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Fight Club Vs Pulp Fiction
07-09-08, 09:18 AM
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Pulp Fiction.
Both are great. I think so many films have borrowed or been inspired by PF that it's diluted the original in may people's eyes. Some films have borrowed aspects of FC but it's much easier to do, or at least attempt, a PF knock off which is why their was a glut for a while.
Both are great. I think so many films have borrowed or been inspired by PF that it's diluted the original in may people's eyes. Some films have borrowed aspects of FC but it's much easier to do, or at least attempt, a PF knock off which is why their was a glut for a while.
07-09-08, 10:04 AM
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Fight Club is very good for the first hour, then breaks down at a certain point and becomes a silly, incoherent mess. Pulp Fiction is an entertaining genre pastiche with a lot of witty dialogue that ultimately ends up being little more than an intellectual exercise in nonlinear filmmaking. I've seen both enough times that I get annoyed with each of them, but of the two I think Pulp Fiction is more entertaining throughout and the one I'd rather watch if given a choice.
FWIW I'd rather watch Reservoir Dogs or Se7en.
FWIW I'd rather watch Reservoir Dogs or Se7en.
07-09-08, 10:30 AM
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I love Pulp Fiction...but it is no Fight Club.
Flight Club is one of those deeply layered films with a great message (or statement) behind it. But the technical aspect of it as well is staggering. Where as Pulp Fiction just does not have that. I also feel Fincher is a better director than QT, but QT is a great writer, which scores some points.
And I also feel that Fight Club is closer to reality than Pulp Fiction. As in, I think a lot of people (males specifically) can relate to Fight Club on some level. Where as, how can you with Pulp Fiction?
Lastly, counts this for Fight Club, it does come from an original novel. Pulp Fiction, although a great story, is just that. The Fight Club novel does have some differences, but it is a great read and the film is a great companion piece.
Flight Club is one of those deeply layered films with a great message (or statement) behind it. But the technical aspect of it as well is staggering. Where as Pulp Fiction just does not have that. I also feel Fincher is a better director than QT, but QT is a great writer, which scores some points.
And I also feel that Fight Club is closer to reality than Pulp Fiction. As in, I think a lot of people (males specifically) can relate to Fight Club on some level. Where as, how can you with Pulp Fiction?
Lastly, counts this for Fight Club, it does come from an original novel. Pulp Fiction, although a great story, is just that. The Fight Club novel does have some differences, but it is a great read and the film is a great companion piece.
07-09-08, 10:37 AM
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I'd give it to Pulp Fiction, but I really do think both movies are fantastic. Pulp Fiction is just such a quotable, entertaining, well-written and well acted film that it gets the slight edge.
07-09-08, 02:17 PM
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Pulp Fiction -- if only because 99.999999% of the assholes who watch FIGHT CLUB completely miss the point of the movie and celebrate it as a living, breathing testament to iconoclastic phallic reclamation.
Present company excluded, natch.
Present company excluded, natch.
07-09-08, 02:24 PM
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While I think Pulp Fiction is a great movie (and always forget how much I like it until I'm actually watching it), Fight Club is my favorite movie of all-time.
So this was easy.
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So this was easy.
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07-09-08, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Millheiser
... if only because 99.999999% of the assholes who watch FIGHT CLUB completely miss the point of the movie and celebrate it as a living, breathing testament to iconoclastic phallic reclamation.
So I'll say 65% miss the point. That's still over half!
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07-09-08, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Cornelius1047
Bit of an exaggeration with that number, eh? I think there are a lot more people that watch/like/love it for exactly the right reasons.
So I'll say 65% miss the point. That's still over half!
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So I'll say 65% miss the point. That's still over half!
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07-09-08, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by macnorton
And I also feel that Fight Club is closer to reality than Pulp Fiction. As in, I think a lot of people (males specifically) can relate to Fight Club on some level. Where as, how can you with Pulp Fiction?
You can relate with Pulp Fiction if you were a bad mother fucker.
07-09-08, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Goat3001
You can relate with Pulp Fiction if you were a bad mother fucker.
