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So glad you guys did this. Jackie Brown is was too underrated. Best soundtrack for a Tarantino movie also in my opinion.
It's not a jab when I say this, but it is terribly hard watching this flick without falling asleep. I like subtle films to some degree, here though, when I rewatch it, I'm never really looking forward to anything. It's momentum-less in regards to the audience. Is this a movie where you're not supposed to care what's going on or what's going to happen? It's like Alexander Payne made a Tarantino movie. Great moments, looks fantastic, I love when directors can blend old and new unabashedly, not with the actors but the times. Shooting with such grace in the modern world seldom happens, it's usually regressed to hand held 'realism' where you can't shoot a generic mall scene wonderfully, eliminating the class of people who frequent it. Many merits to it, and I've tried and tried, but I still have trouble getting on board with this one.
Not to be a grouch or anything, but this is probably the least memorable of Tarantino's films for me. The only things I recall are Jackson's AK47 sell and DeNiro (?) turning around and shooting a nagging Bridget Fonda in a car park.
I should probably watch again and see if I'm more receptible to it as an adult.
I've got to agree with Sellew on this one. I enjoy Tarantino films because he does "style homages" and often they are of the films that I either grew up with or saw when I was way too young because my dad was a projectionist and my parents couldn't always get a sitter. The style and soundtrack of this movie really sucked me in, and while it was probably QT's most "understated" film I was never bored and I found several moments to be remarkably tense. In short, this movie just jived with me although I can certainly understand why it might be a lot of people's least favorite QT film.
As far as least favorites go for tara n. tino, each new movie he makes goes to the top of the list, always disappoints and then gets applauded to no end, I know he's got his detractors and I never want to be one, but here I am. I'll see everyone of his movies, bad tara is better than most. And if I had to list them, from worst to best (and worst meaning felt no inspiration, seldom humor (oh how his humor gets obnoxious, he might as well tickle my ear with his dick while the fucking movie is playing), and the worst feeling to feel after a flick...the "meh") Deathproof, tie for Django Unchained and Inglorious Bastards, Kill William Vol. 1, Kill William Vol. 2, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, and Duh Fiction...now, his writing credits that I wished he had directed would have been in between JB and Pulp Fiction, and who knows, but From Dusk Til Dawn and True Romance (also his explanation of the audiences' perspective as the story unfolds on the commentary for TR really made me respect the guy a whole hell of a lot more). JB is still a great little flick, but it's where I have a problem with tara, the constant fall back or full endorsement of doing the "style homages" as Byshop said. Pulp Fiction was based on old noir conundrums and characters, and whether you know that or not it is immensely enjoyable, JB on the other hand, doesn't have the script to back it up. It's tara in deathproof territory doing whatever he wants, and he's that good that even when he misses it hits many marks.
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