Genuinely surprised at how well this film holds up over time

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2016)

Lemme start by saying that while I enjoy about half is his films, I pretty much can't stand Tarantino these days, and aside from Inglorious Bastards, I haven't much cared for his work since Jackie Brown.
That aside, wow does this movie still hold up. I hadn't watched it in maybe 10-15 years, and I think it's possible I liked it even more this time.
The premise is simple, 8 guys plan a robbery which goes wrong. Seen this a million times right? But here, Tarantino tells the story in a broken time line, jumping forward and back between the action, slowly leaking information to the viewer. Seen that a million times? Sure, but not as well as it's done here. Also, it's worth remember that this was the first time a lot of this stuff was being done the way that it was being done.
The performances are brilliant and the relationship between Mr White (a brilliant performance from Harvey Keitel) and Mr Orange (Tim Roth) is so well done that it feels like they have known each other for years. To say this is a first time film from a director its striking how well thought out the set pieces are.