scene with Reservoir Dogs (though his initial claim to fame was writing True Romance), he quite literally started a new wave (in reference to the era of French films he, to put it kindly, borrowed from) of cinema that would end up inspiring COUNTLESS other filmmakers who wanted to be bold and different from the rest of the pack. Sure, Tarantino wears his influences on both sleeves, but the way he was (and still is) able to make entertaining genre films which emanate that auteur spirit, is such an inspiration to me and damn near anyone else. Anyway, this movie is brutal, dark as hell, and absolutely hilarious. And that soundtrack is something else (Little Green Bag is such a dope song to place in the opening credits of a film) ❤
Except Reservoir Dogs was at best a minor hit when it came out. A huge amount of its audience discovered it at the video store after Pulp Fiction started making headlines.
I miss this creative work Tarantino used to do. Nowadays the only thing creative about his work now is how manages to find scenes to get closeups of ugly feet in his films 🤦♂️
@@bobcobb3654 I worked in a video store at the time, and saw Reservoir Dogs two or three times before Pulp Fiction came out (and saw True Romance in between), so I was eagerly anticipating it...and I was not disappointed. Back to back brilliance.
@@VleesluchtHe’s so good in that final scene. That’s one of Tarantino’s specialities, getting these amazing single-scene performances by actors who have otherwise attracted little attention in Hollywood (in Chris Penn’s case it’s also his being overshadowed by his brother Sean).
The coffins were NOT a hidden message. The warehouse seen in the movie was actually an abandoned mortuary in Los Angeles, and the set designers decided to keep the coffins and the hearse. 🙂
Yep. This production had no money. QT, Keitel, and the effects crew didn’t get paid up front, and the rest of the cast and crew were on their unions’ respective minimum wage. The sets, cars, costumes, etc were mostly shot “as is.”
It was mostly shot in Highland Park. The mortuary got torn down when they put in the metro rail. The scenes where Mr. Pink is running are on York Blvd. When he turns the corner and shoots the cops, it’s the corner of York and Avenue 50. The brick building used to be an insurance agent, but now (or last time I checked) it was a coffee shop. The diner is Pat & Lorraine’s in Eaglerock, not far from the York Blvd location. It’s still there. This is my old neighborhood. 😊
That's just Quentin's BS story to make it seem more organic! He could've filmed that in literally any room in the world! Not to mention -- how hard would it be to remove the coffins and put whatever else in the background?!! (They were absolutely meant to be there.)
The color names comes from the original The Taking of Pelham 123. An excellent 70's crime heist thriller with a handful of before they were stars character actors, Quint from Jaws and Walter MAthau. The criminal crew all had names like Mr Blue, Mr Brown, Mr Green, etc. Highly recommended.
If you are working in a group like that there has to be 0 camaraderie. You want the least amount of possibilities of things going bad. That is why Mr. Pink keeps talking about being a professional. And he is right emotions equals problems if you stay professional no emotions are involved. Its just business.
Harvey Keitel's character literally made the same mistake Josh Brolin did in "No Country For Old Men". A compassionate act screwed them both. He should have left the kid in the car.
@@scotthewitt258 I hate when people say Josh Brolin's character's mistake was his act of compassion. His mistake was taking the money. They had a tracker on it. The final scene in the movie is 2 kids fighting over the money that Anton gave the one kid. The kid was selfless giving Anton his shirt, but started acting selfish once he got the money
Mr. Blue played by Eddie Bunker. A man convicted for bank robberies and later on brought onto films as a sort of consultant for these types of films. Not sure if this was his only role where he acted on camera but it's a pretty neat fact.
He played a convict named Jonah in _Runaway Train_ (1985), and he either wrote or *re*-wrote the sceenplay for that. He also wrote a couple of books. The only one I can name is _No Beast So Fierce_.
@@alfioreyesledda8817 "Bunker was the inspiration for Nate, Jon Voight's character in Michael Mann's 1995 crime film Heat; Bunker also worked as an adviser on the film."
There's nothing funny about her low energy crap attitude. What is humorous is her oily stringy hair, her snaggly teeth & her lisping vocal fry voice. Oh yeah, it's also a riot that her favorite film is Tommy Boy. Talk about having shit taste in cinema.
Mr.Pink's theory on tipping is Tarantino's own as was revealed in one of the interviews. P.S. It is not an American only thing. The American part of it is paying waitresses so little that tips become the major part of their actual income and thus the tip-culture evolved which Mr.Pink refers to as "automatic" tipping. Some countries don't have tipping, some do, but it is mostly considered a non-obligatory thing.
Of the six colors my favorite is Mr. White. Of all of the characters- nice guy Eddie, Chris Penn is awesome. His whole monologue defending Mr Blonde was perfect. Even though I saw pulp fiction first and I love it, there's just something about RD. The visceral style, so kinetic. And I can never hear "stuck in the middle " without thinking of Michael Madsons dancing. So glad you reacted to it.
Great movie thriller! Quentin Tarantino has stated that John Carpenter's THE THING was a major influence on this movie and that it involves characters from different backgrounds coming together, only to slowly learn that one of their own is not who he says he is.
Pretty much or if a character lived, they're broken and depressed at the end. Like Gary Oldman in Romeo is Bleeding, he lived but lost everything and everyone in his life.
I had this movie on DVD. l listened to the audio commentary by Tarantino on the last scene. He was explaining why Mr. White had to kill Mr. Orange. He said there is a Japanese word that has no English equivalent. He said It's meaning is 'the thing you MUST do, even if it's the last thing you want to do.'
I love how the bathroom story is illustrated just like a partly intense, partly half-assed fiction just barely suspending disbelief. QT was meticulous from the start.
Your movies that you two reviews and Mrs. Movies is still the number 1 reaction. I love how you two don't chopped up movies so much as others that I've seen. Keep knocking my socks off and keep staying number one in mine book of stars. Enjoy Reservoirs Dogs.
That's not university radio, that's 70's pop music. Now, we all know 70's classic rock because that's what endured, but this is the top 40 music from then, which is forgotten, or was until this soundtrack. The whole movie is loaded with 70's top 40 music.
Tarantino's story behind the title is while he was working at a video store, he recommended the French movie ,"Au revoir les enfants" to a customer and the guy replied ,"I ain't watching no movie about no reservoir dogs!", and he got the title from there, but as it is QT telling the story it could be anywhere from 0% to 100% true so take it for what it's worth.
It's not true. Reservoir dogs was what they called the pile of scripts that were in the tray for desperate times, and rarely got made. Tarantino noticed this and thought the title was interesting so used it.
@sharpeslass5452 Like I said it's QT, so there's is just as good a chance that story is true as well. All we know for sure is that he made a habit of asking people what they thought it meant and telling them they had guessed it. The French film explanation came from an interview he gave, but so did the thing about the scripts, he's a little scamp. ☺️
I’ve seen several interpretations of what a Resevoir Dog is, the most interesting one is Reservoir Dogs are animals that fall into a Resevoir with no means of escape. Leaving them to eat each other to survive, I like that explanation best when referencing this move 🙂
Michael Madsen was playing Victor Vega. John Travolta played Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction. Tarantino had said that he was thinking of making a Vega Brothers movie at some point.
My favorite film by Tarantino. Everybody in this is great and I’m glad to see you guys watch this film. Also if you listen closely after Mr. Orange kills Mr. Blonde, you can hear an advertisement for Jack Rabbit Slims as well as their $5 shake. Hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving, please take care and have a great rest of your day and a great weekend!
Another good large ensemble crime drama from the same year is “King of New York (which QT is a big fan of).” You got Christopher Walken as a crime boss, Laurence Fishburne as his hothead 2nd in command, David Caruso, Wesley Snipes, and a who’s who of New York character actors.
People get upset at the racist characters in Tarantino movies. There are bad people in the world and they are often racists. If these characters were evil in every other way except race, it would seem less realistic. Let's not act like some people aren't racist behind closed doors.
I tip. I'm glad to do it. Those girls work hard. That being said, it's hard enough to keep my home kitchen clean. I can't imagine what it's like to keep a restaurant going.
As for how Tarantino's characters talk: Tarantino grew up in Lomita, Calif., and hung out in south L.A., Carson, Gardena, Compton, and a lot of his dialogue comes from how people (of all races) talk eith one another. Yes, a LOT of racial slurs get thrown around, and its just as much blacks doing it, as anybody else. And before anybody tries to flame me, I'm half black, and grew up in Compton, the same time Tarantino was in Lomita, so there's that.
His characters use it in a derogatory way. You're not supposed to like or defend the use of it. You being half black/Asian, white, Indian etc doesn't justify whether it's okay to use racist language or not. You stating the area you live, doesn't justify it's use either. If that's the case, some racist in like Tennessee should be able to use it since It's just thrown around in everyday conversation... It's still racist. He uses it to evoke reaction toward these characters and it obviously does. I'm sure just as many who say slurs in a "friendly" way... Are countered with as many who don't..
I understand what you’re saying. Some people DO talk like that. It’s just a fact. Personally, I don’t like it, and I don’t do it. But I’m adult enough to know that it happens. And I don’t clutch my pearls when they do. If it was someone I cared about saying it, I might have a talk with them. But if it’s someone I don’t know, I let it go. Besides, it says a lot about the character in an instant. You know who they are right away. These ARE characters in a fictional story, after all.
It's interesting that Dogs and Pulp are considered violent, yet two violent scenes in each film, appear out of camera shot, the ear scene in Dogs and the Samarai sword scene in Pulp. Both movies are tense and there is a constant threat of violence, but not as much on screen gore as some critics at the time tried to suggest. 10/10 for both movies, with Pulp being more re watchable because it contains so many pop culture and Easter eggs type content. 🔥
A reservoir dog is a rat. Slang term for one who snitches to the police, or is an undercover police officer themselves. Origin comes from the great size of rats living in and around reservoirs.
@@LiamOBrien57 Nope, Tarantino got the idea whilst working as a lab tech manually masturbating stray dogs that were captured in the Lake Arrowhead Reservoir area. They did cross-breeding and chronic disease research and a tall, lanky lab assistant named Penelope is where he got his infamous foot-fetish from. 😉😁
The truth is that Quentin was working at a video store, when a customer asked him to recommend a good movie. Quentin said Au Revoir Les Enfents. The customer said he wasn't interested in a movie about reservoir dogs.
9:04 Nope, that's a fine old Zippo Trick. That being said, I just did it on my first snap (it usually takes a couple). Either Keitel sucks at it, or it wasn't a properly broken-in lighter. 🔥🚬😁 17:21 I've used this line fairly regularly over the years (in jest, of course). 17:44 Unions created the Middle Class and stabilized economic inequality somewhat. Union Strong! ✊ 18:14 I'm sure it's been said, but the D.J. is Steven Wright, a brilliant Comedian. 21:53 The scene that changed the significance of this song for generations. 🔪🩸👂😱🤣 I like to think that Mr. Pink got away with the loot, but that's not really in keeping with Tarantino's general vibe.
Many critics of the time said that this was like a Greek Tragedy. So much happens off screen that we don't know about. We have only these characters to tell the tale.
My favorite part of the opening scene was Mr Pink’s attitude towards tipping: Steve Buscemj would appear in Tarantino’s next film, Pulp Fiction, as a waiter(Buddy Holly) at Jackrabbit Slim’s.
4:40 Of course not. Tipping exists everywhere. Especially in the food/beverage service industry. In Europe we tip even couriers who deliver packages. Also,cool it with the "this is racist, that is sexist" and all that crap. Please understand that we've had enough of this. More than enough.
One of Tarantino's finest, therefore automatically one of the best movies of all-time. Brilliant dialogue, a stellar cast, an awesome soundtrack, and the fact that it could be so easily done on stage (much like The Hateful Eight) is endlessly endearing. Also, it immediately made Steve Buscemi one of my all-time favourite actors. Cheers and Happy Weekend from Canada to all Y'all out there. 🥃☮❤ A few minutes later.... Ha! Just noticed the 8-bit Vincent and Jules t-shirt. Well played, Good Sir. 👍🍻
Everything you need to know about the characters you learn in the diner opening. Mr. Pink is a coward and backs down when Joe confronts him about the tip. Mr. Orange quickly rats out Mr. Pink for not tipping. Mr. Blonde quickly shoots Mr. White when asked.
I don't really see that as Mr. Pink being a coward. More like him being levelheaded and fair in that moment. He put aside his personal convictions on tipping and tipped because Joe payed for his breakfast, and asked everyone to pitch in for the tip. Seems fair to me. We see him standing his ground later on against Mr. White. And we also see him getting in between Mr. White and Mr. Blonde later on when they're about to go at it with each other.
Damn, I remember being in art college over thirty years ago and seeing a newspaper cinema review that had a photo of Mr Orange leaning on the ramp in a pool of blood aiming his gun at someone and I thought, "Damn! This looks cool! I HAVE to see this!" I ended up up going five times in a week, just to figure out who shot who in the Mexican stand-off in the end.
That would be an interesting experiment. But two psychopaths leading an entire film? The story would tell itself. There would be nothing even remotely compelling. Also he did that with 'From Dusk til Dawn.' I saw that in the theater and haven't thought about it since I started writing this response.
I can’t believe how well Tarantino’s films are aging. So many movies from 30 plus years ago just feel dated, but not his work. Killing Zoe is another great one of his.
"I don't know who's got the loot, i don't know if anyone's got the loot. I don't know who's dead, i don't know who's alive, i don't know who's caught, i don't know who's not" 😃 Nice guy Eddie
I always believe that this film is connected to Pulp Fiction. The suitcase in Pulp Fiction are the diamonds from this movie, and that Michael Madsen and John Travolta's characters are brothers (Vic and Vincent Vega).
Madsens character in this and Travoltas characters in PF are according to Tarantino brothers. He had an idea to make a movie about that but it never materialized and too much time has passed. I also cannot hear Stuck in the Middle With You without thinking about this movie now.
It's kind of ironic that Tim Roth's character compares Joe to The Thing from the Fantastic Four, look up and read the history of the actor that plays Joe, very interesting to say the least.
jaeh the police got active when they started to shot the hostages, as he said it was like they was already there from no cop in sight to them swarming them, possible the plan was to stay at distance but when they started to shoot the police had to take action
Thanks for making my day once again. Enjoy watching movies with you guys. In my car** in between ** places at the moment unfortunately. like getting away for a bit 😊 though. Be safe. Be well. Semper Fi.
There is no question that Mr. White killed Mr. Orange. The song that closes out the movie gives the hint. "Is there nothing I can take to cure my bellyache?" Yep, there is.
In all these years and all the times I have watched this movie (and they were many), I've NEVER, EVER, seen those coffins... VERY GOOD CATCH! This woman should have worked in the police as a detective!
This movie have two dubbings in spanish. The film was dubbing in Madrid in 1992 when was released in theathers. In 2008 the film was redubbing in Barcelona. Dubbing in spanish 1992/2008 Harvey Keitel: Mr. White- Juan Miguel Cuesta/Antonio García Moral Tim Roth: Mr. Orange- Miguel Ayones/Luís Posada Michael Madsen: Mr. Blonde- Paco Vaquero/Carlos Di Blasi Steve Buscemi: Mr. Pink- Jose Luís Angulo/Jose Javier Serrano Quentin Tarantino: Mr. Brown- Carlos del Pino/Alberto Mieza Edward Bunker: Mr. Blue- Luis Gaspar/Vicente Gil Lawrence Tierney: Joe Cabot- Felix Acaso/Joaquin Díaz Chris Penn: Eddie Cabot- David García Vazquez/Rafael Calvo th-cam.com/video/StEcUPUjy0I/w-d-xo.html
Great reaction! This film was about 68th in my top 500 film list, but i haven't seen it it for about 6 months. This just reminded me why I love it, and it's just jumped up 11 places to just beneath Halloween 3😋 (There are 4 other Halloween films which i rank higher than 3 btw lol, and 8 other films either directed or written by Tarantino that rank higher).
Vincent Vega is Vick Vega's brother. Tarantino had thoughts about making a prequel movie with Madsen and Travolta about the Vega brothers but time got aways from everyone and it was scrapped because the guys are too old now. Madsen is one of the most underrated actor in Holyweird.
No, Vic and Vincent Vega are brothers. Ironically, Tarantino originally wanted Michael Madsen to play Vincent as well in Pulp Fiction, but Madsen had to turn it down because he was busy filming Wyatt Earp. There was a plan to make a prequel with the Vega bros. called The Vegas Brothers, but both John Travolta and Madsen were too old for their parts at that point and it was cancelled, but I've heard that there is a book version of that story.
Nobody shot Nice Guy Eddoe. If I remember correctly, Mr White was supposed to shoot him. But I think Harvey Keteil forgot to shoot. But Chris Penn just rolled with it and went down like he was dead.
Fantastic film, even with the shoestring budget they had. Like if you look at steve buscemi's pants, they're not suit pants, he didn't have any so he just wore black pants he had. But the film is so engaging and flows so well you don't even notice.
Snapping on the zippo is not anything new. When I was growing up, a lot of people used to do it. There were a few little tricks with the lid people used to do to. Nothing special, but a lot of people did it lol
Travolta’s character was named Vincent Vega. Vick and Vincent are brothers.
@Sda_1487 John Travolta doesn't get his Flowers
@@darnellwilliams8783 Tarantino originally wrote Vince Vega for Madsen to play in Pulp Fiction. Tarantino when writing PF told Madsen not to take any acting roles but Madsen ended up signing up to star as Virgil Earp in the Kevin Costner movie Wyatt Earp so he wasn't available to star in PF. Later on Tarantino discussed the possibility of Travolta and Madsen startting in a prequel movie The Vega Brothrs movie but eventually Travolta and Madsen both aged out of being able to star as younger versions of these characters.
Reservoir Facts, Wonderful
@joemckim1183 Travolta was excellent in Pulp Fiction and Tarantino is one of my favorite directors of all time
@@darnellwilliams8783 Pulp Fiction totally revived his career for a 10 or 15 years. In the last several years his career has been in the tank again but he's much older now.
Welcome to the "You'll-never-hear-Stuck-in-the-Middle-with-You-the-same-way-again" club
Happened just the other day.
Absolutely! That song is ruined for me forever.
I also think of Scooby Snacks differently.
I've probably seen this five times and never noticed the coffins or the hearse.
Me too! Even after hearing that it was shot in a defunct mortuary.
Came here to say the same. Amazing miss on my part.
Same. Would have sworn on the bible it was an empty room 😂
Yep.
I knew it was a mortuary, and I knew it had a bunch of mortuary stuff around, but I also never noticed the coffins.
“Hey, why am I Mr. Pink?”
“Because you're a …, alright?!” That line never fails to make me laugh. 😂
Having racist characters doesn’t make the film racist
Also saying mean words don't necessarily make one racist.
@@Zylthis
It's not the slur.
Mr. Pink attributed negative character flaws to an entire race. Which is racism.
Tell that to DW Griffith.
@@ZylthisLol. Whatever you need to tell yourself to justify it, bud.
I will say this though, nobody else is going to call out this double standard so I will, at the beginning of this movie these characters show respect to women (typical, tired, stupid, politically correct, feminist respect to women) but later on in the movie they disrespect Black people!
I would say this is Quentin Tarantino’s best movie, it’s lean, well written, very quotable, amazing performances by the entire cast, and just fun
I agree
Great writing. Fucking this and fuck that. No one could come up with that kind of eloquence.
Yep, my favorite by quite a bit.
@@larky368 Clutch your pearls elsewhere, Martha.
Pulp Fiction is a better film. As quotable as Reservoir Dogs is, Pulp Fiction probably along with The Godfather & Goodfellas are the most quoted crime films of all time "You Will Know My Name As The Lord", "That Was Fcking Trippy", "Correct-a-Mundo" etc.
The radio DJ was stand up comic Steven Wright, who is known for his dead pan delivery style.
The guy on the couch, Half Baked!
"Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter?"
Guy on the couch..lol
This film, much like Pulp Fiction soon after, was like a shotgun blast to the face of American cinema. NOBODY was expecting a filmmaker like Quentin Tarantino, but when he burst on the scene with Reservoir Dogs (though his initial claim to fame was writing True Romance), he quite literally started a new wave (in reference to the era of French films he, to put it kindly, borrowed from) of cinema that would end up inspiring COUNTLESS other filmmakers who wanted to be bold and different from the rest of the pack.
Sure, Tarantino wears his influences on both sleeves, but the way he was (and still is) able to make entertaining genre films which emanate that auteur spirit, is such an inspiration to me and damn near anyone else.
Anyway, this movie is brutal, dark as hell, and absolutely hilarious. And that soundtrack is something else (Little Green Bag is such a dope song to place in the opening credits of a film) ❤
Except Reservoir Dogs was at best a minor hit when it came out. A huge amount of its audience discovered it at the video store after Pulp Fiction started making headlines.
I miss this creative work Tarantino used to do.
Nowadays the only thing creative about his work now is how manages to find scenes to get closeups of ugly feet in his films 🤦♂️
There was definitely a before and after Tarantino effect. There were so many copy cats and Guy Richie was probably the best to come out of that.
@@bobcobb3654 I worked in a video store at the time, and saw Reservoir Dogs two or three times before Pulp Fiction came out (and saw True Romance in between), so I was eagerly anticipating it...and I was not disappointed. Back to back brilliance.
Who are all these other filmmakers he inspired?
Mr White was asked if he still worked with Bama and that was Alabama who was in True Romance. The Vegas brothers and this. Love these little clues
Mr Pink is a professional, and won't let anybody forget it 🤣🤣🤣
Like Ralph Cifaretto was a “Made Guy”. If u constantly have to remind people, it means they don’t respect you!
Well yeah, he didn't want to kill any real people. That would be poor form.
I mean it’s silly but he was by far the most professional. If the crew was run by Mr Pinks they would have gotten away with it easy.
I have seen this film countless times, but never noticed the coffins. Nice pull.
Same here! Never noticed that before!
Every actor in this movie was on their A game! That's one of the reasons why this movie is considered a masterpiece.
Great stuff!
Keep crushing it!
I prefer John Holmes. He had the biggest schlong in porn. Now THAT is acting!
Chris Penn was my favorite performance of this movie RIP
A baby Tim Roth. Harvey Keitel at the height of his powers. An amazing cast.
@@VleesluchtHe’s so good in that final scene. That’s one of Tarantino’s specialities, getting these amazing single-scene performances by actors who have otherwise attracted little attention in Hollywood (in Chris Penn’s case it’s also his being overshadowed by his brother Sean).
The coffins were NOT a hidden message. The warehouse seen in the movie was actually an abandoned mortuary in Los Angeles, and the set designers decided to keep the coffins and the hearse. 🙂
Plus up the ramp there are a bunch of embalming chemicals and equipment left in the prep room.
Yep. This production had no money. QT, Keitel, and the effects crew didn’t get paid up front, and the rest of the cast and crew were on their unions’ respective minimum wage. The sets, cars, costumes, etc were mostly shot “as is.”
It was mostly shot in Highland Park. The mortuary got torn down when they put in the metro rail. The scenes where Mr. Pink is running are on York Blvd. When he turns the corner and shoots the cops, it’s the corner of York and Avenue 50. The brick building used to be an insurance agent, but now (or last time I checked) it was a coffee shop.
The diner is Pat & Lorraine’s in Eaglerock, not far from the York Blvd location. It’s still there.
This is my old neighborhood. 😊
That's just Quentin's BS story to make it seem more organic! He could've filmed that in literally any room in the world! Not to mention -- how hard would it be to remove the coffins and put whatever else in the background?!! (They were absolutely meant to be there.)
I've seen this movie at least a dozen times and never noticed the coffins.
Mandela Effect
The rat is revealed in the Diner scene when the old man asks “who didn’t tip”. The old man later realizes it in the end. Great movie.
Wow. Yes
The color names comes from the original The Taking of Pelham 123. An excellent 70's crime heist thriller with a handful of before they were stars character actors, Quint from Jaws and Walter MAthau. The criminal crew all had names like Mr Blue, Mr Brown, Mr Green, etc. Highly recommended.
If you are working in a group like that there has to be 0 camaraderie. You want the least amount of possibilities of things going bad. That is why Mr. Pink keeps talking about being a professional. And he is right emotions equals problems if you stay professional no emotions are involved. Its just business.
Harvey Keitel's character literally made the same mistake Josh Brolin did in "No Country For Old Men". A compassionate act screwed them both. He should have left the kid in the car.
@@scotthewitt258 I hate when people say Josh Brolin's character's mistake was his act of compassion. His mistake was taking the money. They had a tracker on it. The final scene in the movie is 2 kids fighting over the money that Anton gave the one kid. The kid was selfless giving Anton his shirt, but started acting selfish once he got the money
@@landoakechi9406 No. Josh Brolin's character's mistake was he didn't search the money bag for a tracker and get rid of it right away.
Mr. Blue played by Eddie Bunker. A man convicted for bank robberies and later on brought onto films as a sort of consultant for these types of films. Not sure if this was his only role where he acted on camera but it's a pretty neat fact.
He was also in Heat
He played a convict named Jonah in _Runaway Train_ (1985), and he either wrote or *re*-wrote the sceenplay for that. He also wrote a couple of books. The only one I can name is _No Beast So Fierce_.
@@alfioreyesledda8817 "Bunker was the inspiration for Nate, Jon Voight's character in Michael Mann's 1995 crime film Heat; Bunker also worked as an adviser on the film."
Wife Cowboy:"Let's mark this one off the list"
Kaiju Cowboy :"We have a list?"
Wife Cowboy: 'No"
Our favorite duo should do stand up comedy
There's nothing funny about her low energy crap attitude. What is humorous is her oily stringy hair, her snaggly teeth & her lisping vocal fry voice. Oh yeah, it's also a riot that her favorite film is Tommy Boy. Talk about having shit taste in cinema.
Mr.Pink's theory on tipping is Tarantino's own as was revealed in one of the interviews.
P.S. It is not an American only thing. The American part of it is paying waitresses so little that tips become the major part of their actual income and thus the tip-culture evolved which Mr.Pink refers to as "automatic" tipping. Some countries don't have tipping, some do, but it is mostly considered a non-obligatory thing.
Of the six colors my favorite is Mr. White. Of all of the characters- nice guy Eddie, Chris Penn is awesome. His whole monologue defending Mr Blonde was perfect. Even though I saw pulp fiction first and I love it, there's just something about RD. The visceral style, so kinetic. And I can never hear "stuck in the middle " without thinking of Michael Madsons dancing. So glad you reacted to it.
Love this film. Master-class on how to make a movie with no money
Great movie thriller!
Quentin Tarantino has stated that John Carpenter's THE THING was a major influence on this movie and that it involves characters from different backgrounds coming together, only to slowly learn that one of their own is not who he says he is.
“And then they all died” was a theme with indie movies in the late 80s early 90s.
It was a theme with William Shakespeare back in the day...
Pretty much or if a character lived, they're broken and depressed at the end. Like Gary Oldman in Romeo is Bleeding, he lived but lost everything and everyone in his life.
I had this movie on DVD. l listened to the audio commentary by Tarantino on the last scene. He was explaining why Mr. White had to kill Mr. Orange. He said there is a Japanese word that has no English equivalent. He said It's meaning is 'the thing you MUST do, even if it's the last thing you want to do.'
John Travolta’s character in Pulp Fiction-Vincent Vega, is the brother of Michael Madsen’s character Vic in this film.
One of the all time classics.
There's a reason it is rated highly.
I'm beginning to think y'all trolling us. How is you have never seen Reservoir Dogs? This one put Quentin Tarantino on the map
I love how the bathroom story is illustrated just like a partly intense, partly half-assed fiction just barely suspending disbelief. QT was meticulous from the start.
24:52 Vincent & Vic Vega are brothers. 😊
Never noticed the caskets in all these years. Good catch!
Right!
Your movies that you two reviews and Mrs. Movies is still the number 1 reaction. I love how you two don't chopped up movies so much as others that I've seen. Keep knocking my socks off and keep staying number one in mine book of stars. Enjoy Reservoirs Dogs.
That's not university radio, that's 70's pop music. Now, we all know 70's classic rock because that's what endured, but this is the top 40 music from then, which is forgotten, or was until this soundtrack. The whole movie is loaded with 70's top 40 music.
Red Apple cigarettes is the connective tissue of the Tarantino-Verse.
That opening banter was top notch 🤣
Tarantino's story behind the title is while he was working at a video store, he recommended the French movie ,"Au revoir les enfants" to a customer and the guy replied ,"I ain't watching no movie about no reservoir dogs!", and he got the title from there, but as it is QT telling the story it could be anywhere from 0% to 100% true so take it for what it's worth.
It's not true. Reservoir dogs was what they called the pile of scripts that were in the tray for desperate times, and rarely got made. Tarantino noticed this and thought the title was interesting so used it.
@sharpeslass5452 Like I said it's QT, so there's is just as good a chance that story is true as well. All we know for sure is that he made a habit of asking people what they thought it meant and telling them they had guessed it. The French film explanation came from an interview he gave, but so did the thing about the scripts, he's a little scamp. ☺️
A movie magazine wrote the following about this gangster drama:
>> Brutal-clever debut from a directorial genius.
Tarantino sold the script for "True Romance" so that he could fund making "Reservoir Dogs"...
Wrong. It was Natural Born Killers
@@roywilson4514 Nope, it was True Romance.
Vick Vega and Vinnie Vega are brothers according to Tarantino. He’s wanted to make a movie about the two of them at one time
I so wish we could've gotten a Vega Brothers movie.
Yes, White shot Orange at the end. You hear his single shot before the volley from the cops in response to his killing Orange.
You guys shoud do Bad Lieutenant, Harvey Keitel's greatest film and a masterful performance! Although, it is completely crazy.
I’ve seen several interpretations of what a Resevoir Dog is, the most interesting one is Reservoir Dogs are animals that fall into a Resevoir with no means of escape. Leaving them to eat each other to survive, I like that explanation best when referencing this move 🙂
Michael Madsen was playing Victor Vega. John Travolta played Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction. Tarantino had said that he was thinking of making a Vega Brothers movie at some point.
My favorite film by Tarantino. Everybody in this is great and I’m glad to see you guys watch this film. Also if you listen closely after Mr. Orange kills Mr. Blonde, you can hear an advertisement for Jack Rabbit Slims as well as their $5 shake. Hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving, please take care and have a great rest of your day and a great weekend!
Another good large ensemble crime drama from the same year is “King of New York (which QT is a big fan of).” You got Christopher Walken as a crime boss, Laurence Fishburne as his hothead 2nd in command, David Caruso, Wesley Snipes, and a who’s who of New York character actors.
People get upset at the racist characters in Tarantino movies. There are bad people in the world and they are often racists. If these characters were evil in every other way except race, it would seem less realistic. Let's not act like some people aren't racist behind closed doors.
Every white person I've met on Omegle...racist as hell.
Every white person I've met in person..."I fricken' hate racists".
Thanks
I don't get upset it just a movie, just like American history x
Tipping isn't normal in here in Belgium, waitresses have a decent income here.
I tip. I'm glad to do it. Those girls work hard. That being said, it's hard enough to keep my home kitchen clean. I can't imagine what it's like to keep a restaurant going.
Hey there. Watched 3 TH-cam vid.s this morning and this was the 1st one I could leave a THUMBS UP on. Cheers guys :-)
As for how Tarantino's characters talk: Tarantino grew up in Lomita, Calif., and hung out in south L.A., Carson, Gardena, Compton, and a lot of his dialogue comes from how people (of all races) talk eith one another. Yes, a LOT of racial slurs get thrown around, and its just as much blacks doing it, as anybody else.
And before anybody tries to flame me, I'm half black, and grew up in Compton, the same time Tarantino was in Lomita, so there's that.
His characters use it in a derogatory way. You're not supposed to like or defend the use of it. You being half black/Asian, white, Indian etc doesn't justify whether it's okay to use racist language or not. You stating the area you live, doesn't justify it's use either. If that's the case, some racist in like Tennessee should be able to use it since It's just thrown around in everyday conversation... It's still racist. He uses it to evoke reaction toward these characters and it obviously does. I'm sure just as many who say slurs in a "friendly" way... Are countered with as many who don't..
I understand what you’re saying. Some people DO talk like that. It’s just a fact.
Personally, I don’t like it, and I don’t do it. But I’m adult enough to know that it happens. And I don’t clutch my pearls when they do.
If it was someone I cared about saying it, I might have a talk with them. But if it’s someone I don’t know, I let it go.
Besides, it says a lot about the character in an instant. You know who they are right away. These ARE characters in a fictional story, after all.
It's interesting that Dogs and Pulp are considered violent, yet two violent scenes in each film, appear out of camera shot, the ear scene in Dogs and the Samarai sword scene in Pulp. Both movies are tense and there is a constant threat of violence, but not as much on screen gore as some critics at the time tried to suggest. 10/10 for both movies, with Pulp being more re watchable because it contains so many pop culture and Easter eggs type content. 🔥
A reservoir dog is a rat. Slang term for one who snitches to the police, or is an undercover police officer themselves. Origin comes from the great size of rats living in and around reservoirs.
Not true, Tarantino combined the names of two movies, one was Straw Dogs the other was some French film with Reservoir in the title
@@LiamOBrien57 Nope, Tarantino got the idea whilst working as a lab tech manually masturbating stray dogs that were captured in the Lake Arrowhead Reservoir area. They did cross-breeding and chronic disease research and a tall, lanky lab assistant named Penelope is where he got his infamous foot-fetish from. 😉😁
@ haha 😂
The truth is that Quentin was working at a video store, when a customer asked him to recommend a good movie. Quentin said Au Revoir Les Enfents. The customer said he wasn't interested in a movie about reservoir dogs.
9:04 Nope, that's a fine old Zippo Trick. That being said, I just did it on my first snap (it usually takes a couple). Either Keitel sucks at it, or it wasn't a properly broken-in lighter. 🔥🚬😁
17:21 I've used this line fairly regularly over the years (in jest, of course). 17:44 Unions created the Middle Class and stabilized economic inequality somewhat. Union Strong! ✊
18:14 I'm sure it's been said, but the D.J. is Steven Wright, a brilliant Comedian. 21:53 The scene that changed the significance of this song for generations. 🔪🩸👂😱🤣
I like to think that Mr. Pink got away with the loot, but that's not really in keeping with Tarantino's general vibe.
Saw this in the cinema when it came out as a young film fan .... was recommended by the great Barry Norman
I like that they mentioned Pam Grier, as she later starred in the Quentin Tarantino movie, Jackie Brown.
QT has said he wrote Jackie Brown for Pam Grier. He is a big fan of her blackpoltation work in the 70s.
This could work perfectly as a stage play.
Many critics of the time said that this was like a Greek Tragedy. So much happens off screen that we don't know about. We have only these characters to tell the tale.
Awesome Quentin Tarantino Flick From Top To Bottom, Cool Reaction As Always Mr. & Mrs. Movies, You Both Take Care & Have A Nice Day & Weekend
Please watch Four Rooms starring Tim Roth, from Tarantino and Rodriguez.
I've never noticed the coffins before. I've never heard it pointed out before either. I'm stunned 😂. They're right there in the open.
26:24 That's a good question. I wonder if it is the same building used in 'V'. 😊
My favorite part of the opening scene was Mr Pink’s attitude towards tipping: Steve Buscemj would appear in Tarantino’s next film, Pulp Fiction, as a waiter(Buddy Holly) at Jackrabbit Slim’s.
LOL, the bit where they all shoot each other makes me chuckle, its like a dodgy circle jerk
4:40 Of course not. Tipping exists everywhere. Especially in the food/beverage service industry. In Europe we tip even couriers who deliver packages. Also,cool it with the "this is racist, that is sexist" and all that crap. Please understand that we've had enough of this. More than enough.
One of Tarantino's finest, therefore automatically one of the best movies of all-time. Brilliant dialogue, a stellar cast, an awesome soundtrack, and the fact that it could be so easily done on stage (much like The Hateful Eight) is endlessly endearing. Also, it immediately made Steve Buscemi one of my all-time favourite actors.
Cheers and Happy Weekend from Canada to all Y'all out there. 🥃☮❤
A few minutes later.... Ha! Just noticed the 8-bit Vincent and Jules t-shirt. Well played, Good Sir. 👍🍻
Everything you need to know about the characters you learn in the diner opening. Mr. Pink is a coward and backs down when Joe confronts him about the tip. Mr. Orange quickly rats out Mr. Pink for not tipping. Mr. Blonde quickly shoots Mr. White when asked.
I don't really see that as Mr. Pink being a coward. More like him being levelheaded and fair in that moment. He put aside his personal convictions on tipping and tipped because Joe payed for his breakfast, and asked everyone to pitch in for the tip. Seems fair to me. We see him standing his ground later on against Mr. White. And we also see him getting in between Mr. White and Mr. Blonde later on when they're about to go at it with each other.
Damn, I remember being in art college over thirty years ago and seeing a newspaper cinema review that had a photo of Mr Orange leaning on the ramp in a pool of blood aiming his gun at someone and I thought, "Damn! This looks cool! I HAVE to see this!"
I ended up up going five times in a week, just to figure out who shot who in the Mexican stand-off in the end.
Never noticed the coffins. Pretty sure I saw this in the theater and 100x since
Tarantino was playing with the idea once of making a movie on the Vega brothers.
That would be an interesting experiment. But two psychopaths leading an entire film? The story would tell itself. There would be nothing even remotely compelling. Also he did that with 'From Dusk til Dawn.' I saw that in the theater and haven't thought about it since I started writing this response.
I can’t believe how well Tarantino’s films are aging. So many movies from 30 plus years ago just feel dated, but not his work. Killing Zoe is another great one of his.
Nobody knows about Killing Zoe it seems.
Accurate Synopsis...."Crooks choose perfect hideout for imperfect heist"
Thanks for being the first reactors to notice the coffins and the hearse!! Tarantino was telling us these were all dead men walking from the jump.
"I don't know who's got the loot, i don't know if anyone's got the loot. I don't know who's dead, i don't know who's alive, i don't know who's caught, i don't know who's not" 😃 Nice guy Eddie
Travolta's character was Vincent Vega. This is Vic Vega. iirc they are supposed to be brothers
I've watched this movie so many times, and never even noticed the coffins.
14:20: The only thing I can figure is those coffins are there to sneak them out, but there's only one hearse. You can't take all of them on one trip.
I always believe that this film is connected to Pulp Fiction. The suitcase in Pulp Fiction are the diamonds from this movie, and that Michael Madsen and John Travolta's characters are brothers (Vic and Vincent Vega).
Madsens character in this and Travoltas characters in PF are according to Tarantino brothers. He had an idea to make a movie about that but it never materialized and too much time has passed.
I also cannot hear Stuck in the Middle With You without thinking about this movie now.
Vincent Vega and Vick Vega are brothers in the same universe.
In a deleted scene from Pulp it's revealed that they are a cousin of Suzanne Vega, the singer 😁
It's kind of ironic that Tim Roth's character compares Joe to The Thing from the Fantastic Four, look up and read the history of the actor that plays Joe, very interesting to say the least.
"Lets go to wourk!" The guy on the radio was Steven Wright a comedian of the 80s
jaeh the police got active when they started to shot the hostages, as he said it was like they was already there from no cop in sight to them swarming them, possible the plan was to stay at distance but when they started to shoot the police had to take action
Thanks for making my day once again. Enjoy watching movies with you guys. In my car** in between ** places at the moment unfortunately. like getting away for a bit 😊 though. Be safe. Be well. Semper Fi.
When Joe asked who didn't tip Mr. Orange rats out Mr. Pink.
HOLY DEAD BODIES BATMAN! 😂
After all these years, I NEVER noticed the caskets!!! WOW!
The color-coded aliases are a nod to Kubrick's THE KILLING another heist flick you so need to see.
And the original Taking of Phelam 1-2-3 from the 70s.
Seen this a bunch of times. Never noticed the coffins
I never noticed those coffins before.
Love the Grace Potter reference huge Grace fan
There is no question that Mr. White killed Mr. Orange. The song that closes out the movie gives the hint. "Is there nothing I can take to cure my bellyache?" Yep, there is.
In all these years and all the times I have watched this movie (and they were many), I've NEVER, EVER, seen those coffins... VERY GOOD CATCH! This woman should have worked in the police as a detective!
This movie have two dubbings in spanish. The film was dubbing in Madrid in 1992 when was released in theathers. In 2008 the film was redubbing in Barcelona.
Dubbing in spanish 1992/2008
Harvey Keitel: Mr. White- Juan Miguel Cuesta/Antonio García Moral
Tim Roth: Mr. Orange- Miguel Ayones/Luís Posada
Michael Madsen: Mr. Blonde- Paco Vaquero/Carlos Di Blasi
Steve Buscemi: Mr. Pink- Jose Luís Angulo/Jose Javier Serrano
Quentin Tarantino: Mr. Brown- Carlos del Pino/Alberto Mieza
Edward Bunker: Mr. Blue- Luis Gaspar/Vicente Gil
Lawrence Tierney: Joe Cabot- Felix Acaso/Joaquin Díaz
Chris Penn: Eddie Cabot- David García Vazquez/Rafael Calvo
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Damn. I’ve watched this film a hundred times and never noticed the coffins. Good eye!
Reservoir Dogs is a slang term for someone who snitches to the cops, similar to the slang term, rat.
Great reaction! This film was about 68th in my top 500 film list, but i haven't seen it it for about 6 months. This just reminded me why I love it, and it's just jumped up 11 places to just beneath Halloween 3😋 (There are 4 other Halloween films which i rank higher than 3 btw lol, and 8 other films either directed or written by Tarantino that rank higher).
Vincent Vega is Vick Vega's brother. Tarantino had thoughts about making a prequel movie with Madsen and Travolta about the Vega brothers but time got aways from everyone and it was scrapped because the guys are too old now. Madsen is one of the most underrated actor in Holyweird.
'They don't know each others name, but they've got each others number' 🔥
2:43 minutes in, i noticed the cool pulp fiction shirt. How can I purchase 1 or 2 if it's possible.
My sister bought it for me. Not sure where.
No, Vic and Vincent Vega are brothers. Ironically, Tarantino originally wanted Michael Madsen to play Vincent as well in Pulp Fiction, but Madsen had to turn it down because he was busy filming Wyatt Earp.
There was a plan to make a prequel with the Vega bros. called The Vegas Brothers, but both John Travolta and Madsen were too old for their parts at that point and it was cancelled, but I've heard that there is a book version of that story.
Nobody shot Nice Guy Eddoe. If I remember correctly, Mr White was supposed to shoot him. But I think Harvey Keteil forgot to shoot. But Chris Penn just rolled with it and went down like he was dead.
Those are random rooftops that just so happen to have capitol records in the background and 1st national Bank next door off highland
Fantastic film, even with the shoestring budget they had.
Like if you look at steve buscemi's pants, they're not suit pants, he didn't have any so he just wore black pants he had.
But the film is so engaging and flows so well you don't even notice.
Snapping on the zippo is not anything new. When I was growing up, a lot of people used to do it. There were a few little tricks with the lid people used to do to. Nothing special, but a lot of people did it lol