Jackie Brown (1997) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!

I'd also recomend A Simple Plan (1998) - Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda. Won the academy award for best screenplay.

penoyer79

If you guys liked Bridget Fonda in this, check out Point of No Return! Totally underrated action flick!

Tania Valdez

Bridget Fonda has a small role in The Godfather part 3. She was the reporter who slept with Vincent and got attacked in his appartment. She's married to famed composer Danny Elfman (Batman, Spider-Man, The Simpsons' theme). She retired from acting in 2002. Her last significant role was alongside Jet Li in 2001's Kiss of the Dragon.

ED209

I think 'Copland' is extremely underrated. It's got a fuckin amazing ensemble cast, DeNiro, Liotta, Stallone, Keitel. For some reason that movie gets overlooked but I think it's really good. And Stallone gained a shit load of weight for it so he kind of looks dumpy. It's great.

Rayna & Mike Sitter

Thank you guys for reacting to this one! Have you both ever seen From Dusk till Dawn? It's directed by Robert Rodriguez, but the screenplay was written by Quentin Tarantino! If it's not too late, I recommend that before you get to the Kill Bills. lol It was made in 1996.

EdmanXERO

Foster is a legend in genre films. Check him out in Alligator and Vigilantes. Two fun movies

Mike Tocci

I agree. Jackie Brown is my favorite Tarantino movie. I can only watch Pulp Fiction so many times but Jackie Brown has yet to get old for me.

Mike Tocci

Holy shit! I never realized that was him. THIS is why I love these boards!

Chris Bruneau

Jackie Brown probably ranks around 4 or 5 for me but definitely underrated

Ken Veader

I 2nd the movie Out of Sight. Great film.

Jonathan Patrick

Does this mean you worked out your Paramount issues? I want to see Scream 2!

Tyler Foster

Awesome, thanks for the recommendation, Tyler! We’re definitely going to get to those for De Niro! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

It’s on the schedule right now, so not near future, but we will be doing it! Daniel wants to re-edit and get Rambo II up first! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

We won’t be able to react to Pulp Fiction or Inglorious Bastards! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Thank you, Erik! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Jackie Brown > Pulp Fiction. There, I said it.

Sergeant Pepper

Also, if you want to see a couple of other movies that give you more of De Niro's range, you definitely need to check out both Midnight Run (one of his best performances) and Brazil (his part in it is smaller, but the movie is a masterpiece).

Tyler Foster

I am thrilled that you guys watched this. As you now know, this is a great Tarantino film. In my opinion, this is tied for his best next to Inglourious Basterds, but being not as well-known as his other movies, it rarely shows up on the reaction channels. All of the performances are so good, plus Tarantino's usual flair for dialogue. As Mark mentioned, I really, really, really hope you poll or consider just outright watching Out of Sight, which is another adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel, this one by director Steven Soderbergh (the Ocean's trilogy), and I think on par with this movie. Another movie that is just incredible that never gets covered because it's not as popular as Pulp Fiction. Get Shorty gets some love (and it is also great and worth watching), but not Out of Sight. You won't regret it.

Tyler Foster

Hey Sam, any chance we gonna get Rambo III in the near future? Also hope y’all pick back up with the Jack Ryan films with Patriot Games next.

That soundtrack is awesome. So, you mentioned Kill Bill is next. What Tarantino movies do you not plan on reacting to since you have seen already?

Shaun2342!

I surely did! Glad you guys enjoyed it as much as I did when it came out and whenever I watch it, Still learning how to properly sink the movie to your reaction... lol

Jens Pfennig

It's great how amazing a writer Elmore Leonard was. Check out Get Shorty for more great Leonard stuff. You guys also need to watch Justified for your own pleasure.

softshoes

Wasn't robert forster great???

Chris Bruneau

I honestly at first didn't think it was a Tarantino film but later on speculated or at the very least was like "This is just like a Tarantino film." Didn't fully 100% know until I checked the filmography. It's a shame we won't get to see your reaction to Pulp Fiction but that's okay :) Honestly I still vote for including it. I'm not a big fan of the whole "Ohhh it's not a real X because Y" .. like Next Karate Kid isn't really a Karate Kid movie because it sucked or whatever. I watched a video about the other day on why Hillary Duff may make it to Cobra Kai as Julie Pierce from Next Karate Kid, and how while the movie did poorly at the box office it is still loved by fans. I can't speak to that I can only speak that I liked it, but when I was younger I was like not into it as much but predisposed to it for the simple fact that bunch of ppl online said it sucked. (She may actually portray Julie Pierce btw, almost all the actors of Cobra Kai would love the idea of Hillary Duff joining the cast as Julie Pierce) People like to try to legitimize their opinions to be factual by using logical arguments and stuff like that but The Shining for instance had a lot changed from the original story, but people still see it as a Stephen King movie. It's just all about what people want and how they can justify it. Just my $0.02 .. To me it doesn't matter whether NBK appears on the channel or if it's in order or anything like that. You know Buffy is what I wanna see on the channel ;) and Toy Soldiers :)

Alex

One of my favorites! So glad y’all enjoyed it.

Grand Moff Slackin'

Heh. Well, there you go! :) For me, Future Boy, there's a (fuzzy) line where reaction videos stop being about reactions and become more about predictions (and then reacting to whether or not those predictions come true - not to the movie itself.) When those predictions turn into full-on conversations, being had over the movie's dialogue, I tend to just stop watching. Some reactors do this ALL THE TIME, so I don't watch them at all (but others sure do!) I notice that Dan/Sam can slip into it occasionally, but it's not particularly frequent, so I haven't really commented on it. This was the first film reaction of theirs that I found myself almost turning off. Almost! :) Anyhow, you can't please everyone all the time! So I'm just here, offering my own little bit of constructive criticism :)

Uncle 'Traveling' Matt

We hadn't heard of this film, so I'm not sure if that's just us or the norm, but we have both seen Pulp Fiction prior to the channel, so no reaction, unfortunately! We definitely will watch Natural Born Killers, but from what we've read and what we've been told, it's not really a Tarantino film since it was changed a lot from his original story -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Awesome! Thanks for the recommendations! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Oh cool! Well, it was excellent! Love to see something a little different for Tarantino :) -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Yes!! I agree, Max and Jackie definitely ended up together after :) Definitely a much different film for Tarantino and we loved it! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Definitely on our list! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Yay! Hope you enjoyed! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

LOL we don't know how to relax -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Haha! This channel has introduced us to some awesome actors, Pam included! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Aww yay!! Glad you enjoyed it more this time around :) -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Thank you! And thank you for the recommendations! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

I don't think Melanie had seen that side of Louis yet, yikes! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Max fan page! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Yes!! Love this! That is exactly the best way to put this -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Oh no way! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Aww! I'm with you, this is how I will imagine after this film from now on haha -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Thanks so much, Joe! Yes, we've both seen Pulp Fiction prior to the channel, so no reaction :( -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Yes! Love to see a badass female lead :) Jackie Brown was awesome! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

I think the "what-exactly-is-going-on-in-this-particular-moment stuff" was my favourite part of the reaction!

Future Boy

It's interesting that people say this is less known. After Pulp Fiction came out and Quentin Tarantino was all the craze everybody was talking about Jackie Brown, but I never saw the actual movie. And I realize JB came out years after Pulp Fiction but I just mean everybody I knew talked about JB and hyped it up way more than PF. So does this mean you guys have seen Pulp Fiction? We not gonna see it on the channel? but then I looked and saw there are a lot of films between True Romance and Jackie Brown.. Natural Born Killers for one.

Alex

It's Yojimbo set in a south-central los angeles crime setting instead of feudal japan. Definitely Tarantino's best, and most grown-up film. Stellar cast, adapted from an Elmore Leonard novel - this one, Get Shorty, and Out of Sight are a trilogy of Elmore Leonard crime novels each by a different director - but there is one character that shows up in two of the movies as the same person (I won't spoil who) - check them out.

Mark

The reason this doesn't feel like a Tarantino film is because it's actually based on the book "Rum Punch" by Elmore Leonard! Honestly, even though Jackie Brown stands out when compared to Tarantino's other films, it's my favorite that I've seen.

Jeffrey Miller

I like to think Max and Jackie end up together, that maybe Max didn't immediately leave for Spain chasing after her, but after a few days of contemplation, he decided he'd take the risk and join her there. Max had already said that he was tired of the bail bonds business and that it was meeting Jackie that Thursday night that helped him realize he wanted something else in life, so hopefully Max took that risk and ended up in Madrid with Jackie. Such a good movie, though. I think this might be Tarantino's most mature film--one that doesn't rely on ultra violence or shock value to entertain but methodically crafts great characters through simple uses of dialogue and storytelling.

Brandon B.

You guys gotta react to Tarantino's Death Proof with Kurt Russell, Tarantino's only horror film and yes there's feet

Ken Veader

Coffy starring Pam Grier is his favorite blacksploitation film and the Judge in the scene where Jackie first goes to jail is one of the bad guys in Coffy. If TBR were gonna watch any film from that genre Coffee would be the one or J.D's Revenge

Ken Veader

So excited to watch it with TBR & Sam after I get home from work todaY 😎👍

Jens Pfennig

I must've seen this film about 5-7 times by now. I like it more every single time I watch it. Pam Grier is SO GOOD and the music is just PHENOMENAL. "Max and Jackie Go To Spain" is the fan fiction I didn't know I needed... until just now :) But y'all need to chill on the what-exactly-is-going-on-in-this-particular-moment stuff... lol... you work yourselves up into a frenzy! Just RELAX... and enjoy the movie ;)

Uncle 'Traveling' Matt

you youngin's don't know Pam Greer because she is waaaay before your time! BTW, the chemistry between Max and Jackie is some of the best ever in a movie. God, I wanted them to end up together so bad!

Chris Bruneau

Another Great Samuel L Jackson Film is "The Negotiatior" from 1997 With Kevin Spacey as Co Star

Florian Meier

Oh man this was great, so glad you guys watched it so I could re-watch it and realize how great Jackie Brown really is. I think when it first came out I was like, "well that wasn't Pulp Fiction", but this movie is very different and this time I saw what I must've missed before. Pam Grier was awesome, so were Robert Forster and Sam Jackson, as more of a villain than I'm used to seeing but great at it. You were also right about it having another great soundtrack, I swear I grew up with half the songs at least, could easily be a Lowrider compilation because that's all the stuff I heard being around my aunt's and uncles when I was a kid lol really love that stuff now.

Joe D. MacGuffinstuff

Love this Reaction !!! The Film was a Little Bit a Hommage to Pam Griers films of the 70's !!! You have to watch "Coffee" from 1973 and "Foxy Brown" from 1974 !!

Florian Meier

Melanie was playing with fire. I mean it was wrong for Louis to kill her but you don’t step on the toes of a criminal. They do that shit for a living lol

Richard

Robert Forster as Max my favorite performance in the film , which got him an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actor. RIP.

Paul Schmitt

One of the things you have to love about Tarantino is that it feels like he takes so much care in crafting each character, and so the interactions between his characters always feel so genuine. Love this movie and loved watching it in full length with you guys 😁

oldcdog

Tarantino must have been a fan of Pam Grier back in the day,as she was discussed and written in to the dialogue during a car scene of Reservoir Dogs

Duncan

For us Breaking Bad fans, it sure is strange seeing Todd's white supremacist Uncle Jack and Ed the vacuum repair shop disappearer in the same scene.

Ellie Miller

Loved this reaction!! Love Jackie, I like to think that Max changed his mind and followed Jackie to Spain, where they both now live together <3 :D

Sarah

YES!!! You guys are one of a kind!!! Also, I don't know if you mentioned it before, did you guys see or react to Pulp Fiction?

Joe Lazarus

I didn't know you liked the Delfonics. They're pretty good! Pam Grier was a star of 70s Blaxploitation movies (low budget independent movies made by black people, starring black people). Sadly she hasn't really done much after Jackie Brown. A great thing about Tarantino, he makes movies with women as leads. I'm happy for Sam since she sees a lot of movies on the channel with sometimes all male casts (still great movies!). Onto to Kill Bill!

Ellie Miller

😳😳😳

TBR Schmitt

Yay! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

😂😂 -Sam

TBR Schmitt

"Hey, don't say anything else, okay? Keep your mouth shut. I mean it. Don't say one ***** word, okay?" "Okay, Loui-"

PIG

Yes! I can't wait to get done with work so I can watch!

Jeffrey Miller

Sam just rolling in like a boss 😎 and taking charge of the Tarantino layout and schedule

Duncan