Pulp Fiction Review!

I've always been a bit afraid to watch Pulp Fiction. I mean it's one of those movies that's hyped up so much that you're just like "wow it must be good" but then you steer clear of it just because there's the slight chance that it sucks and since I'm a major anti-fan of John Travolta and Samuel L Jackson fan (Why? You might ask... Snakes On a Plane/Hairspray. Both made me want to shoot myself in the toe) I was always hesitant to go anywhere near it. So I decided "Ehh what the heck" and queued it on Netflix.

Here is the result:

ATTENTION [SPOILERS]

(Only read this part if you've seen the movie or if you have no intention of ever seeing the movie.)

First 5 minutes/intro:

I already like it, Tim Roth from Lie To Me is in it.

Beginning Credits:

The Soundtrack kind of sounds like one of those mixtapes my dad listens to... Which isn't a bad thing but like... yeah.

About 20 minutes in:

LMFAO John Travolta with long hair/ Samuel Jackson with curly hair? What is going on... I still don't like either of them but the acting is pretty fantastic. Oh my god and the writing. This is amazing... and the thing I said about the soundtrack still TOTALLY stands.

34 minutes in:

Mia Wallace reminds me of Jordan Baker from The Great Gatsby. Which is ironic because she's kind of in Daisy's situation only not really. Like Daisy's situation with Gatsby working for Tom..

50 minutes in:

There was a dance scene, and I guess it was supposed to be like utterly fantastic but to be honest it was a little pretentious which I promise is NOT a word I use often.

1 hour in:

This shit is crazy.

1 hour 5 minutes in:

This cast really is fantastic... Jon Voight, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman... who could ask for more?

1 hour 17 minutes in:

Have I said anything about how fantastically well written this is?

1 hour 30 minutes in:

John Travolta got killed. Not gonna lie, I laughed. It was kind of like a Say-hello-to-my-little-friendesque scene.

1 hour 38 minutes in:

A little random, but what ever happened to Tim Roth? I might just not be paying attention but I haven't seen him since that first scene.

1 hour 46 minutes in:

"Nah man, I'm pretty fuckin' far from okay." LMFAO Okay I don't even know what to say. This movie is amazing. End of statement. Period.

1 hour 53 minutes in:

LMFAOLMFAOLMFAOLMFAOLMFAO NO. STOP IT. I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!

1 hour 56 minutes in:

"Man I don't even have an opinion" "Well you gotta have an opinion. Do you think that God came down from heaven and stopped-" BAM *blackmanfreakoutvoice* "OH WHAT THE FUCK'S HAPPENIN'" "Oh man I shot Marvin in the face" LMAOLMAOLMAOLMAOLMAO. This is ridiculous.

2 hours in:

They say 'nigger' way too much for comfort.

2 hours 2 minutes in:

HARVEY KEITEL <3

2 hours 10 minutes in:

"Dorks, they look like a couple of dorks."

"They're your clothes motha fucka"

I swear, Samuel Jackson has the BEST lines in this film.

2 hours 17 minutes in:

TIM ROTH IS BACK!

2 hours 17 minutes in:

"I was sitting here eating my muffin and drinking my coffee replaying the incident in my head when I had what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity." Quenton Tarantino you, my friend, are a genius.

2 hours 25 minutes in:

The whole stick up inside of a stick up thing really is great. It's like Inception.

Amanda Plummer is FANTASTIC.

SPOILERS END HERE.

All in all it was a good movie, it wasn't predictable and it wasn't easily comparable to any typical movie clichés. The acting was superb and the screenplay was off the walls. There were moments where it dragged a bit but there were also parts where all you could do is die of laughter or parts where you're just like "damn.. that was pretty deep bro" (especially the last scene). I didn't turn it off feeling like a new person (which, I won't lie, is always what happens whenever I turn off a movie I love). It didn't get as good as everyone says it is until about the last 40 minutes. DEFINITELY worth watching, maybe even twice. I don't hate John Travolta or Sam Jackson anymore. 8.5/10

Highlight: Samuel Jackson's one-liners.

I'm gonna go watch spiderman and enjoy my last few weeks of summer now.

DFTBA

-Chuck :)