Pulp Fiction | A Dirty Robots review

Pulp Fiction

To celebrate the release of Django Unchained in cinemas for the UK, I decided to take the time and review a movie related to Quentin Tarantino who some people refer to as a “God send” in terms of the movies he makes and on that note they’re right. Quentin Tarantino has made some of the most ground breaking movies of all time further pushing the boundaries of what you can and can’t do in a movie and one of those ground breaking films we are going to look at today is Pulp Fiction.

Pulp Fiction to this day is considered one of the most recognizable films of the 90s, and is the one film that put Tarantino’s career for the big screen on the map.

The story is all centred on a mob boss named: 

Marsellus Wallace

 and the people who are connected with him. It’s a tale of sex, drugs and glock n roll and even an ageing boxer’s wristwatch that’s been passed down for many generations. The film itself is split into non-linear segments each telling their side of the story. And what makes this film interesting is that the segments are set in no order and it has a very stylish feel, leaving some viewers to try and piece together how everything in the story works.

People keep telling me that it’s an overly gory movie, I mean yeah some parts of the movie are just that but I wouldn't really say it’s blood spilling. What really makes this film unique is the dialogue which helps the plot and at times the dialogue feels quite realistic and doesn't feel like it’s overbearing to the viewers and the characters a fair amount of what needs to be said. As V said to Evey in V for Vendetta: “Words will always retain their power” and no film illustrates dialogue more superbly than Pulp Fiction.

There were some stunning performances from Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames respectably but the real show stealers for me would have to be Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta. They literally have the best lines in the entire movie in particular the confrontation with Brett is absolutely hilarious and by far one of my favourite scenes in not just this movie but in cinema history as well.

Though everywhere the dialogue is brilliant and the scenes with Butch Hartman and his wife feel rather slow paced and less interesting but really that’s more of a nitpick on my part.

For those who haven’t seen Pulp Fiction yet, do so it’s a marvellous flick. When it comes down to it, Pulp Fiction is an adrenaline rush of a movie and I commend Quentin Tarantino for making such a masterpiece.

9/10