Movie Review: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Alright, now let me just say one thing to begin with. On this blog site, I review movies all the time, talking about what I do and don't like about them. Most of the movies are ones that I see and then write about because it's just...well....what I'm for. However, Pulp Fiction isn't just one of these movies. Pulp Fiction is one of my favorite movies of all time. I hope this review can give the audience a clear view of why this is one of my personal nominees for best picture. Pulp Fiction is a 1994 crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino. Now at this point in his career, Tarantino had only done one other major directorial effort which was the 1992 independent movie Reservoir Dogs. Which is another one of my favorites, but let's save that for another time..........Pulp Fiction is basically a movie that was inspired by actual Pulp Fiction. Meaning those really cheap novels that you could get for like ten cents at the stores in mainly the 1950s. They were characterized by their graphic storylines, violence, and memorable characters. That is exactly what happens in this film. Pulp Fiction has several different scenes to it. Some are definitely triumphant over others, but they all revolve around the same cast of characters. Now before I delve into each of these pulp stories, I must list the cast. This flick has John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Roth, Amanda Plumber. That's just some of them. Almost forgot Bruce Willis there. The stories are interwoven through each of these characters. The first story the movie starts out with is Roth and Plumber (Honey Bunny and Pumpkin). They're these two robbers who decide to hold up a diner in what appears to be the morning hours of the day. The next story it cuts to revolves around Samuel Jackson and John Travolta. They are these two hitmen who need these briefcase and break into the folks apartment who failed to get it to their gang boss Marsellus Wallace (Played by Rhames). The next storyline involves Travolta going out to dinner with Marsellus's wife Mia (Uma). The next story involves Bruce Willis as boxer "Butch Coolidge" who is apparently experiencing a midlife chrisis. The last story goes back to the diner as SLJ and Travolta's role get caught up with the diner robers. Now when I first started this movie I didn't know how to react. It has awesome music, disturbing scenes, great dialogue, awesome characters, and each tale is engrossing. It just sucks you in. Now the dialogue in this movie is excellent because the way Tarantino made it, the characters are just tossing good quotes between each other. That is what makes up a conversation in this movie. There are really uncomfortable scenes in this movie. So I do respectfully understand how some folks may not enjoy Pulp Fiction as much as the next guy sitting next to you. Before I wrote this, I was thinking about why I do like this movie so much as I do. I think it's because not only am I a HUGE Tarantino fanatic, but I love the characters. They're unforgettable and the scenes that they are in are so unique. Overall, Pulp Fiction excels at everything it attempts to do, and made Tarantino and his films a household name. Four stars.