Tarantino Poll

I like True Romance and Natural Born Killers better than all of these.

the DNS scene demonstrates how low tarantino's character is, using the situation to humiliate jules in a way he likely wouldn't dare to otherwise - similarly to how butch is humiliated by marcellus and vincent at the bar

bingo

Edward III: i like your reading of that scene. and your last sentence is 100% otm

honestly I think it has more to do with the tarantino logic "swearing = always cool" than anything racial

Glad Jackie Brown was at least a strong runner-up.

It's cool, Jackie Brown is probably a better film than Reservoir Dogs. It is nice to see that it seems to have lost the stigma it had when it was released, it's a great movie.

finish is in order of merit shockah!

really all the stuff with Keitel and Julia Sweeny seemed totally useless

...but there's always room for lunacy. Keitel plays the role like Jackie Gleason, one of the best things he's done since the '70s.

that's crazy talk...

really all the stuff with Keitel and Julia Sweeny seemed totally useless

no way, i loved that

i wish Julia Sweeney was in more stuff

that movie had Julia Sweeney, pre-unbearable Kathy Griffin and first season dude from MadTV

According to wikipedia, Sweeney was a 29-year-old accountant who took a class at Groundlings and ended up on SNL a year later :O

and both Griffin AND Sweeney were in It's Pat the same year as Pulp Fiction!

didn't tarantino do a re-write for it's pat or something?

he produced it, according to wiki

"It's Pat, Nigger!"

lol

hahahhahah

XD

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pS7sKjlzwFg/RmdXqEsq-ZI/AAAAAAAAAj8/IFPuR6OyxjY/s400/sweeney_pat.jpg

I tend to think of "Kill Bill" as one picture ... maybe it would have done better here if listed that way. I wasn't overwhelmed with either part in the theater, but they stand up better than expected on repeated viewings. "Pulp Fiction" seems a little weaker each time I see it.

I voted "Jackie Brown" because it's the best Elmore Leonard adaptation. "Get Shorty" and "Out of Sight" are both good, but "Jackie Brown" actually improves on its source material, mainly because of Pam Grier.

voted jackie brown too and I'm glad it had a strong showing. it's true, pam grier is pretty great in it. and so is... uh, the guy from alligator?

it's probably the least annoying qt flick. but I like all of these besides death proof.

reservoir dogs is the one that really didn't hold up for me over the years. even tho it was my fave movie EVER in 8th grade.

it's been years since the last time I watched it, but at the time, all of the macho dialog seemed a little lame. but all of the love on this thread is making me think I should give it another go sometime.

Yeah, bam bam bam bam bam.

reservoir dogs is the one that really didn't hold up for me over the years. even tho it was my fave movie EVER in 8th grade.

yea, agreed (tho a little later than 8th for me). i was one of those dudes that was like "pulp fiction pffffffft yea it's okay but RESERVOIR DOGS is the MASTERPIECE" in say, 10th grade. but i watched it again a few months ago and it really didn't do anything for me. i was pretty turned off by it. i've got a strong threshold for violence but for some reason the ear-cutting scene really got to me.

voted kill bill part 2. i haven't seen either kill bill more than once, tho. i enjoyed both a lot

People preferring Reservoir Dogs to PF remind me of those guys who prefer Bleach to Nevermind.

yea i think PF is the better film now

ha, but what of us who preferred "In Utero" ?

kill bill fans? i prefer in utero

ha

I'm waiting for his "Unplugged"

People preferring Reservoir Dogs to PF remind me of those guys who prefer Bleach to Nevermind.

― The Screaming Lobster of Challops (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, February 13, 2009 9:51 AM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is otm, i'd say

People preferring Reservoir Dogs to PF remind me of those guys who prefer Bleach to Nevermind.

hey, that's me! Apart from Bleach I can't really bear to listen to Nirvana anymore.

i dunno man, PF is kinda bloated and sprawling, i can see preferring the lean & meanness of RD

i can see preferring Bleach, too!

I can't imagine PF without bloat and sprawl.

im not saying its bad, im just saying, they're pretty different movies and i could sympathize with preferring a more basic heist thriller

OK, I like In Utero, and I guess "Jackie Brown"...

PF is kinda bloated and sprawling

big lol about a director whose oeuvre includes a 4-hour chopsocky/foot fetish movie.

PF is kinda and KB is hell of

i finally watched jackie brown

my faves are still the kill bills, followed by reservoir dogs -> death proof -> jackie brown -> pulp fiction

jackie brown was awesome, even tho it was looooong and takes a while to get to where it wants to go there didn't seem to be any unnecessary scenes, which is my prob with PF - i think i like sam l better in that than in PF

this is otm to how i feel btw

i dunno man, PF is kinda bloated and sprawling, i can see preferring the lean & meanness of RD

― s1ocki, Friday, February 13, 2009 10:34 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark

is true romance any good?

I tried to watch it once and had to turn it off because it was so retarded.

and I really like Tarantino!

shit

true romance is tarantino as his most immature and ridiculous. i actually think it's a really entertaining film but christian slater's performance and character are kinda problematic for me for some reason. best performances in the film: oldman & gandolfini. i think the walken/hopper scene is just a little overrated too.

and

SPOILER ALERT

this usually doesn't bother me but the final mexican standoff where every single character except for the heroes and michael rapaport gets killed has always kinda bugged me out b/c there are a lot of good supporting performances in this film and qt and tony scott are such misanthropic dudes that they have to make sure any character with any moral flaws has to get gunned down, and i think it was just kind of a bummer for some reason. and then scott ripped it off for enemy of the state.

i dunno what to say really cuz i think you're nuts for saying PF has unnecessary scenes (which scene would you take out/takes away from the movie? i've never really seen that criticism leveled at it). but if you like tarantino i dont see how you could not find something to like about true romance...the christopher walken scene is obviously super classic and it ends in a mexican standoff!

lol xp

alright im gonna watch it

the real classic scene in the film is gandolfini and arquette imo, because it's got actual drama and real stakes, the other scene is a couple of tough guys bullshitting and it's kinda clever but i dunno...

yeah that scene is wonderful too, not gonna take away from that. but the walken scene is just vintage tarantino