"Just because you are a character, doesn't mean you have character." - The Wolf
After perusing the list of movies, my sister and I have decided to watch Pulp Fiction. I vaguely remember seeing a scene when the movie first came out. I'm pretty sure it was the root of a particular nightmare I had growing up involving John Travolta and Bruce Willis. I can remember seeing someone jab a needle into someone else and they take a deep breath and wake up again. And I think there is a hamburger called the Big Kahuna. There may have also been some vintage dance moves.
It's 8:30 on a Sunday night (Thursday night for me). I have my comfy sweats on (gray UofL pants) and a Grateful Dead shirt. No popcorn or candy tonight, I'm still recovering from last night's movie. I've decided to switch it up a bit and am sitting in the comfy recliner, a blanket and pillow are soon to accompany me. From watching the first scene I feel like I may need the subtitles on, then again, I just got out of the shower and may still have water in my ears. We watched about half of the movie before calling it a night. The movie took us a couple of nights to watch, between getting a cold and being too exhausted from work to be able to pay attention to the movie, we finished watching Pulp Fiction on Saturday Night (my Wednesday).
Pulp Fiction was pretty much amazing. The frank violence of the movie had to be progressive for the time. I was 9 when the movie came out, yet the movie still shows it's influence in popular culture today: the Royale with Cheese, the Big Kahuna, and "I'm 'a get medieval on your ass," not to mention the soundtrack. The movie featured stars in their prime, picture Samuel L. Jackson prior to Snakes on a Plane when he was still considered cool and smooth.
The movie follows three main characters, Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta play two hit men who are assigned to pick up a mystery suitcase and bring it in, and Bruce Willis plays a boxer paid to throw a fight only to end up knocking the other fighter out. Through some slightly confusing time jumps, we watched as their story lines intertwined in a very entertaining fashion.
Pulp Fiction was a great movie. Before watching the other 98 movies on the list, I would place Pulp Fiction a lot higher on the list of great movies, it may change after watching the other movies though. Pulp Fiction is definitely a movie you should watch if you haven't yet.
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