Pulp Fiction is overrated...

MilesMorales1

I detest the word overrated. What you mean is 'I didn't like this film as much as everyone else'

faceman

adox wrote: »

Jackie Brown?
Black Mamba?

Given he's written 23 films/shows and directed 18, that's not a good result of just 2 characters.

Incidentally I personally feel Jackie Brown is his best film. It's also his weakest commercially.

El_Duderino 09

Grayditch wrote:

It's rated just fine. It was like nothing else at it's time. Brilliant film with fantastic dialogue.

I think I was a class movie especially for its time. It led the way for lots of other movies. Because it was so influential, lots of other movies have done similar things.

It's not hard to imagine that if someone saw the movies between Pulp Fiction and now, then watched PF, they might not be that impressed.

sheesh

The Real B-man wrote: »

i'm not having this! Bring out the Gimp!:pac:

Gimps asleep.

funny thing about alot of Tarantino movies i find you have to sit back and soak it in. He goes for atmosphere and dialogue punctuated by extreme violence if you are not into watching movies in that way -millennials like to do a couple of things at once- maybe that is it older people are consuming the media differently to the OP

Story Bud?

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

I detest the word overrated.

Such an overrated word.

Fuzzytrooper

sheesh wrote: »

Gimps asleep.

funny thing about alot of Tarantino movies i find you have to sit back and soak it in. He goes for atmosphere and dialogue punctuated by extreme violence if you are not into watching movies in that way -millennials like to do a couple of things at once- maybe that is it older people are consuming the media differently to the OP

In some cases possibly. I'm 33 and while I do sometimes watch while playing on my phone (often during wife's romcoms), i tend to focus on what I'm watching and soak it in as it were. I doubt it's down to an age/pacing issue, Zulu being one of those films I can watch again and again.

I think it comes more down to Tarantino being very much a marmite director, either you love his style or hate it. Very few people I know would say "meh it's alright" about his work.

squonk

It's a pity the OP did't elaborate really. I was interested in finding out why PF is overrated. Somebody else pointed out a paralell between PF and Citizen Kane. I finally got around to watching CK in my 20's and was really underwhelmed. I couldn't see what the fuss was about at all. If this is what the OP is experiencing then I can understand.

I saw PF when I was in college and I thought it was a mixed bag at the time. The pieces with Sam Jackson and Travolta were some of the best scenes in any film I've ever seen. Other pieces let the film down however. The case and the two robbing the diner fell flat for me and I felt the whole Bruce Willis story was there to just allow someone to say "Z's dead baby". I thought it was a bit pretentious and uber cool in spots i.e. trying too hard.

When it comes to Tarantino, I really liked Reservoir Dogs. I think it's one of his best. Jackie Brown is also great but I badly need to rewatch it. I wan'st impressed with True Romance really when I saw it in the cinema. I should probably give it another viewing. Kill Bill was mosty boring I found and too over the top in places. The first installment was much better IMHO. Inglorious Bastards was just not very good I felt. I found it a slog to get through and I was expecting much more Nazi hunting. I think the Hateful Eight is his best film in quite a while. I really enjoyed that. Good story, well told and put together. I do happen to like films set in a single location, like RD though so that might have been a factor.

As for LOTR, whoever said it was overrated is just totally wrong!

crazygeryy

in your opinion its overrated op fair enough.at least its better than the big lebowski now theres an overrated movie.vastly overrated.

tomofson

crazygeryy wrote: »

in your opinion its overrated op fair enough.at least its better than the big lebowski now theres an overrated movie.vastly overrated.

To my shame the big lebowski is a movie I have never actually seen...

Keep on saying I am going to watch it then end up watching something else instead.

rabblerebel

I saw Pulp Fiction on it's initial release and I left the cinema a bit disappointed.

I think this mainly stemmed from comparing it to Reservoir Dogs which I'd also seen in the cinema some years earlier as an impressionable 18year old. I'd gone to see it on the recommendation of a friend without any idea of what is was about - other than thinking 'that's a kinda stupid name for a movie'.

I walked out of the cinema totally blown away.
Up until that point, I didn't know cinema could be like that.

Pulp Fiction had so much more hype leading up to it and was such a different film that at the time I was confused and disappointed when I initially saw it.

Of course since then I've watched it many times since and grown to appreciate it.

I don't think it's over-rated, it's appreciated by a lot of people as a great movie - which it obviously is.

johnpatrick81

Funnily enough I had the same feeling when I first watched it, just as it was released on VHS. Granted I was only 14/15, I just didn't get all the hype. It was barmy, unlike anything I'd seen before, and just seemed a mess.

Gave it another go when it was on TV a couple of years later, and immediately thought it was fantastic. Seen it many times since, right up to recently, and it's 100% a "modern"(feeling old now!!) day classic.

I'm pretty f***** far from Ok after seeing this word which is the first word ever I would endorse the language police to ban, attached to a masterpiece of film making.

Outlaw Pete

Thread's dead, baby. Thread's dead.

tomofson

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm pretty f***** far from Ok after seeing this word which is the first word ever I would endorse the language police to ban, attached to a masterpiece of film making.

Calm yourself down kid at the end of the day it is still only a movie.

tomofson

tomofson wrote: »

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm pretty f***** far from Ok after seeing this word which is the first word ever I would endorse the language police to ban, attached to a masterpiece of film making.

Calm yourself down kid at the end of the day it is still only a movie.

Lol dude your the kid here not me. If you didn't appreciate the scene that I've just quoted, then you probably were just checking your phone and playing pokemon for the two hours instead of watching the film...

mdwexford

squonk wrote: »

I saw PF when I was in college and I thought it was a mixed bag at the time. The pieces with Sam Jackson and Travolta were some of the best scenes in any film I've ever seen. Other pieces let the film down however. The case and the two robbing the diner fell flat for me and I felt the whole Bruce Willis story was there to just allow someone to say "Z's dead baby". I thought it was a bit pretentious and uber cool in spots i.e. trying too hard.

God no.

The Bruce Willis scenes are worth it for the Christopher Walken speech alone. So so good.

vidor

When After Hours and Films combine...

adox

faceman wrote: »

Given he's written 23 films/shows and directed 18, that's not a good result of just 2 characters.

Incidentally I personally feel Jackie Brown is his best film. It's also his weakest commercially.

That may be but you said he can't write strong female characters of which I posted two off the top of my head.

I agree on Jackie Brown. It's my favourite Tarrintino film.

Gwynplaine

One of the best films ever. Know the whole movie off by heart. I give it a run maybe 3 times a year.
Sure people are entitled to their opinion. If everyone liked the same things we'd have nothing to argue over.
For me, over rated movies are, LOTR, Blade Runner, Raging Bull, Casino.