Distinct Chatter is 10 Years Old today! Well sort of. This year we changed from Views from the Sofa to Distinct Chatter (a play on my favourite subtitle feature [indistinct chatter]) and we helped celebrate by writing our 1000th review! … Continue reading Distinct Chatter Awards 2022
If you had to choose just one movie to showcase the effectiveness of fantastic screenwriting, it would have to be Reservoir Dogs. If you can look past the fact that this is a film which is now iconic, gifting movie … Continue reading Reservoir Dogs (1992) Review
True Romance was written by Quentin Tarantino and it clearly has his style, dialogue and story execution. True Romance has a cult following and made barely a blip when it was first released but because of the twist-filled story, interesting … Continue reading True Romance (1993) Review
The best aspect of Pulp Fiction is not the well-plotted story, which is twisted and interwoven perfectly, or the fantastic cast, some of which deliver the best performances of the their careers, but instead its the simple, inconsequential writing. Director … Continue reading Pulp Fiction (1994) Review
Views from the Sofa is 9 Years Old today! As has become tradition, we always use our birthday to look back at the past year and give some awards based on the movies we have viewed and reviewed within that … Continue reading Views from the Sofa Awards 2021
One of the hardest skills to pull off in screenwriting is making the dialogue seem “normal.” Even screenwriters like Quentin Tarantino, who is praised for how “normal” the dialogue was in movies like Pulp Fiction, wasn’t really writing the kind of … Continue reading Best of 2017/Oscars 2018: Lady Bird (2017) Review
Views from the Sofa’s 100 Greatest Scenes is a list of the 100 greatest moments in the movies. This could be long introductions, moments of action or great dialogue between characters. The scenes are in no particular order and come from … Continue reading 100 Greatest Scenes Number 29: “May I smoke my pipe?”
The Wolfpack is an intriguing movie for any film fan. The opening sequences sees the titular brothers recreating key scenes from Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs and while it is bizarre witnessing these recreations, you can’t help but be compelled by the scene for … Continue reading Documentary Week: The Wolfpack (2015) Review
Views from the Sofa’s 100 Greatest Scenes is a list of the 100 greatest moments in the movies. This could be long introductions, moments of action or great dialogue between characters. The scenes are in no particular order and come from … Continue reading 100 Greatest Scenes Number 28: “Ezekiel 25:17”
From the moment that Guy Ritchie’s fast-paced, dialogue heavy and twist-filled debut movie starts, you are very aware that you are watching something special. It starts quite nonchalantly, very low-key, as Nick Moran’s Eddy, clearly battered and beaten, explains some of the finer points … Continue reading Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Review
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