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Is this anyone else's favorite Tarrantino film?

posted 10 years ago by tristandude14
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I don't know why, but I've always considered this one my favorite. Pulp Fiction is a VERY close second, but this one will always be on the top for me.

[–] mkdbarker-101-332780 10 years ago

Yeah man I think so. The worst thing about this movie is that audiences were expecting it to be just like Pulp Fiction. I was in the same bucket at the time it came out. I remember thinking De Niro was particularly bad as he did not play anything like characters I had previously seen in Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs, ie. No real dialog. Anyway a few years go by and I remember this being nothing like pulp fiction and I watch it again. I am enthralled. Start to finish I accepted this as its own movie and genuinely loved it. The pace of it, the settings and the characters are brilliant. I can watch this over and over. We may be in the minority but yeah I think this is my favourite.

[–] tristandude14 10 years ago

Cool, man. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Have you read the Elmore Leonard novel, "Rum Punch", that this is based on? While I usually go by saying that the book is always better than the movie, Tarrantino made Jackie Brown better than its book, not because the book isn't as good, but Quentin has a way of making things unique. The thing about this movie that I like so much, I think, is the performances. I feel like I really want to know these characters and while I did feel that way about some of the characters in Pulp Fiction, I felt that way about almost all of them from this one.

[–] Burk48917 (11386) 3 years ago

The movie was definitely better than the book.

[–] midwestmoviemaven 10 years ago

Its my favorite as well (its not a perfect film, a bit slow in the middle, but none of his films are perfect.)

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[–] Eddie_Fingers 10 years ago

I always preferred Pulp Fiction to Jackie Brown, but over the past couple days, I've re-watched his first three films and Jackie Brown truly is a masterpiece. I now prefer it to Pulp Fiction and by quite a bit. I also found that I prefer Reservoir Dogs to Pulp Fiction as well.

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[–] CZJFan87 10 years ago

It's also my favorite. I loved it!!

[–] frankzappayay 10 years ago

It's my favourite. Most of Tarrantino's movies are for dumb teens and 20 somethings, blood, gore, vampires etc.

[–] FreddyVoorheesTheThird 10 years ago

None of his movies have vampires, lol.

[–] Reese123 10 years ago

From Dusk Till Dawn, which he wrote

[–] Evilnerd 10 years ago

Well it's his best "realistic" drama. I love this film. The pacing, the subtilty and just the Love for his actors is just so wonderful. I like Tarantinos other work, but they usually have a comic-ish approach. This film is mature and Tarantino really shows his abilities as an director.

[–] MysteryFilm 10 years ago

Yep agreed.

Always my favourite of his films (until Django) and now its joint favourite.

I think it's definitely underrated and deserves more recognition and praise than it got.

Incredibly well acted, especially Pam Grier, Bridget, Robert Forster and of course De Niro. Sam Jackson is good, but he annoys me, no matter what film!

It's greatly written and looks smart too. Definitely my favourite.

[–] rjc1996 10 years ago

This is by far my favourite. I went into it without any expectations and loved it. The long scenes of dialogue between characters are brilliant and never get boring, I love how the first 20 to 30 minutes are nothing to do with the plot line but just show how horrible Ordell is. Great to see Michael Keaton as he is underrated and Robert de Niro is as always awesome.