Dull

Rating: 5/10 (7 April 2010)

So I decided to re-watch this, as it's a film I've been told gets better on repeat viewings. I respectfully disagree. First off, for a film that's widely considered a brilliant piece of entertainment, I don't find it very much entertaining. It's too "talky", if that makes any sense. The scenes with Travolta and Jackson are good, particularly when Jackson is doing his yelling schtick, but some of the conversations just don't interest me. I don't care about what burgers are called in France, or whether or not they put Mayo on it. It's just filler, and dull filler at that.
Which brings me to the Travolta scene with Uma Thurman, which is even more dull. We basically watch them on a date, chatting it up again with more useless filler ($5 milkshakes, foot massages, etc), and then we see them dance. Call me crazy, but I don't particularly find that entertaining. Now when Thurman over-doses, and what follows after, that's entertaining. But what happened on the date simply bored me.
I'm also no fan of the Bruce Willis Segment, as his character is not interesting to me. For one, Willis pretty much plays himself, and two we have to watch him and his girlfriend talk about nonsense, like women with potbellies. I honestly don't understand why this is considered brilliant dialogue. The scene where Steve Buscemi talks about tipping in the superior "Reservoir Dogs" is far better written, and more interesting, than any of the dialogue in Pulp Fiction, IMO. Also, I don't buy Bruce Willis going back to save the gangster who was going to kill him.
The movie does pick up when Travolta accident shoots the kid. I'll admit that part is funny, and very well written, even if Tarantino nearly ruins the whole scene with his voice and "acting". The ending in the restaurant is cool, as Jackson steals the show yet again. Overall though, I'm just not a fan of this movie. I have nothing against Tarantino, as I find "Reservoir Dogs" and the "Kill Bill" films to be solid and enjoyable films, but this film is, for the most part, dull. My 5/10 rating for it still stands.