Paul Gulacy’s Bruce Lee and Quentin Tarantino’s Bruce Lee

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The art above is a rarely seen, vintage Bruce Lee painting by Paul Gulacy.  I wanted to post this today for two reasons:

  1.  It’s a cool piece of art that I think many of you will dig.
  2.  Bruce Lee has been in the news quite a bit lately due to his portrayal in Quentin Tarintino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.

Many people have gotten upset because in OUATIH, they believe that Bruce Lee comes off as arrogant and it appears that Brad Pitt’s character gets the best of Lee in a fight.  Initially, I felt that the scene was disrespectful to Bruce Lee, but as I thought about it a bit more I came to the following conclusions:

  1. In the movie the scene in question unfolds as a memory by Brad Pitt’s character.  Of course Pitt’s character is going to remember things that put him in a better light than the Bruce Lee character.  That’s human nature.
  2. The movie isn’t a documentary — think about how the movie ended.  Obviously Tarantino took a lot of liberties and his portrayal of Lee was one of them.
  3.  The fact that so many people have objected to Tarantino’s portrayal of Lee shows that this film isn’t going to harm Bruce Lee’s legacy in the least.
  4. I liked Tarantino’s OUATIH.  I am a huge fan of Bruce Lee.  Nothing has changed that.  Not even Brad Pitt’s character’s memory of his fight with a fictionalization of Bruce Lee.

Rocky Balboa on a Mexican Bingo Card by Brad Woodward!

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If you’ve ever wondered what Rocky Balboa would look like drawn on a Mexican Bingo Card, well, wonder no more.  Brad Woodward has created just that.  Not only did Woodward create the card, he shows us how he did it in the video below.

You can find more of Brad Woodward’s art and process videos on his Brave the Woods YouTube channel and his Brave Outpost.

Thanks to John Beatty for the heads-up!

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Movies Ranked

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Rotten Tomatoes posted the rankings for all of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movies.  Here’s RT’s and my top ten:

Rotten Tomatoes

Craig
10. Terminator 3 10. The Expendables 3
9. Conan the Barbarian 9. Escape Plan
8. Commando 8. Eraser
7. True Lies 7. Sabotage
6. Stay Hungry 6. True Lies
5. Predator 5. Conan the Barbarian
4. Total Recall 4. Commando
3. Terminator 2 3. The Terminator
2. Pumping Iron 2. Predator
1. The Terminator 1. Terminator 2

Quentin Tarantino’s Movies Ranked

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Film School Rejects decided to rank all of Quentin Tarantino’s movies.  I decided to play along and here are the results:

Film School Rejects

Craig
10. Death Proof 10. Death Proof
09. Django Unchained 09. Inglourious Basterds
08. The Hateful Eight 08. The Hateful Eight
07. Kill Bill: Volume 2 07. Django Unchained
06. Reservoir Dogs 06. Kill Bill: Volume 1
05. Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood 05.Kill Bill: Volume 2
04. Kill Bill: Volume 1 04. Jackie Brown
03. Jackie Brown 03. Once Upon a Time In… Hollywood
02. Pulp Fiction 02. Reservoir Dogs
01. Inglourious Basterds 01. Pulp Fiction

I’ll admit that sometimes I flip the rankings of Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, but everything else stays pretty much the same.

The “Running with the Devil” Poster and Trailer are Here!

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This Running with the Devil trailer looks pretty good!

When a cocaine shipment is compromised to the dismay of a drug cartel’s CEO, known simply as The Boss, he orders his most trusted henchman, The Cook, and his partner, another master drug trafficker known as The Man, on a dangerous journey to audit the company’s supply chain. As the drugs make their perilous trek across international borders, past gangsters, refiners, and couriers, they are also being tracked by Federal Agents. When The Cook realizes where the network is breaking down, it may be too late to keep the cartel satisfied.