Reservoir Dogs 1992

The claim

73:15 – 76:12

… Reservoir Dogs, that's pretty weird. Yeah. It doesn't mean anything. It's confusing. There's no Reservoir. There's definitely not a Reservoir where they live. Apex Mountain. And I don't really have anybody except for, you could make a Chris Penn case. You could 100% make a Madsen case. In fact, I think I will. I think this was his Apex Mountain. You don't have to make a case because I'm not arguing with you. Tim Roth. No, I think Pulp. Hmm. I think Pulp for him. I was going to say Pulp too because I don't think he's that great in this movie. Eh. All right. Let's do the accent thing. Chris Penn, it's somewhere …

The whole segment, as transcribed

And he doesn't do that for most of his other movies. You know, Kill Bill, that's just a good title. And Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, that's just a good title. And you get what it is when you hear it. Reservoir Dogs, that's pretty weird. Yeah. It doesn't mean anything. It's confusing. There's no Reservoir. There's definitely not a Reservoir where they live. Apex Mountain. And I don't really have anybody except for, you could make a Chris Penn case. You could 100% make a Madsen case. In fact, I think I will. I think this was his Apex Mountain. You don't have to make a case because I'm not arguing with you. Tim Roth. No, I think Pulp. Hmm. I think Pulp for him. I was going to say Pulp too because I don't think he's that great in this movie. Eh. All right. Let's do the accent thing. Chris Penn, it's somewhere between here and Shortcuts. I don't know. Was he in at close range? Well, I feel like people would say Footloose for Chris Penn. He's the friend. He's the buddy. Oh, yeah. Footloose. I feel like that's what people would point to. Yeah, you're right. But I love him in this movie. All right. The Saul Rubinek, they knew overacting award. I can't give it to Lawrence Tierney because he's such a bad actor. He's not acting. It's not reacting. It's got to go Chris Penn. It has to go Chris Penn. Don't make me do this. Larry, stop pointing that fucking gun at my dead! Everything he does from when he shoots the cop. This cop right here? This guy? Earmuffs, Sean. He's kind of bad for about 90 seconds in that scene. Just absolutely not. Who are you talking about? This guy! Who the? He just dials it up. There's spit flying out of his mouth. And he's doing that like his eyeballs are bulging like, I'm really trying to act. Like he's taking a shit. He's just trying too hard. I would have liked to have seen that scene in the hands of Sean Penn. No. That's not correct. Or James Woods. Or James Woods. He is overacting in that scene. Larry, stop pulling that fucking gun at my dead! It's great stuff. Chris Penn is really great. Can I actually, can I throw another Rubenek in there? Yeah. Is the last 30 seconds of Keitel. That's weird. He like kind of climbs on Roth. Like it's almost romantic. Yeah. It's weird. They've formed a bond. There's a father-son kind of bond between the two of them. They bet on the brewers for Christ's sake. That's right. I created one more new category that I didn't tell you about. You really put, you put a lot of work into this. I did. I appreciate that. Thanks. This is a category that actually might stick around. But Sean, he works with Tarantino. That's right. He's going to pay on me. I don't know if Quentin's listening. We haven't talked in a while since we worked together. The Iron Mike Sharper Award for best recasting. Oh, wow. You get to recast any key role in this movie with an actor you like. Oh, my God. Today or back then? Yeah. It's got to make sense for 1992. God damn it, Bill. Yeah. This is good. I sprung it on you. What can we do with Caruso in this movie?

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