Retrospective Classic

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2006)

If only we could be so wise to the pulp mastery of Tarantino and cast in 1994. This is almost a "perfect" movie with respect to pacing, ethos, and storytelling. Nothing has come close to match the wit of dialogue, or the cadence of merging timelines as this classic film. Think deeply about the stories, and ask yourself if you've ever seen this sort of thing cast in film? From the obscure dialogue replete with pop references, to the homage/clichéd scenes of underdog/redemption - no modern film can compete.
The cast here was inspired - there wasn't a moment when the heavies could even breathe a sigh of reality under the thick direction of Quentin. Tim Roth was brilliant. Uma Thurman has never been more sauve and sexy. Travolta reinvented heroin chick. And what about Samuel L. Jackson? Expletives deleted would erode his strong prophetic/satanic performance as the collector of lost souls.
Character rich... blatantly entertaining and abstruse... the first scenes of homosexual rape ever depicted... how does this not rank as IMDb's first rate film?