What is "Pulp Fiction" ... about?

Don't hate me because I <3 Uma more than you.

 

EVERYONE loves Uma more than me. She's like Cameron Diaz to me -- I just don't get it.

And I'm with Verse on the Jimmy scene. I don't know why I love it, but I do. I even love the period joke.

 

I think skinny blondes get overrated because they are rare in the real world but all over Hollywood, as though because Hollywood approves of them, they gain value. I could probably name 500 women I find more attractive than Diaz or Thurman.

 

Since Tarantino's acting skills (or lack thereof) have been part of this topic, I'll weigh in that he's actually not bad as Richie in Dusk Til Dawn.
He's horrific in Four Rooms, however.

 

Well, when Tarantino is playing a violent, sexually sadistic sick fuck, it's easy to see how he could fit into that role better than that of good suburban househusband.

 

His head is big and scary. I give him demerits for that.

 

We're all indoctrinated that the way to watch a Tarantino film is to try to spot the hipper-than-thou chop socky references.

Nothing says he can't be putting his own twist on Chekhov, too.

 

"Pulp Fiction" is about the conventions of pulp fiction.

 

As a certified Pulp Fiction junkie, I can honestly say there is no character I dislike more than Fabienne. She had one job to do, and that was the bring the watch. She messed that up. Butch should have left her stupid ass at the motel or eating pancakes or whatever else she needed to do to get a pot. I hate the character.

I like the scenes with Tarantino. Jimmy had some classic lines.

 

I don't hate her for her effect on "who we expect and want Butch to be." I hate her because she's annoying and stupid. Actually, I take back what I said earlier. I want Butch to be a man with better taste in women. So yes, I do hate her for the effect on who I want Butch to be.

 

My issue with Jimmie isn't so much Tarantino's acting as how someone like Jimmie would be friends with Jules in the first place?

The character itself seemed to be an all-too convenient maguffin for Tarantino to worm his way into his own movie. Tarantino played the character right, because that's basically who he is, but I think its fair to question the validity of the character to begin with.

Having said that, Tarantino isn't even the worst actor shoe-horned into his own movie. That honor goes to Julia Sweeney and the cheesy scene at the junkyard. That scene sucks.

I've never been enamored with the ending to Pulp Fiction. Jules shouldn't have let Tim Roth or annoying-ass Amanda Plummer keep jack shit.