Not Quentin's Best Work

Rating: Null/10 (21 December 1999)

I'm a huge Tarantino fan (loved Dogs and Pulp) but after watching Jackie Brown I was a bit disappointed. To me every character was boring and some were useless. DeNiro and Fonda's characters weren't too interesting and could've been done without. Sam Jackson's character also disappointed me but then again none of his characters will ever touch Jules Winfield. All in all I didn't care about anyone in the movie.
Personally I felt that QT somewhat sold out with this movie. Let me remind you I love his work and think he's a god among moviemakers but Jackie Brown lacked something that Dogs and Pulp oozed, attitude. Tarantino used the whole different POV's in the department store but he had to give times and just used different angles of the same scene. If anyone knows anything about Pulp the opening diner scene and last diner scene has Pumpkin saying two different lines. Some say this was a goof and some debate that it uses the different point of views. (first being Pumpkin's and the second being Jules'). To me a true Tarantino flick wouldn't have to flash times on the screen to inform the audience, they should figure it out for themselves.
I still don't blame Tarantino though, I feel if he'd used his own work and ideas instead of Leonard's Rum Punch he would've made a better movie. I'm just hoping his next movie will blow me away like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.