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Is Pulp Fiction the greatest film ever?

Cy said:
Nah, not even top 100.

How can you guess someone's "type" from 2 movies they like? Go suck some phallic shaped objects.
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Calm down. Big Lebowski and Pulp Fiction share certain stylistic elements. I know everyone thinks s/he is a unique and unpredictable snowflake, but I've met enough movie lovers to know that there are obvious patterns to what people like. So with the two movies you mentioned in your top 10, it brings to mind Fight Club, Snatch, Lock Stock, Royal Tenenbaums, and perhaps Memento (this one is perhaps in my top 20).

It's just a guess. Don't take it as an insult.
 
Siro said:
Calm down. Big Lebowski and Pulp Fiction share certain stylistic elements. I know everyone thinks s/he is a unique and unpredictable snowflake, but I've met enough movie lovers to know that there are obvious patterns to what people like. So with the two movies you mentioned in your top 10, it brings to mind Fight Club, Snatch, Lock Stock, Royal Tenenbaums, and perhaps Memento (this one is perhaps in my top 20).

It's just a guess. Don't take it as an insult.
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Hate pretty much all Wes Anderson films.

Snatch and Lock Stock are pretty good, but not "top" movies.

Memento is really good and probably one of my favorite, like a top 30, maybe.
 
framer said:
Not one mention of "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" You people are all cultural Neanderthals.
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I'd say Barton Fink is my favorite Coen Brothers movie. I also love No Country for Old Men and Fargo.
 
Probably told this story before but I was in a test audience for Pulp Fiction about 3 or 4 months before it came out (back in the good old days when I could just blow off an entire afternoon). I ended up in room with about 20 or so people - they warned us the movie was going to be very violent and had a lot of foul language. We could walk out anytime we want but if we stayed to the end we had to promise to fill out a questionnaire and participate in a short Q/A. I distinctly remember a couple of people walked out when Travolta stabbed Uma Thurman in the heart with the adrenaline shot. Otherwise I think most folks stayed.
 
candrew said:
Probably told this story before but I was in a test audience for Pulp Fiction about 3 or 4 months before it came out (back in the good old days when I could just blow off an entire afternoon). I ended up in room with about 20 or so people - they warned us the movie was going to be very violent and had a lot of foul language. We could walk out anytime we want but if we stayed to the end we had to promise to fill out a questionnaire and participate in a short Q/A. I distinctly remember a couple of people walked out when Travolta stabbed Uma Thurman in the heart with the adrenaline shot. Otherwise I think most folks stayed.
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Did you know you were watching something truly great as you sat there viewing it?
 
Cunning Linguist said:
Did you know you were watching something truly great as you sat there viewing it?
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I actually did. I was in college at the time and myself and most of my friends had seen Reservoir Dogs only recently (it was a big rental back in the days of Blockbuster) and a lot of younger kids were very aware of this film being made. It's very rare something is highly as anticipated and still pays off - especially movies.

Funny, I remember a lot of older folks were confused being the film progressed in a non-linear fashion (wait a minute - I thought Travolta was dead???). That's a common plot device these days but it was something not often used back then.
 
Siro said:
But ya, nothing Tarantino makes is good. It's all the exact same substanceless drivel.
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Could you be any more uptight/humorless?

Some people enjoy a well-told, exciting/entertaining, stylized story. Not at all surprised you like simple moralistic trash like Memento.
 
candrew said:
I actually did. I was in college at the time and myself and most of my friends had seen Reservoir Dogs only recently (it was a big rental back in the days of Blockbuster) and a lot of younger kids were very aware of this film being made. It's very rare something is highly as anticipated and still pays off - especially movies.

Funny, I remember a lot of older folks were confused being the film progressed in a non-linear fashion (wait a minute - I thought Travolta was dead???). That's a common plot device these days but it was something not often used back then.
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Very, very cool. It's not the same obviously but it's like watching great sports as they unfold. The Boise St/Oklahoma game comes to mind.
 
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