Mr. Blonde is surprisingly compassionate about the meaning of ‘like a virgin.’ That makes him twice the psychopath; he understands everything precisely and has a good ear, he just couldn’t care less and it won’t stop him.
@@jessicasmith7102 Fuck a 20% tip nowadays for decent service and 15% for mediocre. That's what's expected as of 2020 in the waiting world in the US. 10% max unless I get my dick sucked and never tip for a pickup//carryout.
I’ve watched this so many times now but I always found it kinda cute and wholesome how these criminals who’ve killed and robbed before genuinely care about the wellbeing of waitresses because they believe they are living difficult lives and tipping is a way to make it easier for them.
That's just Tarantino's thoughts in real life. And since his characters are the bad guys, I guess there was no other way for someone else in his film to pronounce his thoughts 😁
Bong Joon Ho said something along the lines of "The quality of your writing will depend on your understanding of human nature" that's why tarantino is so good at writing. It's like he's had these exact conversations with people before and he's just put them to paper
It's like a half-second shot that 99.9% of people don't catch. I'm not sure if that was Buscemi brilliance or QT brilliance, or a bit of both. It explains Mr. Pink's reluctance to tip the waitress better than his own dialogue. Absolute fantastic subtlety.
Same how I didn’t realize until last year how Mr. White/Larry flings some food at Mr. Pink with a spoon. It’s the little details that keep movies like this alive after all these years.
Vik Ferreira Barrios aside from 'from dusk till dawn' I always felt Tarantino took me 'out' of the films he made. He's just so unbelievable in his roles. A nerdy weird guy always takes me out of the scenes, especially 'pulp fiction.' I'm glad he had such limited screen time in this film. He just can't pull off the roles he gives himself. He doesn't sound like he in anyway he belongs in the scenes. He doesn't look like he belongs there either. In 'from dusk till dawn' he played a weirdo sex freak, and I believed in his character. In this and pulp fiction it just seemed silly him being in the films
nah he's good but he's tricked everyone into thinking he's a genius director when in reality he's just having fun, making blockbusters that arthouse crowd take as intricate masterpieces
This is what Tarantino is great at. Writing good dialogue about meaningless things. This has nothing to do with the plot yet it’s awesome and shows us the personalities of the characters! Great, great opening scene! This is why Tarantino is awesome! Both Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are my top two favorite Tarantino films! I could go on forever on how much I love this scene and Reservoir Dogs!
@@albertvasu1077 He can just accurately count 8 bills thrown into a pile at a glance? Probably just done because having to watch him stand there and count it wasn't worth the time expended.
@@strmrdr5421 this was not a regular old dude tho. This is a Gangster boss, probably spent half his life counting money. Just like how a junkie knows the bag is light, this old dude knows the pile is missing a dollar.
I do love all the subtle clues, foreshadowing and character introductions they threw in just this one scene. First, they talk about random stuff, which mostly involves Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue, meaning they’re not important considering they get killed immediately after. Mr. White taking away his notebook in a joking manner shows their friendship. Mr. Blonde kiddingly suggesting to shoot Mr. White shows he’s a psychopath who enjoys killing. Next, they debate whether they should tip waitresses or not, as they’re in a situation to give which is ironic for robbers like them as they usually take instead. Mr. Pink is the only one who doesn’t wanna give a tip, showing he thinks for himself, which is why he’s the last man standing. Mr. White says he should tip the waitresses by pointing out that they all count on their tips to live, showing that despite his tough facade, he has a soft spot which leads to his demise. Mr. Orange, who was the most silent during the conversation, agrees with Mr. Pink because he tries to fit in. When Joe asks who didn’t tip, Mr. Orange rats him out, showing he’s the mole. QT, you cheeky clever bastard.
@@drivingintothedesertuntilt3202 i agree that he's taken a lot from other films, but you're talking about inspirations for scenes and cinematography. Tarantino is a genius when it comes to dialogue
Rule of 3. Because the boss was asking Mr. Pink, and Mr. Orange answered 3 straight times. On the 3rd instance the unconscious mind expects the same type of response, but instead he says "Shut up." Which is exactly what you'd expect from a grumpy old crime boss. ("I wasn't asking you, I was asking him.")
Imagine sitting there with all these great actors, and watching them performing the characters and the script you have created, it must be a great feeling, like you have already achieved all the success you ever dreamed.
Look how Freddie looks at Larry I'd definetly say Freddie switched sides where Larry is concerned the rest are mostly scumbags to him but not his Larry ♡
Well who cares about a jewerly store up to their chin in insurance and only catering to prissy rich folks, the waitress is someone who actually works hard and is probably living paycheck to paycheck. Its easier to sympathise with her
In a way your missing context robbers are usually portrayed as selfish and ruthless which they mainly are but you can’t forget your roots if your robbing someone for money you’ve most likely been through the same shit so why wouldn’t u want them to get the same treatment
One of great iconic opening scenes in all of cinema. You can watch and rewatch and there are more diamonds in it than Mr Pink's briefcase. Tarantino is a once in a generation talent and it shows even here, right at the start.
@@christophercarlisle7887 Does my name sound black? Ivan? I'm a white European Slavic male. Ever heard of slang? I also didn't know how else I could respond to him because his constatation doesn't really make sense considering Quentin Tarantino is one of the best and most respected directors working in Hollywood today. Although I agree with what you're saying I think you should be more flexible when it comes to discussions on the internet. Have a nice day, sir :).
@@furbabydaddy814 Orange rats out Pink for not leaving a dollar: Not only did he rat him out for his action, but he also ratted him out for his motive. For me, this sets up Orange being the undercover agent.
@@rydermccall3590 true enough,but it just seems like Tim Roth’s character is trying hard to look like a James Cagney,or a Humphrey Bogart,which he probably would.
This is one of the most brutal movies I've seen. It's so impressive and I felt like not seeing a fictional presentation but a documentary, a real action, something that happened just in front of me. Tarantino realized an amazingly beautiful and impressive brutality.
The joke of, “You want me to shoot this guy?” A joke with a serious undertone. Mr. Blonde may be a classic psychopath. Cool, calm and collected, but never cross a dude like that
I was convinced too at some point. I didn't end up doing it though. I tip now because I dont eat out much. I treat my self once in a while and treat the staff too. Quality of the experience > Quantity of the experience
@@Phinal_Flash nope, not a valid point. Waitresses get paid LESS than the minimum wage. Tips are what get them up to the minimum wage. This is where know it all mr pink doesn't know SHIT.
This kind of dialogue is super hard to write. Just guys bullshitting about stupid stuff. That's why Tarantino is awesome. You got a bunch of dangerous criminals just being human.
Proof that such dialogue is super hard to write : EVERY rip-off movie that came out after this that tried to imitate it sounded fake and lame. Latest example : BABY DRIVER and the thieves having the MIKE MYERS vs HALLOWEEN MASK argument. Rip-offfffffffffffff !!!!!!
I will never forget watching this in the UCSD campus theater back in college in the early 90s. I'd never seen anything like it. It is still a favorite.
One thing Tarantino does better than anyone... created a continuous dialog that tells you exactly what and how someone is...makes you relate to the characters while having humor ... his way of steering the actors and letting them converse without interruption,talking about every day things is just simply unmatched
oh shoot! I just noticed for the first time Mr.Pinks exasperation at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="206">3:26</a> at not having his cup refiled, way ahead of the whole tipping dialogue! Talk about living truthfully under given imaginary circumstances! as well and fleshing out the smallest details! A whole new level of respect for Steve Busscemi!
There’s also a subtle but cool discussion of coffee in Pulp Fiction at Tarantino’s house after Travolta shoots the guy in the back seat. Someone compliments Tarantino on his coffee and he says he doesn’t drink crappy coffee. Later when the Wolf shows up, he asks for coffee, takes a sip, and nods at Tarantino like “that’s damn good coffee.” Such a subtle little detail that a lesser director/writer wouldn’t have thought of.
Wait... theory... that waiter IS mr pink, when he worked minimum wage. We already know pulp fiction and reservoir dogs are the same universe because of the vega brothers, which was confirmed.
I love the way you can see mr. Pink looking in his cup and a little annoyed that he's out of coffee and waiting for the waitress before he says what he thinks about tipping
It shows that he hates conflict and avoids the fights, like later in the movie when he's the one trying to stop the showdown. This whole scene is fantastic foreshadowing.
Decafx6cups=2leadedcups.Decaf has 18%-33% caffiene (You can't remove all the caffeine from coffee and still have coffee)& Mr.Pink, that skinflinty chiseling MFing criminal should've been on the decaf, f'n cheapskate
It's wonderful. I prefer this and Pulp Fiction to his later works. Yes, the later stuff may be more technically accomplished, but there's a pretense there that isn't there early on. He stopped writing "Tarantinoesque" dialogue because it became cliched. And that's a shame because NO ONE wrote it as well as he did. Give me Uma Thurman and John Travolta talking about the Fox Force Five joke any day over slaves, Nazis, or whatever.
Fun fact: when this movie first came out, my next door neighbors name was Toby Wong. Only problem was I didn't see the movie til 11 years after it came out, and I had moved by then 😁
I've noticed that a lot of QT's movies have great opening scenes! I love the opening scenes in Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds had a great opening.
The dialog of the scene struck me immediately…fascinating without adding to the storyline. There wasn’t scenes likes this in films before them. Everything followed a structure. Just like Seinfeld was brilliant. Larry David said what we talk about in the interludes of our life is actually the story and funny
It’s been awhile since I watched this scene. Literally the only moment of real peace we get seeing as the entire story is the comeuppance of the crime they have yet to commit. Everyone is so light and relaxed. Clever.
Na, there's a bunch of scenes of them later showing how Orange integrated with them, the various members got put onto the scene, etc, that are pretty chill. The scene with all of them driving around and Eddie talking about the woman who glued her abusive boyfriend's dick to his belly comes to mind lol
@@mywhychromosome you’re totally right! I guess I’m just mostly thinking about the Orange screaming his head from the bullet wound shortly afterwards lol
I like how Chris Penn trips as he's leaving the table over a chair and it's left in as it just looks authentic just like people do trip etc as they leave tables.
This scene in a light hearted way sums up all of their characters through the movie. Mr Blonde quick to suggest a violent solution, Mr Pink a pragmatist, Mr White follows a code of honour.
He was smart in this movie, by making the character he played of limited screentime--when he does that, it's fine, and even a little charming. If he's on screen too much, it feels a little indulgent. Like, it was down to the wire in "Pulp" whether he'd play Lance, the dealer, or Jimmy. Thank god he let Eric Stoltz play Lance, because he never would've been able to deliver some of those lines like, "The day I bring an OD'ing bitch to your house, then I give her the shot!"
I feel like you are the one with a foot fetish lol. Just cause hes talking about a girl getting hurt by dick what's that gotta do with what he enjoys in real life
@@mywhychromosome Exactly, he's good at cameo-like roles, but as soon as he has too much screen time, it becomes apparent he's just not a good actor by any stretch. Another really good role of his is in the Desperado (the pissing into a glass joke).
I remember the then boyfriend of my sister came home with a pirate VHS copy of this film, before it hit the UK cinemas (i think it was about the film not getting a certification or something, thus holding up the UK release date) The quality was so bad, I decided I was going to wait to see it in the cinema. I’m glad I waited because seeing this on the big screen was so epic.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="304">5:04</a> he says he'd go over 12% for that. which means they were probably tipping for around 10% back in 1992. it's 2022 and the standard tipping rate is now 17%. that's insane.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="411">6:51</a> is he like the fastest money calculator on earth, he barley looked at the money for a split second and already knew someone didn't tip.
No. Joe isn't a walling-talking calculator. He is a creation of Quentin Tarantino. And Quentin Tarantino isn't much interested in keeping things realistic. He knows he's writing and directing a movie and his aim is to show a movie. Or, maybe he foreshadowed someone will get this joke. Either way, he's a man who likes to keep his movies fast here and there and given that Reservoir Dogs is his debut, he could very will did it because he wanted to move on to more important parts
I agree with the other comment, it's a debut so it was probably rough getting everything condensed down to a certain runtime. But, you could also argue that Joe is a crime boss and he has made an entire career out of robbery and probably sees money, counts money, crunches numbers, all of that sort of thing all of the time. He knew how many people were in the party and so it only took a glance to tell that someone stiffed their tip.
@@darmus8928 it's because he told everyone to throw in a dollar stoopid. It'd be pretty obvious that if you had 5 dollars and there's 6 people there that someone didn't tip.
I don't think it's unrealistic. I'm a tipper and so is Joe. He knows how many people are in the group and it is not that difficult to count and notice a buck missing.
Yea i thought it was good when it first came out, then i came back and watched it years later and realized how terrible it was. It's like when you were a kid you thought certain cartoons and shows were good, nah they were bad, you just had a very shallow and inexperienced taste in cinema.
Ed Bunker saying “I used to like her early stuff...Borderline...but when she got off on that Papa Don’t Preach phase, I tuned out.” Is perhaps the best line ever uttered on film by a senior citizen!
Michael Madsen and Tim Roth looked so handsome in this film. Love the atmosphere and dialogue that seems so trivial at first, until we get deeper into the film and realize there were actual clues as to not only who the rat was, but also into the mentality of the others involved. Love Steve Buscemi's character also.
He's easily the best director of my lifetime. It's really hard to get an audience to root for the bad guy, and he pulls it off every time. He's had strong female leads, good guys and bad guys. The best dialogue, best music score, best original story lines. There's basically nothing he doesn't excel at.
Spielberg, Scorsese, Terry Gilliam, Ridley Scott, Zhang Yimou, Clint Eastwood, James Cameron, PT Anderson, the Coen brothers. I don't think Tarantino is "easily" better than any of these guys--middle of the pack at best, I'd say. A truly great writer of dialogue does not cause all of his characters to sound like himself, which is just an expansive form of solipsism and artistically repetitious.
I know you are talking about kill bill and maybe inglourious basterds, but surprisingly in this movie, there is not a female lead or a female with any lines! Interesting, no?
He did, didn't he. Everyone copycatted him for the next decade, and his style is ingrained into so many newer directors nowadays. We were fortunate to live in the time of Tarantino. we can tell the grandkids we saw RESERVOIR DOGS when it was released. I saw it in a small cheap theater, then me and my roommate hired the VHS - and watched it 3 times in one night! Just rewound it time and again and kept watching!
@@jondunmore4268 I maybe Didn't saw it in a cheap theater but what I did is, go with a friend to breakfast at the local Denny's, talk about the random stuff of life and walk back to my house and start watching this masterpiece.
Nope he actually financed the movie with this pilot. That's right, it was a short story and then he got the money from the producers and actually made the film. That's how it works when it's your first or second movie as a young director/scriptwritter. That's why this first scene is so shined and polished, filled with clues.
Amazing how fresh this dialogue sounded thirty years ago - and how this scene alone gave birth to hundreds of forgettable movies between 1995 to 2003 featuring self-consciously hip gangsters musing on minutiae.
I've always held that Reservoir Dogs is a pure Shakespearean tragedy. That is, outside of this opening scene and the car ride (which could be done), the entire film could be put on stage, basically one set, and the action that holds you on the edge of your seat is that you KNOW it's all gonna collapse into disaster... it's just waiting to see how the inevitable happens that keeps you glued down. Clearly, Quentin focused on and remembered his Brit-Lit class. :-) -MJ
More scenes than that o/s of rally point/whse but Shakespearean could b the descriptor 4 the film's end product.The stage element is certainly huge part