My first time watching Jackie Brown (1997)
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The one time Quintin Tarantino adapted a book resulting in an interesting film following the incredible Jackie Brown in a battle of wits. Fascinating film and I was definitely questioning all kinds of things throughout. I hope you enjoyed my Jackie Brown movie reaction & commentary
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Original Movie: Jackie Brown (1997)
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Pam is a Legend, She was Queen of the screen back in the 70's Black Exploitation movie era
Do yourself a huge favor and watch True Romance
No Chicken n Waffles???
I got a kick out of seeing Melanie's feet under the dressing room door. I had the same sandals in the 1970s!
Awesome! This is my favorite Tarantino movie, and also my favorite performance from Samuel L. Jackson. Pam Grier should have won the Oscar for her incredible performance as Jackie Brown.
I think this is the most mature dramatic film QT has yet made.
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I'll mark the timestamp and hope you have Out of Sight on your watchlist
I've been a Tarantino fan for many years and Jackie Brown has moved to my number 1 favorite movie. Hateful eight is second
It is the least "crass " of Tarentino's films-to me,i like the subdued style Robert Forrstor was always wildily interesting as an actor,and Ms Pam Grier underrated and finally a return to her edgy ,cool and smart ladies that she played.
🥰yes finally!! are you also reacting to tarantino's slasher horror "death proof"? because it's laughably ridiculous!!
My favorite Tarantino movie – but I'm an Elmore Leonard fan. When Max fell for Jackie in the beginning, so did the rest of the audience
I like to think that Max ultimately followed Jackie
This is my favorite Tarantino film.
The chemistry between Pam Grier and Robert Forster is wonderful, and their relationship is heartbreaking and honest. Pam should have at least been nominated for Best Actress but wasn't. Forster was nominated and lost to Robin Williams for Good Will Hunting.
Michael Keaton shows up again briefly as Ray Nicolette in Out Of Sight, and he is dating Jennifer Lopez's character in the film.
I know that Tarantino was a huge fan of Elmore Leonard, and credits Leonard's ability with dialogue as an influence on his own screenplays.
This is Tarantino at his most realistic with his films, mature, and nostalgic. Jackie Brown is like a 1970s mainstream drama and blaxploitation film in one amazing package, and the 1970s are Tarantino's favorite era of cinema, and he loves a lot of the blaxploitation films (a lot of which starred Pam Grier). In fact, Pam auditioned for Pulp Fiction, and Tarantino was so amazed that she did, they became friends. When he wrote Jackie Brown, he did so specifically for Pam, playing it up to her strengths. One big change is that in the novel, Jackie is white.
The last scene is the most heartbreaking because I think Max is in love with her, but he is scared and he thinks she really doesn't care as much for him, as he watched how she was plotting and scheming Ordell. Jackie, I think starts just thinking Max is a kind of mark, but comes to genuinely like him. It isn't until she is in the car, that it hits her that she also loves him, and she's mouthing the lyrics to convince herself it's for the best. My personal take is that later, they meet again…and they give it a chance…at least, that's my hope as I love both of these characters.
A top 10 favorite movie for me.
Fun Fact: Michael Keaton plays the same character in both "Jackie Brown" and "Out of Sight," which is from the Karen Sisco world.
Bridget Fonda's feet in Jackie Brown is my favorite QT feet scene. Least favorite is Uma Thurman Kill Bill Vol 1.
Thoughts?
Side Topic: I would be 100% down for another attempt of a Karen Sisco series with either Carla Gugino or Jennifer Lopez. My hope is that QT is somehow involved as a producer if he truly stops directing.
In the movie "The Shining", the caretaker (played by Scatman Cruthers) had a poster of Jackie Brown on his wall.
I was initially underwhelmed when Jackie Brown was in theaters. Given the chaos of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. As well as the companion pieces. True Romance and Natural Born Killers. Over the years, Jackie Brown has become my favorite QT movie. It contains all the talent of QT, but is not weighted down by his idiosyncrasies. I also believe that this is the last great De Niro performance before he became a caricature.
My recollection was that after the success of Pulp Fiction, QT was instrumental in bringing attention back to Elmore Leonard. QT steered Travolta to make Get Shorty and I believe drew Clooney's attention to Out of Sight.
I consider this to be Tarantino's only 'grown up' film. All his others are the work of an overstimulated 14 year old.
Love this movie and since you started the channel, I was dying for you to see this one….and There Will Be Blood! And you did 'em the same week! (Wasn't able to comment on There Will Be Blood, long story, but that reaction was incredible and well worth the wait!!!!!) Everything you said at the end was completely on point. When this movie came out, it was at first a disappointment: "damn good movie. But not Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs". However upon rewatches once everyone got the DVD six months later revised people's opinion and now it's the Tarantino movie I rewatch more than any others. You can only see the shocks and twists of his other movies once for maximum impact! But "Jackie Brown" ages like fine wine. It's his least violent and action-oriented movie……but any complaints about that would be squashed in his next two movies, Kill Bill and Death Proof. (Kill Bill is one movie divided into two at the last minute so he didn't have to cut it down). The funny thing about "Jackie Brown" is that now people act like "Jackie Brown" is like his little art house movie….and that's not how it was seen at all at the time! I remember a reviewer saying at the time how "Jackie Brown" reveals that Tarantino is NOT going to be an art house director (which is what he was with Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs), but was going to go for the commercial. The reviewer was not entirely wrong nor entirely right, but definitely now, given what he's done since, "Jackie Brown" does seem a bit apart from his other films. It's his most grown-up movie, which is something I appreciate. THANKS CHRIS!!!!