empty masterpiece

Rating: 5/10 (27 July 2008)

pulp fiction *** This comment may contain spoilers *** The opening scene is the best part of the film using a book device to get the audiences attention. Then follows a broken narrative. And this film needs a broken narrative device to hold th e attention because the film is a mess.The trick Tarantino has used to hold th e audience is endless "what's going on" whether its Tim Roth and what does he see in the suitcase or th away it jumps between stories and going backwards and forwards.
The script. Its nothing more than overly stylised dialogue and the characters are one dimensional and flat. Every scene of dialogue is wrung out until its dead, and then give it another kick. The emptiness of the movie shows that Tarrantino did spent his while time watching videos and then aped what he saw, instead of learning how to write scripts and compose scenes. Its been getting more apparent in more recent films.