Pulp Fiction.
 

Incredibly overrated, when I was done watching the only thought I had was "That's it?" I started off good, and then the stories were crossed paths...then it was over. I felt like there was no point to this movie, other than seeing people get their heads blown off and watching a big black
guy get anally raped.

Damn, how did I forget to mention the briefcase? Like half of the movie is centered around that goofy glowing briefcase, and you don't even find out what is in it.

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wow. you are like, totally the first person who's ever come up with this exact thought. nah, i kid. surely you're the first to come up with this post in oot. oh, no, wait, you're not.

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wow. you are like, totally the first person who's ever come up with this exact thought. nah, i kid. surely you're the first to come up with this post in oot. oh, no, wait, you're not.

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I see people in OOT who are in love with this movie. After seeing what people on OOT had to say about this movie I thought it would be pretty good. Maybe I just missed all the "Pulp Fiction sucks" posts and only saw the "OMFG Pulp Fiction is liek teh best" posts.

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you suck at having opinions

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How'd you manage to make it to 2005 without seeing this movie?

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the good news is a new adam sandler movie should be along soon so you wont have to think while youre watching the movie.

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the good news is a new adam sandler movie should be along soon so you wont have to think while youre watching the movie.

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It's not that I like mindless movies with a lot penis jokes and flaming poop, I just felt like this movie had no point to it. I don't know, maybe I am missing something.

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Really?!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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How'd you manage to make it to 2005 without seeing this movie?

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Sadly, he's not the only one. I'm even a film buff (and a Tarantino fan) and somehow I've managed never to see it. Basically, I suck. And I'm lazy.

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What like all the brillant acting and subtle black humor?

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wow. you are like, totally the first person who's ever come up with this exact thought. nah, i kid. surely you're the first to come up with this post in oot. oh, no, wait, you're not.

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I see people in OOT who are in love with this movie. After seeing what people on OOT had to say about this movie I thought it would be pretty good. Maybe I just missed all the "Pulp Fiction sucks" posts and only saw the "OMFG Pulp Fiction is liek teh best" posts.

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maybe you should read imdb and rottentomatoes and any 100 classic films of all times list. expand outside of OOT for your movie selection and pulp fiction will be on there.

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It's not that I like mindless movies with a lot penis jokes and flaming poop

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He called the [censored] poop.

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What like all the brillant acting and subtle black humor?

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There were some very funny parts(when Jules gave his little speech at the end "I thought it was just a cold-blooded thing to say to a [censored] before you popped a cap in his ass", I laughed so hard I missed his next few lines)

But a movie can be funny, and have great acting and still not have any kind of meaning.

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See, that's what I'm talking about. It isn't just OOT. People on IMDB loved this movie also, but I can't figure out why it's considered to be so great.

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Reservoir Dogs is a better film than Pulp Fiction.

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How'd you manage to make it to 2005 without seeing this movie?

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Sadly, he's not the only one. I'm even a film buff (and a Tarantino fan) and somehow I've managed never to see it. Basically, I suck. And I'm lazy.

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Wtf you're not a film buff and Tarantino fan if you've never seen Pulp Fiction.

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I don't know, maybe I am missing something.

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I think you're right

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Reservoir Dogs is a better film than Pulp Fiction.

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Reservoir Dogs is much, much better than Pulp Fiction. Another reason I had high expectations for this movie. Another Tarantino movie with a few of the same actors from Reservoir Dogs(even they though weren't major parts), I thought it would be a good movie...but no.

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Reservoir Dogs is a better film than Pulp Fiction.

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You can get away with making statements like this when they are clearly true to a majority of people (e.g. Reservoir Dogs is a better film than Freddie Got Fingered."), but I hate when people make definitive statements like this about something that's clearly going to differ for many people. It's annoying, like basically saying you know something the rest of us do not.

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Reservoir Dogs is a better film than Pulp Fiction.

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You can get away with making statements like this when they are clearly true to a majority of people (e.g. Reservoir Dogs is a better film than Freddie Got Fingered."), but I hate when people make definitive statements like this about something that's clearly going to differ for many people. It's annoying, like basically saying you know something the rest of us do not.

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right. in other news, pepsi is better than coke, and diet coke is better than diet pepsi.

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Reservoir Dogs is a better film than Pulp Fiction.

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Reservoir Dogs is much, much better than Pulp Fiction. Another reason I had high expectations for this movie. Another Tarantino movie with a few of the same actors from Reservoir Dogs(even they though weren't major parts), I thought it would be a good movie...but no.

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You fail it. Where it = having taste in movies.

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See, that's what I'm talking about. It isn't just OOT. People on IMDB loved this movie also, but I can't figure out why it's considered to be so great.

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unrelated to this ill tell a funny story. i used to work in video store when the movie got released. i was in college in austin at the time.

so the movie was prereleased here. at the time tarantinto was not famous and no one knew of pulp ficiction. i only went because of his ealier movies. it was a riot. tarentio was there and the crowd was so loud and into it. the PA system was horrid though. it was a bunch of college students there dressed like normal college students.

w/ the movie tix we were able to go to a bar afterwards so i went there at night in my usual college attire which ripped up shorts and tshirt but everyone from the movie went home and changed.

it was a small event and i got there and most of the people were dressed in tuxes or suites. the women were in dresses. i was a bit uncomfortable a didnt stay long.



EDIT: typos be damned

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I think it's pretty lame that you're getting flamed for your opinion of this movie.

However, it's a fact that you suck at making threads. Please do us a favor and stop.

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Freddie Got Fingered pwnz!

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the good news is a new adam sandler movie should be along soon so you wont have to think while youre watching the movie.

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It's not that I like mindless movies with a lot penis jokes and flaming poop, I just felt like this movie had no point to it. I don't know, maybe I am missing something.

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The moral of the story is...
a quarter pounder in france is called a "royal with cheese" because of the metric system.

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My DVD collection:Goodfellas, American History X, Casino, Waterboy, Reservoir Dogs, Scarface, Tupac:Resurrection.

I don't know about you, but I think you would have to find a complete moron and/or a blind person to tell you that all of those movies suck(with the exception of The Waterboy, that was a gift)...

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The reason you think that the film is highly over-rated is because it's been duplicated so many times. Interesting dialogue, wonderful acting, unconventional camera shots, and suspenseful scenes wrapped around a storyline that does not force feed you information. That's why you're not told what's in the briefcase. That's for you to decide. Although the main belief is that the suitcase contains the soul of Marsellus Wallace, but other ideas are that the suitcase contains Tarantino's first Oscar, the Elvis suit from True Romance, among other ideas.

Watching the movie for the first time today would not be the same as watching it when it was first releashed. The techniques used by Tarantino have been copied numerous times and I could name a dozen movies that should grant credit to Tarantino. But, to be fair, Tarantino himself 'stole' his techiniques from other directors but puts them together in a way which makes his film unique.

A much better review of Pulp Fiction can be found here by none other than Roger Ebert.

I hope this puts the movie in better perspective.

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I don't really make threads all that often(I think the 3 or so that I made in OOT the last few days may have doubled my overall total threads created in OOT), and I do my best to make them not suck. It's hard to compete with people like Dominic and diebitter though [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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So have you really never watched this movie until now or did you just wait 10 years to post about it? Did it never bother you that half the time someone quoted a movie you had no idea what they were talking about?

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Enjoy the movie daddy-o, don't be a [].

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Yeah I read this on IMDB

"QUESTION. To the people that think the movie is overrated: when did you first see the movie?

If you seen the movie for the first time rescently it's not gonna have the same impact as if you saw it for the first time. Because QT has been copied so many time over since his originality has been disminished. But if you saw it back in 94 when it came out it was completely original."

Makes a lot of sense. I don't know, I'll watch it again in a few days to see if my opinion changes at all, but I think all the hype+Tarantino being copied=a movie that isn't as good as I thought it would be.

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My DVD collection:Goodfellas, American History X, Casino, Waterboy, Reservoir Dogs, Scarface, Tupac:Resurrection.

I don't know about you, but I think you would have to find a complete moron and/or a blind person to tell you that all of those movies suck(with the exception of The Waterboy, that was a gift)...

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Tupac:Resurrection ???

are you serious, OH you are 15 years old, nevermind.

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So have you really never watched this movie until now or did you just wait 10 years to post about it? Did it never bother you that half the time someone quoted a movie you had no idea what they were talking about?

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My friends don't really quote movies too often. Besides, I was 5 when this film came out.

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Yeah, I'm a Tupac fan. Wasn't a bad movie(wasn't really a movie, but wasn't a documentary either). I thought it was cool seeing a lot of his old interviews and what not.

Edit-I'm 16, but yeah, whatever.

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Like half of the movie is centered around that goofy glowing briefcase, and you don't even find out what is in it.

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This quote was what sealed the deal for me.

BTW - You need more movies. And The Waterboy was pretty funny, so you don't need to pretend you didn't like it.

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No friggin' way.

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So, youre 16? Charlotte's Web has a good storyline.

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Yeah, I do need more movies. Quality over quantity is definitely how I feel about movies though. I'm not trying to pretend that I didn't like the Waterboy, it just isn't up to par with the rest of my DVD's. I forgot, I also have Tommyboy, which is another really funny movie.

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If you don't like Pulp Fiction that's fine with me. I think it's a great movie but there's plenty of people who share you view as well. Watching the movie a second time probably won't change your opinion but who knows. There's some movies I can just watch over and over and not get tired of them.

BTW have you seen Kill Bill and if so what did you think of it?

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My DVD collection:Goodfellas, American History X, Casino, Waterboy, Reservoir Dogs, Scarface, Tupac:Resurrection.

I don't know about you, but I think you would have to find a complete moron and/or a blind person to tell you that all of those movies suck(with the exception of The Waterboy, that was a gift)...

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did i peg you or what?