{"id":251,"date":"2008-03-17T20:04:35","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T20:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skullcull.wordpress.com\/?p=251"},"modified":"2008-03-17T20:04:35","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T20:04:35","slug":"film-hick-jackie-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skullcull.com\/?p=251","title":{"rendered":"Film Hick: Jackie Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\\\"http:\/\/skullcull.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/jackie_brown70s.jpg\\\" title=\\\"jackie\u00a0brown\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/skullcull.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/jackie_brown70s.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"jackie\u00a0brown\\\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If there is such a thing as an under-rated Tarantino film\u00a0 then I would posit that this is it. Not a favourite among many Tarantino fans that I know (my sources are as reliable as any Gallup poll, I assure you). I think it is a shame because the characters in this film are in some ways more rounded than any that Tarantino has put on the screen &#8212; they are not just vehicles for an idea which, even as a Tarantino fan, I sometimes have a problem with. For all the references and tributes that this film makes to others, I think it stands alone amongst other films in Mr Tarantino\\&#8217;s ouevre. As well as the aforementioned roundedness of the characters there is the warmth here; the speech not coming out as some smart ironic comment on pop culture. From Grier\\&#8217;s Jackie Brown to Michael Keaton\\&#8217;s Federal Agent everyone gets great words to lay out there and room to move around in their character. De Niro convinces for\u00a0 change &#8212; not telegraphing it in like he has done more than would wish for from an actor of his calibre. Samuel L Jackson is, as ever, the coolest motherfucker on the planet. Robert Forster is really likeable and his relationship with Grier really clicks along sexily.<\/p>\n<p>Another bonus? No Tarantino acting. This is a film that is happy just being a film &#8212; telling a story in a compelling visual way with great dialogue, great casting and great acting. Why is that so rare? Probably too many suits behind the scene &#8212; the rarity of product of this quality is all the more reason to celebrate. Jackie Brown &#8212; a great film.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nNow playing: <a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.foxytunes.com\/artist\/bjork\/track\/aeroplane\\\" title=\\\"\\'Bjork - Aeroplane\\' - open on FoxyTunes Planet\\\">Bjork &#8211; Aeroplane<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\\\"color:#999999;font-style:italic;font-size:10px;\\\">via <a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.foxytunes.com\/signatunes\/\\\" title=\\\"FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips\\\">FoxyTunes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there is such a thing as an under-rated Tarantino film\u00a0 then I would posit that this is it. 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