Essay About Gory Scenes And Tarantinos Trademark

Another Reservoir Dogs
Essay title: Another Reservoir Dogs
Gangsters, violence, murder and corruption !!!!! If these are some of
the things that youre into, then this is your kind of movie. Be ready to
watch
it more than once to be sure to get all the movie has to offer because it
jumps
from subject to subject and can be a little confusing.
The movie on the whole was really great. It was filled with some pretty
gory scenes and extreme violent content, Tarantinos trademark. The way he
portrays the real life aspects of crime and violence are unbelievable. I
wonder
if he experienced some of these things himself and thats why he has a
realistic view of them. Then again, I cant really gauge how realistic any
these themes are because after watching this kind of movie it makes me feel
like I lead a really sheltered lifestyle.
Why does all the violence in Tarantinos movies become so attractive
to us normal people? I think its because most of his material is underworld
stuff. He deals with things we can barely relate to. Topics that are so far
fetched to a “normal” person that they kind of hypnotize us into watching.
Things happen in his movies that are so bizarre, we cant begin to imagine
them happening to us in real life.
The weird part is, many of these things DO happen every day. We all
know there really are gangsters, mobsters and really low-life people that
involve themselves in what we think of as underworld crime. Drug deals.
on a level so great… amounts we cant begin to comprehend. Murders, for
whatever reason. Even the thought of hiring someone to kill someone else
gives us a goose bump or three. In his movies its almost like borrowing a
cup of sugar from your next door neighbor. Chopping off someones ear
would repulse me and probably make me want to spew my lunch.
Tarantinos characters chop off ears then talk into them as if they were
using
ma bell.
His characters attitudes are totally ruthless. They could give a shit if
you were the cousin of the president or a nanny. They have a job to do and
they do it. No holes barred, no questions asked, no thought given to actions
or consequences. They are almost like robots, zombies of the underworld
that have no emotions or respect for the value of life. You would think
these
characters are drugged or brainwashed, but theyre not. It amazes me that
people