Today I will be doing a spoiler-free review of Pulp Fiction. This movie came out in 1994, officially making it 30 years old this year, and it’s still very culturally relevant today. This movie was directed by Quentin Tarantino, and it really changed the landscape of filmmaking and is still having an impact on how films are made now. This movie also has one of the most legendary and stacked casts ever. This is all led by John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, and Christopher Walken. This list alone of legendary actors should give you more than enough reason to watch this movie. The main idea of this movie is the characters of Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta are hitmen, and their story is interwoven with that of their boss, his actress wife(Uma Thurman), a struggling boxer(Bruce Willis), and a nervous pair of armed robbers that go by “Pumpkin” and “Honey Bunny.” This film also won many awards including Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a BAFTA award. A lot of these awards went to the actors/actresses or Quentin Tarantino for his original screenplay. It’s hard to pick any specific actor/actress as my favorite in this film, as they were all great in their own right, but if I had to, I’d pick Samuel L. Jackson. He’s one of my favorite actors of all time and he can just knock it out of the park no matter what role he plays.
The antagonist of this movie is Marsellus Wallace, who is played by Ving Rhames. He is the crime kingpin of Los Angeles, and all of the main characters, and he is also the husband of Uma Thurman’s character. He’s not in this movie a lot, and he isn’t necessarily a full-on villain as he definitely has his moments, but if there were to be one it would be him. I wasn’t necessarily the biggest fan of his character, but he wasn’t on screen as much anyway with all of our other characters running around. Bruce Willis, like I said earlier, is one of those characters, and I really liked his character and the story he had going on trying to get out. John Travolta definitely wasn’t my favorite character out of this bunch, but he still did his role well and got across the point they were trying to get across. I absolutely loved Uma Thurman’s character, and she is definitely the second-best one behind Samuel L. Jackson. She probably had the best performance in the movie too, as her character was a complete trainwreck the entire time. Also, the comedy in this movie is very good, even though it’s not a comedy movie. There is a lot of screaming, cursing, and what some would consider to be offensive dialogue in this movie, but I loved every second of it.
I always rate the movies I watch and I rate them based on 10 things in the movie. Those things are: acting, cinematography, pacing, score, characters, ending, plot, protagonist, directing, and dialogue. I rate all of those pieces 1-10 and then after that, I add up the scores of all 10 of them and get a total score out of 100. I gave this movie a 96/100, and it has already climbed up to being one of my favorite movies ever. The directing in this is absolutely amazing and they throw a lot of hints at you throughout the movie that prevents you from realizing how the movie will end. The ending wraps all of this up perfectly and the dialogue is also some of my favorite in any movie ever.
