Blog Post #8

Pulp fiction is one of my all time favorite movies and considered one of the most influential films of the 90's. There isn't a specific reason why I'd give it an A. I just love the film as a whole... the dialogue is comprehensive, the actors are full of talent, and the plot is a little random in the beginning, sort of like me. The sequence of the plot is probably the most unique facet of Pulp Fiction. Director Quentin Tarantino intentionally starts off with seemingly separate plots that culminate into one story of brilliant oddity. Shooting the film in a more traditional form would completely ruin what makes it so unique. The story includes two hitmen, Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield, working to retrieve a briefcase for a mobster, Marcellus Wallace. Once acquired, they're held up at gunpoint in a diner. The diner robbery was actually the opening scene of the film. Within a different plot-line Marcellus Wallace bribes Butch, a boxer, to lose his fight. Instead, he wins and flees with his girlfriend. Realizing he left his family heirloom back at the hotel, Butch returns and is confronted by Vincent. Butch and Marcellus run into each other later that day as they become victims of sadistic perverts. For me, the movie symbolizes how everyone operates within their own little worlds, not aware of how each intersect within the bigger picture of our existence. The irony of violence and comedy, interesting conversations, and pop culture gives Pulp Fiction a cool, sexy style with a touch of comedy.