I am an absolute mark for the works of Quentin Tarantino. Well except for Death Proof but I'm willing to let that slide.
Pulp Fiction is one of my favourite films if just because the dialogue in it is even funnier than Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Samuel L Jackson steals the show in literally every scene he's in. And I love him for it.
The fact is Pulp Fiction isn't about any real structure, it's about a bunch of things that happen in a non continuity manner. But that adds to the appeal I guess, trying to piece together all these scenes how they actually happened in the universe of Pulp Fiction rather than how they happened onscreen.
Then again most people didn't see (and still don't I think) for its plot. They saw it for it's dialogue and that's just as good a reason as any to see it.
There's the scene where Jackson goes on about Cheesburgers, the metric system, and how his girlfriend is a vegetarian and so he has to be too. And if you've seen the movie you're playing the scene in your head right now aren't you?
After that there's the scene where Tarantino shows up and gives off a speech I can't discuss thanks to the content of it so instead here's a link to it reenacted by Spongebob Squarepants. God I love the internet. You haven't seen Samuel L Jackson until you've seen him voicing Patrick Star.
The other scene that stands out is Christopher Walken's cameo. All of it. Walken has the unique the ability to make even the most awkward scenes way more awkward and make it go the whole way round to brilliant. Uma Thurman is also in this film for a tiny bit but somehow manages to get on the front cover. Guess Tarantino knows how to get money outta me. Or at least that's how it used to be. Then Kill Bill Volume 2 came out, then Super Ex Girlfriend. Then Motherhood. And then it all went downhill. What was I talking about? Oh right Uma Thurman's in this movie and she's really hot and this was before her career went south.
Christopher Walken, Samuel L Jackson, the pre Super Ex Girlfriend Uma Thurman (so before things went straight to hell), Bruce Willis and out of his coma John Travolta all make this gem work. Seriously Travolta's contribution to this movie was probably hilarious back then and even now to a lesser extent.
If it's good enough for a parody by the Simpsons during their peak it's good enough for everyone else. You probably know this movie even of you've never seen it and if you've never seen it THEN YOU NEED TO SEE IT!! And if you have already seen it well see it again.
The fact is Pulp Fiction is a great movie and basically proof of the great things to come. Still doesn't explain why there's non consensual sodomy but it's still better than Death Proof.
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