Smart Marks Favorite Movie Tournament, round 6

[Guest ShamRock]

The Godfather

I have never seen Citizen Kane.Saw Godfather and I liked it.

 

The Shawshank Redemption

Probably my favorite movie of all time.

[Guest Marshall]

The Godfather

 

Pulp Fiction

[Guest Mr. Slim Citrus]

Citizen Kane

vs.

Godfather

 

Pulp Fiction

vs.

The Shawshank Redemption

[Guest Will Scarlet]

Citizen Kane

Shawshank Redemption

[Guest imajackoff?]

Citizen Kane

 

Pulp Fiction

[Guest El Satanico]

looks clear that Pulp will win it all...showing the decline of American Civilzation.

What's the big deal? It's not like Surf Nazi's Must Die is winning it or something.

[Guest El Satanico]

Citizen Kane:

 

A close contest here. I don't really have any reason as to why I'm picking one over the other.

 

Pulp Fiction:

 

Tough one because I really like both of the movies, but Pulp Fiction will be more remember in 20 years. Not to say that being remembered makes it better, but honestly Pulp Fiction has made a bigger impact than Shawshank.

[Guest Choken One]

Face it...people only love it because they cuss and bleed a lot.

[Guest godthedog]

Face it...people only love it because they cuss and bleed a lot.

has somebody been secretly slipping you a copy of some crappy b-movie and passing it off as 'pulp fiction'?

 

i'll try to sum up why most people love it:

 

format and storytelling structure are brilliant.

 

great monologues (christopher walken's only scene, & sam jackson's final scene in the coffee shop).

 

great acting.

 

AMAZING dialogue (and no, not just because they cuss). go find a movie from the 90s with smarter dialogue. go on, find one.

 

great use of music.

 

the sheer number of great scenes: walken's monologue, both coffee shop scenes, the adrenaline scene, jack rabbit slim's, bret's apartment, marvin getting shot in the car, the cleaning of said car...this is just off the top of my head, i've probably left some out.

 

the joy in watching a guy so many great, absurd scenes weave it all together so seamlessly that he manages to actually make it BETTER than the sum of its parts.

 

hope that helps.

[Guest El Satanico]

It isn't even that bloody other than the car scene. It isn't nearly as bloody or violent as Reservior Dogs.

[Guest godthedog]

^the scene where bruce willis basically bisects maynard with the samurai sword then blows zed's dick off with a shotgun is pretty bloody.

[Guest El Satanico]

Yeah i guess it was even though alot of gore in that scene was off screen. Still the movie wasn't as bloody as it's made out to be by people.

[Guest DrTom]

The Godfather

 

Pulp Fiction

[Guest Big McLargeHuge]

Godfather

 

Pulp Fiction