TGME Round 1: Pulp Fiction Vs. Office Space

[Nick]

(Trys to see the which side is acting more childish, but really can't tell the difference between the two parties.)

Really you guys, all I've seen the last two pages is mindless trash. The original intent of this thread got lost somewhere. Addressing both sides, Tripe you've made your point, why do you find it necessary to bait Issac further?

Issac, you really shouldn't be overly sensitive to insults made to directors you like. Plus, Pulp Fiction still has a large lead over Office Space, so more than likely it will go on to the next round.

Now, lets try and put this tread back on track and not talk about each other with horrible sexual insults. Seriously, last time I checked this wasn't an elementary school playground.

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

There can be only one

[Nick]

That's my job.

[Tripe]

*psst*There's three more behind you 

But yes like i said earlier it is ungallant to bate Isaac, but it's so tempting.

[Nick]

Those guys, there my homeboys.

[James of LinHood]

Those guys, they're my homeboys.

Fixed.

[Nick]

Those guys, they're my homeboys.

Fixed.

Thanks.

[BBQ Platypus]

Ooh!  A flame war!  Can I join in?

[Petey Wheatstraw]

Ooh!  A flame war!  Can I join in?

Can you take an off-hand remark about finding entertainment value in a much-disliked film and blow it out of proportion to the point where you make it appear as if that person thought it was the greatest movie ever?

[ImOscardotcom]

Ooh!  A flame war!  Can I join in?

Can you take an off-hand remark about finding entertainment value in a much-disliked film and blow it out of proportion to the point where you make it appear as if that person thought it was the greatest movie ever?

Come on! DO IT! 

[RVR II]

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[Pak-Man]

I like Pulp Fiction. It's a nifty melding of comedy and violence. It made me laugh at things that, frankly, should not be funny, and I admire its ability to do that. (Not that I'd brand it as a comedy first, but I've always amired Terrantino's warped humor) :^)

[gbeenie]

I like Pulp Fiction. It's a nifty melding of comedy and violence. It made me laugh at things that, frankly, should not be funny, and I admire its ability to do that. (Not that I'd brand it as a comedy first, but I've always amired Terrantino's warped humor) :^)

The interesting thing about Pulp Fiction is that virtually everything violent that happens in the film is funny. This is in contrast to Reservoir Dogs, where the humor and violence were pretty much isolated from one another.

[ScottotD]

Am I allowed to just like one movie more than another or is exchanging fairly poor insults required?

Why would a movie have to say anything about the world?  also why would that make it good?

I dunno, having a point? Having an interaction with its society and context?

Not that PF doesn't say something about its world and context. It clearly does. It's just not very pleasant.  I think AJ is right about her "sociopath" remark.

A point is very different from "something to say about the world", to my mind that would be more like a moral which I can do without in my entertainment. 

I find Pulp Fiction at it's core to be about the nature of relationships, each section has 3 major relationships running through it that are forced to interconnect... also I think it's funny and cool which in some cases is enough.

I couldn't find the sociopath quote unfortunately, I sincerely hope it's not the amazingly tired "I was offended or shocked by this movie's language or violence so have decided anyone who likes it is a mass murderer in waiting" 'argument' but from the rest of your post it doesn't look promising.

i think a movie should say something because if it doesn't then its just some video clerks fantasy wet dream.

Any movie?  or is this just tied into people on this thread and their rather odd insistence to refer to a directors previous job?

[anais.jude]

Am I allowed to just like one movie more than another or is exchanging fairly poor insults required?

Why would a movie have to say anything about the world?  also why would that make it good?

I dunno, having a point? Having an interaction with its society and context?

Not that PF doesn't say something about its world and context. It clearly does. It's just not very pleasant.  I think AJ is right about her "sociopath" remark.

A point is very different from "something to say about the world", to my mind that would be more like a moral which I can do without in my entertainment. 

I find Pulp Fiction at it's core to be about the nature of relationships, each section has 3 major relationships running through it that are forced to interconnect... also I think it's funny and cool which in some cases is enough.

I couldn't find the sociopath quote unfortunately, I sincerely hope it's not the amazingly tired "I was offended or shocked by this movie's language or violence so have decided anyone who likes it is a mass murderer in waiting" 'argument' but from the rest of your post it doesn't look promising.

i think a movie should say something because if it doesn't then its just some video clerks fantasy wet dream.

Any movie?  or is this just tied into people on this thread and their rather odd insistence to refer to a directors previous job?

i hope you're not insinuating that i am the one exchanging failry poor insults. (but I can be you stupid....HOTEL MANAGER) I think its fine if a movie has no purpose other than to enteraint, but it immediatly (in my opinion) makes it unworthy of being the best film ever. I find your statement about relationships and connecting interesting...i will look for that the next time i watch Pulp Fiction.
The sociopath thing was people saying the movie was cool because it had violence. I don't beleive any of you are mass murderers in waiting, I just wanted to hear something other than violence = good.  I wasn't offended by anything in the movie (little put off by the ass rape  )
I think every movie that I will consider "good" has to say something vis a vis either characterization, theme, or cinematic excellence. Other than that it will be any director's "wet dream".  Now that I think about that, I might not be fully correct though....It just reminds me of this one novel I read where all the sex scenes were the author's fantasies. I felt very violated....but I kinda feel that way with Streetcar Named Desire since Tennessee Williams saw himself as Blanche and wanted to be raped by  Stanley-type, according to his notebooks