True Romance, "YOU'RE SO COOL!"

Rating: 10/10 (24 April 2003)

There has never been a film that I have felt more passionate about. True Romance is the film that got me into film. This is the film that showed me the difference between gloss and substance. I remember seeing this film at the age of 15 and from that point on I was hooked. I rented it several times before finding a used copy for sale. I have recently purchased the special edition DVD, and I am again hooked.
There are some films that people claim to have seen 100 times. Well, I have more of a life than that. I have seen more films than most people. It is only a few select that I have seen more than once or twice. "True Romance" on the other hand I have seen enough to recite every line at will, whenever and wherever. I can visualize it frame by frame.
Before most people were getting to know Quentin with Pulp Fiction, and the post PF re-urge of interest in Reservoir Dogs, I was spouting out Tarrentino dialogue with my friends from True Romance. My favorite lines being "You know what we have here? A m----- f----- Charlie Bronson. Mr Majestik." , "Do I look like a blonde with big t--s and an a-- that tastes like French Vanilla ice dream?" and "I knew something must be rotten in Denmark. I mean, I can't tell you how relieved I was when you took off your clothes, you didn't have a d---."
That's not to mention what I consider to be the single best piece of dialogue and cinematography in film history, (The scene between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper). That scene includes my all time "Badass" comment of all time. "I'm the anti-christ. You got me in a vendetta kind of mood. Tell the angels in heaven, you've never seen evil so singularly personified as you did in the face of the man who killed you."
The cast is tremendous. The characters are all stand outs. The performances are brilliant. The dialogue is realistic and intelligent. The cinematography is breath taking to recognizable. The directing job is flawless. "True Romance" all in all is the only film, in which I have been 100% satisfied with the production. If ever a perfect film were made other than Citizen Kane, it was True Romance. (For all you CK fans I am not comparing the two or lumping them in. I am simply making a statement.)
True Romance: "10 crows out of 10 killed. Then I reloaded and looked for another one. He died as well. Making this my only 11 out of 10. Because you see I shot to of the crows with one bullet. I killed the 11th with the 10th round."