Not as good as I thought it was.

Rating: 9/10 (9 April 2018)

When I was in the tenth grade, I watched Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction for the first time. A movie that is constantly on a great deal of top ten lists of the greatest films ever made. After I saw the picture, my mind was blown. It was the movie made me pursue filmmaking as a career. The film changed the way I viewed movies, from mindless entertainment to thought-provoking art. I once hailed the film as the best movie ever for a time because of its compelling characters, entertaining script, great themes, and top-notch directing.
However, after seeing earlier films from the Hollywood's Golden Age (Citizen Kane, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and The Apartment, and The Searchers to name a few) and early foreign films (Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, and The Seventh Seal), I learned those were the films that influenced Tarantino. The older films are also way better than Pulp Fiction. They have more substance over style than this film. If I were to make a top 200 list of the best movies ever, I would not include Tarantino's cult hit. It is just a GOOD movie, NOT amazing. Other films that came around this period in cinematic history like Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Boogie Nights, Unforgiven, and Braveheart are films I would recommend.
B