Avinash's Review #1

PULP FICTION (1994)

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Summary:

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tale of violence and redemption.

Review:

Time and culture moves on but Tarantino doesn’t. Quentin Tarantino's second major motion picture has a feel and vibe of an independent film in the style of movies of 1970's, which he pays homage to throughout the movie. This modern day classic has had a great impact on the film history, as it's considered as a touchstone of the independent film movement of the 1990's. 

 This masterpiece is filled with colorful characters, screwy dialogues, unconventional situations, violence and comedy, all trying to shoulder each other of the screen. It’s obscene and rude but somehow not offensive and definitely, rated R-restricted. The movie constantly challenges you as an audience to keep up with its time narrative as it consists of one of the best usage of non-linear story telling. And to top of the brilliant story by Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino is a now iconic soundtrack.

  Pulp Fiction is also largely credited for bringing Miramax as a respectable production company  into the production scene and was responsible for resurrecting careers of several 80's stars who were falling off the map such as John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Rossana Arquette and Eric Stolz along with that it was able to give a huge boost to some future big household named actors like Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Cristopher Walken and Samuel L. Jackson.

As shown in the beginning of the movie, pulp is defined as soft, moist, shapeless mass of matter. That’s how the movie feels when it starts due its use of non-linear timeline to tell the story but at the end of the movie, it all make sense and becomes clear and can be seen to be four different stories all about redemption. 

 Despite jumping from scenes to completely different scenes throughout the movie, Pulp Fiction never ceases to grab your attention, courtesy of Tarantino's screenplay/dialogues, for which he won an Academy Award (Oscar). This is easily one of the best movies ever made. It is a fun watch and definitely has a rewatchable quality to it.

Rate: 9.75/10 

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