Simply put: This Is The Greatest Film Ever Made

Rating: 10/10 (2 April 2005)

Everyone knows the story. Or Should I say lack of it. No, sorry, it really only lacks plot. But I have a hard time describing it to people. Sure it's about killers, and drug users, and drug dealers, and rapists, and a boxer, but that doesn't summarize the film up. There is no way to properly sum the movie up for those unfamiliar with it. But I'll try.
Everyone knows there are Three stories. I've always said four. But it's basically about shady people doing shady things. Any other information would be too in depth, and the movie should be seen with no prior knowledge beyond what's above.
I saw this movie clean on my fourteenth birthday. Two days after the films release. As soon as I came out of the theater I knew it was the one. The movie that would hold a place in my heart as the greatest I've ever seen. It still holds that title to this day for me. Everything in it works. The Characters are legendary thanks in part to the brilliant script by Quentin Tarantino. That doesn't even begin to do justice to just how well written this script is. The dialogue is the best you'll ever hear. And I will stand by that statement until the end of time. The characters, like I said, are all pitch perfect. Their concerns, actions, and moments of thought all are ingenious and yes, very originally displayed.
But one thing that gets the short end of the stick in this film is the directing. While I feel it is Tarantino's second best directorial effort (Kill Bill Vol. 2 being the incredible first, in directing only, Pulp Fiction was the better film by far), this movie shows a directorial awareness not usual found in inexperience writer directors. The scene of Lance and the over dose was a Masterstroke. For example, the way the camera holds on the room, where Lance is digging for his "little black medical book". The camera holds on the room, but not on Lance. We (the audience) are outside and can't see him, but can see in parts of the room. The way Mr. Tarantino never cuts away, never looks away, and just holds that one shot of a cluttered room, builds the suspense. We hear Vincent and Trudy speaking in the background, but Quentin holds his one shot. Simply amazing.
Through the years to follow there have been countless imitations of this amazing picture, too many to start naming, but none have ever caught a glisten of what Mr. Tarantino did here. All those directors wanted to be the next big thing in Hollywood, the next crossover sensation r from Indie into Mainstream. None came close. This movie had something the world had never seen before. A pure breathe of fresh air, that most embrace, and many loved. This was at the front of the Miramax wave of sensation, and with out this crown jewel, who knows where they would be today. But this is the kind of movie that gets people excited, that gets them talking, and had the whole country buzzing. Something I wish would happen again to a great film. (I know movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and The Passion of the Christ had everyone talking, but I don't consider those great movies at all) I am truly proud to call this my favorite movie of all time. I hope Mr. Tarantino keeps his flawless resume flawless, and continues to turn out consistently brilliant work.