Rank the filmography - Denzel Washington

She directed the Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, but the only one of her movies that I’ve actually seen is Point Break.

The only one I’ve seen is Point Break and I love that movie.

I’ve seen those top 4 and that’s the correct order.

Incorrect. I could argue with you as to why, but 

Point Break is awesome but also hasnt aged super well (many films of its era haven't) and it is also slightly tainted by that abysmal remake.

This is why you don’t watch remakes.

I dunno - to me, the concept of bank robbing surfers is a really strong one. As the movie says, they do their hits then get the fuck out of Dodge as soon as summer's over to let the heat cool down, then come back and do it all over again. I like that the stakes are small - they're just stealing money to fund living responsibility-free, not trying to, like, destroy the system or something like they were in the stupid remake, which to me feels much sillier - and the way it shows how Bodhi weaponizes the anti-system rhetoric. As motivations go, it all makes a lot of sense to me..and, as the movie points out, they typically never kill or hurt anyone in their heists, at least until Johnny Utah comes in and fucks it all up, so it all seems to fit.

And Bodhi, in general, is just such a great character, because you get the impression he's a true believer - I mean, he's willing to die surfing the 50 year storm rather than go to jail - but he's also deeply flawed in his idealism and willing to compromise what he says are his beliefs rather than face accountability or get caught, down to hurting people he deeply cares about. And, I mean, it is absolutely peak Swayze. The charisma is off the charts, but so is the fear when his carefully curated image starts to fall apart. 

As for the deeply incompetent agents...as someone who watches Dateline every week and sees the way even bog standard homicide investigations with obvious suspects regularly get fucked up and drawn out for literally over a decade due to the incompetence of law enforcement, this may be the most realistic part of the movie. 

Tarantino week!

I feel like Ive ranked his movies a dozen times in the Film Discussion thread over the last 10 years but here we go again. Lets do Kill Bill as two films, even though Quentin only counts it as one.

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
4. Jackie Brown
5. The Hateful Eight
6. Kill Bill vol. 2
7. Kill Bill vol. 1
8. Reservoir Dogs
9. Django Unchained
10. Death Proof

Jackie Brown
The Hateful Eight
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Django Unchained
Inglorious Basterds
Death Proof
Kill Bill vol. 2
Kill Bill vol. 1

Someone chose violence today.

Hateful Eight has climbed the ranks for me over the years. Pretty underrated I think.

Something I love about Tarantino that doesn't get discussed enough is how he can get such electric performances out of his actors. I think Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa is not only the best performance in any Tarantino movie (followed super closely by Samuel L in Pulp Fiction) but also one of the greatest villain performances ever. Also both of Leo's performances in Tarantino movies are among the best stuff he has ever done, moreso than almost anything with Scorsese even. Same could be said for Brad.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Jackie Brown
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
6. Kill Bill (counting as one movie)
7. The Hateful Eight
8. Django Unchained
9. Death Proof

My confession is that I’ve never seen Jackie Brown. It’s one of those movies I’ve been tucking away for a rainy day for so many years, and at this point I might as well circle back to it once he retires.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. Kill Bill vol. 2
4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
5. Kill Bill vol. 1
6. The Hateful Eight
7. Inglorious Basterds
8. Django Unchained
9. Death Proof