True Romance - a definitive QT trend-setter....

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2005)

True Romance is an incredible movie; not only are the characters rich, well developed and highly interesting...but there are many subtle parts to the movie that are incorporated in later QT works. The triple feature that Clarence goes to (the Sonny Chiba films; Sonny plays a prominent role in Kill Bill, as Hattori Honso), the Samuel Jackson character (a brief but brilliant sign of things to come in Pulp Fiction), and the way Tarantino includes various cameos and short scenes that seem to lift already popular actors to an even higher plateau are just a few things I love about this film. Did you know that James Gandolfini's scene in the hotel room with Patricia Arquette is the defining scene that secured his being cast as Tony Soprano? Gary Oldman shows how versatile he is by playing a well disguised white pimp with amazing dialogue; the scene between Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper is (in my opinion) one of the greatest ever filmed. The Director's Cut version of this movie has a slightly different ending to the shootout; subtle, but strangely powerful. I would HIGHLY recommend this film to anyone who enjoys the wacky, brilliant world of Quentin Tarantino.