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Is Pulp Fiction the greatest film ever?

Some of my favorites (not always the best, but movies I return to time and again)

A Fish Called Wanda
Blazing Saddles
Alien
Aliens
Blade Runner
Seven Samurai
Big Fish
Léon: The Professional
Pulp Fiction
A Clockwork Orange
Princess Bride
Lagaan
 
gandalfe said:
Some of my favorites (not always the best, but movies I return to time and again)

A Fish Called Wanda
Blazing Saddles
Alien
Aliens
Blade Runner
Seven Samurai
Big Fish
Léon: The Professional
Pulp Fiction
A Clockwork Orange
Princess Bride
Lagaan
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Forgot about that, would definitely be in my top #20.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Amy Adams I believe? She was also fantastic in Enchanted... she's married to Borat I do believe.
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I think her name is isla fischer or something
 
PointGod_AlecBurks said:
Primer has the most intricate--well thought out, meticulous story mentioned in this thread. The entire movie is an amalgam of clues.


I challenge anyone to present a film that can rival it in those areas.
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OK I watched it.


Conceptual = 10/10

Story = 10/10

Acting = 5/10

Camera Work = 3/10

Sound = 1/10


I think that sums it up.
 
Mmk, movies I can think of that I really enjoyed/thought were pretty good:

The Departed
Cloud Atlas
Dead Poets Society
Sin Nombre
Los Olvidados
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Catch Me If You Can
American Beauty
Das Boot
Reservoir Dogs
Requiem for a Dream
Good Will Hunting

Critique my taste/give me some suggestions based on these anyone?
 
Spirit of the Beehive
Rashomon
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Harakiri
City of God
The Fall
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Mirror
Spirited Away
Pan's Labyrinth

are what comes to my mind right now.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Even if you're not a Christian I think one could appreciate the cinematography, direction, make up, etc..
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Yeah the effects were nice.

Lemme dig up mine from some other place.

All of Al Pacino movies except for the Panic in the Needle Park but includes Chinese Coffee. All of the Adam Sandler movies except for his 1 movie and Airheads. Conan the Barbarian for its music (Arnie in). Shawshank Redemption. Prestige. The Apartment. Scarface. A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. Those last Planet of the Apes movies. Terminator the Judgement Day. Mad Max 2. The Book of Eli. 28 days Later. 12 Monkeys. Last Man Standing. The Postman. Threads. The Godfather Triology. Rocky 1. One Flew over the Cuckoo's nest. Shining. Forrest Gump. The Great Dictator. Reservoir Dogs. Pulp Fiction. From Dusk Till Dawn. A Clockwork Orange. Back to the Future Triology.
 
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ONE LOVE said:
OK I watched it.


Conceptual = 10/10

Story = 10/10

Acting = 5/10

Camera Work = 3/10

Sound = 1/10


I think that sums it up.
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You felt that you understood all the happenings on the first viewing? That's seems a bit contrived or a practice in hubris to me. Since there's like 10 timelines involved and nearly limitless permutations in some scenarios.. . It didn't seem arbitrary to you?? because you pieced together the 9+ timelines??

Mind if I ask ya a few questions to test your comprehension??

In the beginning, which Aaron was it sitting at the bench? Aaron 1 2 or 3?




Here's a pretty damn good visual of the timelines btw.(spoiler)

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"Pulp Fiction" is on my "Desert Island" list, along with "The Godfather" and "The Big Lebowski", along with a few others, as well. "The Godfather" and "Pulp Fiction" are in the discussion for greatest movie ever and "The Big Lebowski" is simply great and to anyone who says otherwise, I say yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. **** it, Dude. Let's go bowling.
 
Eminence said:
Mmk, movies I can think of that I really enjoyed/thought were pretty good:

The Departed
Cloud Atlas
Dead Poets Society
Sin Nombre
Los Olvidados
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Catch Me If You Can
American Beauty
Das Boot
Reservoir Dogs
Requiem for a Dream
Good Will Hunting

Critique my taste/give me some suggestions based on these anyone?
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Das Boot! How could I forget that one!
 
franklin said:
Never seen This Is The End. Netflixing now. Tropic Thunder was good not great IMO, but that Tom Cruise dancing scene is another one of the best scenes of all time.



That's what I mean. It's old, outdated, dumb comedy. One day I'll watch it in full hoping to see just how wrong I am.




No mention of Office Space yet? It's in that category IMO.




Fish is killing this thread over and over. Heath Ledger made Mickey Rourke in Iron Man 2 look like a scrub, and that was a damn good acting job.
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Dark Knight is so overrated. The parts that don't have Heath Ledger aren't that great.
 
Cy said:
Dark Knight is so overrated. The parts that don't have Heath Ledger aren't that great.
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And the whole plotline with Two Face (is that his name?) is unnecessary and tacked on as an afterthought. But I won't trash it any further, given the hate that I got for not liking Tarantino.
 
Siro said:
And the whole plotline with Two Face (is that his name?) is unnecessary and tacked on as an afterthought. But I won't trash it any further, given the hate that I got for not liking Tarantino.
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I just thought the whole "Batman becomes the CIA and can listen to every phone call at once thing" was kind of lame/
 
PointGod_AlecBurks said:
You felt that you understood all the happenings on the first viewing? That's seems a bit contrived or a practice in hubris to me. Since there's like 10 timelines involved and nearly limitless permutations in some scenarios.. . It didn't seem arbitrary to you?? because you pieced together the 9+ timelines??

Mind if I ask ya a few questions to test your comprehension??

In the beginning, which Aaron was it sitting at the bench? Aaron 1 2 or 3?




Here's a pretty damn good visual of the timelines btw.(spoiler)

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I can't say I understood it all or have gotten my head around the story or plot yet, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and give the story 10/10 for its complexity.


I didn't care for the camera work/cinematography and sound at all. A lot of the conversation I couldn't really hear clearly which is a shame. It would have been a FANTASTIC movie or even one of the GREATEST OF ALL TIME if it had something like a $1 million budget rather than $7,000 budget.


It's a bit unfortunate but that's just the way it is.
 
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