Pulp Fiction, a film masterpiece

Rating: 8/10 (3 October 2014)

Pulp Fiction is a crime, drama, thriller that was released in October 1994 and directed by the infamous Quinten Tarantino. Currently Pulp Fiction holds a rating of 9 out of 10 on IMDb.com and is rated R based on the movie rating scale. As a crime drama thriller it is expected to be fast paced, keep you on the edge of your seat, and tug at your heart just a little and Pulp Fiction did just that. Pulp Fiction was nothing short of a typical movie in the crime drama thriller genre. The way the film was set up was not in typical chronological order. The movie is set up in what I would call a chapter format, and it covers stories of individuals and through those stories you learn how they are all connected. Although I feel this is a good way to format a movie, it was a little confusing at time and made me go "huh?". I think the editing in this film fit what Tarantino was trying to convey to the audience. The only part like I said before that was not conducive for a movie goer is how it can be confusing at times. For example there is a moment in the movie where Vincent Vega played by John Travolta was killed by Butch Coolidge played by Bruce Willis and immediately following that "chapter" Vincent Vega was alive and well, it was not until later in the movie it was understood that this movie was done in the chapter format. The editing throughout this movie was spot on. The sound through the movie was the done impeccably. The music fit every scene perfectly. For example when Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace played by Uma Thurman went to dinner at a dinner that replicated famous era's in the past and had servers that were look alike to past famous people the music was from the 50's era. During the twist competition the music was the music they played back when the twist was in style. During the fast paced scenes it was a fast paced sound that made your heart pump a little faster and helped with the anticipation the audience would be feeling. Overall the sound was very effective. The crime aspect of this film was very apparent. I think it had more crime than drama and thriller. There were a lot of crude remarks made. One thing I found offensive and turned me off on the movie a little, was the amount of racial slurs that were used throughout the movie. Another thing there was not a lack of was gore. There were a lot of killings, blood, guts, and an inappropriately sexual scene. Crime movies usually include drugs and Pulp Fiction was no different, however I do not think it was an abundance or unusual amount for a crime genre. Because of the amount of blood, gore, drugs and mainly racial slurs used in this movie my opinion is not as high as it could be about this movie. If I am solely looking at the editing, sound, cinematography, and other aspects of film making it was an excellently crafted film, however the content left a little to be desired. I would not recommend this film to anyone under the age of 18 however I would recommend this to adults that like the genre of crime and thriller because it contains everything I would expect of that genre and will not leave them unhappy.