Pulp Fiction

Zatman

Am i the only person that thinks this is overrated by way too many people? I think its just not as good as people make out.

Anybody agree or do you all think its a classic?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

thought it was fairly 'meh' when I saw it.

smurf94

Ye I agree. Especially while I was watching it. Do only bit I really enjoyed was the whole Bruce Willis chapter of the film. So funny and messed up!?

DinnyBatman

Got to say, I loved it.

The Pontiac

Classic. One of the few films I can watch again and again..

krudler

I'm not a big fan of Tarantino but this is easily his best movie, although his performance in it is terrible, he needs to stop casting himself in his own movies

Rhyme

I can enjoy it equally each time I watch it if I space out my viewings enough.

Great film, deserves most of the praise it receives.

irish_bob

my favourite movie of all time

nyarlothothep

I don't get why people say Tarantino is such a bad actor. Hes competent and plays mostly one role, himself, but he's not that wooden.

Anyway enough ranting. Pulp Fiction is in my opinion a masterpiece and like an album that a band have worked to produce which expresses all the stuff in their lives encapsulated in one piece which goes on to strike a chord with the public mind, I think the same applies to this film. Everything about Tarantinos filmmaking is in there. The hamburger scene is a particular standout, the soundtrack is incredible, the writing is awesome, the editing and cinematography are mezmerizing. I thought it was a bit meh when I first saw it too, decent but not amazing, but upon rewatching the second and third times it blew me away.

Basq

Zatman wrote: »

Am i the only person that thinks this is overrated by way too many people? I think its just not as good as people make out.

Anybody agree or do you all think its a classic?

I think you're out of your mind tbh..

Magic Eight Ball

Like a lot Tarantino movies, I don't think it's aged very well.
Jackie Brown FTW.

Creature

Yeah very overrated. I mean its ok, not bad by a long shot but not the masterpiece everyone makes it out to be. It always struck me as a film full of 'cool' lines and characters made to appeal to young teenagers.

I always preferred Thursday which has long been compared to Pulp Fiction. Then again I also think Killing Zoe is a better film which is constantly met with repeated snickering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTEm2EwpUAk

ntlbell

krudler wrote: »

I'm not a big fan of Tarantino but this is easily his best movie, although his performance in it is terrible, he needs to stop casting himself in his own movies

it was a nothing role and he played it perfectly.

what was terrible about the performance?

Duggy747

ntlbell wrote: »

it was a nothing role and he played it perfectly.

what was terrible about the performance?

He tries and gives himself some "cool" lines and that his character is somewhat of a cool dude with connections, despite the fact we all know he's just a movie geek.

That ****** line is just awful (Not what the line is but how he delivers it.)

Pulp Fiction is an excellent film worthy of it's praise. The conversations about nothing just feel brilliant. Have to agree that Bruce Willis's's's's's's part is the best.

Otis Driftwood

Unless you can cite reasons why you think its over rated there isnt a point.

You can make your gormless,pointless statements all you want but unless you have something even half way interesting to say,why would you bother?

seanybiker

I enjoyed it and have seen it a good amount of times. I dont think its as good as some make it out to be but it is enjoyable. Bruce Willis FTW

Galvasean

I don't get the "It hasn't aged well" argument that is aimed at Pulp Fiction quite often. What exactly hasn't aged well? The hairdoos? Some of the slang? The clothes? If that's the case we might as well discount any film which has not been made in the last 5 years.
From a storytelling perspective it has aged just fine (having watched it recently in Cineworld it stands the test of time quite admirably).

nyarlothothep

Galvasean wrote: »

I don't get the "It hasn't aged well" argument that is aimed at Pulp Fiction quite often. What exactly hasn't aged well? The hairdoos? Some of the slang? The clothes? If that's the case we might as well discount any film which has not been made in the last 5 years.
From a storytelling perspective it has aged just fine (having watched it recently in Cineworld it stands the test of time quite admirably).

The amount of superhero/blockbuster dross released this decade has made it age very well, like a very fine wine amongst a thousand bottles of Liebfraumilch

Greyfox

For me it's between this and Shawshank for best film ever made, i've definitely watched PF more tiimes than any other film.

I think it has by a mile the best dialogue of any film ever made and just about the whole cast are superb.

Every film made in the last 10 years pales in comparison to this masterpiece!

Flamed Diving

It gets better every time I watch it.

Galvasean

Greyfox wrote: »

For me it's between this and Shawshank for best film ever made,

Good year for films that.

uncleoswald

I don't think he is necessarily a bad actor as he really only plays versions of himself and thats the problem, he is incredibly irritating.

I always forget how good Pulp Fiction is until I sit down to watch it. It was revolutionary filmmaking, not because it did anything that hadn't been done before but because he was able to put all in a package that appealed to the masses. I think our generation is lacking in iconic filmmakers and Tarantino, for a few years, gave us that.

Penn

Sam Jackson and Tim Roth in the diner is one of the best scenes in any movie ever

actuallylike

Zatman wrote: »

Am i the only person that thinks this is overrated by way too many people? I think its just not as good as people make out.

Anybody agree or do you all think its a classic?

This really annoys me when people say things like this. I realise everyone has the right to their opinion but you need to be able to back it up. Just saying "didn't like it" is not enough when you're talking about one of the best films ever made (in a lot of movie critics opinions). Back it up with your reasons otherwise you just sound like a person who wants to be different for the sake of it

grames_bond

Greyfox wrote: »

For me it's between this and Shawshank for best film ever made,

Galvasean wrote: »

Good year for films that.

and yet neither won the oscar that year.....f*cking forest gump! :mad:

my 2c....pulp fiction is most certainly not overrated, it has aged perfectly (seeing it on the big screen in cineworld is proof of that) and imo it IS the greatest movie of all time, the rewatch value is amazing!

kazorek

Pulp Fiction has aged poorly because its not "cool" anymore. I know that sounds like a really superficial reason to say a movie has lost its poignancy but look no further than the title and you'll see my point. "Coolness" is an intrinsic a part of the movie, and when its style ages and becomes out of step, it looses one of its core pillars. In other words, because Pulp Fiction puts so much weight on the characters and the dialogue being "hip," it is exceptionally vulnerable to cultural changes in taste; whereas other films that are less connected to culture- or connected to cultural ideas that don't change as rapidly as "hipness" (for lack of a better word) fare much better over time.

Its just not that "cool" anymore. Pulp Fiction, rather infamously, was a figure-head for "generation x." Well generation x isn't "it" anymore, in fact many of its facets are considered really lame now. And, despite the dialogue being interesting and unique and fun, the film can't really stand up when Samuel L. and Travolta aren't cool anymore (when I say that I mostly mean their characters, though there is probably something to be said about the actors themselves being very cool when the hype was in full swing). And I have to say, when you let go of the sentimental attachment so many of us have to the film, Travolta and Jackson's characters (among others) have become more novel than cool. Thus, Pulp Fiction is an artefact. A good one, but an artefact nonetheless.

indough

that would just mean that it has aged, not aged poorly, although i even have to disagree with the basis of your argument above

i thought the movie was kinda placed out of time on purpose so that it would not age, i can never really pin down exactly when a tarantino film is supposed to be set, apart from perhaps kill bill and of course inglourious basterds

citizen_p

its one of those films everyone says is good even though they dont like it.

like Rainman...somone told me it was good so i sat trough the whole film waiting for the good part....it was utter sh!te.
(i thought it would be a buddy comedy with a road trip )



i liked pulp fiction though.....

OutlawPete

I love Pulp Fiction and, like Rhyme, if I space out my viewings, I can enjoy it all over again and get something new each time.

My favourite scene is Bruce Willis flying along in the hatch back through the lights thumping the steering wheel screaming obcenities cause his chick forgot his Dad's watch ..

My two best experiences in the cinema were Tarentino films.

The scene where Uma gets the needle in the chest from Travolta had every single person screaming and then laughing. Every single person.

The second time this happened at a film I was at was in the Savoy 1 watching Death Proof. Watching that film was like being on a Rollarcoaster and I wish I had the audience reaction on video as it was electric.

Hearing Kurt Russell crying and screaming "Please be careful" to the girls after he's tried to kill them three times is my all time favourite movie scene.

Anyway, here's a docu on Pulp for those who haven't seen it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucQbbWqyw48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCd1jSJvzA