Some may call it unnecessarily violent, or over-the-top with drug use, and some may even say that it crosses the line in a particular scene which I won’t mention, but for people that say the movie is no good because of this may want to rethink their titles as “movie buffs.” Anyone who looks at this movie for content will be offended because it’s Quinton Tarantino, that is what he does. But if you look deeper, which half the people writing reviews on this movie didn’t do, you will see that it is filled with great metaphors and even better themes that are so subtle that they may only become apparent on the third or fourth viewing.
This movie is known to many modern movie buffs as the greatest movie ever made for a few good reasons. The first of course is that the layout is so thought out and clever, not to mention the fact that it has never been tried, that it is amazing that Tarantino could put together such a great way of telling the three stories. Another reason is the witty dialogue; every character has something intelligent to say regardless of the importance of the subject, such as foot massages or pot bellies. And the final and perhaps best reason to see Pulp Fiction AGAIN if you haven’t already is the performances given by Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, and Harvey Keitel. All were spectacular and all gave memorable lines that I still haven’t stopped repeating, much to the annoyance of my girlfriend, but the lines are so catchy and appropriate that not only should the writer, Tarantino, be commended for his efforts, but the actors for their delivery of the brilliant lines.
The plot is timeless, starting with a bit of an introduction as a madly in love couple holds up a coffee shop. Then we get an introduction of Jules (Jackson) and Vincent (Travolta) to hitmen who work for the gangster boss Marcellus Wallace (Rhames). After this, the first story starts. It is about Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace (Thurman) and the “date” they have on behalf of Marcellus.
After the story ends (ends is used loosely for anyone who has seen the movie) here, and the second story begins entitled “The Gold Watch.” This is about the boxer, Butch Coolidge (Willis), and his attempt to get back his gold watch from his apartment that is occupied by the gangsters Jules and Vincent after Butch refuses to take a dive in a boxing match. This turns out to be “the weirdest f***ing day” that Butch has ever lived.
The final story is “The Bonnie Situation, ” a tale about Jules and Vincent’s struggle to dispose of a body and the mess it comes with at a friend’s house in less than an hour and a half. Doesn’t sound very interesting? Well “The Wolf, ” (Harvey Keitel) gets assigned to solving the problem and all I can say is that the best scene ever is delivered between the owner of the house, Jimmy (Tarantino), and The Wolf. After this story the movie ends and the audience is either left in disgust of the movie or in complete admiration of Tarantino.
The only people that don’t like Pulp Fiction are the people that believe that portrayals of violence and drugs in movies are wrong and should not be shown. But if they cared to look deeper, they would see that anyone who used drugs in the movie had some sort of negative consequence inflicted on them, and the violence shown was either well deserved or extremely humorous. But Tarantino knows that he will not please everyone nor does he try. That is why he has created Pulp Fiction for movies buffs and movie buffs alone. His love for movies shines through the screen and it is because of it that he was able to create the greatest movie ever made.