Sorry, but after re-watching it, "Pulp Fiction" isn NOT all that.

[CanuckAmok]

Meh.

He should have hung it up after Reservoir Dogs.

[Kire]

1. why are you sorry?

did you say something you regret?

[CanuckAmok]

4. The funny thing about regret is...

...that it's better to regret something you have done then to regret something you haven't done.

Oh, and by the way...when you see your mom this weekend, be sure to tell her:

SATAN!

SATAN!

SATAN!

[aquaman]

15. Butthole Surfers.....

Blast from the past.

[HughBeaumont]

32. LOVE. THAT. ALBUM.

Especially "Kuntz".

And yes, PF is NOT the greatest thing since sliced bread, despite what Taranti-nerds tell you.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

2. It hasn't aged well. I loved it when it first came out

but I think the Tarantino thrill is long gone.

[tjdee]

3. Wow, I so totally disagree.

But now, everything's copied it to death, so it's not as fresh as it was when it was first released.

(And yes, QT copied other directors, blah blah blah.)

His use of macguffin, the way he ordered the scenes, his use of music, his use of the absurd...fantastic. Sam Jackson, fantastic.
He does seem to have a love affair with the word 'nigger' that I can't understand, though... but I love that film.

[CanuckAmok]

5. It was a good use of non-linear storytelling, but beyond that....

...em-ee-aych. "meh".

[tuvor]

6. I think he could've just left Reservoir Dogs in the can

Did nothing for me.

Been a while since I've seen Pulp Fiction, though. I should watch it again. Will time have been kind? If not, well, Uma in a pageboy, white blouse and capris will make up for it.

[CanuckAmok]

7. Yes. Uma in a bob. Pre-motherhood even. Life was good once.

n/t

[tuvor]

12. And Link Wray in the soundtrack is icing on the cake. n/t

[Bok_Tukalo]

8. Next to Led Zeppelin, Tarantino is most overrated phenom in pop culture

Pulp Fiction sucked.

[tuvor]

10. Because....?

[Bok_Tukalo]

11. The violence was pornographic

It was sickening.

[tuvor]

13. You don't think sickening violence belongs in the movies?

Tarantino's not the only guilty one.

Just curious.

[Bok_Tukalo]

17. To each his own, I agree

I would have liked to have seen "The Passion of the Christ" because of the language and the story but I heard it was overly violent so I have skipped it.

Violence is one thing, like sex, but when it is the point of the film, it is just obscene.

[mitchum]

14. And there was a very good reason that Tarantino was overrated...

and promoted so heavily. Want to know what it was? Be happy with your little service industry McJob. Why, Quentin Tarantino was just a lowly video store clerk, and then, he's a wealthy famous "artiste" It can happen to you too! A Horatio Alger story for the sedentary generation.

Pulp Fiction did suck

[mark414]

19. are you trying to imply

that quentin tarantino is a pawn in some massive horatio alger conspiracy?

:wtf:

[TroubleMan]

9. I disagree....it's been running on DirectTV lately and I've been watching

Still brilliant far as I'm concerned.

[tridim]

16. I was entertained by Pulp Fiction

I never think of it as anything more than a fun movie.

[AlCzervik]

18. But at the time it was.

[jobycom]

20. Yeah it is

Tarentino's still a genius. Rodriquez, though, should have hung it up after El Mariachi.

[roscoeroscoe]

24. pulp fiction stands the test of time...

...and i'll stand up for robert rodriguez anytime!
first, pulp fiction. the title should give you a clue that it's not making any high pretensions... it's about crazy old gangster fiction, revved up to the day. it is a film that's one great scene and dialog and song after another, and i'll enjoy them one by one right down to 'ned's dead, baby... ned's dead.' love the charicters, the scenes, the casting.
robert rodriguez has to be appreciated for spy kids and may i remind you, 'sin city.' he's a subversive in the way he does business which means a lot to me, because if you can be independant and a success it counts for a lot!
hang in there with both of these guys, they're independant and creative.
'where's my honda? what happened to my honda?'

[jobycom]

25. Rodriquez

My eleven year old daughter commented at how bad the Spy Kids franchise was getting. Once Upon a Time in Mexico was horrible-- not original, not subversive, just one violent cliche after another. I just got back from Hitchikers, and they showed a preview of another Rodriquez film coming out, called Shark Boy and Lava Girl, or something like that. The audience was laughing at the trailer, and I don't mean laughing at it because it was funny. You could hear some people saying "Oh come on!"

I think Rodriquez thinks he's doing what Tarantino is doing, but he misses it. Tarantino does a cool combination of farce and drama together, and he's an obvious student of the types of films he does. With Kill Bill, for instance, not only is the story interesting, and at points moving, but there is a self-conscious mockery of the very types of films Tarantino is creating, similar to what Tim Burton or Ethan Cohen do. With Rodriquez, he just tries to freak people out, or gross them out, or throw in some brutal, senseless death (the woman on the balcony in Sin City, the chef in Once Upon a Time, etc.) just to show how quirky and irreverant he is. To me he's not quirky, he's just a farce, and not on purpose, the way Tarantino is, but on accident, and without knowing it.

Anyway, that's my opinion. I'm sure it's wrong, it usually is. :-)

[regnaD kciN]

27. ...or at least he should have not made "Desperado"...

...thereby proving that, for some filmmakers, adequate funding is the kiss of death. (Not a problem I'm likely to encounter in my own directoral career! ;-) )

[jobycom]

30. I think you're right

It's like the money constraints make him make choices instead of doing every little thing he wants... Maybe that's it.

[Quixote1818]

21. I agree, it was OK but nothing too amazing. nt

[DS1]

22. No, in fact it sucks, I even traded it for Blade 2

[CanuckAmok]

23. Don't deride "Blade 2" in my thread, please.

You're talking to someone who has been entering a sweepstakes daily to win a Blade Trinity prize pack from one of the cable channels.

[KTM]

31. And that sums it up nicely

Blade ?!? You're having a thread criticising a frickin classic, dismissing a film that will always register as a unique artisitic creation, yet you will take a moment to defend Blade ?!?

That was some of the most comical, unoriginal, poorly crafted crap ever put on film !!

"Filet mignon SUCKS. I hate it. It's pretentious and underdone and over priced. Please pass me the pan-fried roadkill though - I LOVE that..."

:eyes:

[bigwillq]

26. PF is one of the best movies evah!

No matter how many times I watch it!
PF redefined 1990's cinema. The proof is in the pudding. So many movies tried to copy PF. It was truly a groundbreaking film, imo.

[Radical Activist]

28. Reach into the bag and get my motherfucking wallet!

Which one is yours?
That one that says bad ass motherfucker on it!!!

Its a great comedy with some disturbing scenes thrown in.

[Tom Kitten]

29. pshaw

the movie has some great cinematic scenes but ultimately it's pointless

however I liked it compared to Reservoir Dogs which I truly hated...

so there!