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re: True Romance on Netflix now

Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:57 pm to
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 5/20/26 at 12:57 pm to
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The Gary Oldman part was cringe, imo


Posted by muttenstein
Member since Oct 2012
3194 posts
Posted on 5/20/26 at 1:48 pm to
Good review sans the Oldman cringe statement. This was Oldman at his best.

On the rewatch I was blown away that Val was listed second behind Slater and then to witness the cast of characters. Best ensemble ever, IMO.

Val was an afterthought.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
57154 posts
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:02 pm to
Top 5 movie for me. Pretty much every scene is incredible.

Seems like it was way under the radar for quite a long time, which is odd considering how great of a movie it is, the cast, the director, and the screenwriter. Not sure why?
Posted by One72
Member since Jul 2022
1513 posts
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:31 pm to
Little known fact:

Drexl in True Romance uses the phrase: "From a diddled-eyed Joe, to a damned if I know". In which other Tarantino film is the same phrase used and by whom?
Mr Orange's mentor in Reservoir Dogs.
Posted by Raoul Stimulato
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Member since Sep 2022
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Posted on 5/20/26 at 9:59 pm to
quote:

The Gary Oldman part was cringe, imo


GTFO
Posted by Raoul Stimulato
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Member since Sep 2022
2449 posts
Posted on 5/20/26 at 10:21 pm to
“Now I know I’m pretty. But I ain’t as pretty as a coupla titties.”
This post was edited on 5/21/26 at 2:37 pm
Posted by BitBuster
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2017
1910 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 6:32 am to
Man, you guys really are sticking with Gary Oldman's character.
I thought it was easily the worst part of an otherwise really good (not great) movie.

As someone who came in cold, knew nothing about the plot, characters or actors, but knows most of Gary Oldman's work, it was really weird seeing his interpretation of a gangster. It really kind of put me off for the whole first part of the movie. Was it a parody like I'm gonna get you sucker? Was he serious about that? I'm going to have to rewatch because on first watch, it was terrible.

ETA This was the vibe I got: (Can't inbed a video with a time skip in the link, so skip to 1:05)
This post was edited on 5/21/26 at 6:42 am
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
16986 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 7:40 am to
Had never heard of this and watched it last night. Fun show. Amazing how many stars were cast even in the smallest of supporting roles.
Posted by Sleepy_Tiger
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Aug 2021
11786 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 3:52 pm to
quote:

uch a great movie! Netflix has been upping its game a little lately as far as older solid movies.


Im suprised that it hasent been DEI recast and remade already
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
104903 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 4:17 pm to
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Bronson Pinchot


“Hi, I’m with the Girl Scouts of America. We’re selling pure uncut cocaine in order to make it to our Jamboree!”
Posted by One72
Member since Jul 2022
1513 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 5:11 pm to
MOAR Trivia:

During the theme park cocaine negation with Pinchot, Clarence uses a ‘so do I look like a bitch with bigs tits? So you wanna frick me?’ dialogue.

Very close dialogue is also used in the Pulp Fiction, Big Kahuna burger scene.

Tarantino has so many Easter eggs.
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
43479 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:39 pm to
quote:

“Hi, I’m with the Girl Scouts of America. We’re selling pure uncut cocaine in order to make it to our Jamboree!”


was coming to this thread to post exactly this

One of the funniest lines in movie history. was that improvised? Sizemore’s laugh seems genuine in that scene
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
21081 posts
Posted on 5/25/26 at 6:33 pm to
Do you think Brad Pitt's character was killed in this movie?
Posted by Raoul Stimulato
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Member since Sep 2022
2449 posts
Posted on 5/25/26 at 7:03 pm to
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Do you think Brad Pitt's character was killed in this movie?


Zero chance.

When you are perpetually baked like Floyd is, u become impervious to death.

Bong rips while listening to Outshined at high decibel gives a man superpowers.
This post was edited on 5/25/26 at 7:04 pm
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
33670 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:15 pm to
I thought I’d seen every good movie from the 80s and 90s, cannot believe I had not seen this.

Watched it last night and absolutely loved it.

I had no idea that Quentin Tarantino wrote the film, you can definitely see a lot of of the dialogues and monologues had his style

Love the scene where Clarence‘s father is talking to Christopher Walken around the history of Sicilians… what a great monologue that was

Not to mention….arguably the greatest cast assembled for any movie, ever.

Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Bronson Pinchot, Michael Rapaport, Tom Sizemore, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gandolfini, Chris Penn…

Obviously, some had bigger roles than others, but holy shite what a fricking roster they put together for that movie

This post was edited on 5/26/26 at 8:18 pm
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
72566 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:24 pm to
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cannot believe I had not seen this


Same.
Posted by travelgamer
Member since Aug 2024
2978 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:32 pm to
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One of the best ensemble casts of all time.


Good spinoff thread.
Posted by Translator
Member since May 2025
1176 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 8:32 pm to
Slater had some really memorable roles late 80s/early 90s then kind of fell off for a while until Mr. Robot. As a teenage translator John Cusack and Slater were always in movies I really enjoyed. One stuck around, one kind of went batshit crazy.
Posted by NorthshoreClown100
Member since Aug 2025
352 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:03 pm to
Who does Val play? Just rewatched and don’t remember him
Posted by TigerBornTigerBred
Member since Mar 2014
1631 posts
Posted on 5/26/26 at 9:05 pm to
He’s Elvis.
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