Day 6
Film 6
I watched this last night, but since it is day six today I will count it today.
I would say without a doubt that Pulp Fiction has been the most entertaining film so far. It might only have 5 other films to compete with but it is one spectacular film.
I have been needing to watch Pulp Fiction for a long time now. it is a classic. It is Tarantino's masterpiece (which is saying something.) It was one of the most fun, and at the same time challenging pieces of film I have watched. I have been a short time fan of Tarantino, seeing the Kill Bill movies and Inglorious Basterds, and loving them drove me to want to watch Pulp Fiction. So far, I have not been unimpressed.
Let's just get to it: Pulp Fiction is spectacular and should be seen by everyone. I immediately thought of Mulholland Dr. when I sat down to write this. These films bare a great deal of likenesses, from strange rearranged plots, to interesting filming, to twists that are impossible to see coming. The big difference between the films is while Mulholland Dr. is a painful experience Pulp Fiction is just so much fun on top of the million angles to attack the art of it all.
I do not have much time today to write any sort of lengthy critical analysis so I'm just going to jot down a couple things that I noticed.
The futility of life: There is some senseless violence in the flick, it is not dramatized and instead feels very low key or even horrifically funny. This, along side Samuel L. Jackson's final epiphany gives this sort of sad you cannot stop anything from killing you at any time vibe.
Gangsters are Gods: It seems that the head gangster is more of a god than anything else, and that everyone in the world is trying to appease him or run like hell after they made him angry. I wish I could go into more on this, as it is very vague.
I cannot think of anything else right now, and since the posts have been pretty short please enjoy this little clip from early in the film.
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