One of my favorite movies

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2009)

My love of this movie is almost inexplicable. There are no moments of cinematic exhilaration. There are some holes in the caper that the movie is centered on, but there is an amazing love of story and cinema by the man who brings us this tale, and I think it is a genius who happened to be at his peek at this particular moment.
As well as Tarantino's genius, we get some great performances by some gifted actors. Among the great performances was Robert De Niro's brilliant performance as a pathetic man totally beaten up by life and prison. I suspect that many movie goers had difficulty with De Niro's performance at the time because it was so opposite of the confident character we came to know from his portrayals in his films prior to this one. Samuel Jackson's great performance owes quite a bit to De Niro. These characters just seem to naturally belong to and deserve each other.
I have to ultimately judge this movie on the fact that I keep returning to it. I've watched it a dozen times and I'll watch it another dozen times or more before I'm done.