Cinematic orgasm

Rating: 10/10 (1 December 2007)

My theory is that every piece of art, thus every movie, has to be evaluated, judged from the inside, by its own rules. This might be understood in many different ways; basically I mean that one should not start watching anything with an already prepared frame which he will then try to force on the movie. It's not possible to simply start from zero- we're human after all, and are influenced by our life up until the moment of watching a new movie- what we CAN do is throw aside stereotypical expectations and struggle to look at the movie from a multitude of points of view, in an open-minded way.
"Pulp Fiction" is for me the perfect example of a movie where clichés just don't work. The "I hated it" part of comments here is filled with complains about the poor plot, the lack of character development or the pointless dialogs. But even if their observations are all true, they're missing the point: none of those expectations are valid o Pulp Fiction, therefore the movie should not be judged based upon them. Wouldn't it be silly to complain about James Bond for not being realistic? or to underrate Harry Potter for being childish? A movie can be regarded from many alternative angles- not all of them are sensible.
Watching -and of course re-re watching, frame by frame- this movie was simply a pleasure, a major source of cinematic satisfaction. I didn't care about the storyline or the morale, if it was any; instead I couldn't stop enjoying Samuel L. Jackson reciting his classic Bible-quote, or Mr. Wolf doing his job, or Marcellus Wallace talking to Butch, the music, the moves, the full-of-flavor acting and lines, making every moment so enjoyable that it made me watch it over and over again.
This movie is not about what it's about, it's about HOW it's made. Dialogs seem stupid on paper- brilliant on tape (of course that doesn't mean that dialogs ARE stupid, but in this film they do not have the purpose to take the action forward- they are not a means to communicate, but have an inward value of themselves ). I have not enough words of praise for the acting; God bless Sam, John and Bruce for what they did.
Never again will another movie like this be made- masterpiece, reason to live, whatever you want it to be.