Pulp Fiction (1994)
I've been curious about this movie for a long time. A film by the very one and only Quentin Tarantino, it stars a variety of A-list actors which I believe at that time were already A-listers, or were beginning to be; John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, including Christopher Walken and the appearance of Quentin Tarantino himself.Having seen Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds prior to this movie, Pulp Fiction is the underliner that confirms my thoughts of having him as one of my favorite filmmakers of all time, and one whose works from now on I'll always anticipate. But, before you read further into this, please understand that you're reading from a nineteen year old not so knowledgeable of the filming industry and that I'm reviewing this based on my personal taste only, for the sake that I should blog as much as I can, and the sake of sharing information if one were still blind to it, so..., I humbly ask that you, if you happened to be a pro, not torment me with your more advanced skill of criticizing by abusing my innocent perceptions. :D (What a lengthy excuse? Wrote it simply for the sake of writing the words down than having the importance of it delivered. Just love composing words. Hehe) Pardon me.
The movie tells about a series of events involving separate stories of the characters, that intermingle and affect one another. The tales include that of the two hit men of Marcellus Wallace (the boss gangster, it seems) named Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) who is sent by Wallace to retrieve a stolen case; Butch, a boxer (Bruce Willis) who is aging and is requested to lose in a match; Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman), wife of Marcellus; and a couple attempting to rob a restaurant.
I have to say the lengthy conversations were what kept me intrigued. Yeah, like ever since I watched Inglourious Basterds I noticed that Quentin Tarantino loved exploiting to the audience these long conversations between characters, that maybe they've become a trademark to his style of film-making. But they weren't those boring, pointless, talks that would usually have made me fallen asleep or turn off the film whatsoever. In Pulp Fiction, these conversations kept the movie interesting to me, in which I really enjoyed them. The varied topics to the varied manners of talking, choice of words; all were fresh, witty, amusing, clever, even unpredictable, and defined the main characters well, and they truly stand as a refreshment to me in my late history of watching movies.
The series of events following the clashes of the tales of the characters is one of the things that own to the title: Pulp Fiction, as in, well, plainly supposed to be rather fictive and thus irrelevant to what we consider our daily lives. They were crazy and unpredictable, you could never expect what would happen next. One moment it's like this and the next moment it's like, boom! Like, "What just happened there?!"
And there's just something comical -well I wouldn't say comical, but kinda something like a laughable way that these scenes are presented, whether it's in the essence, the order of the scenes, the cinematography, and such and such.
I believed there wasn't an exact point of what the movie was about, you might even be asking in the end, "So..., what's the point?" I mean, I was like, "Just like that?" with a satisfied laugh, but it doesn't mean it was pointless. If you're seeking a story with a perfect beginning, a middle, and an end, you obviously wouldn't find that in this one, but in fact, this is what makes it so good, and so refreshing :D that it's simply a string of events tied together, really unpredictable, exciting, out-of-the-box, one that doesn't follow the traditional rules, series of events. Okay so probably, in storyline, it didn't have a main point, but in watching the movie itself, the point was that it was a very good movie with an intelligently written screenplay and amusing series of events. It wasn't built to be a comedy, let alone set be entertaining like how a comedy should be, seeing how it magnifies the violent criminal life, but in a sense of a movie as a work presented to the audience, with all the unpredictable turns and twists and light dialogues, it is definitely an entertaining piece to witness and absolutely refreshing. I had my laughs and wonders watching this movie. I also heard many interesting quotes throughout the movie that caught my attention. You know, the quotes / dialogues that refer to you and deliver your point. Yeah, I heard many of those.
All the actors showed a really great performance.
For the first time, I think I saw Samuel L. Jackson play a role that really showed character. He was Jules Winfield. I never saw him in a role that suited him more than this, or one that I could like more than this. And this was way back in 1994.
I guess this is all I can think of to say about this movie so far. If hearts had a language of their own, they'd probably have a better way of literally expressing what I felt about the movie, but for now, guess I just gotta count on this post here.
G'bye!
I believed there wasn't an exact point of what the movie was about, you might even be asking in the end, "So..., what's the point?" I mean, I was like, "Just like that?" with a satisfied laugh, but it doesn't mean it was pointless. If you're seeking a story with a perfect beginning, a middle, and an end, you obviously wouldn't find that in this one, but in fact, this is what makes it so good, and so refreshing :D that it's simply a string of events tied together, really unpredictable, exciting, out-of-the-box, one that doesn't follow the traditional rules, series of events. Okay so probably, in storyline, it didn't have a main point, but in watching the movie itself, the point was that it was a very good movie with an intelligently written screenplay and amusing series of events. It wasn't built to be a comedy, let alone set be entertaining like how a comedy should be, seeing how it magnifies the violent criminal life, but in a sense of a movie as a work presented to the audience, with all the unpredictable turns and twists and light dialogues, it is definitely an entertaining piece to witness and absolutely refreshing. I had my laughs and wonders watching this movie. I also heard many interesting quotes throughout the movie that caught my attention. You know, the quotes / dialogues that refer to you and deliver your point. Yeah, I heard many of those.
All the actors showed a really great performance.
For the first time, I think I saw Samuel L. Jackson play a role that really showed character. He was Jules Winfield. I never saw him in a role that suited him more than this, or one that I could like more than this. And this was way back in 1994.
I guess this is all I can think of to say about this movie so far. If hearts had a language of their own, they'd probably have a better way of literally expressing what I felt about the movie, but for now, guess I just gotta count on this post here.
G'bye!
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