Pulp Fiction

Rating: Null/10 (17 November 2012)

A brilliant film. Tarantino uses a simplistic technique for allowing his characters to evolve and reveal themselves, yet it is the context in which he puts them (and by context not only do I mean the scene, but the relation dynamics between other characters in the scene) that allows him to create deeply interesting, powerful and generally entertaining characters. All with their own idiosyncrasies, and often alluding humorously to societal stereotypes he creates a reality, which so often transcends upon us in the mundane of our societies. Tarantino demonstrates movies should be just as much about the verbal aesthetics rather than the visual through his eclectic dialogues, and the way many of his characters are founded upon an accent and a specific manner of speech (diction etc). Arguably, in our contemporary societies, the quality of dialogue (and verbal elements generally) has begun to diminish as a result of our new technologies and obsession with visual effects. Pulp Fiction, for me, is a way of returning to my real understanding of good films: a sophisticated fusion of excellent visuals, plot and (let's not forget) dialogue.