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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9392828" data-attributes="member: 7026594">10. Death Proof. Great chase scene, but yeah, this isn't really a full movie.  It's a reasonably fun indulgent ride with QT, but it's (edit: less than) half of Grindhouse.  I was happy to watch the pair in the theater with all the fake trailers in the middle, and that was the designed cinematic experience.  For me, DP on its own is too thin.9. The Hateful Eight. This may be unfair, since I've still only watched it the once (in the theater, and yes in 70mm), but I was underimpressed by this one.  Some great performances and dialogue, but I felt like the 70mm was wasted after the opening.  And I should really be primed to love this, as I really dig Westerns.  The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly might be my favorite movie of  all time, and Pulp Fiction spent years in my top 5 or 10.  I really need to go back and watch it again.8. Jackie Brown. A great Elmore Leonard adaptation (and I agree with a previous poster that Out of Sight is the other really good one), but it just didn't quite sing for me.  It's been years, though, so I should probably revisit it sometime soon and see if I can get more into the characters.7. Kill Bill Vol. 2. Not quite as great as part 1, but still great.  Excellent balance of character and sensation.6. Kill Bill Vol. 1. Just frickin' amazing.5. Reservoir Dogs. So tight, taut, tense, and lean.  Dialogue, music, and suspense.  And yes, incredibly influential.4. Django Unchained. Outrageous circling around to responsible social commentary is right.  It's an amazingly fun and brutal movie.3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Very self-referential, but everything is so well done.  It's a love letter, composed like a poem.  DiCaprio and Pitt have seldom been better used.  Definitely toward the pinnacle Leo's work, IMO.  It's one which improved for me on repeat viewings, too.2. Inglorious Basterds. I do like me a good war movie, but yeah, it's also about movies, vengeance, propaganda, the self-righteous enjoyment of violence (Edit: look at the transition of scene framing and shots in the Bear Jew introduction scene)... Great performances, great cinematography, and multiple incredibly suspenseful scenes.  Not merely the first one.1. Pulp Fiction. It's kind of hard to appreciate how great this was now, in retrospect.  We've seen dozens of movies rip it off, whether it's the shuffled chronology, the wise-talking or philosophical thugs, the approach to violence, the irony.  I'm more likely to put on Django, Once Upon a Time, IB, or Kill Bill for yet another re-watch, but that's just because I've cracked the bone and sucked the marrow from this one from so many watches back in the day.  But yeah, it's an amazing piece of moviemaking, and I have to give it its laurels, even if it's not my go-to anymore.</blockquote>

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