Who knew Shea was a romantic? That was very sweet what you said about the red light, and showing us Pam Grier being flooded in it. That to me was really powerful about this movie- she and Robert Forster are very good looking people but not the typical age or type for leading roles. Both having this opportunity to shine was amazing and they knocked it out the park. They had great chemistry.
Someone said recently that when you realize that everyone in this movie is a little too old to be where they are in life it ads an interesting dimension to the film. I watched this 5 or 10 times and I never realized it. Made me watch it again and appreciate everyone’s desperation a little bit more.
Shea's deep love and admiration for Laramie (seemingly all deserved) allow me to overlook the occasional What the Heck Did He Just Say? moments. The man has eyes - that woman is FINE - but the heart and humor keep me reading.
This is not quite an Easter Egg since Out of Sight was released the following year, but I’ve always loved how Michael Keaton shows up in Out of Sight (also based on an Elmore Leonard book) as Ray Nicolette.
(of course, given that Samuel Jackson makes a cameo appearance at the end of Out of Sight as a completely different character, it does raise some interesting multiverse-type questions about the two movies. Or maybe Ordell had a twin brother he never knew about.)
(I also think those last few minutes of Out of Sight is a top-5 movie ending.)
I read a thing about how Tarantino forced the studio to let Out of Sight use the character for free because he thought Ray needed to be there. Cool move.
Those last few minutes are so great! (I also love how much Dennis Farina's character, while smiling affably, has such clear disdain for Ray Nicolette in Out of Sight).
I think Out of Sight is a masterpiece(as is Jackie Brown). Soderbergh’s style works perfectly for Out of Sight and is a dry run for the Ocean movies. I think both directors directed the movie that fits them the best.
Shea, I can’t believe you didn’t mention the fact that Keaton plays Nicolette in another movie from a different director. That means the Elmore Leonard Cinematic Universe predates the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is important stuff, Shea!
Same situation with The Rock and Armageddon. Stanley Anderson plays the unnamed president in both, and the two pilots of Independence are also in The Rock- but one was a member of the SEAL team.
This isn't that kind of movie, but I always kind of wanted to see more of Max Cherry's exploits as a bail bondsman. Just every few years another movie about some basically good person in over their head with the underworld and Max quietly intervenes and gets involved and helps them out, then moves on to the next thing. Like a Neutral Good version of Richard Stark's Parker.
I also would have accepted more stories about Forster's Breaking Bad character Ed Galbraith, the guy who helps fugitives set up new lives on the run.
More crime dramas featuring Robert Forster in general would have been nice, is what I'm saying.
I realize I just read a great essay about a phenomenal movie, but all I can think about is how PUMPED I am for point break next week. Definitely in my top 5 comfort movies.
Yeah, your comment on the accidental drop thread had me wondering so hard what next Friday’s film was going to be, but I legit stopped reading when I saw it was an accident. …and now I ended up reading Good Movie on Saturday morning instead of Friday morning because of Thursday night. 🤷🏽♀️
I love Point Break so much. It’s my favorite Swayze and Lori Petty (a beloved character in real life) shines, too. And ofc one can never overlook The Keanu of It All. I think my username on an old website was Johnny Utah. 😂
"I’ve fallen in love with that woman 150 different times at 150 different stoplights." Most people would look at Good Movie and see the obvious, that it's Shea's love letters to movies. Some of us see through that facade and know, that throughout its subtext, it's really his love letters to Larami. Sheaspearean Sonnets.
Pam Grier is one of the most beautiful people on the planet, and she looks better in this movie than any person has ever looked in any movie ever. I will die on this hill. In "The Rewatchables" parlance, she's throwing 274 mph. It's no wonder Max falls so deeply in love with Jackie the first time he sees her. Can't blame a guy for taking a pitch he can't even see coming.
I was going to read this a day early, but my Good Movie integrity dictates that I wait until tomorrow. Especially considering that this might be the most important thing that Shea has ever written.
What a great essay that I definitely didn't read on a Thursday night and definitely just read for the first time this morning!
It's already been mentioned, but I forgot Ray Nicolette is in this and Out of Sight - which reminds me that I really hope Out of Sight makes it into the Good Movie collection some day.
Maison des Pets LOL. The Footnotes video did make me realize, however, that I was too young to appreciate this movie when it first came out. Grier and Forster are so good in this, and I don't think I fully appreciated it back then, so thanks for celebrating this movie!
I haven't gotten past the header yet, and I'm here to say 100% Jackie Brown is Tarantino's best movie. And I fucking *love* Reservoir Dogs. Casting, soundtrack, storylines, vinyl records, characters, dialogue, soundtrack, fashion, vehicles, the impressive amount of smoking throughout the movie, and did I mention that soundtrack?! God, I love this movie.
The Money Talks erasure hurt my soul a little bit. And Sextember instead of Cocktober Shea? I guess we couldn’t introduce the normies to the full chat smut experience yet huh? Jackie Brown has always been the movie I’ve seen a good amount but don’t remember much. I was too young I think. Glad I can get a more appreciative look
Ohh noooo. It’s a classic for me. Would never have known who Vic Damone is without Vic Damone Jr. Plus, for years I only knew you as the dude who uses “that dude from Money Talks” as his profile pic. I knew it wasn’t his character from Money Talks, but it upped my respect before I truly “Internet” knew you
Who knew Shea was a romantic? That was very sweet what you said about the red light, and showing us Pam Grier being flooded in it. That to me was really powerful about this movie- she and Robert Forster are very good looking people but not the typical age or type for leading roles. Both having this opportunity to shine was amazing and they knocked it out the park. They had great chemistry.
A lot of people are saying I'm the most romantic person on the planet. Many people are saying that.
LOL- let's hear what Laramie says
Someone said recently that when you realize that everyone in this movie is a little too old to be where they are in life it ads an interesting dimension to the film. I watched this 5 or 10 times and I never realized it. Made me watch it again and appreciate everyone’s desperation a little bit more.
I listened to the book it’s based on recently and you get a little more of that sense. I can’t really think of anything else that was missing though.
That's a cool description.
Shea's deep love and admiration for Laramie (seemingly all deserved) allow me to overlook the occasional What the Heck Did He Just Say? moments. The man has eyes - that woman is FINE - but the heart and humor keep me reading.
I've never made a What The Heck Did He Just Say comment ever. Everyone knows that about me.
This is the best, most important article I've ever read on a Friday; that could only drop on a Friday; that could only be seen on a Friday.
Thursday? Nay nay! Friday = Fri-yays at GOOD MOVIE.
lol smh
This is not quite an Easter Egg since Out of Sight was released the following year, but I’ve always loved how Michael Keaton shows up in Out of Sight (also based on an Elmore Leonard book) as Ray Nicolette.
(of course, given that Samuel Jackson makes a cameo appearance at the end of Out of Sight as a completely different character, it does raise some interesting multiverse-type questions about the two movies. Or maybe Ordell had a twin brother he never knew about.)
(I also think those last few minutes of Out of Sight is a top-5 movie ending.)
I read a thing about how Tarantino forced the studio to let Out of Sight use the character for free because he thought Ray needed to be there. Cool move.
Those last few minutes are so great! (I also love how much Dennis Farina's character, while smiling affably, has such clear disdain for Ray Nicolette in Out of Sight).
"Tell me, Ray -- do you ever wear one that says 'Undercover'?"
That look on Keaton's face, like his dumb ass is *just* realizing that Farina maybe doesn't like him, cinema!
Out of Sight is great, but do you think it'd have been even better if Tarantino did it?
No sir! Soderbergh's delicate touch with the Clooney-JLo relationship is not something I trust Tarantino to handle.
Very good point.
I think Out of Sight is a masterpiece(as is Jackie Brown). Soderbergh’s style works perfectly for Out of Sight and is a dry run for the Ocean movies. I think both directors directed the movie that fits them the best.
Shea, I can’t believe you didn’t mention the fact that Keaton plays Nicolette in another movie from a different director. That means the Elmore Leonard Cinematic Universe predates the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is important stuff, Shea!
Same situation with The Rock and Armageddon. Stanley Anderson plays the unnamed president in both, and the two pilots of Independence are also in The Rock- but one was a member of the SEAL team.
We're all in agreement at this point that Kyle Chandler is really Robert Forster's son, right?
Whoa.
Can't unsee it now, can you?
his hair is an homage, at minimum!
This isn't that kind of movie, but I always kind of wanted to see more of Max Cherry's exploits as a bail bondsman. Just every few years another movie about some basically good person in over their head with the underworld and Max quietly intervenes and gets involved and helps them out, then moves on to the next thing. Like a Neutral Good version of Richard Stark's Parker.
I also would have accepted more stories about Forster's Breaking Bad character Ed Galbraith, the guy who helps fugitives set up new lives on the run.
More crime dramas featuring Robert Forster in general would have been nice, is what I'm saying.
I'd have watched.
I realize I just read a great essay about a phenomenal movie, but all I can think about is how PUMPED I am for point break next week. Definitely in my top 5 comfort movies.
It's going down, babyyyyyyyyyyyy.
I will see you in the comments section next week, let's run up those numbers, because I too am stoked!
Get your parachutes ready.
My knee already hurts just thinking about it!
Yeah, your comment on the accidental drop thread had me wondering so hard what next Friday’s film was going to be, but I legit stopped reading when I saw it was an accident. …and now I ended up reading Good Movie on Saturday morning instead of Friday morning because of Thursday night. 🤷🏽♀️
I love Point Break so much. It’s my favorite Swayze and Lori Petty (a beloved character in real life) shines, too. And ofc one can never overlook The Keanu of It All. I think my username on an old website was Johnny Utah. 😂
"I’ve fallen in love with that woman 150 different times at 150 different stoplights." Most people would look at Good Movie and see the obvious, that it's Shea's love letters to movies. Some of us see through that facade and know, that throughout its subtext, it's really his love letters to Larami. Sheaspearean Sonnets.
Everything always makes its way back to Larami.
Pam Grier is one of the most beautiful people on the planet, and she looks better in this movie than any person has ever looked in any movie ever. I will die on this hill. In "The Rewatchables" parlance, she's throwing 274 mph. It's no wonder Max falls so deeply in love with Jackie the first time he sees her. Can't blame a guy for taking a pitch he can't even see coming.
I'm about the same age Pam Grier was when they filmed the movie and she's who I want to grow up to be.
I was going to read this a day early, but my Good Movie integrity dictates that I wait until tomorrow. Especially considering that this might be the most important thing that Shea has ever written.
A man of honor.
LOL, I did the same thing when I saw the email show up in my inbox.
A woman of honor.
The Across 110th Street needle drop at the beginning is one of my favorite using a song to open a movie moments. A top 5er in my mind for sure.
Let's meet at the airport and recreate the scene. I'll walk and you play the song on your phone behind as I move through the airport.
What a great essay that I definitely didn't read on a Thursday night and definitely just read for the first time this morning!
It's already been mentioned, but I forgot Ray Nicolette is in this and Out of Sight - which reminds me that I really hope Out of Sight makes it into the Good Movie collection some day.
Maison des Pets LOL. The Footnotes video did make me realize, however, that I was too young to appreciate this movie when it first came out. Grier and Forster are so good in this, and I don't think I fully appreciated it back then, so thanks for celebrating this movie!
Yeah, their performances are definitely ones that once you become a full adult you just sitting there watching them like, "..........fuck yes."
Quentin Tarantino joins the two time directors club.
Samuel L. Jackson (Jurassic Park), Chris Tucker (Rush Hour 2) and Michael Bowen (Kill Bill Vol 1) join the two-timers club.
I googled "Michael Bowen" and as soon as his picture popped up I shouted, "Uncle Jack!"
“Wha did you do Grandpa?”
“I played complete and utter dirtbags in every movie I was in”
And with back-to-back appearances in Inception and now Jackie Brown, extra Arnold Montey is up to four appearances
I haven't gotten past the header yet, and I'm here to say 100% Jackie Brown is Tarantino's best movie. And I fucking *love* Reservoir Dogs. Casting, soundtrack, storylines, vinyl records, characters, dialogue, soundtrack, fashion, vehicles, the impressive amount of smoking throughout the movie, and did I mention that soundtrack?! God, I love this movie.
🔥🔥🔥
The Money Talks erasure hurt my soul a little bit. And Sextember instead of Cocktober Shea? I guess we couldn’t introduce the normies to the full chat smut experience yet huh? Jackie Brown has always been the movie I’ve seen a good amount but don’t remember much. I was too young I think. Glad I can get a more appreciative look
I always convince myself that Money Talks was really good but then I go watch and I’m like, “……Oh. Never mind,” lol.
Ohh noooo. It’s a classic for me. Would never have known who Vic Damone is without Vic Damone Jr. Plus, for years I only knew you as the dude who uses “that dude from Money Talks” as his profile pic. I knew it wasn’t his character from Money Talks, but it upped my respect before I truly “Internet” knew you
"Become a paid subscriber today. You do not wanna miss SEXTEMBER. It’s gonna be super horny." 🤣😂
I am 100% serious.