It's the only Tarantino movie that has characters rather than caricatures. I wish he tried this slower paced style more often.
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This was a film I wanted to see for a long time and I loved itl

Jacke Brown seems to come from a natchelbornstoryteller..
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Not at all. I agree. It's Direction is also more accomplished. Great Film about Adult Humans (for a change) in realistic, amusing and even moving situations.

It's not crazy to think that Jackie Brown is QT's best film. Another Elmore Leonard adaptation would be a great career move-and a joy to watch.
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To be honest I think it is his weakest film, which is not to say it is a bad film.

This is Tarrantino's best film-because it is for one, more believable, two, it actually has some great performances from two much overlooked actors-Pam Grier and Robert Forster-both of whom steal the film from all others. The hard core Tarrantino folks find it boring, because it is truly the only film really made for mature audiences-oh, the violence of the others make them for adults only-but are not up to par with this gem. Before folks get angry-I love Pulp, Reservoir Dogs, even Kill Bill, but they are almost like watching a Marvel comic movie compared to this one-this was a film I could see Bogart or Steve McQueen doing, playing Max Cherry.
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This is easily my favorite QT film, just everything about it seemed right on the mark and I've loved it since the very first time I rented on VHS from Blockbuster way back in 1998.
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Jackie Brown does feel like the most mature of Tarantino's films. Once you have seen enough of Tarantino's flicks, you first start to realize that most of them are filmed like a cinematic translation of some comic book. Second, once you have seen all those over the top unrealistic action effects in his movies, like the decapitations in Kill Bill, the killing of Hitler in Basterds, the gratuitous displays of gore in Django, etc, you start to wonder if those sequences were conceived in the head of a bored but very imaginative high school teenager who had read enough pirate novels, played too many video games, or watched too much grindhouse flicks in the past. When Tarantino filmed Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, and similar, he was certainly appealing to the caged and subdued teenage part inside of adults. But in Jackie Brown, Tarantino throws away the anime/comic book filming style and actually films a movie for grown ups.
I don't know if I'd rate this one as the best Tarantino movie. When you ask what's better, Jackie Brown or Kill Bill or Pulp Fiction, is like comparing a fine red wine and a fine white wine, even though they aren't really comparable.

No. Its my favorite as well

It's my favorite Tarantino movie. As far as which is the "best", do we mean by acting? Writing? Cinematography? All a matter of opinion, if you ask me. Pulp Fiction, which I love, is clearly Tarantino's most popular. Jackie Brown, however, just agrees with me. I love the music and setting. Most of all, I really like Max Cherry and Jackie, and, feel like I can relate to Max. Ordell is the classic charismatic gangster, like Pesci's characters in Scorsese's films. Melanie is stupid, funny, and attractive, and just manipulative enough to be useful to Ordell. Louis is trashy yet harmless, unless excessively provoked. These characters, despite being 1990s characters, all had a sense of reluctance that made them similar to so many of the 70s film and tv stars. Just an enjoyable movie for me. Don't know how else to explain it.

totally is! its all about leonard he's the man

Not only is it my favorite QT flick, but it's also my 3rd most favorite movie ever (behind Once Upon a Time in a America and Once Upon a Time in the West).

I'm starting to think it's his best, but I have no seen Django Unchained.
Jackie Brown is his only film so far with really human characters with human failings, as opposed to his usual parade of super-slick gangsters, stereotypes, and comic-book characters. Make no mistake, I generally like Tarantino's films, but I can't defend his characters as 3 dimensional and human.
Jackie Brown is also - by far - the most story-driven of his films to date. In fairness, Tarantino rarely bothers much about story at all, and it makes his films episodic in nature.
This one is, quite simply, a good story, well told. Highly underappreciated, and one day it's time will come.
Is it really better than Pulp Fiction? I don't know. But they are completely different and comparison is unfair (though inevitable).
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I am with you,this by far QTs best.

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True romance is magnificent, and despite the ironman crap natural born killers is, for me, the creme de la creme of rdj. I have yet to be even remotely d8sappointed with any qt film.

Some may think so but I agree with you. He did far better with source material that wasn't his.

I haven't seen Django, but of QT's other films, I like Jackie Brown best. Just fewer flat spots.
But for the record, I like True Romance and Natural Born Killers better than Jackie Brown
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Not crazy at all. I rank it 3rd of the Tarantino films (Basterds and Pulp Fiction) which still makes it a masterpiece.

No not crazy. This is the best QT film I've seen. PF was too much of too much and RD made me squirm. This one I watched several times with increasing enthusiasm.

I liked this more than Pulp Fiction but forme, Inglorious Basterds is his best.
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