Reviews of Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction review

Posted : 1 week, 3 days ago on 8 December 2009 07:28 (A review of Pulp Fiction)

Wow! I love this film!! Pulp Fiction is an absolutely phenomenal film that is filmmaking at its finest. Every single thing about this film is perfect! It is such a cool film that I think everybody loves; even people who aren't film fans. Pulp Fiction is one of those rare crime films that has a really cool black-comedy taste to it. This film did make me laugh a few times especially Jules. This film deserved every single Oscar it won and was nominated for. It deserved the script Oscar. It should have won Best Director and Best Supporting Actor but not quite for Best Picture. This film has four stories to it that changes as it goes on.


John Travolta was amazing as Vincent Vega!! Travolta is one of those extremely rare actors who have a talent of playing a character in almost every single genre. Vincent is a hitman who works for gangster Marcellus Wallace. Vincent gets involved with Wallace's wife Mia in the second story. Vincent's hitman accomplise is Jules Winnfield. I believe that Jules ties with Tyler Durden and The Dude as the coolest film character of all time. Jules is an absolutely brilliant character because he is a real cold-hearted killer just like Vincent but Jules tries to make his victims suffer but in a cool way. Uma Thurman's performance as Mia Wallace was awesome as well. She collaborates well with Tarantino especially in Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2. She seems like a nice woman but is a bit of a drug addict and seems a bitch as well. She tries to seduce Vincent but ends up in trouble with drugs before doing so. Bruce Willis isn't in this film THAT much, really. Despite this, he is absolutely awesome still as Butch. Butch is a boxer who owes Wallace a debt. During a confrontation with Wallace, they get themselves into an awkward and uncomfortable situation.


Quentin Tarantino and Pulp Fiction match absolutely perfectly because they are both mean one word: "cool". This film is so original! It is perfectly made because it is acted, directed and produced perfectly! The way Tarantino involves food, dance and music in this film mixes brilliantly well with the characters especially Vincent and Jules. Tarantino has become an icon for making this film because I think this is a favourite from most people. The script is out of this world. In my opinion, Pulp Fiction has the best script of all time because it sticks perfectly to what it is aiming, what its purpose is for the viewers of the film and also it shows that Tarantino is a self-tought filmmaker especially for Pulp Fiction.


Overall, Pulp Fiction is one of the best films ever made! It is a very close favourite of mine and it totally deserves to be. This is a perfect film that is filled with crime, comedy, violence and coolness. Pulp Fiction is my favourite John Travolta film. Samuel L. Jackson's performance is one of my close favourite male performances ever! Pulp Fiction is the best film from Quentin Tarantino and probably always will be.Pulp Fiction is the second best film of 1994 after Forrest Gump. It is one of the best films of the 1990s too and that is the best decade for films ever! Pulp Fiction and A Clockwork Orange tie for my favourite crime film. Pulp Fiction is the coolest film ever made and it totally deserves to be!

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A Powerful Pulp of Persuasion...

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago on 17 August 2008 05:50 (A review of Pulp Fiction)

''Say what again. Say what again, motherfucker, say what one more Goddamn time!''

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

John Travolta: Vincent Vega

Samuel L. Jackson: Jules Winnfield

Pulp Fiction becomes a bit easier to understand once you realize that it's essentially a black comedy dressed up as a criminal drama. Each of the three main stories begins with a situation that could easily form the subplot of any separate drug comic movie. But something always goes wrong, some small unexpected accident that causes the whole situation to come crashing down, leading the increasingly desperate characters to hilarious conclusions. Tarantino's originality floods from his ability to focus on small details and follow them where they lead, even if they move the story away from conventional plot developments.

''You see, this profession is filled to the brim with unrealistic motherfuckers. Motherfuckers who thought their ass would age like wine. If you mean it turns to vinegar, it does. If you mean it gets better with age, it don't.''

Pulp Fiction received its share of acclaim and awards, and deservedly so. But that being said, while seen by most as a good film, Pulp Fiction is not regarded as another old vintage classic, or Pulp Fiction is not ensconced in the pantheon of the greatest of the great Hollywood films of all time. Those are for a reason. As good a cinematic achievement as Pulp Fiction is, the fact is that as a film it plows turf that's just way too coarse for comfort. Over-the-top blood, guts, and brains-blown-out violence. Gritty gutter language. Subject matter dwelling in the underbelly of life that goes way beyond seedy or unseemly. And it's all presented in a very graphic way. Some people really like it that way. Hey, I understand. That's what Tarantino wanted too, right? But the simple fact is that such fare isn't for everyone but I loved. In this way its own intentional and unrelenting coarse nature is what self-selects it out of the greatness category. To achieve greatest of the greats greatness it has to be seen that way across the board, amongst every audience. Pulp Fiction by Tarantino's design isn't intended to appeal to everyone. Cleverly he wants to offend and he wants to shock and good old Tarantino pulls it off, just take a look at that basement scene for one of the best shocks in film I've seen. Also a worry for anyone traveling to the US.

In addition to these layers, Pulp Fiction also has a lot of humour in it, much of it at times when you know you shouldn't laugh but you do, and also out of situations that you wouldn't laugh at usually. I'm sure some of the parts I laughed at were just because I wasn't expecting something to happen, or maybe I just have a morbid mind, but a lot of the humour came out of the violence.

''What now? Let me tell you what now. I'ma call a coupla hard, pipe-hittin' niggers, who'll go to work on the homes here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch. You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass.''

What is the movie's purpose exactly? It's a complex question,one side of it also is its theme of power. Marsellus is the sort of character who looms over the entire film while being invisible most of the time. The whole point of the big date sequence, which happens to be one of my favourite segments within the film, is the power that Marsellus has over his men without even being there. This power extends to Vincent, compelling him to act in ways you would not ordinarily expect from a dumb, stoned gangster, faced with an attractive woman whose husband has gone away. The power theme also helps explain one of the more controversial aspects of the film, its liberal use of the N-word. In this, the word isn't just used as a adjective to describe blacks: Jules, for instance, at one point applies the term to Vincent. It has more to do with power, rather than with race or colour. The powerful characters utter the word to express their dominance over weaker characters. Most of these gangsters are not racist in practice at all. Indeed, they are intermingled racially, and have achieved a level of equality that surpasses the habits of many law-abiding citizens in our society. They resort to racial epithets because it's a patter that establishes their separateness from the non-criminal world.

There's a nice moral progression to the stories. We presume that Vincent hesitates to sleep with Mia out of fear rather than loyalty. Later, Butch's act of heroism could be motivated by honor, but we're never sure. The film ends, however, with Jules making a clear moral choice. Thus, the movie seems to be exploring whether violent outlaws can act other than for self-preservation.

Everyone in the cast had amazing chemistry and bonding with each other, which added believability to a somewhat unbelievable story. The only reason that Pulp Fiction did not get a perfect score is that one scene with Butch and a cab driver went on for a tad too long. Knowing me, though, I'll soon change my mind, but it can still be said that Pulp Fiction is one of the most influential, most adult graphic novel-like movies of the 90's.

''That was pretty fucking trippy...''

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Overrated? I think not.

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago on 11 September 2007 07:27 (A review of Pulp Fiction)

There is a god. His name is Quentin Tarantino. This film is genius and deserves to be watched by all!

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Pulp Fiction review

Posted : 2 years, 4 months ago on 10 August 2007 03:34 (A review of Pulp Fiction)

I think Pulp Fiction is one of Tarantino's most overrated films. That's not to say it isn't a thoroughly enjoyable affair. The film is well cast and I was particularly thrilled to see Bruce Willis back in action, his character is by far my favourite.

The film is literally 'pulp fiction', a series of lurid scenes which eventually evolve into an overall sensationalist plot line. The scenes are roughly glued together in the incorrect order - a Tarrantino trademark of course. The film is extremely memorable and leaves a lasting effect when you watch it. That is to say, it's unforgettable. However, when I watched it I got bored in places. I didn't really care what happened as you don't really feel any lasting attachment to the characters, unlike Reservoir Dogs for example. I am not trying to put a downer on it by any means, but I am utterly shocked at how high this ranks in the IMDb top 250 list. I don't even think it's QT's best film.

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