Movie Media and Technology are inseparable. Movies cannot exist without technology. As technology advances, so do the movies we
create. However, just because technology
improves, does that mean the old “greats” will be left behind? Some movies may
become outdated, but Quentin Tarantino’s crime film, Reservoir Dogs, will not
and may even last for many more years.
Even at 1992, when Quentin Tarantino released Reservoir
Dogs, many movies were able to create high action packed content engrossing the
audience in the world displayed before them. Batman Returns, and Lethal Weapon
3 were released in 1992 and both are visually on the borderline when it comes
to being “outdated” or “still good”.
The
way directors show action in a movie twenty years ago is vastly different than
how action is showed today.
Today, films
tend to rely more on CGI to create action images that were not possible to film
back then without harming the cast and the crew.
Quentin Tarantino directed his crime flick without using
action as the driving force.
His movie
was solely based on effective dialogue and story telling. He only used two
scenes that had any action in them. Those scenes together are only 3 minutes of
an entire 99-minute movie.
His story is
about “The Heist That Went Wrong” and he never actually shows the heist.
It shows the before and after scenes, but the
actual heist was never filmed.
The
dialogue moves the movie forward showing the tension growing between the characters
as they try to figure out who ratted them out to the cops.
While most movies may be left behind by the new generation
of video production due to outdated special and visual effects, Reservoir Dogs
shall not. While actions may speak
louder than words; when four pissed off men are screaming, pointing guns at one
another, then that scene get pretty damn loud.
The results from technological advances help improve modern
movies with pushing the limits of video and capturing the moments on the
screen. For now, its all about making the picture as perfect as it can be. And,
because the visual standards of profession filmmaking keep being raised, many of
the previous generation’s action films will be eventually left behind due to
the difference between the old special effects and the new special effects.
However, Reservoir Dogs, even after 22 years
of film evolution, still holds true to visual standards.
My point is: with technology always advancing, the way
action movies depict their action changes.
These changes usually make the previous generation of action movies lose
the adrenalin. But Reservoir Dogs isn’t
an action movie. Tarantino’s flick is
built off of the dialogue, and the tension created from brilliant writing and
acting gives the movie its own adrenalin.
While Michael Bay can make an explosion look more real than some old
movie, Tarantino’s dialogue is as real as it gets.
