Brian has been doing the heavy lifting on this blog, and doing a great job. Aside from the fact that I've been on a business trip the last eight or nine days, the truth is Brian sees more movies than I do, and more current ones. I rarely see new movies in the theatre; I mostly rent them from Netflix, and lately I tend to choose older movies that I've already seen years ago, or somehow missed when they came out...Speaking of Quentin Tarantino, I watched Pulp Fiction again, and it is even better than I remembered.
The first few times watching a movie I tend to focus on the story. Pulp Fiction certainly has some interesting (and odd) stories, and the non-linear way they are presented requires some attention to keep them straight. This time I focused much more on the characters, the acting, and the cinematography, all of which are outstanding.
My favorite character was and continues to be Jules (Samuel L. Jackson), who goes through a major epiphany and appears set to get out of the gangster business. But this time I found his partner Vincent (John Travolta) more complex and interesting. Through most of the movie he's a shallow jerk, but in other parts he's a sympathetic (if somewhat pathetic) character. You could argue that he gets what's coming to him, but I just feel (slightly) sorry for him. But here the non-linear timeline allows us to see him and Jules exit the diner together on a hopeful note in the final scene...
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