 "A modern classic!" | 2008-09-05 |
| - Reviewed By johnlindsey289 |
Four modern crime noir tales which one tells of two professional hitmen Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vince (John Travolta) work for gangster Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) and retreive a stolen suitcase. Since Wallace is out of town for a few days, Vince takes out Marcellus's wife Mia (Uma Thurman) out for dinner but a mistake occurs but soon gets fixed. Next a retired boxer named Butch (Bruce Willis) accidently kills an opponient as he must flee the city as soon as he gets back his dead dad's golden watch and struggle with a perverted pawnshop owner then finally our two hitmen kill someone in the car by accident as they must clean up the mess then later two criminal lovers Honey Bunny (Amanda Plummer) and Pumpkin (Tim Roth) decide to rob a restraunt but with Jules and Vincient right there in the middle of the mess.
An extraordinary motion picture that has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as a modern masterpiece of film. Quentin Tarantino fresh off from directing "Reservoir Dogs" which shocked and suprised audiences and critics alke too has created another classic of his but as an anthology. The soundtrack is just outstanding including the amazing performances by the cast which also includes Christopher Walken, Rosanna Aequette, Dwayne Whitaker, Phil Lamarr, Harvey Keital, Quentin Tarantino and Eric Stoltz. The dialog is sharp and so is the original screenplay and the characterizations are well done. This is a knock-your-socks off experience that has became one of the true classics of recent memory that is violent, unique, complex and smart as well with so much memorable quotes you don't know where to start and it's a must see.
This 2-Disc DVD set is awesome with it's brilliant transfer and sound quality with some great extras like "Pulp Fiction: The Facts" Documentary, deleted scenes, production design featurette, INterview with Tarantino on "The Charlie Rose Show", Behind The Scenes Montages, Interviews from the Independent Spirit Awards, Palma D'or Acceptance speech, Reviews and articles on the film, Trailers even international ones, TV Spots, 8 different still galleries, soundtrack chapter stops, and cool DVD-Rom features. |
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| "Royale with cheese" | 2008-08-17 |
| - Reviewed By User: ANXKMLID645XC |
Saw this on the big screen back in 1994, and have loved it sense. The dialouge between the characters, the memorable lines (which are several), the cinematography, the direction, acting are all first rate.
But to me the most important thing is how the stories within the movie unfold leaving the viewer to ask "what's next?" instead of having everything explained from the beginning. All questions (excpet for what's in the briefcase) are answered. It takes patient viewing.
In sum: the greatest movie ever. A must watch. |
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 "It's Pulp Fiction. What more need be said?" | 2008-08-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1UI6F76CPCG8Q |
| This is an excellent movie. The actors bring robust life to their roles and create memorable and quirky characters. The writing is original and innovative. The most impressive aspect of the film is how the director effectively breaks the usual convention (dating back to Aristotle's Poetics) of having a linear beginning, middle and end. Good stuff. |
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| "No classic" | 2008-07-20 |
| - Reviewed By efe_okonedo |
I do not deny that this much lauded Quentin Tarantino film set in a violent underworld is enjoyable. There is snappy dialogue, interesting characters - such as Samuel L. Jackson's Bible-quoting hit man, Harvey Keitel's problem solving `Wolf' and Bruce Willis's boxer on the run -, intelligent banter between the film's various characters - such as between Samuel L. Jackson and his hit man partner John Travolta and between John Travolta and his gangster boss's wife Uma Thurman when the two of them go out on a `date' -, a number of conflicts involving guns that highlight the violent underworld which the film's characters inhabit, a particularly horrifying scene that takes place in the basement of a second-hand store and even an excellent cameo from Tarantino himself as Samuel L. Jackson's testy friend who doesn't want his wife to find out about his underworld connections. But these elements unfortunately do not add up to a whole because this film is lacking the most basic ingredient that any film must possess: a plot. There just isn't one. Lots of `stuff' happens in this film but there is no story to follow, no tale being told, just the activities of a group of disparate characters who do this and that and then the film is over. It may seem strange that I am giving this film 4 stars after such criticism but that is because what there is to watch is enjoyable as I have already said, despite the film's severe shortcomings. This is a testament to Tarantino's ability to create an enjoyable film experience for the viewer. But just as candy floss is only meant to please the taste-buds and not fill the stomach likewise this film cannot be considered a meal because of what it lacks. Yes, it is enjoyable. But it is no classic.
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| "A TRUE MASTERPIECE" | 2008-06-17 |
| - Reviewed By brsvideoservice |
| This has to be one of the greatest films ever made in my opinion , great acting , great writing , great movie , a modern day classic , highly recommended. |
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| "A Freak Occurrence" | 2008-04-15 |
| - Reviewed By jstabile4 |
If somebody pointed a gun at me and said,"You gotta have an opinion -about what the best movie of the 90s is" I'd tell them to point that gun away from my head before it accidently goes off. And then for lack of a better answer to this impossible question, I would answer PULP FICTION. In anycase, anyone crazy enough to point a gun at somebody while asking their opinion about what the best movie of the 90s is might not like other answers I might come up with as much.
I think it is the funniest movie I've seen that actually doesn't go in the comedy section at the video store. There are no flaws in it. It's perfect. Quentin Tarantino cannot ever top it and will probably never even come close. When he dies they will refer to him first and foremost as the director of PULP FICTION. His place in history as one of the great directors of cinema is secured with this film. |
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| "High Art that Makes the Mind itch in Places that can't be Scratched" | 2008-04-12 |
| - Reviewed By paulocal |
This supremely artistic vehicle designed obviously to showcase the many sides of Samuel L. Jackson's multidimensional talents, is a cinema-graphic triumph of a very high order.
Tarrintino has done it again: pulled off the impossible and the surreal and made it seem so imminently possible and real: This movie, more than any other, is truly a new metaphor of our hectic times. As is true with all of his work, the technical aspects of Tarrintino's work are so carefully worked out and put in place - the utter cleverness and darkness of the subtext, the casting, the scenery, the character development, the script, the writing, the directing, the brutal artistic honesty -- that the critic has no place to turn to "nitpick."
His art, as is the case with any truly good art, is "above critique:"
It just "IS." Period.
It's multi-sided vignettes are angular pegs that do not fit in any square holes, yet taken together, they add up to a whole much larger than the sum of their parts. Altogether the movie (or the book) shouldn't work, but the script and the writing are handled with such exquisite aesthetic balance and sensitivity that not only do they work, but in doing so, the movie sets a new standard of cinema-graphic possibilities: It is an aesthetic feast well ahead of its times; one that makes the mind itch in places that can't even be accessed, let alone be scratched.
This is the only movie I have watched twenty times and still see new things in it that speak to our hectic times. It does not come as a surprise, nor does it bother me that its primary appeal is worldwide, rather than domestic. It was especially an unexpected hit in Japan and Europe. Every actor in it should have won an academy award, especially Jackson, Travolta, Thurman and Willis. It is like a basketball team that wins the NCAA championship: It could not have been pulled off without all of the characters playing their respective parts and doing so at the highest level of their art. Amen.
Five stars |
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| "Classic Tarantino, Jackson and Travolta" | 2008-04-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: A272HXCC1PC6VR |
| A great weave of 4 seemingly unrelated tales which artfully tie together during the movie. Timeline shifts seem confusing at first but pull together in the end. Another one for your collection. |
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| "Tarantino Rocks!!" | 2008-03-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1476YUCYN2256 |
| Pulp Fiction is the definative film of the nineties. In a word it is perfect!! Great acting, great story and of course who can forget the Tarantino diaologe. I do not really know what else to say that has not already been said so I will just leave it at that. Tarantino is a genius!! |
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 "Great movie...but simply overrated." | 2008-03-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2L7XBXW29NL3V |
Pulp Fiction is probably one of the greatest movies of the 1990's, but is it the best? No of course not. It's just ONE of them, but not it.
The movie in some way is unique and has some memorable dialogue and characters. But let's face it...It's completely OVERRATED. I swear I have seen this movie in every TV network I change it to. It's on almost every other week, even on HBO, STARZ & MAX. I have yet to see any other of his movies on TV like Reservoir Dogs or Jackie Brown. It's just Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction.
Alot of his fans considered this to be Tarantino's best film, but honestly Reservoir Dogs was much better in terms of everything: characters, dialogue, storyline, directing, acting; even if it was a low-budget film, it still rocked.
The movie is great, but like I said it has too much hype surrounding it. If it didn't maybe the movie could have been perfect. That's why I give it 3 stars - I would give it 3.5 stars but I can't. Great movie, but the hype totally takes 2 stars away from it...it gets 3 stars. |
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