Now This is An American Classic

Rating: 10/10 (15 August 2007)

Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hit men who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.
Great! Why did it take me so long to watch this film? Maybe because it's never on sale. Well, it finally was and I bought it on DVD. Let me take this moment to calm myself down. Before watching this movie, I was anxious of what all this hype for this movie is all about. I would've thought it would have been overrated because I did not like "Reservoir Dogs" as much as others.
But I was wrong. Why would I even think that? This is the third Quentin Tarantino film I have seen and it is easily the best of the bunch. Not only that. This film, without exaggerating, is a masterpiece! I loved every minute of it! I loved it so much I wanted it to be three hours long or at least have another story in it!
Okay, it's been three days since I've watched this film and yes, the excitement have wear off but who cares? It had me excited for the other two days. For those of you people who haven't seen this film, this film is completely character driven. Now only that but the dialog in here is so great, this film won't lose your attention, even though there's dialog 60 seconds per minute.
If you think character driven films are boring, maybe this isn't the film for you. I just can't get my mind off of the dialog, which was so eccentric and brilliant. This is an American classic. The characters in here are also very lovable. John Travolta seems like Tom Hanks in The Da Vinci Code with his hair due.
Now off with the characters and dialog. The film is really well crafted and totally original. This is also, maybe, my first film that has three plots revolving around so maybe I might also like "Babel" and "21 Grams". And should I mention the music? I loved each one of them but I should say I was let down by the Travolta and Thurman dance sequence. I expected it to be flashy as a musical but what was I thinking?
This is what more filmmakers should do these days. Yeah, I'm fine with remakes and sequels but it would be so much better if they make films like Pulp Fiction. If you watch this film, you would see why it had a cult following.