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I wouldn't even rate pulp fiction highly on Tarantino's filmography. I tried watching it recently and found it to be incredibly pretentious and overwritten.

by padjo 8mo ago

ProllyInfamous 8mo ago
It's quintessential-Tarantino, but I don't ever recommend it anymore (start with Django or Reservoir Dogs). Decades ago I shared this movie with college friends — mostly because we enjoyed decadence. If you've not seen Pulp Fiction by 2026 [0], how can I safely recommend you submit yourself to hours of semi-disconnected robberies, rapes, and deceit? It's a great movie, EEAaO is just better storytelling. [0] similarly, how does one recommend the acclaimed Deliverance without blushing?
- padjo 8mo ago
  Funnily enough I deeply dislike Django too and think Reservoir Dogs is good but extremely raw and unrefined. My favourites of his are probably Once upon a time, Jackie Brown and Deathproof, with an honourable mention for Basterds.
  - ProllyInfamous 8mo ago
    =D Django has low re-watchability (unlike most of Tarantino's work) but incredible acting/twists/cinematography. Once Upon a Time is too much for me (bottom-tier Tarantino IMHO), but it does have many great actors/scenes (the overall storyline/premise is what I didn't care for). Haven't seen Deathproof, but Basterds is wonderful storytelling.
    - padjo 8mo ago
      Yeah I think Basterds is probably the most undeniably great, even if it's not my favourite. He even calls his shot with the last spoken line being “i think this might be my masterpiece”. Probably my favourite thing about cinema is how slippery the subjective experience is. For example I can appreciate a movie I don't really enjoy in a way I can't with music. Also on a rewatch a movie can go from hated to loved, or vice versa, in a way that feels unique to the medium.
      - ProllyInfamous 8mo ago
        >Yeah I think Basterds is probably the most undeniably great [Tarantino film], even if it's not my favourite. Well-said. >...on a rewatch [it] can go from hated to loved I typically don't rewatch movies for at least five years — this is enough time for life experiences to change media interpretations. Yet I listen to the same tracklist of catchy MP3 earworms, on repeat. Songs are motivational background energy (for me), and skipping a track isn't nearly as hard as bailing out of two hours invested in a cozy full-length film.

I wouldn't even rate pulp fiction highly on Tarantino's filmography. I tried watching it recently and found it to be incredibly pretentious and overwritten.

by padjo 8mo ago

I wouldn't even rate pulp fiction highly on Tarantino's filmography. I tried watching it recently and found it to be incredibly pretentious and overwritten.

ProllyInfamous 8mo ago

It's quintessential-Tarantino, but I don't ever recommend it anymore (start with Django or Reservoir Dogs). Decades ago I shared this movie with college friends — mostly because we enjoyed decadence. If you've not seen Pulp Fiction by 2026 [0], how can I safely recommend you submit yourself to hours of semi-disconnected robberies, rapes, and deceit? It's a great movie, EEAaO is just better storytelling. [0] similarly, how does one recommend the acclaimed Deliverance without blushing?

padjo 8mo ago
Funnily enough I deeply dislike Django too and think Reservoir Dogs is good but extremely raw and unrefined. My favourites of his are probably Once upon a time, Jackie Brown and Deathproof, with an honourable mention for Basterds.
- ProllyInfamous 8mo ago
  =D Django has low re-watchability (unlike most of Tarantino's work) but incredible acting/twists/cinematography. Once Upon a Time is too much for me (bottom-tier Tarantino IMHO), but it does have many great actors/scenes (the overall storyline/premise is what I didn't care for). Haven't seen Deathproof, but Basterds is wonderful storytelling.
  - padjo 8mo ago
    Yeah I think Basterds is probably the most undeniably great, even if it's not my favourite. He even calls his shot with the last spoken line being “i think this might be my masterpiece”. Probably my favourite thing about cinema is how slippery the subjective experience is. For example I can appreciate a movie I don't really enjoy in a way I can't with music. Also on a rewatch a movie can go from hated to loved, or vice versa, in a way that feels unique to the medium.
    - ProllyInfamous 8mo ago
      >Yeah I think Basterds is probably the most undeniably great [Tarantino film], even if it's not my favourite. Well-said. >...on a rewatch [it] can go from hated to loved I typically don't rewatch movies for at least five years — this is enough time for life experiences to change media interpretations. Yet I listen to the same tracklist of catchy MP3 earworms, on repeat. Songs are motivational background energy (for me), and skipping a track isn't nearly as hard as bailing out of two hours invested in a cozy full-length film.