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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Mar 21, 2019 19:17:03 GMT
Pulp Fiction has been, for a while, my favorite. It’s incredibly rewatchable. Second fave would be Kill Bill Vol. 1. But there isn’t a film in this poll that I dislike. Strike that, I’m probably on the fence with Natural Born Killers...but the rest I enjoy. I don't really care for Natural Born Killers either. It was way too over the top and crazy and really lost the point along the way. Evidently Tarantino hated what Oliver Stone did with it as well. I'm not sure that he ever intended to direct it, but you can just see it in the film that he would have made much better choices. The same can be said, sort of, for True Romance. I love that movie as it is, but I think it would have been much different, and I think, better if he had directed it the way he wrote it originally. I love True Romance, though I think the weak link in the film is actually Christian Slater. Not a bad performance, but probably the weakest outside of the always annoying Michael Rappaport. Gary Oldman? Brilliant. Tony Soprano? Amazing. Patricia Arquette? Fantastic. But that scene between Walken and Hopper is an acting clinic. They are actors’ actors. As for NBK, outside of that soundtrack I didn’t care for it and haven’t seen it since its original theatrical release. |
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Mar 22, 2019 6:56:08 GMT
I dislike Natural Born Killers and I can actually live without Kill Bill 2, but the rest I like a lot. Went with the much divisive Deathproof and Hateful Eight.
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Post by You_Got_A_Stew_Goin_Baby on Mar 22, 2019 7:55:54 GMT
As time goes by, I find myself appreciating 'Inglorious Basterds' more and more. It captures Tarantino's ethos perfectly, being both absurd and deadly serious. The performances are great and memorable.
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Post by Marv on Mar 22, 2019 9:27:00 GMT
My rankings...
Pulp Fiction...borderline perfect
KB vol. 1...love the action.
Inglorious Basterds...some of his best work, just not every scene.
KB vol. 2...slower than 1, but an excellent wrap up and continuation.
Reservoir Dogs...classic.
The Hateful Eight...get rid of the mystery and this would be higher. Mystery was unnecessary but the rest of the film was awesome.
Jackie Brown...have grown to love it more over the years. It’s still low on the list but only because the others are so good.
Django Unchained...kind of the opposite of JB. I probably had this higher when I first saw it but don’t find it as rewatchable. A little too long in the middle probably. Still good.
Death Proof...great first half of tension and creepiness ruined by a second half of thoughtless car chase scenes.shouldve kept the tone the same throughout.
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Post by bluerisk on Mar 22, 2019 16:56:10 GMT
Kill Bill I.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 22, 2019 18:28:48 GMT
I dislike Natural Born Killers and I can actually live without Kill Bill 2, but the rest I like a lot. Went with the much divisive Deathproof and Hateful Eight. Natural Born Killers, the one movie I got up and walked out of the theater before it was over. I was getting angry at wasting my money and didn't want to waste my time also. I would have walked out of Pearl Harbor but I wasn't allowed. I went out and smoked a cigarette for 30 minutes. Fucking movie insulted my intelligence.
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Post by tristramshandy on Mar 22, 2019 18:55:55 GMT
Reservoir Dogs and Django are the two that I'll jump back on if they are on television, so I'll say those two.
I've never seen the Kill Bills. I really like Tarantino, but I've never been particularly interested in the concept of them.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Mar 22, 2019 19:01:38 GMT
Reservoir Dogs and Django are the two that I'll jump back on if they are on television, so I'll say those two. I've never seen the Kill Bills. I really like Tarantino, but I've never been particularly interested in the concept of them. I'd recommend them. You might be surprised with how they subvert your expectations of what they are... particularly Vol. 2. Vol. 1 might be more in line with what you're expecting, but 2 is likely not. |
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Post by tristramshandy on Mar 22, 2019 19:04:30 GMT
Reservoir Dogs and Django are the two that I'll jump back on if they are on television, so I'll say those two. I've never seen the Kill Bills. I really like Tarantino, but I've never been particularly interested in the concept of them. I'd recommend them. You might be surprised with how they subvert your expectations of what they are... particularly Vol. 2. Vol. 1 might be more in line with what you're expecting, but 2 is likely not. Is it something where you can watch the second without the first? The movie makes sense as an independent work?
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Mar 22, 2019 19:15:08 GMT
I'd recommend them. You might be surprised with how they subvert your expectations of what they are... particularly Vol. 2. Vol. 1 might be more in line with what you're expecting, but 2 is likely not. Is it something where you can watch the second without the first? The movie makes sense as an independent work? Yes and no. Similarly to Pulp Fiction he tells the story out of sequence. Each volume has some backstory but not all of it. I recommend watching the whole thing to see the entire story arc of the Bride. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Mar 22, 2019 19:17:11 GMT
I'd recommend them. You might be surprised with how they subvert your expectations of what they are... particularly Vol. 2. Vol. 1 might be more in line with what you're expecting, but 2 is likely not. Is it something where you can watch the second without the first? The movie makes sense as an independent work? I suppose it would still make sense. You'd be missing on a pieces of the puzzle for sure, some of it is out of order strategically, there are story threads you would not have context for, and you'd miss out on a good bit of the direction/misdirection, and also just a good time... ..but I don't know if you'd be all that confused. I wouldn't at all recommend watching it that way, but I do think it would still work. |
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Post by anthonyrocks on Mar 22, 2019 21:32:40 GMT
The Hateful Eight
Kill Bill Vol. 1
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Mar 23, 2019 4:56:50 GMT
I dislike Natural Born Killers and I can actually live without Kill Bill 2, but the rest I like a lot. Went with the much divisive Deathproof and Hateful Eight. Natural Born Killers, the one movie I got up and walked out of the theater before it was over.
Yep, me also, continues to be the only film I have ever give up on at the theatre. And I was very much a fan of Stone at the time  I did try again 10 years later and felt like throwing my TV set out the window - Keith Moon style! 
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Mar 23, 2019 16:09:34 GMT
Natural Born Killers, the one movie I got up and walked out of the theater before it was over.
Yep, me also, continues to be the only film I have ever give up on at the theatre. And I was very much a fan of Stone at the time I did try again 10 years later and felt like throwing my TV set out the window - Keith Moon style! Nice reference. Moon was being picked up from a hotel. As the driver was pulling away, Moonie yelled "Wait, I've forgotten something!" and ran back in. Soon, the driver seen a TV set flying out the window and landing in the swimming pool. Moon jumped back into the vehicle and said "That's what I forgot". I would have loved to have hung out with him for a couple days.
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Post by sdm3 on Jul 16, 2019 18:53:58 GMT
I was going to make this thread on the verge of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s release. Instead, after a quick thread search, I’ll dig this one up.
I voted Kill Bill 1 and Inglourious Basterds, the latter of which features two of my favorite cinematic scenes ever (the opening scene and the entire bar sequence).
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jul 16, 2019 19:05:24 GMT
I guess I never answered this the first time around...
I suppose I'd say Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds, but that could change at any minute.
The only firm ranking is that, as much as I enjoyed it especially as part of Grindhouse, I think Death Proof is clearly the weakest of the films he's directed.
But again, these rankings change based on what I've seen or thought about recently. A while back I heard an interview with Paul Thomas Anderson lauding the brilliance of Jackie Brown and if you'd asked me at that point I'd probly have that one in my top 2.
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Post by Winston Wolfe on Jul 16, 2019 19:28:51 GMT
Pulp Fiction is in my top 5 movies of all time, so that and Reservoir Dogs.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 19:33:02 GMT
None.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jul 16, 2019 19:33:52 GMT
Pulp Fiction is in my top 5 movies of all time, so that and Reservoir Dogs. Given your username, I'd have been shocked if you said anything else. |
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