It's definitely his best film and my personal favourite.
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RobSac — 10 years ago(August 06, 2015 03:23 PM)
It's certainly mine. Even though Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction were focused on male power struggles, the tenderness between Jackie and Max Cherry is something Tarantino has carried over into most of his films since. The Bride and her daughter B.B. in Kill Bill, Soshanna and Marcel in Basterds, and, of course, Django and Hildi. I omit Butch and Fabienne in Pulp as examples because Butch is clearly more driven to show up Marsellus and recoup "the watch" than he is by any passion for Fabienne, who comes off as more of a hindrance in the classic action sequence. So, since Jackie Brown, having a sincere love and loyalty between characters has been one of Tarantino's signatures. What's most interesting about this style beginning with Jackie Brown is that in the book that it's based upon, Rum Punch, Max and Jackie's relationship comes off as much sleazier. It's an interesting turn Tarantino took with his style, that all seems to come from his own point of view.
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nnettew — 10 years ago(October 18, 2015 10:57 AM)
Totally not crazy for thinking this is his best film. I have watched it numerous times and it has just recently hit me that this is my favorite QT film.
The story is tight and I love Sam Jackson in this. His dialogue is hilarious ."This beep is repugnant" lol.
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nicholasjameslynch — 10 years ago(November 26, 2015 02:17 AM)
I think Jackie Brown is a great movie, but to me Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs are his best.
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romanticinsomniac — 10 years ago(December 10, 2015 08:28 PM)
Well, with Tarantino, all of his movies are excellent. He's so good, that to pick just one would almost be impossible, so your choice is understandable.
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TMC-4 — 10 years ago(January 17, 2016 11:18 PM)
http://lebeauleblog.com/2015/10/23/worst-to-first-ranking-elmore-leonard-adaptations/8/
- Jackie Brown (1997)
Summary:
Low-paid flight attendant Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) gets busted by the cops and the feds at LAX for carrying money and drugs in for gunrunner Ordell Robbie (Samuel L Jackson). With the help of bail bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster) she comes up with a plan to fool the cops and steal Ordells money so she can start fresh without having to work for him.
Whats Good:
An engrossing story. Superb chemistry between Grier and Forster. An entertaining performance by Jackson and great supporting work from Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda and Michael Keaton. Superb music. Quentin Tarantino understands what makes Leonard novels work.
Whats Bad:
Some people might find it overly long. I dont.
Quote:
Now sooner or later, theyre gonna get around to offering me a plea deal, and you know that. Thats why you came here to kill me.
Verdict:
Its a superb Leonard adaptation and a hint at a more mature direction that Tarantino might have taken. Definitely the king of the Leonard adaptations.
http://whatculture.com/film/quentin-tarantino-ranking-his-films-from-worst-to-best.php/8
Still the directors most undervalued film, Jackie Brown, a mash-up of hard-boiled 40s Noir and 70s Blaxploitation, is Tarantino straightest work; heavy in his tropes and references and touchstones, but ultimately a more classical work than the rest of his oeuvre, one far more concerned with narrative and resolution than it is any kind of timeline-fracturing chicanery (though, as is Noir, the plot is convoluted, and there is an instance towards the films close where the timeline is tampered with momentarily) or off-topic discourse.
70s Blaxploitation queen, Pam Grier, is the eponymous JB, and her entrance is the coolest in all of Tarantino, the star tracked along a travellator (in a nod to The Graduate) to the sound of Bobby Womacks Across 110th Street. Its a great way to open a movie, and Jackie Brown only gets better; not quite as heavy in Tarantino moments but just altogether more satisfying as an overall, complete film.
It helps that Brown is one of the great QT characters, and her kind-of romance with Max Cherry, played by cult B-movie star Robert Forster, here nominated for an Academy Award, is one of the most touching, believable relationships in the directors entire body of work. Tarantinos characters, as established in The Hateful Eight, are now becoming caricatures, acted by stars well aware that they are in a Quentin Tarantino film. Not so in Jackie Brown, where Grier and Cherry are genuine in a way thats becoming increasingly rare in the directors work.
- Jackie Brown (1997)
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Reznik_T — 10 years ago(January 19, 2016 04:21 PM)
You're not crazy at all. I'll still rank Pulp Fiction as no 1 (for me the best movie of all time), but right after that comes Jackie Brown. Actually JB is the one movie of QT that I can watch the most often without becoming bored with it. It's just such a good movie with great cinematography, dialogues, acting and good story that it's simply a pleasure to watch. I especially love De Niro, Bridget Fonda and Samuel L. Jackson in this movie.
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dwfyfe1 — 10 years ago(February 03, 2016 03:04 PM)
You're not crazy. I've been saying for years that JB is my favorite QT film. Here are mine in order of preference:
Jackie Brown
Pulp Fiction
Inglourious Basterds
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill Vol 2
Kill Bill Vol 1
Django Unchained
Death Proof
Have yet to see Hateful Eight.