Check out the big brains on Brad!

Musiconomist

Was just thinking how Pulp Fiction has more memorable scenes than nearly any movie. Is that the sign of a great movie? The pawn shop, the robbery in the cafe, Harvey Keitel's scene, Christopher Walken's scene (haha, a personal favourite), the OD and the scene in the apartment with the shootout and probably a few I've missed.

Are there any other films which have so many memorable scenes?

nyarlothothep

I thought this was going to be about Brad Pitt's architecture degree. Yes Total Recall, well, just for the quotes.

Old Perry

be cool, this is a robbery!!!!!

crash davis

That's Tarantino's hook really....

Still waiting for him to make a masterpiece. He never will.

Fishooks12

crash davis wrote: »

That's Tarantino's hook really....

Still waiting for him to make a masterpiece. He never will.

I don't get it? His hook is making really memorable scenes?

Is that not what good films entail?

For what it's worth I think Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs are both masterpieces of modern cinema (and history will reflect that) IMO

Granted he's not made anything near that level recently (although Inglorious Basterds is great fun) but he's still one of the most exciting mainstream hollywood directors

Give me Deathproof or Kill Bill II over some CGI Michael Bay ****e anyday

paddy kerins

crash davis wrote: »

That's Tarantino's hook really....

Still waiting for him to make a masterpiece. He never will.

Sure didn't you hear the last lines in Inglorious Basterds "This might just be my masterpiece"

Sudden Valley

I think Fight Club and the Big Lebowski has as many memorable scenes though probably don't has as good cameos as Walken and Keitel. They're also quite similar in the way they combine vioelnce and humour in the same film.

Mickeroo

I think Kill Bill Vol I & II when taken as one film is brilliant.

Bodhidharma

True Romance has some fantastic scenes:

Christian Slater chatting up Patricia Arquette after the movie

Gary Oldmen talking to Slater about being his wife's pimp "that makes us practically related"

Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walkedn "you're part eggplant"

Arquette and James Gandolfini fighting

The Mexican stand off in the end

Obviously Tarantino wrote it so goes with what everyone else here is saying.

stealinhorses

Since nobody has said it yet, but we're all thinking it, I'm just gonna point out that it's Brett, not Brad.

Bus77II

stealinhorses wrote: »

Since nobody has said it yet, but we're all thinking it, I'm just gonna point out that it's Brett, not Brad.

I thought it was 'bread'

minotour

"Speak in English in what?"

"say what again, i dare you, i double dare you!"

Classic,

i once "doubled dumped" my wife in this manner, but of course i was vey drunk at the time....

BigEejit

While the OP is probably thinking of movies that are modern greats.

When I thought of a scene in a movie that people quote and everyone remembers it's the "he's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy/We are all individuals/now go away, pi$$ off" scene

And if you asked my wife it would be the tomfoolery the front of the titanic or similar.

Musiconomist

stealinhorses wrote: »

Since nobody has said it yet, but we're all thinking it, I'm just gonna point out that it's Brett, not Brad.

Sheeeeeeeeeaaaaaaat!....

Musiconomist

I think A Clockwork Orange and the Shining are two of the best films I've ever seen also, for very different reasons. The Shining is excellent for the building of tension from the first frame, really setting the bar for what a horror film can do. A Clockwork Orange pushed the boundaries of cinematography while being hugely entertaining and humorous. The performances are brilliant, and it is fairly faithful to the book, though the last chapter was not shot. Both movies were based on books though, as was Fight Club.

I have a lot of respect for directors who produce/script their own work.

Laserface

the only fil i've seen that has scenes as memorable as pulp fiction is...
Stand By Me

Lardass!! Lardass!! Lardass!!!

Musiconomist

Laserface wrote: »

the only fil i've seen that has scenes as memorable as pulp fiction is...
Stand By Me

Lardass!! Lardass!! Lardass!!!

Chow down, Lardass!!! Hahaha yeah, absolute gem. God, Steven King really knocks out the classics.

Turtyturd

I can't believe you forgot the dance scene OP...such a stand out scene that I actually cringe anytime I see a drunk person try and recreate it.

I love how people will constantly talk about how great a writer Tarantino is yet never realize that Roger Avery is in fact responsible for many of the more memorable moments in many of Tatantino's early work. The watch scene in Pulp Fiction, that was Avery as was a lot of the rest of the script. True Romance was written by Avery, he then allowed Tarantino to rewrite it and when the film was in production Avery was on set rewriting and adding scenes all through out production. He also contributed to Natural Born Killers and according to those who read Tarantino's version Avery's scene was the best in it. Oliver Stone is on record as saying that his biggest regret was currying Avery's scene.

Tarantino makes entertaining films but he's far from the genius many make him out to be. He can't write believable dialogue or characters and tries far too hard to pay homage aka steal from obscure films rather than create something unique. Till he dies that he's going to remain an interesting and entertaining filmmaker in search of his own voice.

If i had a euro for every time my script lecturer or classmate would call home a genius or the greatest living script writer I'd be a rich man.