Pulp Fiction is one of those modern movies that come around and decide I'm just going to do something different and it works. The movie is harsh and loud and darkly funny, but of course we knew this going in because it's a Tarantino movie. The movie follows three related stories two hitman who may or may not have seen an act of god, a boxer who really wants his watch, and a date with one of the hitman and his boss's wife. This movie is pretty much everything you want from a movie including a five dollar shake and royal with cheese.
I mentioned early how we could basically know everything about the movie because of the directer. Tarantino has been in the game for quite some time now but the weird thing is almost all his movies were instant hits. This was his second movie and won him a few Oscars, and you can bet that anytime his movie is up for a screenplay Oscar he's going to win it. That's because his dialogue is perfect it sounds like something you would really hear and it barely clicks that it was written before hand. You know he's going to drop some n and f bombs but that's normal in his universe. Django almost got him crucified for his amount of "racist" words. You ll be hard pressed not to quote this movie its just like The Godfather. Another point in his movies is blood you better expect some and a lot of it (although this movie is probably his least bloody minus a car scene that's all comedy).
One of my favorite things about this movie is the fact that the scenes last longer than normal. In a normal movie you would expect them to go to the door and kill everyone. In this flick the go to the door talk about killing everyone and then walk away and joke for a tad to get into character. This film is excellent and has most definitely influenced filmmakers all around the world. And its studied like a religion. Go out and rent it (I think its on instant stream) even if you've seen this movie a hundred times its time to rewatch it.
Ebert's score 4 stars
Tyler's score 4 stars
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