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15. "Jackie Brown (1997)"
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(inspired by the QT rankings post)

aging is a big theme here. Ordell is trying to cash out and "retire", his buddy Louis is losing his edge ("what the fuck happened to you man? you used to be beautiful."), and Max and Jackie are tired of it all ("doesn't it bother you?"), with the latter only feeling attractive in dimly lit bars where she can manipulate her image.

contrastingly, the younger characters are treated with contempt: Melanie is an insolent pothead, Beaumont is a fuckup, and Sharonda is a dumb country girl who can barely take simple direction. young people wasting their chances in life and the old people stuck at dead ends based on their previous bad decisions. like Jackie's vinyl collection, do you hold on to what you have or try and start over?

nothing about the movie stands out as bad, but I felt as detached as I did the first time I saw it years ago.

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