"Pulp Fiction" by Quentin Tarantino: A Movie Like You've Never Seen Before
(Edited)
Greetings!
The first time I encountered the term "Pulp Fiction" was from a vehicle in the form of a sticker. The term seems catchy and makes the vehicle bearing the sticker very stylish and trendy (it was in the 1990s). Years later I found out that the Pulp Fiction sticker on the vehicle was actually from the movie "Pulp Fiction" itself.
I was not fond of the movie at the time when I knew that it was actually a movie because I was not that very familiar with the actors in it. The only ones that rang a bell to me at the time were Uma Thurman, followed by John Travolta, and Samuel L. Jackson. And if I remember it right I am also not that very familiar with Bruce Willis.
Only recently did I get interested in watching because I already knew the actors. So, 30 years have passed before I got to watch it (today) for this review.
The narrative of Pulp Fiction is about the bloody crime life of two hitmen Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) together with the dangerous life of boxer Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) their path would intertwine with the circumstances.
Groovy opening background music and funky hairstyle
I was surprised when the Misirlou opening music was played (of which I am now very familiar). Misirlou made the movie very electrifying and made me want to continue watching it. To be honest, there was a movie that was released last year that I started to watch and intended to write a review but when I got to the middle of the movie I got so bored that I stopped watching it entirely. The hairstyles of John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson were so 90s, I must admit that I like their hairstyle and fit the 90s.
I like it when the opening scene continues as the ending scene, I think I have never seen such a beginning that is also an ending before, brilliant.
I don't remember asking you a goddamn thing
There were movies where some dialogues/lines became famous and I think Pulp Fiction's Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) "I don't remember you asking a goddamn thing" is one of them. I was actually surprised when Samuel L. Jackson uttered those words and the way it was delivered was perfect.
Why the Band-Aid?
What gets me so curious in a scene where Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) is speaking is the band-aid on his neck. To be honest, I am now also familiar with Ving Rhames but there are fan theories that Ving Rhames got a scar on his neck that makes the audience distracted.
Why the shorts, t-shirt, and slippers
Another scene that surprises me is when Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) only wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and slippers. I actually liked both Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) wearing those shorts, a t-shirt, and slippers but then I found out that it was actually a part of one of the most important plots of the movie, which is brilliant>
Money on a rubberband
In most of the crime movies that I watched most of the money shown when being handled by a criminal was tied with a rubber band. The scene of Vincent Vega (John Travolta) removing a rubberband on this money is on point in portraying a criminal in how he handles his/her money.
The dance
Now, here's one that surprises me the most, the dance, and the music. I am actually very familiar with the music but the dance by Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) was the second time that I have seen it. The first time that I saw this kind of scene was from a TV series which actually very similar. The actor and the actress from the TV series actually have similar outfits and hairstyles like those of Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) but then I realized that the scene from the TV series was actually copied from Pulp Fiction.
Zombie look
The theory of putting Band-Aid at the back of Ving Rhames makes me wonder if the make-up artist/s of the movie became lazy but on the other side, I also think that they did it on purpose. But then the make-up artist/s made up for it by making very good makeup on Uma Thurman to portray her after a drug overdose which made her look like a zombie.
Appreciation
At first, there is actually no big impact on the style of the scene transitions of the movie, the rape of Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) is also one that I least like. But the end of the movie I finally appreciate the style of transition but still the rape of Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) to me doesn't make sense to me, why do they have to include it, is it only because it is the only scene that they thought as the most valid to reconcile Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) and Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis). If reconciliation is the reason, it is brilliant, otherwise, it is not.
Conclusion
All in all the movie is great, if this blog of mine made you want to watch it I recommend that you should be patient if this is not your type of genre. But believe me, if you stick to the end, you'll appreciate the movie more.
Note: All images on this blog were screenshots from the movie itsefl
That is all for now guys, catch you up with the next one. Wishing you all safety, good health, and abundance.
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This is a movie that many people consider a classic, but I honestly haven't seen that movie yet, so I'll give it a chance thanks to your review.
You've got to see it, it is one of Tarantino's best.
This movie showed Tarantino to the world. Reservoir dogs was also a great movie but since Pulp Fiction we all loved and knew the style of Quentin. To many people this is the best Taratino's movie, I prefer Kill Bill (or Inglorious Basterds). Nonetheless, this is a classic 90's movie and a different kind of movie worth to watch. Greetings.
I prefer Kill Bill too.
If it's about Tarantino, for me, next to the P.F. the top is the Four Rooms, even if it's not entirely his movie.
That last part, what Tarantino wrote and directed is a very good one. I met with many people who like T., but never heard, watched that. The hole movie is building up for a last, final, big poem, next to the lots of smaller one on the way, and Tim Roth (too bad Tarantino didn't use him often in his films) is great in it.
If you don't know it, perhaps worth to watch.
Thank you for letting me know about this. Have a nice day ahead.