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This morning I read a complete evisceration of the film director Quintin Tarantino by the very sharp writer Jim Goad and it gave me quite a pause.There I sat, at my desk, pausing then wondering if I should re-order my general outlook and let’s chew on some choice bits together before discussing.
And that’s Tarantino’s main problem—he’s empty. Hopelessly postmodern. Incurably ironic. And entirely safe. He’s a slobbering, drooling, film-school nerd who stuffs his movies full of bloodshed and curse words, apparently hoping no one will notice the Uber-geek behind the camera who’s likely wearing either panties or diapers. He bears the unmistakably soft air of someone who’s never been punched in the face. For all of his films’ alleged danger and violence, it’s always seemed barkingly obvious to me that he’s a twerpy fake who’d burst into tears if he chipped a fingernail. He’s an emblem of a generation which truly knows nothing beyond pop culture and gets nearly all of its “life experiences” from a screen.
Oof! A punch maybe not to the face but right into the guts of a whole generation but which generation, I wondered? Is this a terrible mirror held to the face of Gen X? The Millennials? Both? It seems mostly millennial with the knowing “nothing beyond pop culture” and “getting nearly all of its life experiences from a screen” but that could be my pride speaking.
But surfing. There are three generations in the water right now. Baby Boomers, Generation X and the Millennials but which is the worst? I used to think the Greatest Generation (pre-Baby Boom) would never be topped for sheer arrogance and shit candy but that was before the Millennials matured. Their safe space, pudgy misguided social justice rage, limp leftism lack of self-awareness is very painful.
But, and here is why I paused, I like Quentin Tarantino films. I like almost all of them and love Pulp Fiction so…. does this make the Millennials ok? Does this mean Gen X is the worst? Or the Boomers?
Which is surfing’s greatest generation?
Help!
So true!
What a run that guy is on! I’ll put QT and PT up with any director of any era.
The Hateful 8 might be the best film he’s done yet….aging like fine wine
Thanks millenials for their contribution….Lena Dunham? Bwhahaha
Gen X is the best simply because, binge drinking and friday happy hours were the norm and you would get shit faced watching state of origin watching men bash the shit out of each other. Also, benson & hedges & winfield blues were major sponsors for league and cricket. 🙂 david boon held the ‘record’ for number of beers from oz to london. 🙂
He might be right about Tarantino the person, but Pulp Fiction is a masterpiece.
Millennials are obviously the fucking worst ever. self important little pricks. can’t even read a map.
re: Tarantino
the original essay misses the mark in that Tarantino is not a “film school” nerd but rather a video-store clerk nerd. self-taught, in other words.
more importantly, its off target because tarantino has always worn his enthusiasms and fanboy obsessions on his sleeve. to my knowledge he’s never claimed to be some sort of gangster himself, but rather a guy who loves kung fu movies so much that he made a six hour two part epic mashing up different parts of old B films.
the critique that he’s “never been punched in the face” may be true (contrast with sam fuller, for example, who served in the infantry during WWII) but its also true of practically every modern writer/director, so loses its significance.
We have to work together to stop the sky net wave pool generation that will rise about 10 – 15 years from now.
Out of surf, Baby Boomers: greedy
In surf, GEN X, mine:
Most of the kooks these days
SUPers
Non-enforcers
Let all the lame shit into surfing
buy and sell China boards more than any other
created surf schools and surf camps to adnauseum, many by peeps that cant surf while cock blocking those that can
many think getting a lesson makes them a surfer
push their kids to be surfers instead of letting them find surfing
think Liters more important than LxWxThk
think this years named model better than last years
started the over foaming trend giving kooks false sense of lineup superiority
….more? Yes
“I don’t like surfers. I grew up in a surfing community and I thought surfers were jerks. I love Big Wednesday so much. Surfers don’t deserve this movie.” – Quentin Tarantino
I hate ‘jerfers’.
That’s a fine assassination of Tarantino as a character and SOME elements of his films, but what about the dialogue? Tell me the writer acknowledged the fact that Tarantino’s dialogue is spectacular!
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
for example…
This doesn’t even address the Kenny Loggins hit “playin wit dem boys”
I don’t care who the best is, but the boomers are unequivocally the WORST. It’s not even close.
Fairly certain I saw a “coal is Australias’ future” ad run just the other night…
How about… ‘bauxite is Australia’s future’?
oh yeah that is still running – is spruiked as clean coal though!!!
And now the Liberals are trying to outlaw protests and journalism. I’m not really exaggerating either. Absolutely fucking frightening.
…Boomers and their alcolytes.
Mind you I’m Gen X and I’m a useless bastard, but at least I’m not trying to fuck everyone over for sheer shortsighted greed.
Is a funny old world we are in – don’t get me started on the cyber bullying shit – as I will be in jail if anything happens to my kids.
By way tried to surf Tuncurry, Old bar today totally east shit – so bummed for drive
I was working so I’ve no sympathy. (he said selfishly, with nothing but sheer shortsighted greed)
Today you could’ve probably surfed Little Nelson Bay!
yep got greedy could have paddled Tuncurry cross/offshore but we thought old bar – arrived went east drove back tunners gone – went to lunch
Mmmmmmm…. lunch.
A bar at hand is worth 2 old bars in the bush . Did the Boomerang to Old bar drive once and ended up driving again an surfing the beachbreaks at Crescent.
you should try and argue with them about their flawed logic and short-sightedness. japan got it right with taking old people and leaving them in the forest after they ceased to be helpful.
Chinese ownership is Australia’s future
I for one, welcome our new insect overlords…
That last sentence. Sublime
Speaking on behalf of all snr millennials, I am taking Goad to task on these fightin words. Reservoir Dogs changed my life (albeit, for the worse) Pulp Fiction does not waste a god damn frame and dont get me started on the Kill Bills. QT is the Dorothy Mantooth of movie making.
Boomers ruined the planet, I’d rather eat a tide pod
They took Ayn Rand’s bullshit to heart and pulled the ladder up behind
them. I’ll take limp-wristed leftism any day over what constitutes
modern conservatism: institutionalized greed, graced with a veneer of
unconvincing piety. And I fear that is too kind a depiction of them at their current iteration.
Nothing on this earth acts more entitled than 50 somethings in America
** I don’t know, Ashton is certainly giving the 50 somethings a run for their money…
**Apologies for the low fruit offering , but…
Was he being entitled or just overly offended? I admit my generation is way too offended way too often but you won’t see us demanding to see the manager because our iHop International House of Pancake gift card is 3 months expired
Everything about him reeks of entitlement and privilege.
Sigh.. I’ve had enough, I’m just going to shut up now in regards to Ashton. I’m equal parts embarrassed for him and bored of him.
longboarder
Agree on the trying to press charges. Chas’s admitting being embarrased speaks to his actions participation to the incident. With that said listening to your remarks and you being an insider.
“WE NEED GUNS TO STOP SCHOOL SHOOTINGS”
“A generation that gets all its experience from a screen.” Haha that’s funny people that say that are the same type of people that want to travel the world but act like they care about the enviorment.
my god, it’s like every generation has surfed the satanic mirror.
The sooner you realise that each and every new generation thinks the older generations are a bunch of soft fucken idiots the more content you will be with yourself. Thankfully people die eventually.
Just leave Pulp Fiction (and Jackie Brown) out of this.
I think he peaked at Jackie Brown.
Pulp Fiction was like seeing Curren v Occy at Bells or Toledo’s alley oop twin pack at JBay last year . In 1994 no one was doing what Tarantino did. A great film with probably the most eclectic and wacky soundtracks of all times from Al Green to Captain Kangaroo.
…and the Oscar goes to..”Forrest Gump”?!?!
The ever present imperfection of subjective judging in the arts and artistic sports.I suppose a film about modern American history was always going to beat out a bunch of non Italian gangsters and a trio of drag queens from Sydney prancing around the outback in butterfly costumes and blundstones.
A travesty
Jackie Brown is low-key perfect.
Surfing’s greatest generation? Micktory is technically a Millenial, so there’s your answer…
Greatest generation my ass, Tom Brokaw is a punk!!!