Review of Pulp Fiction (1994) by Austin N — 12 Oct 2018

Now that I think about it, I really should watch more Tarantino films. The only movies I've seen from him is Kill Bill: Volume One, Kill Bill: Volume Two, and the movie I'm going to review today, Pulp Fiction.

This is the first movie I saw from Quentin Tarantino, because of all the praise it gets, and I'm not particularly a huge fan of Pulp Fiction. The first time watching it, I was thinking to myself, "What's the point?" One of my biggest issues with this movie is that there kinda isn't really a plot.

The way I'd describe the "plot" of this movie is that there are a bunch of people with journeys of their own and they then are all connected by the end of the movie. That's the best way I could describe this movie, and that aspect of the movie I really didn't like.

On a better note, I'll talk about the things I really liked about the movie. The dialogue is on point, it is really spectacular. The dialogue was so fluid, catchy, and really fun. There are some really popular quotes that came from this movie, like the "royale with cheese" talk, and the "I shot Marvin in the face" thing, and I guess those are pretty cool.

The soundtrack and score is pretty catchy, I have to say. The acting is on fire, I think all the actors in this movie are great, they felt like real people, not characters. John Travolta and Samuel L.

Jackson, I have to say, have top notch performances. I'm 100% sure that I am the minority saying I'm not a fan of this movie. I just feel like this movie is not for me I guess. The movie is pretty long, at almost 3 hours long, and it really shows cause this movie felt super long and at many times boring.

Around the 2nd act especially, was pretty boring throughout. I could see why people like this movie, and I can see why people don't like it, and I'm part of the group of people that don't like this movie.

If I could describe this movie in one word it would be "ambivalent". There are things in this movie that people would like, and there are things in this movie that people wouldn't like. There will be many people that would disagree with me saying that they thought the movie was amazing, and I can't blame them and everyone has their own opinion on something, we live in a world that has that concept.

This movie is one big 'ol mixed bag for me, and I'd give it a 6/10.