Fcblover Jackie Brown is Tarantino’s most underrated and underappreciated films. A truly amazing film and it really brought Forster and Grier back to their best after so many years.
@@rafael9895 in her Wikipedia page under her discography, she has 2 singing credits, one for a Bobby Womack record in 1977. So yeah its true. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Grier
and fans always say no since it wasn't an original script but JB is so different from the novel it's practically a whole new story. I think Tarantino just wanted to pay homage to a favorite author
There would have been nothing more meaningless than a cliché happy ending, where Max and Jackie would run off together. Tarantino deliberately leaves the audience 'yearning', and this longing, that remains unfulfilled, is after all a big part of love. There is a German word which perfectly captures this feeling, 'Sehnsucht', which literally means 'addiction to longing'. It is about the longing for an unfulfilled ideal. In romantic poetry, this longing is paradoxically a desirable feeling in and of itself. It is being lovesick or dreaming about 'what could be', yet the painful dream is in a sense more much more beautiful than the ideal actually being fulfilled.
The words u use fail ..just like the yearning we feel fail an the centre of all failure is the very thing we already have ..soul . An the soul can not fail ..and needs no success. There is an English word for this ....You .... because You are Beautiful and ..complete
the shot of Robert Forster walking away down the hall is one of the most powerful, not only in Tarantino's cinema, but in contemporary cinema. Max Cherry breaks down the stoicism that he has shown throughout the story and with a broken heart, he makes a gesture with his arms, crossing them with his back to the camera while the camera lens blurs, as if they were the eyes full of tears of Jackie. situationally reverses the first meeting between them, when Jackie approached Max from his point of view. now it is she who seems to watch as he walks away from her. the next (and last) close-up of Jackie corroborates that.
It was a Friday night, and I was 17 with nothing to do. I didn't want to socialize, but didn't want to stay home either. So I told my dad I was going to the movies by myself to catch Jackie Brown, just to get out of the house. It legit feels like it happened yesterday.
it's funny, first time I watched this movie I was like 'ok, 7/10', I recently watched it for the third time and it's a fucking solid 10/10, and one of the best I've ever seen, a truly urban masterpiece
@@Izaan2810 Yes! I'd throw in De Niro and Fonda for supporting nominations, too. Forster at least got his nomination. Brilliant performances all around.
I have seen this movie so many times, but it was not until today I realized that Max changed his mind at the end and went after Jackie. The very last shots of Max in his office get slowly blurred out of focus. The we see Jackie in her car and there is a blurred blue car behind her. This is Max's car - it is the same color. The blurring is the clue.
@@jamesbracy2368 Thanks! I also found a second clue in the song itself. I always wondered why Tarantino chose "Across the 110th Street" - such a New York song in this L.A movie. Then I realized that it symbolizes walking into danger, as Harlem was a very dangerous place in the 70s. The song plays in the beginning when Jackie is walking into the hands of the agents. But why is it also playing in this scene at the end, and who does it apply to? It definitely doesn't apply to Jackie now - she is just going to Europe. Then it must apply to Max, who is a little afraid of Jackie by his own admission. This time he is the one going across the 110th street by going after her.
@@cvt8353 it does apply to Jackie she made it across 110th street and she won in the end of you know that all she did throughout this whole movie was try to survive and when she sings along with it she is relaxed and not tired like she was at the beginning
@@ACinemafanatic Maybe it does, but my point is that Max's car is in her rear view mirror. And if the song really applies to her, then the last verses of "Across the 110th street" really make sense: Oh, look around you, look around you, look around you Look around you, yeah
I used think "Why didn't he go with her?" Jackie was too much of a wild card for him, people died over the gambit that she pulled off. I would not want to bet all my chips on an uncertain future with her...
I have maintained for years that Jackie Brown is the best directing Tarantino's done. He gets such beautiful, vivid, powerful performances out of everyone, from Greer and Forster to Jackson, De Niro (who, by the way, I have to give props to for playing a dumb guy - not someone mentally handicapped, just basically a dumb guy), Fonda, Keaton... Hell, even Chris Tucker uses his powers of annoyance for good. And the writing is phenomenal as well, but it's like he just turned the burner down to a slow boil and let things take their time and really blend. And that includes the cinematography.
Watch Samuel L Jackson's interview with Charlie Rose on UA-cam about Jackie Brown for a slightly different take on DeNiros performance. It's interesting.
Quentin Tarantino is absolutely one of my favorite filmmakers, but if there was one thing I wish he would do, is make another film like Jackie Brown. Where his influences are subtle, and the story is about ordinary people
Tarantinos last movies just felt like hes been jerking off on his status as filmmakers but not like he actually wanted to make a good movie. He will never top or reach a jackie brown again.
I’ve seen all Quentin’s movies at least a dozen times (only twice so far for once upon a time but that’s cause it’s brand new). Through it all, this is my favorite. Pulp fiction has strong cinematic moments, inglorious bastards and django are epics. Kill bill, reservoir dogs and hateful eight have some of the strongest characters. And for what it’s worth, I still like Death Proof. But the balance, the pathos, the depth, the resonance, the feel, the maturity, and the sheer force that is Jackie brown can not be understated. It is truly a master’s masterpiece.
Death proof is undervalued but Tarantino made that movie to remember all the iconic streets stunt movies of the seventies... he's never banal when he made a movie and there's always a specific purpose. Jackie brown from many people I'd considered "not one of his best movies"... I don't care I absolutely love everything in that movie.
Absolutely QT’s best film not because it’s cool, hip, action filled, etc. but because it’s filled with so much heart, humanity, regret, desire, longing and loss. Themes all of us will have to go through many times in our lives until our final day.
I love how it starts and ends with the same song. In the first viewing is allmost sure that the intro won't get too deep in the viewey, but closing with the same made you realize what a journey it was. By the way, read Rum Punch from Elmore Leonard, the source of this. You won't regret.
Jackie really made it though all that crazy shit. She should either be dead or locked up, but she beat it all. A true journey for such an underrated movie
In my version, Max silently trailing her in a blue car behind her, just to give her a surprise. Ahh fuck, I love this movie, most underrated film of Tarantino's filmography, such a great piece.
Stuff like this can weigh on a man’s soul forever. Love how he didn’t run immediately after her as typically it would be done! I discovered this film from a TikTok clip with DeNiro shooting the woman. Watched on Prime not long ago and just wow! What a film!
almost makes me cry. its not even that sad thou. I think its actually about max. these exciting/dangerous events come into his life, and then at the end he has the opportunity to really change his life and leave, as he's said he wants to, but he's afraid to change. he takes another bond call and life goes on. so poignant. feels like 'the purple rose of cairo' i love it so much. thanks for posting xo
Thorium Gallery He didn't left with her on account of the cops, their scheme would have become quite obvious to them and Jackie, possibly the only woman he truly loved, would not have her chance to start again. Max has actually changed a lot throughout the film and this choice was one of the major changes.
The ending of this film it one of my favorites. Its a scene that you wouldnt think would draw that much power but it does. The pace is brilliant and the music, like in a lot of his films, is spot on.
I think people expected this to be like pulp fiction with all the tough cool characters and eye popping violence when frankly this is Quentins most mature film and if you read the book you would know that he really took the time to make it good and at first I was afraid that it would be boring to watch but these are characters that seem like people you’ve met before and stuck in situations that are relatable this is a film that is too good to be in a hurry and to me this is my favorite film by him that I can watch over and over and never get tired and the real standout is Pam Grier who should’ve been nominated for an Oscar and won that year
Easily Tarantinos best film, because he didnt write it :) This ending was so well done, you see Max unable to leave his life behind but almost immediately regret it. Awesome!
+Talisguy I like what Tarantino is doing. Rather than staying on what he usually does and end up getting tired of it, making bad movies, he decides that he needs to change genres every so often. That's what worked with Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, and Martin Scorsese among others.
+Talisguy Excellent argument! Really spot on points which most people ought to recognize if they've been paying closer attention to Tarantino's career trajectory (curiously, Jackie Brown is probably the one QT film most people will not have seen, so it might be hard to demonstrate what the underlying issue here is). I caught up with QT's early films as a teenager, a bit before Kill Bill vol. 1 hit the big screen, and remember feeling comparatively disillusioned by the subsequent KB double feature...but I ultimately shrugged off the nagging sensation due to being an avid Tarantino fanboy around the time. Yet his subsequent films would keep evoking that same disconcerting quality, and only recently have I come to re-assess (with a helping nudge from British film critic Mark Kermode) that I did not in fact enjoy e.g. Inglourious or Death Proof nearly as much as I initially thought. Granted, QT is still great at pulling off memorable set pieces, but none of his recent efforts can hold a candle to the complex yet sensibly reined in storytelling in Jackie Brown, which I also consider his best film by a considerable margin. For one thing, it's the only QT film I feel I can watch at any given time without any reservations of being in the ideal mindset: beautiful soundtrack, phenomenal lead by Pam Grier supported by a terrific ensemble cast (I hope Robert Forster was not overlooked in the critical praise), and genuine story about genuine people with genuine anxieties in life. I highly doubt I'll ever feel that way about say Django Unchained. But at the same time here's to hoping QT's got at least one more masterpiece up his sleeve, somewhere in the not-so-distant future.
+Talisguy Great points again, I looked up the Oscar nominations for the year and couldn't help pursing my lips at some of the choices, e.g. Titanic receiving two separate female nominations for Rose's character (Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart). But then I keep reminding myself that the actual significance of the Academy Awards is very much open to debate :) In any case totally agree with the shout-outs you mentioned: watched JB for the 5th-6th time a while back, and was perhaps for the first time totally absorbed by Fonda's performance. Seems like in every re-watch I discover a new favorite performance, sublime acting all the way!
+Bashir Kashmiri As he well should have regretted it, It's not an every day occurrence That an African-American woman, a Black woman in America will offer A White Man the opportunity to share any extra time together AFTER the deal is done and he has been paid, but when she offered more money he turned it down and then she offered the ULTIMATE he turned that down. so she called him on "fear" . and he was honest , I believe that it was in that moment he gained entry to her heart for real.. she's going to give him time but it would surprise me none if later on down the road he would receiving more than a card..and i .betcha this time he won't say no !!
Never in a film have I seen the complete range of emotions you’d feel in a moment like that conveyed, her smile that slowly fades then she sings the lyrics and then the lyrics sink in and she’s devastated, so brilliant.
Marone! 😍 The hidden gem in Tara's back catalogue. So much more subdued than his other stuff, but in many ways more powerful for being so. 💪🏾 Beautiful ending. It doesn't get any better than Bobby Womack here. 👌
The last shot is SUCH beautiful characterisation. The fact that Jackie knows the words to the song, suggests she’s sung it tons of times, yet she only starts miming to the verse that relates to HER life; she’s been dealing with pimps all her life; had to break out; likely had a drug problem in her younger days. It says so much without her saying anything!
Tarantino could've left the ending open ended, but he didn't, they go their separate ways.. happy and sad at the same time. One of my favourite movies ever
Como se va a morir este hombre? la mirada esa del final, donde deja a traslucir su alma, es uno de los momentos mas verdaderos en la historia del cine! #Blessed Roberto
Jackie Brown is one of the most underrated QT films. I used to love The Bride, but many have compared it "to a revenge rape fantasy," but have grown to appreciate Jackie Brown more. Jackie is your average woman, much older, and a person of color that is caught in circumstances done in by men-her husbands actions, Ordells and the ATF. It is in the moment of desperation she displays her worth by standing up for herself by controlling the narrative and directing the men how to do each other in. The tragedy is that she found a man who truly loves her, saw her humanity, but knows true love is a very fragile thing and it was best to leave it alone.
I fell in love with Robert Forster from watching this film. When he first sees Pam Grier coming toward him in the jail, the look on his face, the expression in his eyes… And of course, the incredible Ms. Grier. If you can, watch Diamond Men, as well.
Haven't seen this movie on almost 8 years and was in bed thinking "what was the number of the street in that one song. Its the ending to a bunch of movies and stuff" and then my brain just shouted Jackie Brown and sure as shit it was the ending song
The most beautiful part of this ending is that throughout the movie you see Jackie as a strong cold woman, and you can’t help but wonder, is she faking it? Or is she really this calculated, manipulative gangster with a thirst for power? There were moments where her vulnerable side and fears would seep out ever so slightly, but she’d quickly bump right back. Then when this song plays at the end it simply reveals EVERYTHING we were wondering about her and what she had gone through… what a beautiful, tragic and clever way of giving the audience the answers to the character’s past and reasons for why she did what she did. Incredible.
Awwwww . You can tell that both Jackie and Max felt bad that they weren't going on this trip together. You could see it in their body language. Just imagine all the fun they could've had 😫 . Also Pam lip syncing the song is such a mood .
jackie brown is QTs most underrated film.
absolute urban masterpiece and this movie deserves more recognition
It's his best film imo
@@ruixingsong9039 yep.
@@ruixingsong9039 it really is!
Oh shut up. It's an average film at best.
AMEN!!! It’s DEFINITELY 1 of my FAVORITES!!!
Pam is so beautiful
Best comment so far.
@@gregoryparreau6019 Non
Was*
Isn't she.
you are
Robert Forster and Pam Grier really stole the show in one the finest American films ever!
100% correct,better than all the rest....head and shoulders above them all......
Fcblover Your fucking A right my dude. Perfectly said.
Fcblover Jackie Brown is Tarantino’s most underrated and underappreciated films. A truly amazing film and it really brought Forster and Grier back to their best after so many years.
You are right, I agree.
Except when Samuel L Jackson came on the screen then it became his movie
If Max later changes his mind, Winston can find Jackie. That’s what he does. 🤣
Hopefuly this is what he will do!!!!
lol you’re probably right about that Winston is a pro
I bet he did.
When Pam sings along to the song, my god, what a revelation. It hits me so hard, she knows what she's been through in her life, those lyrics HIT HOME.
“Harlem Is The Capital Of Any Ghetto Town.”
Especially the “trying to catch a woman that’s weak.” She’d have been gone decades ago had she been weak, IJS
Tarantino's smoothest and most subtle film. I especially love the long take of Jackie lip-sync to Bobby Womack.
The deep part is that Pam Greer was at one point a backup singer for Bobby Womack. ;-) Tarentino left no stone unturned. :-)
@@normanlove222 wow is this true?
@@rafael9895 in her Wikipedia page under her discography, she has 2 singing credits, one for a Bobby Womack record in 1977. So yeah its true.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Grier
THIS is Quentin’s best movie. I hear all the time about PULP but this is the best character study. Beautiful movie.
but i didnt understand why this movie got 7.5 imdb rating....it should have get 8.3
and fans always say no since it wasn't an original script but JB is so different from the novel it's practically a whole new story. I think Tarantino just wanted to pay homage to a favorite author
Django Unchained for me.. Just a perfect superhero movie
@@fengsports2063 it really is a Great superhero movie... Might be the best superhero movie
It's a hard choice with QT, he's made so many amazing movies after all.
That look on his face when you know you’re never going to see someone again
This happend to me so many times in my life....
There would have been nothing more meaningless than a cliché happy ending, where Max and Jackie would run off together. Tarantino deliberately leaves the audience 'yearning', and this longing, that remains unfulfilled, is after all a big part of love. There is a German word which perfectly captures this feeling, 'Sehnsucht', which literally means 'addiction to longing'. It is about the longing for an unfulfilled ideal. In romantic poetry, this longing is paradoxically a desirable feeling in and of itself. It is being lovesick or dreaming about 'what could be', yet the painful dream is in a sense more much more beautiful than the ideal actually being fulfilled.
wow man, that's beautiful
I love it "Sehnsucht"
Actually that definition reminds me of Casablanca
@@antoniocoelho7755 same vibe
The words u use fail ..just like the yearning we feel fail an the centre of all failure is the very thing we already have ..soul . An the soul can not fail ..and needs no success. There is an English word for this ....You .... because You are Beautiful and ..complete
This film should have swept the Oscars.
Ethan C ...as if Oscars were about quality...
One of the best films ever, great movie
Been sayong that
Not sure it should’ve won animated short but I thought it was great nevertheless
@@sean2914 lol
This song, those eyes on the verge of tears but staying strong...this is the greatest QT film, hands down
RIP Robert Forster
I love that Bobby Womack to successfully conclude such an impeccable movie.
In this film, each picture of Pam Grier is a tribute to her beauty.
I always think that Max’s assistant “the finder” can always find her when she’s in Spain lol so they connect later
the shot of Robert Forster walking away down the hall is one of the most powerful, not only in Tarantino's cinema, but in contemporary cinema. Max Cherry breaks down the stoicism that he has shown throughout the story and with a broken heart, he makes a gesture with his arms, crossing them with his back to the camera while the camera lens blurs, as if they were the eyes full of tears of Jackie. situationally reverses the first meeting between them, when Jackie approached Max from his point of view. now it is she who seems to watch as he walks away from her. the next (and last) close-up of Jackie corroborates that.
Hadn’t noticed that before. As well as crossing his arms he raised his right hand briefly to his face, maybe wiping away a tear
This movie is a masterpiece ain't it?
It was a Friday night, and I was 17 with nothing to do. I didn't want to socialize, but didn't want to stay home either. So I told my dad I was going to the movies by myself to catch Jackie Brown, just to get out of the house. It legit feels like it happened yesterday.
it's funny, first time I watched this movie I was like 'ok, 7/10', I recently watched it for the third time and it's a fucking solid 10/10, and one of the best I've ever seen, a truly urban masterpiece
David Arias Same here first viewing I thought it was just a good movie, but the next few times I watched it it became great to me.
Yeah, same with me. It truly is a masterpiece.
It gets better everytime you watch it
It kinda grows on you after a little bit
One of his more thoughtful movies.
R I P Robert Forster, Liked his Max Cherry Character, Bought tears to my eyes watching this, 😢Great Scene. R I P Robert 😭
She should have been nominated for that final shot alone. Hollywood ain't fair.
If not the final shot, it should have been for her visual sweep of the mall when she entered on the day of the heist.
Its a tragedy considering who won that year... smh
@@colorfields hellen hunt? Right Thais ridiculous
Grier VERY honestly should have swept EVERYTHING that entire year.
@@Izaan2810 Yes! I'd throw in De Niro and Fonda for supporting nominations, too. Forster at least got his nomination. Brilliant performances all around.
What A great duo! They're soulmates.
I have seen this movie so many times, but it was not until today I realized that Max changed his mind at the end and went after Jackie. The very last shots of Max in his office get slowly blurred out of focus. The we see Jackie in her car and there is a blurred blue car behind her. This is Max's car - it is the same color. The blurring is the clue.
CVT mind blown 🤯!! I never ever even contemplated this until you mentioned it but it’s a strong clue Tarantino drops in! Genius !
@@jamesbracy2368 Thanks! I also found a second clue in the song itself. I always wondered why Tarantino chose "Across the 110th Street" - such a New York song in this L.A movie. Then I realized that it symbolizes walking into danger, as Harlem was a very dangerous place in the 70s. The song plays in the beginning when Jackie is walking into the hands of the agents. But why is it also playing in this scene at the end, and who does it apply to? It definitely doesn't apply to Jackie now - she is just going to Europe. Then it must apply to Max, who is a little afraid of Jackie by his own admission. This time he is the one going across the 110th street by going after her.
Sheesh dude
If you're not a detective,
you missed your calling,
that was an excellent find, kudos friend.
@@cvt8353 it does apply to Jackie she made it across 110th street and she won in the end of you know that all she did throughout this whole movie was try to survive and when she sings along with it she is relaxed and not tired like she was at the beginning
@@ACinemafanatic Maybe it does, but my point is that Max's car is in her rear view mirror. And if the song really applies to her, then the last verses of "Across the 110th street" really make sense:
Oh, look around you, look around you, look around you
Look around you, yeah
Poor Max, he's the real hero here.
I used think "Why didn't he go with her?" Jackie was too much of a wild card for him, people died over the gambit that she pulled off. I would not want to bet all my chips on an uncertain future with her...
Well I’m the books it’s speculated that he went with her
She couldn't have pulled it off without his help.
@@aharris82 you must play chess
Chokes me up Everytime I see this Scene Between Robert Forster and Pam Grier :'(
I have maintained for years that Jackie Brown is the best directing Tarantino's done. He gets such beautiful, vivid, powerful performances out of everyone, from Greer and Forster to Jackson, De Niro (who, by the way, I have to give props to for playing a dumb guy - not someone mentally handicapped, just basically a dumb guy), Fonda, Keaton... Hell, even Chris Tucker uses his powers of annoyance for good. And the writing is phenomenal as well, but it's like he just turned the burner down to a slow boil and let things take their time and really blend. And that includes the cinematography.
Its an hibernating beast of a film alright. I even wish the Cockatoo Inn still existed. Uber cool!
Watch Samuel L Jackson's interview with Charlie Rose on UA-cam about Jackie Brown for a slightly different take on DeNiros performance. It's interesting.
Quentin Tarantino is absolutely one of my favorite filmmakers, but if there was one thing I wish he would do, is make another film like Jackie Brown. Where his influences are subtle, and the story is about ordinary people
Tarantinos last movies just felt like hes been jerking off on his status as filmmakers but not like he actually wanted to make a good movie. He will never top or reach a jackie brown again.
I’ve seen all Quentin’s movies at least a dozen times (only twice so far for once upon a time but that’s cause it’s brand new). Through it all, this is my favorite. Pulp fiction has strong cinematic moments, inglorious bastards and django are epics. Kill bill, reservoir dogs and hateful eight have some of the strongest characters. And for what it’s worth, I still like Death Proof. But the balance, the pathos, the depth, the resonance, the feel, the maturity, and the sheer force that is Jackie brown can not be understated. It is truly a master’s masterpiece.
Everything you said 100% on pointe.
Death proof is undervalued but Tarantino made that movie to remember all the iconic streets stunt movies of the seventies... he's never banal when he made a movie and there's always a specific purpose. Jackie brown from many people I'd considered "not one of his best movies"... I don't care I absolutely love everything in that movie.
What about 4 rooms?....which i hav 2 say, while t weakest of tarantino's films, it still aint that bad
In Death Proof. 🤣 Remember when the ladies whoop Kurt Russell’s ass to death In the end?? 😂 🤣 💀
It's because it is based on a novel, and he wasn't allowed to deviate from the source.
Absolutely QT’s best film not because it’s cool, hip, action filled, etc. but because it’s filled with so much heart, humanity, regret, desire, longing and loss. Themes all of us will have to go through many times in our lives until our final day.
And thus, the ending of a masterpiece. Arguably one of the best films of all time.
I love how it starts and ends with the same song. In the first viewing is allmost sure that the intro won't get too deep in the viewey, but closing with the same made you realize what a journey it was.
By the way, read Rum Punch from Elmore Leonard, the source of this. You won't regret.
Jackie really made it though all that crazy shit. She should either be dead or locked up, but she beat it all. A true journey for such an underrated movie
Jackie Brown is a stone cold classic. A hidden gem in films. 10/10. I've got the original movie poster from 1997 framed up.
This movie blew me out of the world back in the day. One of the best for sure.
In my version, Max silently trailing her in a blue car behind her, just to give her a surprise.
Ahh fuck, I love this movie, most underrated film of Tarantino's filmography, such a great piece.
RIP Robert Forster 😩
That’s how I fell in love with Pam Grier
"Across 110 St" one of the best tracks ever laid down.I can smell NYC in the fall in the rain at night
And how about The Delfonics!
Love. This. Movie.
Bad ass movie.
Indeed.
Stuff like this can weigh on a man’s soul forever. Love how he didn’t run immediately after her as typically it would be done! I discovered this film from a TikTok clip with DeNiro shooting the woman. Watched on Prime not long ago and just wow! What a film!
This song is lit 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
almost makes me cry. its not even that sad thou. I think its actually about max.
these exciting/dangerous events come into his life, and then at the end he has the opportunity to really change his life and leave, as he's said he wants to, but he's afraid to change. he takes another bond call and life goes on. so poignant. feels like 'the purple rose of cairo' i love it so much.
thanks for posting xo
Thorium Gallery He didn't left with her on account of the cops, their scheme would have become quite obvious to them and Jackie, possibly the only woman he truly loved, would not have her chance to start again. Max has actually changed a lot throughout the film and this choice was one of the major changes.
@@UnfinishedSwing Wow. I didn't realize it till your comment. Thank you for posting this!
ここ、何度見ても泣けてしまいます。はじめて自分の給料で買ったDVDなんですよ😭✨
The fact that she didn’t get an Oscar nod for this is absolute bullshit.
Good Lord Pam was gorgeous in this...
Love the song, and love the ending.
He regretted not going with her, that scene was so sad. 😭
But you noticed closely, towards the last few moments on screen you can see Max's car trailing behind her. He changed his mind and followed her :)
@@Gobbygiblet 🙄
The ending of this film it one of my favorites. Its a scene that you wouldnt think would draw that much power but it does. The pace is brilliant and the music, like in a lot of his films, is spot on.
I think people expected this to be like pulp fiction with all the tough cool characters and eye popping violence when frankly this is Quentins most mature film and if you read the book you would know that he really took the time to make it good and at first I was afraid that it would be boring to watch but these are characters that seem like people you’ve met before and stuck in situations that are relatable this is a film that is too good to be in a hurry and to me this is my favorite film by him that I can watch over and over and never get tired and the real standout is Pam Grier who should’ve been nominated for an Oscar and won that year
The cross from non-diegetic to diegetic sound made me smile so much. We end the film with a song that so tied to her that she starts mouthing it.
Easily Tarantinos best film, because he didnt write it :) This ending was so well done, you see Max unable to leave his life behind but almost immediately regret it. Awesome!
***** couldn't agree more brother
+Talisguy I like what Tarantino is doing. Rather than staying on what he usually does and end up getting tired of it, making bad movies, he decides that he needs to change genres every so often. That's what worked with Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, and Martin Scorsese among others.
+Talisguy Excellent argument! Really spot on points which most people ought to recognize if they've been paying closer attention to Tarantino's career trajectory (curiously, Jackie Brown is probably the one QT film most people will not have seen, so it might be hard to demonstrate what the underlying issue here is). I caught up with QT's early films as a teenager, a bit before Kill Bill vol. 1 hit the big screen, and remember feeling comparatively disillusioned by the subsequent KB double feature...but I ultimately shrugged off the nagging sensation due to being an avid Tarantino fanboy around the time.
Yet his subsequent films would keep evoking that same disconcerting quality, and only recently have I come to re-assess (with a helping nudge from British film critic Mark Kermode) that I did not in fact enjoy e.g. Inglourious or Death Proof nearly as much as I initially thought. Granted, QT is still great at pulling off memorable set pieces, but none of his recent efforts can hold a candle to the complex yet sensibly reined in storytelling in Jackie Brown, which I also consider his best film by a considerable margin. For one thing, it's the only QT film I feel I can watch at any given time without any reservations of being in the ideal mindset: beautiful soundtrack, phenomenal lead by Pam Grier supported by a terrific ensemble cast (I hope Robert Forster was not overlooked in the critical praise), and genuine story about genuine people with genuine anxieties in life. I highly doubt I'll ever feel that way about say Django Unchained.
But at the same time here's to hoping QT's got at least one more masterpiece up his sleeve, somewhere in the not-so-distant future.
+Talisguy Great points again, I looked up the Oscar nominations for the year and couldn't help pursing my lips at some of the choices, e.g. Titanic receiving two separate female nominations for Rose's character (Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart). But then I keep reminding myself that the actual significance of the Academy Awards is very much open to debate :) In any case totally agree with the shout-outs you mentioned: watched JB for the 5th-6th time a while back, and was perhaps for the first time totally absorbed by Fonda's performance. Seems like in every re-watch I discover a new favorite performance, sublime acting all the way!
+Bashir Kashmiri As he well should have regretted it, It's not an every day occurrence That an African-American woman, a Black woman in America will offer A White Man the opportunity to share any extra time together AFTER the deal is done and he has been paid, but when she offered more money he turned it down and then she offered the ULTIMATE he turned that down. so she called him on "fear" . and he was honest , I believe that it was in that moment he gained entry to her heart for real.. she's going to give him time but it would surprise me none if later on down the road he would receiving more than a card..and i .betcha this time he won't say no !!
Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack. The late, great Robert Forester was from the city I grew up in, Rochester, NY. RIP.
Never in a film have I seen the complete range of emotions you’d feel in a moment like that conveyed, her smile that slowly fades then she sings the lyrics and then the lyrics sink in and she’s devastated, so brilliant.
Max is love. Max is life.
I love her in this movie!
the scene is blurry af and hes not even facing us and still you can tell what hes feeling, thats some good acting
RIP Robert Foster
R.I.P 🙏🏽
is this how you guys spend our tax dollars? commenting on youtube videos? tsk tsk tsk
This ending sends chills down my spine
My Favorite movie of All times!!
Marone! 😍
The hidden gem in Tara's back catalogue. So much more subdued than his other stuff, but in many ways more powerful for being so. 💪🏾
Beautiful ending. It doesn't get any better than Bobby Womack here. 👌
Max is so sweet,...after all she went through, she deserves the best!!!!
Bellissima pam🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤👍👍👍👍
One of the top 20 films of all time! Top 10 for acting / performances.
They don't make them like this anymore!
The last shot is SUCH beautiful characterisation. The fact that Jackie knows the words to the song, suggests she’s sung it tons of times, yet she only starts miming to the verse that relates to HER life; she’s been dealing with pimps all her life; had to break out; likely had a drug problem in her younger days. It says so much without her saying anything!
brings back old memorizies
Tarantino could've left the ending open ended, but he didn't, they go their separate ways.. happy and sad at the same time. One of my favourite movies ever
There will never be another Pam Grier. 🌹
Great scene! Unforgettable...
RIP Mr. Forster ❤❤❤❤
Memorabile. Attori colonna sonora peccato che non si può acquistare??fuori catalogo??😪😪😪
Si pizza peperonni tutti quanti
Que atriz maravilhosa, linda e fantástica!!!
Pulp fiction
Inglourious Basterds
Jackie Brown
I loved Max Cherry. May he rest in peace. Great song BTW.
The scene makes me choke up every time
I was about 2 or 3 when this movie came out feels like life time ago
When you almost feel it, but you don't feel it, it's very sad.
Robert Forster a underated , talented actor, very good looking man. Also Pam Grier, underated, beautiful actress.
great job Pam for not blinking after 1:00
She does blink a few times after that
The beginning and the end - tear jerking.
Great ending.
His best film. Adapted screenplay.
This movie was great I don't get why people hate on this :/
Man this movie... it stands out in QT filmography in his own special way...
I love the Song ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Como se va a morir este hombre? la mirada esa del final, donde deja a traslucir su alma, es uno de los momentos mas verdaderos en la historia del cine! #Blessed Roberto
Jackie Brown is one of the most underrated QT films. I used to love The Bride, but many have compared it "to a revenge rape fantasy," but have grown to appreciate Jackie Brown more. Jackie is your average woman, much older, and a person of color that is caught in circumstances done in by men-her husbands actions, Ordells and the ATF. It is in the moment of desperation she displays her worth by standing up for herself by controlling the narrative and directing the men how to do each other in. The tragedy is that she found a man who truly loves her, saw her humanity, but knows true love is a very fragile thing and it was best to leave it alone.
This film has aged well like fine.
poor Max, such a blue balls ending
König des Nordens
😂 no , he won’t
Low blows bro
Best lip sync for your life!
sometimes you take part in someone else's getaway story, even if you don't like that, you will take pride in that
I fell in love with Robert Forster from watching this film. When he first sees Pam Grier coming toward him in the jail, the look on his face, the expression in his eyes…
And of course, the incredible Ms. Grier.
If you can, watch Diamond Men, as well.
best showtime of this move!
Haven't seen this movie on almost 8 years and was in bed thinking "what was the number of the street in that one song. Its the ending to a bunch of movies and stuff" and then my brain just shouted Jackie Brown and sure as shit it was the ending song
i love the song used
:O u're beatiful
The most beautiful part of this ending is that throughout the movie you see Jackie as a strong cold woman, and you can’t help but wonder, is she faking it? Or is she really this calculated, manipulative gangster with a thirst for power? There were moments where her vulnerable side and fears would seep out ever so slightly, but she’d quickly bump right back. Then when this song plays at the end it simply reveals EVERYTHING we were wondering about her and what she had gone through… what a beautiful, tragic and clever way of giving the audience the answers to the character’s past and reasons for why she did what she did. Incredible.
Awwwww . You can tell that both Jackie and Max felt bad that they weren't going on this trip together. You could see it in their body language. Just imagine all the fun they could've had 😫 . Also Pam lip syncing the song is such a mood .
masterpiece
Gran ficona Jackie!
A truly bittersweet ending to a vastly underrated film. -----------------------MJL< 76 y/o
It's a pity Tarantino doesn't make such films anymore.
He makes great films still
@@Jon-jm4fo The last one was a bit of a dud, the Hateful Eight was amazing tho
@@GayloriousQueen once upon a time in Hollywood was great.
@@Jon-jm4fo Look because I'm not exactly in the mood of writing an essay on YT about it, let's just say we agree on disagreeing