Pulp Fiction Review
Quentin Tarantino's 1994 box office hit Pulp Fiction created a new genre: film noir with the sarcasm and disillusionment of the '90's. Base situations and low-life characters somehow do not come off as dramatic and shocking, but rather as ordinary and understandable. Tarantino, a self-taught, one-time video store clerk, has made a film not based on reality but based on film. Pulp Fiction is a tongue-in-cheek look at typical movie cliches, ranging from the dangerous life of a mobster to the returning of a patriotic war hero. While Pulp Fiction is only occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, a smirk remains painted on the lips of its viewers through out the duration of the two and a half hour film. The extraordinary somehow becomes ordinary and the ordinary somehow seems inappropriate. Perhaps it is the nonchalance with which Tarantino approaches drug use and violence that has offended so many people, but conversely, it is that same casual nature that makes the film void of judgment and therefore draws people to it. The screenplay, written by Tarantino and Roger Avary, is quick and witty. Action is cushioned by dialogue, and even without action, the dialogue is strong enough to stand on its own. The most enjoya
Jackson is cast as Vincent Vega's better half, Jules. giving the finger to the false norm of noble death in all such war cliches. He runs for help, frightened like a naive, adolescent boy with a too-drunk girlfriend. On the upside, however; it is selfish viewing pleasure that doesn't make you feel cheap, sold out and somewhat spat upon as some mindless boy-gets-girl films do. By choosing not to kill but rather to help the crazed yet harmless British couple holding up the coffee shop where he's eating breakfast, Jules completes the circle of redemption. ble banter takes place between organized-crime partners, Jules and Vincent Vega. Pulp Fiction will not make you re-think your life. Yolanda and Ringo, played by Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer, have a child-like attachment to each other, using pet names like "honey-bunny" and "pumpkin". The female lead, Uma Thurman, plays Mia: the intriguing, witty wife of Marcellus Wallace, the big gangster boss of Vincent, Jules, and the greater L. This same twist-in-the-end, kick-in-your-rear tactic is employed when Christopher Walken, a Vietnam veteran, comes to deliver a golden watch to the young Butch (Bruce Willis). The movie can at times disorient its viewers, because it involves overlapping sub plots and has no linear time structure.
Common topics in this essay:
Pulp Fiction,
Yolanda Ringo,
Orion Coolidge,
Americanbut Tarantino's,
Alan Stone,
Jules Jackson,
Amanda Plummer,
John Travolta,
Roger Avary,
Robert Ebert,
pulp fiction,
coffee shop,
yolanda ringo,
marcellus wallace,
bruce willis,
vincent vega,
|
Acceptance Essays
