tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899234430667300016.post7941425134573581170..comments2024-03-09T00:38:28.776-05:00Comments on What's up, MOCK?: MOCK Squid Soup: Pulp Fiction: December 12, 2014MOCK!http://www.blogger.com/profile/02854497329647596811noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899234430667300016.post-29011698757412292092014-12-13T00:01:30.021-05:002014-12-13T00:01:30.021-05:00I didn't see it until years later. Sometimes ...I didn't see it until years later. Sometimes a heavily-hyped movie is worth its salt (<i>Citizen Kane</i>), sometimes it isn't (<i>Gone with the Wind</i>). As you point out, sometimes it's a matter of what kind of impact it <i>originally</i> had. I think <i>Pulp Fiction</i> is a mixture between impact and its own continued merit. I see how important it was for Tarantino's career, but he became an infinitely more calculating filmmaker after it. <i>Pulp Fiction</i> is like a riff in a rock song, that part you really love but isn't even the whole song, just something that sounds really cool regardless of the context. That's why people remember it. You also have to consider that back in 1994, John Travolta was still one of the biggest actors in the world, and this was a long-awaited popular comeback that redefined his career. That's a major reason why the movie was such an immediate success. Bruce Willis was still the <i>Moonlighting</i> guy who had done two <i>Die Hard</i> movies and was desperately trying to expand his career. His part as third lead in <i>Pulp Fiction</i> was like an instant career reboot. Soon he was able to do some successful action movies again and even expand into more dramatic roles such as the two M. Night Shyamalan movies, and suddenly he was no longer just the <i>Moonlighting</i> guy who was also <i>Die Hard</i>.<br /><br />So for me there are just so many ways to view <i>Pulp Fiction</i>'s impact, and so watching these pieces come together, for me, adds up to an experience that is still incredible to believe actually happened. All the moments that remain so memorable and iconic, from Travolta dancing with Uma Thurman to Samuel L. Jackson talking about his biblical quote, untwist the pretzel logic that, for me, serves as a way to try and understand what it was all about. So that's what I tried doing in my own review.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899234430667300016.post-86620093778493225912014-12-12T22:27:10.919-05:002014-12-12T22:27:10.919-05:00I liked the reality/fantasy juxtaposition, too - l...I liked the reality/fantasy juxtaposition, too - like Butch walking through his apartment complex to get the watch. For everyone else, just a normal day. For him, the craziest 24 hours ever. I can totally sympathize, too. There are days I ride through on an adrenaline when it's business as usual for everyone else.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899234430667300016.post-80577480469611087912014-12-12T18:35:20.614-05:002014-12-12T18:35:20.614-05:00Great review, Mock! I have an "on the fence&q...Great review, Mock! I have an "on the fence" attitude about this movie. I hate the language and gore. But the intertwined stories are kinda cool.Cherdohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00264612202714933480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899234430667300016.post-74128690427015702972014-12-12T15:36:56.665-05:002014-12-12T15:36:56.665-05:00Terrific review.
I too understand the "revol...Terrific review. <br />I too understand the "revolution" the first Star Wars had what an impact. But for me as I have mentioned in the other reviews I had already seen the Korean and Hong Kong movies that this movie was inspired by. <br />Plus I just didn't like this movie. But we all don't have to like the same movies do we. <br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.com