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Is Pulp Fiction the Best Film ever?

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  • #32
    FearDark
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    getzls wrote: »
    No where near.

    Never heard of that, who's in it?


  • #33
    The Backwards Man
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    It's no National Lampoon's Vacation


  • #34
    bodhrandude
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    I've got two words True Romance.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #35
    FearDark
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    Has anyone seen "The Room"?

    ...the goggles...


  • #36
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,820 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    It's no National Lampoon's Vacation

    Yeah,who can forget that scene when they arrived at Wally World.
    Class.


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  • #37
    The other fella
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    The Godfather.


  • #38
    FearDark
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    The other fella wrote: »
    The Godfather.

    I know a guy who's only seen part 3 of the Godfather...and refuses to watch part one and two because of it!


  • #39
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,205 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    At the time of release it seriously shook things up hugely in cinema - I remember seeing it in the cinema and being blown away. However, it was a once off and anyone trying to use any of the cinematic devices in it was invariably in danger of being accused of being derivative, even though Tarnantino himself mostly copies little bits from here and there from obscure movies. Brillliant, yes, best film ever no.


  • #40
    J_E
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    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    Heard this said on the radio earlier.

    It certainly had some memorable quotes and some great music but is it the best film ever?

    Bring out the Gimp
    You need to watch more films. I love it but it's nowhere near. Tarantino will never make a top-tier film. He's just great at cut/paste jobs in a creative way.


    I reckon The Room is probably one of the greatest.


  • #41
    FearDark
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    Cydoniac wrote: »
    You need to watch more films. I love it but it's nowhere near. Tarantino will never make a top-tier film. He's just great at cut/paste jobs in a creative way.


    I reckon The Room is probably one of the greatest.

    Cinema snob alert.

    "That Tarantino lad is shit, what you need is some 1920's Soviet Union silent movies, yeah they were the best"


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  • #42
    J_E
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    FearDark wrote: »
    Cinema snob alert.

    "That Tarantino lad is shit, what you need is some 1920's Soviet Union silent movies, yeah they were the best"
    I am so not a cinema snob, but if you can't realise that Tarantino copies other films compulsively you need to do some more research. I love his films but there is hardly any originality in them behind it all.
    FearDark wrote: »
    Has anyone seen "The Room"?

    ...the goggles...
    You are tearing me apart Lisa!


  • #43
    starvin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭starvin


    Pulp Fiction. Not even close. Jaws, Shawshank, Lawerence of Arabia, Blade Runner, Where Eagles Dare, True Romance, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, The Godfather are all far superior.


  • #44
    The other fella
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    FearDark wrote: »
    I know a guy who's only seen part 3 of the Godfather...and refuses to watch part one and two because of it!

    Good god!You have to talk some sense into him,parts 1 and 2 are master pieces.3 is a let down though.


  • #45
    FearDark
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    Cydoniac wrote: »
    I am so not a cinema snob, but if you can't realise that Tarantino copies other films compulsively you need to do some more research. I love his films but there is hardly any originality in them behind it all.


    You are tearing me apart Lisa!

    To be fair, most movies are copies of other movies. Tarantino movies are a breath of fresh air from the norm tbh. It's undeniable he makes good movies. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Inglorious Basterds, Django... Fantastic movies and in modern day cinema he has a unique way of telling a story.

    Oh hi Mark!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5utc5TOPNbo


  • #46
    FearDark
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    The other fella wrote: »
    Good god!You have to talk some sense into him,parts 1 and 2 are master pieces.3 is a let down though.

    100%

    1+2 are masterpieces, 3 was sub par. I think Pacino found drugs after no.2...he looks like a different guy! It's also something you have to watch in chronological order too!


  • #47
    J_E
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    FearDark wrote: »
    Oh hi Mark!




    Probably one of the greatest scenes in film history. There are about a billion details you can pick out of it and then some...

    (everyone has to watch this film)
    To be fair, most movies are copies of other movies. Tarantino movies are a breath of fresh air from the norm tbh. It's undeniable he makes good movies. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Inglorious Basterds, Django... Fantastic movies and in modern day cinema he has a unique way of telling a story.
    I never said they were bad...just nowhere near in terms of the 'best'. I've never watched a Tarantino film that changed my life or anything. They're great action films, that's all and that's it really. For the record, I've watched pretty much all of his films, including the likes of Jackie Brown and that.


    It's all about personal impact though. My personal favourite film is Oslo, 31. August, really incredible film, probably the best cinematography I've ever seen too, every shot is like a photograph. Someone might not get the same out of it that I do though.


  • #48
    rossie1977
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    Really difficult to pick the best movie ever, even the best movie in a certain genre. Is Pulp Fiction a better movie say than One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which has magnificent performances across the board.


  • #49
    wil
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    starvin wrote: »
    Pulp Fiction. Not even close. Jaws, Shawshank, Lawerence of Arabia, Blade Runner, Where Eagles Dare, True Romance, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, The Godfather are all far superior.

    I saw Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction in the same night and wished I had seen them in reverse order as felt Pulp was a bit of a comedown.

    so yes, Gump beat gimp


  • #50
    petrolcan
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    Most Tarintino fillims rock and I'd quite happily rewatch them on a regular basis.

    However, I believe the bestest fillim I ever watched was Pay It Forward.

    I leaked more water than a Somerset river.


  • #51
    RobbingBandit
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    It's a good film, a very good film, I liked Reservoir Dogs too. Best film ever no, that would be The Godfather 2. Best film I have seen would probably be Once upon a time in America, Goodfellas was awesome too.


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  • #52
    Da Shins Kelly
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    Objectively speaking, probably not. That honour would probably go to something like The Godfather. Personally, the best movie of all time is The Royal Tenenbaums, but I'm sure I'm o n my own on that.


  • #53
    the_boatman
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    Artful_Badger wrote: »
    Nope, that honour belongs to The Good the Bad and the Ugly.

    that's not even the best of the spaghetti trilogy staring clint , let alone best western or movie ever


  • #54
    the_boatman
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    FearDark wrote: »
    It's in my top 5 for sure. It is a great movie.


    heres my top five in no particular order

    godfather 1
    godfather 2
    pulp fiction
    die hard
    remains of the day


  • #55
    the_boatman
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    rossie1977 wrote: »
    Really difficult to pick the best movie ever, even the best movie in a certain genre. Is Pulp Fiction a better movie say than One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which has magnificent performances across the board.

    OFOTCN taught people that mental hospitals are evil institutions


  • #56
    SamAK
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    bodhrandude wrote: »
    I've got two words True Romance.

    +1 for this. The scene about Sicilian ****! And Drexyl!
    Cydoniac wrote: »
    I am so not a cinema snob, but if you can't realise that Tarantino copies other films compulsively you need to do some more research. I love his films but there is hardly any originality in them behind it all

    Everything is a Remix - http://vimeo.com/14912890


  • #57
    EoghanIRL
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    Undoubtedly , especially the diner scene.


  • #58
    Yamanoto
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    It's clearly time for Taffin....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXcgt6l_LcA


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzlJmr9oqCU


  • #59
    osarusan
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    The Deer Hunter

    Tokyo Story

    Dead of Night

    Fitzcarraldo

    The Oxbow Incident

    Paths of Glory

    Los Olvidados

    The Long Weekend

    Bridge on the River Kwai

    Umberto D

    ....some true classics.


  • #60
    Oranage2
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    Tarantino makes excellent scenes but his story telling is a bit poor. Pulp Fiction is amazing but I'd have a lot of movies ahead of it.

    I'm not sure it would make my top 10.


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  • #61
    Sir Arthur Daley
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    Oranage2 wrote: »
    Tarantino makes excellent scenes but his story telling is a bit poor. Pulp Fiction is amazing but I'd have a lot of movies ahead of it.

    I'm not sure it would make my top 10.
    Tarantino is a legend my top 5 at least.


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