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Anyone else thinks this is Tarantino's best work...


... and consider this debut to be his best? I do.

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I'd rather rewatch this than PF. Not that I don't like PF.

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Yes. Pulp Fiction's got some good moments but it's seriously hurt by two things. First, the continuity errors. All films have them of course but they seem to happen in Pulp Fiction at vital plot points - the bullet holes already in the wall behind Vincent and Jules before they're shot at, Butch's apartment building having two floors when he's observing across the street, then having an extra floor when he enters, Butch shooting Vincent in the chest but all the blood confined to his stomach, and his body somehow sitting in the bath in an pright position to the left of the door he flew back through, Marvin's skull being fully in tact despite having his brains blown out at close range.... and they just pull me right out of the film.

And second, Fabienne. I don't know if it's the writing or her performance but she's really annoying and she has 15 minutes of screen time right in the middle of the film waffling on about pot bellies and blueberry pancakes and it just kills the momentum for me.

Jackie Brown's his most mature film but I don't enjoy it as much, and on the whole I don't care for his post- 90's films. He's improved as a director as his budgets have increased but I think declined as a writer overall.

I like the simplicity of RD, there's no flab on it, and Mr. Pink remains my favourite Tarantino character.

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It a great movie and an amazing debut and I've loved it since I first saw it on VHS in 1993. But saying it's his best smells like extra stinky hipster bullshit to me.

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