Review of Pulp Fiction

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 1999)

This movie is one of the best I've seen if not the best. I feel Mr Jackson should have gotten an Oscar nomination for his role as Jules. Forest Gump's Tom Hanks wouldn't have stood a chance ... John Travolta's performance was good but could not beat Samuel L Jackson's portrayal of Jules, the hitman.
I liked the scenes being presented asynchronously, giving the sense of people's worlds being connected but they, the characters, not really being aware of the interconnectivity of their lives (roles).
The violence in the movie is not gratuitous (hope I'm using this word correctly) ... the car scene was especially good as was the cleaning of the car scene ... dialogue excellent ... and getting "medieval on your ass" will forever be with us ... also "going over this neighborhood with a blow torch and a pliers" ...
What I also liked was the realism of the movie ... I mean no cops around when you need them ... in another movie the screen would have been swamped by blue and whites but not here ... just pure unadulterated violence ...