Guest Finnegan, Edward Posted November 28, 2002 Share Posted November 28, 2002 How did a piece of trash such as PULP FICTION wind up on the best 100 movies of the 20th century? The story was not realistic the language did not add to the storyline and the acting was only adequate.There was nothing redeeming in the whole movie.Did anyone agree with this pick? /. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mongo Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Although I didn't agree with this pick the film was somehow a big favorite with the critics as well as the Academy. Considered fast moving although tongue in cheek it supposedly represented the degradation in our society in a graphic manner which many of us were not aware of. I found it to be a crazy hodgepodge although Travolta and Willis were quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finnegan, Edward Posted November 30, 2002 Share Posted November 30, 2002 Thank you Mongo for your reponce.I appreciate you agrreing with me that it did not belong on the 100 of the century. i agree our society has slipped into moral decay such as the Roman Empire did and it seems most societies are self destructive.I personnaly do not hold the Academy in very high regard based on thier track record.When they put Striesand in the same catagory as Hepburn that tore it for me.Once again thanks for the reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cat, Maggie the Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 I dunno. I've never seen Pulp Fiction. However, I don't think sex and drugs are as much a threat to The World As We Know It as p*ss-poor grammar and spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Finnegan, Edward Posted December 1, 2002 Share Posted December 1, 2002 I appreciate you Maggie for pointing out my shortcomings although I don't think my spelling or grammer will result in the collapse of this society. If you haven't seen PULP FICTION I suggest you view and state your opinion about it,I gather from the tone of your reply to me you will not find it very appealing. Please accept my apology for the bad grammer and spelling,however my onion still stands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbarastanwyk Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 RE: PULP FICTION I really liked the camera angles used in this film - it was exactly like a comic book. The characters were over the top, but I can understand how it became a modern cult classic. It was also Travolta's big comeback film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daygloangel Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 Pulp Fiction was a really good movie. Furthermore, realistic is not neccessarily a good criteria for determining the value/worth of a movie. Movies are not real. If you want real, watch a documentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansi4 Posted December 16, 2002 Share Posted December 16, 2002 HELP! It's me MONGO. I having a hard time getting into this new system (a mess). Could someone perhaps explain to me in layman terms just how to log in without all the fuss? I would appreciate it very much I miss you guys and I'm sorry to neglect my post in the Trivia category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Pulp Fiction was a really good movie. Furthermore, realistic is not neccessarily a good criteria for determining the value/worth of a movie. Movies are not real. If you want real, watch a documentary. Yeah, that's what I say, if ya want real, watch a documentary, sheesh! Way to go, daygloan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Who are all these people? How come they're all "guests"?? Except of course for the delightful and intelligent Laffite. Anyway, what-evah. I love Pulp Fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Who are all these people? How come they're all "guests"?? Well, Joe, aka Mongo, aka bansi4, has been around for a long time and has his great "Candids" thread. I also suspect that in the early days of these boards, everyone was a "guest." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Well, Joe, aka Mongo, aka bansi4, has been around for a long time and has his great "Candids" thread. I also suspect that in the early days of these boards, everyone was a "guest." Sorry, I didn't mean "Mongo", I know he's been around a long time. Actually, I should say "sorry" to Mongo. But it does seem odd that several of these posts say "guest" before the name. I've never seen that before. Maybe I'm just cranky because of the first post, which criticized a favourite movie of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 But it does seem odd that several of these posts say "guest" before the name. I've never seen that before. That's because you don't read the old threads from 13 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 That's why they don't want us digging up old threads around here. Who knows who's body will pop up. In the morgue, they're John/Jane Does; here, they're Guests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Yeah, that's what I say, if ya want real, watch a documentary, sheesh! Way to go, daygloan. Yes indeed. "I don't want realism, I want magic!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laffite Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks for your kind remark missw :-) The first time I tried to watch Pulp Fiction I was so taken aback by that early violent scene I just shut it off. It may have been my mood at the time although I'm not a big fan of violent movies. So it's a paradox how much like Tarentino, a movie maker that might not necessarily be a fan of classic film buffs (although I don't think I am one, not in comparison with the rest of you). Later I did enjoy Pulp. Other faves are Reservoir Dogs, Inglorious Basterds, and Jackie Brown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks for your kind remark missw :-) The first time I tried to watch Pulp Fiction I was so taken aback by that early violent scene I just shut it off. It may have been my mood at the time although I'm not a big fan of violent movies. So it's a paradox how much like Tarentino, a movie maker that might not necessarily be a fan of classic film buffs (although I don't think I am one, not in comparison with the rest of you). Later I did enjoy Pulp. Other faves are Reservoir Dogs, Inglorious Basterds, and Jackie Brown. Me too on all those mentioned. (Well, I do have one or two problems with "Inglorious Bastards" but I won't go into them right now.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I didn't really like Pulp Fiction that much. I thought it was too tame. Although I don't remember the movie all that well, I recall thinking that there are so many schlocky horror films that did it all better. But it was something new to a mainstream audience, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I didn't really like Pulp Fiction all that much. I thought it was too tame. Although I don't remember the movie all that well, I recall thinking that there are so many schlocky horror films that did it all better. But it was something new to a mainstream audience, I guess. Well, since I have never thought of Pulp Fiction as in any way a horror film, schlocky or not, I never compared it to them. I suppose if you think of it that way - as some kind of "mainstream" horror film- it could be described as "tame". But I thought of it as -actually, there is no "genre category" for Pulp Fiction. Wait a minute - Swithin baby, are you pulling my leg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 The only problem I have with 'Pulp Fiction' as entertainment is that the Samuel L. Jackson character talks too damn much. It gets bloody annoying after awhile. If I had to hang around with a guy like that, at some point I'd just shoot him in the temple. No warning. Just "enough - I can't listen to you for one more second" - spoken not in words, but by the bullet going into his brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Well, since I have never thought of Pulp Fiction as in any way a horror film, schlocky or not, I never compared it to them. I suppose if you think of it that way - as some kind of "mainstream" horror film- it could be described as "tame". But I thought of it as -actually, there is no "genre category" for Pulp Fiction. Wait a minute - Swithin baby, are you pulling my leg? It would be presumptuous of me indeed, to pull your Canadian leg, Miss W! No - I'm serious. I really don't remember the film that well. I didn't say that Pulp Fiction was a horror film; just that I remember thinking when I saw it, that, whatever it was trying to do, so many schlocky horror films did it better. A friend recently showed me a DVD of a film I'd never heard of -- From Dusk Till Dawn. It starts out as a kind of road/kidnapping movie, then turns into this crazy endless vampire thing. That vampire flight scene had my friend at the edge of his seat. I was just -- "ho hum," will this this thing never end, what a bore!" I didn't realize until I looked it up that it was written by Tarantino! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 whatever it was trying to do, so many schlocky horror films did it better. If you don't know what "it was trying to do", how do you know anything else does it better? Name some of the "many" schlocky horror films that do better what Pulp Fiction was trying to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 If you don't know what "it was trying to do", how do you know anything else does it better? Name some of the "many" schlocky horror films that do better what Pulp Fiction was trying to do. I don't think I'm being illogical -- It's just that although I remember how I felt when I left the theater. I hardly remember a damn thing about the movie (maybe a scene here and there). I do remember my reaction to the film and what I said to my friend as we were leaving. I guess for me, the movie was (and remains) totally unmemorable. I also remember disliking another film from that year -- Bullets over Broadway -- a Woody Allen film beloved of many which I did not like. But I remember very little about it. I can remember films I liked and films I hated, but films that bored me -- not so much, apart maybe from my reactions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I treated PULP FICTION as I did any movie I watch. I only take notice if the story entertains me, and it did in this movie. I didn't, as I don't with just about any movie I watch, try to ANALYZE it. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I don't think I'm being illogical. Well, you sure as hell aren't making any sense when you say you don't know what 'Pulp Fiction' is trying to do but many schlocky horror movies do it better. I think it's just another piece of empty rhetoric that you thought you could pass off as witty. Probably sounded clever to you - but because there's no actual thought behind it, you can't explain what it's supposed to mean. Should've left the "schlocky horror movies do it better" part of the sentence out - it exposes the statement for the drivel it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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