All Time Great of the Modern Era

Rating: 10/10 (26 September 2006)

I loved this film as a kid and not for the violence (implied as it is...) but for the pop culture riddled throughout it. The scene in Jack Rabbit Slim's reminds me of Johnny Rocket's (tacky chain of Americana restaurants in Australia) - the film is just one giant homage to America and Tarantino's film influences.
The complicated time line is a masterstroke by Tarantino, to the point where you feel it is pulp fiction (and not a traditional screenplay, which it actually is).
Travolta is "dumb cool"/uber chic, Samuel L is menacing, imposing and full of great quotes and Uma Thurman has some Lady MacBeth type qualities, and is incredibly sexy in an odd way.
This film, I felt defined 90's pop culture and rounded off the work done by films like Clerks, Swingers (despite being after Pulp Fiction)etc. Rent it, burn it, buy it, whatever (just don't watch the TV version!)