Pulp Fiction - Part 2 | Canadians First Time Watching | Movie Review & React |

[@lordofchaosinc.261]

How Walken can deliver the absolute ridiculous story about the watch with such sincerity, masterclass.

[@gunman462]

The best part is that his story was not ridiculous at all but very far removed from our culture who has grown and lived without war. He kept an important heirloom the only place he could and i can see that happening in real life.

[@JanPospisilArt]

It's like he just pulls it out of his ass all of a sudden.

[@matthewcastleton2263]

It also puts into the actual timeline when his scene takes place. US involvement in the Vietnam War began in 1965 and ended in 1973 (an 8-year period). He says in the movie that Butch’s father and he spent 5 years in the POW camp and he spent an additional 2 after that before he was sent home. Well, that’s 7 years, and US involvement in the war only lasted for 8 years. Ergo, he and Butch’s father must have been captured near the start of US involvement (in 1965 or 1966), Butch’s father died of dysentery in 1970 or 1971 (5 years later), and Walken’s character either escaped or was released upon prisoner exchange (or something) in either 1972 or 1973 (the additional 2 years after). There was no US involvement in the conflict after 1973, so, the timeline works. However, assuming his scene occurred right after Walken’s character came home from war, the Gold Watch scene would have been set in about 1973 or 1974. Now, the actor who played young Butch (Chandler Lindauer, born August 15th, 1986) was around 8 years old when the film premiered in 1994, then he would have been born around 1964 or even 1965 in movie time. Young Butch couldn’t have been born any later than that because it would have been physically impossible for him to have been conceived if his father was off fighting in the Vietnam War by 1965 or 1966 at the latest. Especially since he was in a prisoner of war camp, and therefore had no way of going home to impregnate Butch’s mother (seen in the scene). Young Butch likely never knew his father (because he would have been an infant when he left to go to Vietnam), and therefore he only knew about his father via what his mother told him and what Captain Coons told him. Ergo, why his father’s gold watch would have been so personal to him: it was the only part of his father he ever knew. It would have been like my father having giving me some memento when I was a child and then he suddenly died before I ever knew him. Of course said item would be incredibly important to me because it would represent the only thing about my father that I would have had any memory of. Also, if young Butch was born in 1964/65, and the film is set in modern day (1994, the year of its release), that would make adult Butch around 30 years old, even though the actor who played him (Bruce Willis) was actually far older than that in 1994 (38 or 39 years old, as Bruce Willis was born in 1955).

[@GILR8]

Needs more "Cow Bell".

[@ralphtijtgat3233]

@@matthewcastleton2263 Well damn, right on man. I like the part where he switches from exposition to full PTSD racism in like one second.

[@robbob5302]

So many easter eggs in this movie. One was when Marcelus was crossing the road, if you look closely, he had TWO coffees. One for himself. One for Travolta. They were staking out the apartment together. So when Bruce Willis walked in, Travolta assumed it was Marcelus.

[@neatigloo]

Another interesting thing to consider: when Mia notices that she and Vincent aren't talking much, she interprets it as a sign of finding someone special to enjoy silence together, but actually Vincent is just really high. And he probably decided to shoot up right before the "definitely not a" date to lower his libido, avoiding a fatal trip out the window via his boss. Tragic.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Is that an Easter egg or a reinforcing detail? Maybe Easter egg has a different definition these days? 🤷🏻‍♀️ We’re already wondering why Vincent is alone without Jules, and just seeing Marcellus walk across the street nearby tells us that Vincent wasn’t alone. Marcellus just popped out for coffee and donuts. The two coffees is just a minor prop detail that fits the story. It would be unusual if he was carrying one or three or more coffees. Furthermore, I suspect that they didn’t think Butch would return, or they wouldn’t have gotten so sloppy. Why would he return? No one else knows the story of the watch, not even Fabianne.

[@riseagainstthemachine6079]

@@MarcosElMalo2 Wow i actually was about to type the same whole comment if i didnt see your comment! always nice to see other people thinking similar as one self

[@epbrown01]

@@MarcosElMalo2 Another detail is why Marcellus is there: Jules quit the day before after the miracle, and they were shorthanded.

[@brianegendorf2023]

@@neatigloo Actually, I think she was speaking ironically. Like, "If we were an actual couple..this would be cool..but since we're not..I'm gonna go powder my nose until you think of something interesting/entertaining to say.."

[@IgnisKhan]

IMO the connected short stories have a very strong theme, especially if you untangle the timeline to tell the three leads' stories in chronological order: Jules executes two people, then is nearly killed by the guy who hid in the bathroom. This makes him reconsider his life of crime; the nearly-got-arrested incident w/ Marvin clinches it for him -- that's why he lets "Pumpkin" and "Honey Bunny" go free. He gives up his wicked ways, and walks into the sunset. Butch kills a man in the ring, in pursuit of ripping off a mob boss. He then kills Vincent in his apartment, and tries to kill Marcellus. But he ultimately can't leave Marcellus to suffer at the hands of the hillbillies, and goes back to save him. He gives up his wicked ways and ALSO walks into the sunset. Vincent goes through most of the same events as Jules, AND nearly gets arrested and/or murdered due to the OD incident w/ Mia. He still _refuses_ to give up his wicked ways ... and dies unceremoniously in a bathroom. So, it's as if the Universe gave each of them repeated warnings, and only killed Vincent when he ignored those warnings. Very pulp-y!

[@MsAnP1]

Love this summarization ❤️👍🏾

[@Reblwitoutacause]

It's just.. it's just gangster shit, man. Interesting post though

[@alvinanil6996]

@@justincoffey8718 The amount of "right?" in this comment.

[@williamestrada1773]

Marcellus Wallace was trying to get his soul back from the devil and his soul is in the suitcase. That’s why you see Vincent putting the code 6-6 and then you see him push down a dumber to line up the last number “6” marking “666” sign of the beast as a sign of Marcellus soul inside that suitcase

[@stuboyd1194]

Every time Vincent comes out of the bathroom something bad happens.

[@albinorhino6]

Heroine use causes constipation, which is why Vincent is always taking his time in the bathroom. Every time he goes to the bathroom, something bad happens.

[@CometF81]

Finally a good reason not to start using heroine, I really don't want to be constipated.

[@danielpack7675]

@@CometF81 mMt fear of needles would be enough for me.

[@danielpack7675]

*my

[@CrippledMerc]

@@danielpack7675 Lucky for you pharmaceutical companies and drug cartels/pushers alike make it in pill form, or you can just snort it if you don’t mind destroying your nasal passage.

[@ewok_soup]

The "Bad Mother F*cker" wallet wasn't Samuel L. Jackson's actual wallet, it was Tarantino's actual wallet.

[@RealTimePogo]

That makes sense

[@robbob5302]

Does his key ring say P*ssywagon too? 😂

[@vincentlyon4563]

Florida lawyer here. From a general civil law perspective the doctrine of assumption of risk means a boxer is agreeing to take the chance of severe injury or death by participating. You can't be liable for injuring them assuming you didn't cheat (that would be a risk outside of those he agreed to take).

[@riveraharper8166]

That's what I was thinking. There had to be medical exams before. And the box judge should also share responsibility.

[@Cheepchipsable]

You can't agree to your own assault. Assuming the boxer conducted himself withing the rules and instructions of the referee, there would be no liability.

[@user-oi9to7ux7k]

They're called "mutual combatants". They both agreed to the spectacle knowing the risks. If one of the boxers pulled a knife out of his shorts and stabbed the other boxer it would be a different story!

[@GGGeoff]

You guys seem to be overly concerned about bad language. People who are friends with hit men often use bad language. People who are junkie drug dealers use racial slurs too. It’s a characteristic of the type of person that exists in the organized crime world.

[@StreetHierarchy]

That does seem to be the general excuse...

[@the_crypter]

@@StreetHierarchy Because it's true ?

[@rambleron5720]

@@the_crypter What's true?

[@StreetHierarchy]

@@sparksdrinker5650 lol people who use the word "snowflake" in this context are easy to ignore.

[@thechib]

@@sparksdrinker5650 They mentioned the context. I don't think you understand the context.

[@dard4642]

Before shooting, several of the main actors in this movie had a problem with the Marsellus rape scene. Ving Rhames (Marsellus) insisted that the scene be in the movie. Being a man of imposing stature, he never gets cast in roles with any vulnerability and wanted to do the scene. Fun fact: Ving Rhames' real name is Irving Rhames; he was given the abbreviated nickname "Ving" by his acting school classmate, Stanley Tucci. He kept it for his professional name.

[@harlanginsberg7269]

Samuel Jackson loves Tarantino and you can find him saying so all over KZbin. He also defends Tarantinos use of the N word

[@tedbaker3846]

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[@Blackstaralpha]

Jackson has to explain every couple of years that Tarantino is just writing believable characters. Using the N word is hardly a concern when your friend shows up with a dead body in tow.

[@harlanginsberg7269]

@@Blackstaralpha Thank you Wall. People don't understand that just because it's a bad word doesn't mean it isn't used constantly. Reminds of Mark Twain using the N word in Huckleberry Finn which took place 100 years ago in the deep South. Now they want to ban the book. Like people in the South didn't use the N word to talk to and about slaves

[@jackriver1999]

And the Jimmy character flips out because his friend Jules brings a dead body to his apartment. So Jimmy makes racist comments towards Jules to get under his skin. Racist people exist in real life, surely it isn't surprising a character in a movie can be racist, too. What's the big deal.

[@riveraharper8166]

​@@harlanginsberg7269 They are basically gangsters and associates. Killing people. I don't think the n word is their most concern when you show up with a dead body.

[@zedwpd]

Character saying the N word is the character, not the actor. It's called acting. Can you imagine no one playing Hitler because an actor wouldn't want to be associated with genocide. Separate the acting from the actor people.

[@thechib]

False equivalence. The actor who said it is Tarantino meaning he wrote it, so he wrote himself in saying nigger. If any other noun was used it wouldn't change the story, that's why it is strange.

[@Shawn-rq4py]

@@thechib then your example is wrong as well. Tarantino also wrote “Django Unchained “ and the n word is used well over 100 times in the film by black, white, male & female actors. So does that all make them all racist? Do they write themselves in the script just so they can say it? They didn’t write it but they said it. Hell even Samuel L Jackson condones the use of the word in Tarantino’s films. Jackson said in an interview “he can say it as much as he wants”. It’s just acting. I don’t condone the use of the word by everyday people but n films it’s not personal it’s merely characters saying the word no matter who the actor is saying it. Compare it to The Wolf saying “let’s not start sucking each other’s dick just yet”. Is this a derogatory homophobic line meant for gay people? No. It’s lines in a film for humor. People have to stop being so sensitive about everything

[@E_y_a_l]

@@thechib You just wrote a comment and used that word, with complete spelling and all, so I guess by your standards that makes you a racist...seriously people, stop with this overly fanatic political correctness BS, concentrate on the context of what being said instead of single out of context words.

[@happyjohn354]

@@thechib By that Login JoJo Rabbit is a racist movie and Taika Waititi is a Nazi.

[@brandonvalentine2555]

@@thechib he probably played that part because no one else wanted too…

[@hdtripp6218]

Butch goes to war...listen as he goes to get his watch...helicopter, dogs barking, enters through cut in the fence, foreign language spoken in background, then he leaves the battlefield on a chopper.

[@jgmediting7770]

Genius.

[@GGGeoff]

That's a very interesting analysis. Is that your interpretation or did Tarantino say that?

[@UncleUncleRj]

@Krister L V. cool. Never looked at it that way before.

[@robpegler6545]

@Krister L "Hopefully you'll never have to experience this for yourself, but when two men are in a situation like me and your dad were, for as long as we were, you each take on certain responsibilities of the other." Pretty much what was going through Butch's head as he was about to leave the store.

[@rjculliford]

Which language is spoken in the background?

[@tristramcoffin926]

Originally, Quentin was going to play Lance the drug dealer and Steve Buscemi was to play Jimmy. However, Quentin decided he wanted to be behind the camera for the adrenaline shot scene and Buscemi had a prior commitment and could not log the time to play Jimmy. So, instead, Quentin played Jimmy, Eric Stoltz was hired to play Lance and Steve Buscemi shot a small part as the waiter in Jack Rabbit Slims.

[@user-oi9to7ux7k]

Mostly correct. Steve Buscemi had another movie commitment. He really wanted to be in Pulp Fiction so he got the waiter part as a cameo.

[@jgmediting7770]

The movie is about pulp fiction, which is a genre of short stories in magazines from a while back. The film itself was 3 related short stories tied together using the same universe and characters, plus whatever underlying themes etc. The first short story, about the day in the life of two hitmen, is split in two to bookend the other two short stories. This gives it the out of order timeline feeling, when it’s actually very linear storytelling wise. This is why there’s 3 protagonists and lead actors for each short story, jules, Vincent and butch. The other two short stories were the hitman’s date with the boss’ wife; and the boxer and the mob boss.

[@ronaldtreasure9175]

Exactly. Pulp Fiction are crime books from like the 40's and 50's producedon pulp paper. The three common themes of those crime books were 1) gangster with the bosses' wife (Vince and Mia) 2)Boxer who double-crossed mob boss and 3) Gangster who becomes good and wants to leave the gang.

[@jgmediting7770]

@@svenpoletka5236 there was a definition at the start, but it probably could have been clearer. I guess it’s about not spoon feeding the audience and leaving some mystery, something for the audience to figure out. Setting the desired frame for the audience going in.

[@winterwarz07]

Nah, the genre "pulp fiction", as described at the beginning of the movie, is the same now as it was then. Are spaghetti westerns the same? Is science fiction the same? What is different, though, is the cultural context of younger people seeing the movie for the first time. For example, the dance scene is kind of tongue-in-cheeck (for Travolta) but ironically gangster af. Also, the girl mentioned making a playlist of all the songs, when there's a readily available soundtrack lol

[@RobwLPOC]

The story of two hitmen. One felt the hand of god and retired to live on, the other ignored the sign and paid with his life

[@johnplaysgames3120]

Also the story of a boxer who is instructed by a gangster to throw a fight but doesn't and has to run for his life. - A life which is spared when he chooses to go back and help the man who was trying to kill him. Also the story of a hitman tasked with taking out the boss's wife... but no touching! Tarantino said in an interview with AFI that the idea of Pulp Fiction was to take three cliche stories from old pulp fiction books and magazines and have them all happen in the same city, over the course of a couple of days, with several of the characters having loose connections to characters in the other stories. For the Jules and Vincent story, he said he was inspired by the opening of action movies where the hitmen break in and shoot up a location and then we cut to another scene where we meet the hero who will eventually, over the course of the movie, confront and kill those hitmen. Tarantino asked himself "What if, instead of cutting to the hero's story, we just follow these two hitmen through the rest of their day?"

[@nightmaster5593]

"Bruce Willis has really tiny nipples" hahaha I love you guys

[@lorenzosanchez4269]

And the complete silence 😂

[@gptd7178]

There's a pretty famous interview with SLJ where someone's asking him about Tarantino's use of the N-word in his scripts and he refuses to talk about it unless the interviewer actually says it. The interviewer does not and instead chooses to move on, causing Jackson to openly laugh in his face. I think that sums up how he feels about it.

[@riseagainstthemachine6079]

I dont get how the n-word is such a "bad" thing to these reactors. Almost sounds like they think, that the n-word spoken is worse then murder, abuse and straight up torture, which is all shown in this movie aswell. People have weird priorities these days

[@fynnthefox9078]

​​@@riseagainstthemachine6079Lol violence, drugs and sex are fine, but say one slur and you're going TOO FAR

[@control2XS]

@@riseagainstthemachine6079 This is such a weird point, the drug use, murder, torture etc etc are all clearly fake, it's a movie, but Tarantino did really say the N-word, he wrote that line for himself and chose to play that character. I'm not saying that's necessarily wrong in itself, but saying "well why didn't they have the same outrage to the torture scene?!" is just plane stupid.

[@riseagainstthemachine6079]

@@control2XS He didnt wrote that for himself. He wrote that for his role. Big difference. Its all clearly fictional, there is no reason to view these things on different levels.

[@willevensen7130]

@@control2XSI think you need asses yourself and your priorities. You can’t change it, why be upset about it?

[@albinorhino6]

“What’s in the case”? According to Tarantino, it’s whatever you want. A common theory among fans is that it’s Marcellus Wallace’s soul. Marcellus made a deal with the devil, and was trying to buy his soul back. The first scene where you see the back of Marcellus’s head, there’s a band aide at the base of his skull. It’s said that the devil sucks people’s souls out from that location. The combo on the briefcase is 666. The college boys at the beginning are basically emissaries of the devil.

[@graymouser6599]

If this is not correct ... it should be ... Tarantino, are you listening?

[@egeaydin1308]

Too supernatural for Tarantino's taste i suppose

[@graymouser6599]

@@egeaydin1308 Yeah, I think so.

[@mikechevy9307]

Always thought it was the Holy Grail. Symbol of (God's) Grace.

[@prprod]

I'm gonna die laughing if it turns out to be something simple and stupid like gold LOL After years of pedantic intellectuals arguing and philosophizing over what's in the case and it turns out to be gold ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!

[@duke68318]

I’m a year late but it’s funny how George laughs and Simone’s eyes just get bigger 🤣🤣🤣

[@piggyintheshadows]

I always thought the change in dialogue was supposed to represent how people's interpretation of events can be different from another. The first time around was from the robbers point of view while the second time around was from Jules.

[@jgmediting7770]

Yes, that’s likely the decision they made in the edit. Different perspectives, hence slight difference. Good spot.

[@rexoid0800]

@@jgmediting7770 Yeah i think the first scene is more cool as in its how they perceive themselves as robbers and the second time is how it actually looks and comes out to other people in the real world.

[@mytech6779]

I think her movement was different too, fumbling in the seat to get her pistol before she stood up in the later Jules version.

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

I like your idea. The fact is that it is two different takes for the two different camera setups.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@Deathbird_Mitch I bet 100 donuts that the script supervisor pointed out the continuity error after the take, but Tarantino decided on the spot that it worked better because of the discontinuous nature of the whole movie.

[@thomaswilkinson6101]

Being offended about the n-word in this movie is like being offended Hitler killed Jews in Schindlers List.

[@tonydaza8504]

True also it’s a thing about being offended about something that isn’t about you but being offended for someone else as they interpret and they need to stfu

[@VirusSI]

Quentin never called anyone that. It was actually Jimmy referring to Marvin. And Jimmy probably even isn't racist. He's friends with Jules and he's helping him in a situation that is also very risky for him. He uses that language just because he's a bit of an inconsiderate prick wanting to sound cool. On the other hand wokesters will never understand why obsessing over a word won't stop racism.

[@IntenseSarcasm]

@@VirusSI and Jimmys wife is black.

[@wellfit1511]

@@justinatest9456 it is integral if it is part of these characters vernacular. It is a word, if you can’t convey speech, what is the fucking point? Be offended but other people are adults who can put things in context. They should have taught you context in school.

[@jmatievi]

Snowflakes

[@Andrew_Thannen]

To answer George's question about dying in the ring, and I think this goes for pretty much any combat sport, as long as the fight is legal, and it happened inside the ring, there are no legal consequences for killing someone.

[@CharlesVanNoland]

Gosh I can't believe you guys have been this deprived of all these movies! It's a real treat to see you guys watching them for the first time though, no doubt.

[@dsfddsgh]

How did Samuel L Jackson not win the Oscar for this performance? It's one of the most iconic ever. Just the speech he gives when Vincent and him get the briefcase is Oscar worthy.

[@thatoneguyagain2252]

Jackson lost because he was up against Gary Sinise in "Forrest Gump" - he didn't have a chance with the voting body.

[@dsfddsgh]

@@thatoneguyagain2252 Except Gary Sinse didn't win for Forrest Gump either. It was Martin Landau for Ed Wood.

[@tokukeitaro]

90's weirdness. Travolta got top billing as the leading man, even tho SLJ 's Jules is the central character so SLJ was relegated to Best Supporting Actor category.

[@brandonmason388]

It’s hard to unravel the timeline but the scene when Vincent gets shot, you mentioned that Jules isn’t with him. It’s because that happens after the restaurant scene. Jules delivers the briefcase to Marcellus and retires from the life. Vincent is sent on a solo job to get Butch at his apartment. Chronologically, Butch and Fabienne leaving on the chopper is the last thing that happens.

[@jack456790]

He's wearing a suit in that scene but Vincent is wearing the "dork" clothes when he goes to the bar to meet up with Marcellus, and Butch receives his payment for the fight. Later that night Butch throws the fight and then goes home to sleep. It's the next morning when Vincent goes to stakeout at Butches house. So he had a chance to change. And it wasnt a solo job, Marcellus went with him to fill in for Jules and was out grabbing donuts and coffee when Butch caught Vincent in the bathroom (likely due to his heroin use which can cause bowel irregularities) and then Butch ran into Marcellus right down the street.

[@fatkart7641]

Holy shit, I just realized that Butch's mother is Gloria from From Dusk Til Dawn, the hostage who gets killed by Tarantino!

[@dsjoakim35]

With everything that happened in Pulp Fiction, the most upsetting thing seems to be that Tarantino said "the n-word". jfc

[@timhilton7254]

Interesting fact 1 - Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman hatched the idea for Kill Bill while filming this movie. 2 - Fast forward to the end of Captain America, Winter Soldier when Nick Fury fakes his own death. Check out his gravestone... ok I'll just tell you: "The path of the righteous man, Ezekiel 25:17." I (briefly) burst out laughing in the theater. My favorite easter egg/homage of all time.

[@tazzz1783]

Tarantino cameos are like Stan Lee cameos - you wait for them in every Tarantino movie just like you wait for Stan Lee in every Marvel movie

[@blainekessler2220]

Little known fact... You commented about Samuel Jackson's wallet having "Bad Mother Fucker" on it. In his role of Mace Windu in Star Wars, he was not meant to have a purple light saber, and he demanded his be purple because he considerd Mace to be the "baddest" jedi next to Yoda. and his light saber had "Bad Mother Fucker" engraved on the hilt.

[@CrippledMerc]

As far as I understand it he didn’t demand a purple saber, he asked for it because he wanted his character to stand out from the other jedi on screen. I’m pretty sure there’s video of George Lucas talking about how it happened. That said, I believe him asking for a purple one is what opened to the door for all the other saber colors we have today. Originally it was just supposed to be blue or green for good guys, and red for bad guys, but once SLJ opened the door by asking George Lucas for a different color saber that door stayed open and we not only got more colors but the different colors came to represent different things.

[@PurushaDesa]

Person 1 : “I still don’t know what the film was about.” Person 2 : “The film was about a day.” A perfect encapsulation of the two types of movie watchers.

[@BlackFlightNY]

The “bullet holes” were already in the wall before “Seinfeld” opened fire, a little “continuity error” 😂

[@Slaphappy1975]

I was a college sophomore when this movie hit the theatres in '94. It blew my mind then and I'm glad to see it continuing to blow minds almost 30 years later.

[@nathanmills5311]

Boxers, MMA, other sanctioned fighting events have coverage so if one of the competitors dies as a result the other fighter doesn't get in any trouble. It has to be sanctions by one of the accredited governing organization though, which varies depending on the sport.

[@DJSpike-ft9yw]

It’s hard to put my finger on it, but it seems like the theme is “When you see the hand of God, turn away from evil.” Jules killed a man, saw a miracle, and decided to retire from being a hit man. He was allowed to go in peace. Vincent killed a man, saw a miracle, however he decided to keep doing heroin, shot Marvin in the face, almost killed a girl, saw another miracle when she was revived, but then lied to his boss about it, took another hit, and died on the toilet. Butch killed a man boxing, was miraculously able to escape captivity, yet returned to save Marcellus even though he was his enemy, and he was rewarded and was free to leave.

[@johnplaysgames3120]

Yeah, Tarantino said in an interview with AFI that "redemption" wasn't the theme of Pulp Fiction but it kept making its way into every story. Every relatively major character is given a choice to make a change or continue on their current path. For the most part, the ones who chose to change go on to live another day. Those who remained stuck suffered.

[@matthewcastleton2263]

Vincent killed the one guy because he didn't practice sound gun safety. He violated two basic laws: 1) always point your weapon in a safe direction and 2) never put your finger on the trigger unless you're planning to use it. He lacked trigger discipline. And how many rounds does his gun have in it? Did he reload after executing Brett? How big was his magazine?

[@antoineporche-rideaux4841]

When I used to live down in Lawndale California which is a suburb of Los Angeles going home from high school on the bus I would pass by the diner where the diner scenes were filmed from this movie .

[@erictaylor5462]

3:15 Her reaction to his random comment is funny AF. That just made me laugh so hard for some reason.

[@nitelite78]

5:52 The idea of a gang lord nipping out to buy a coffee and some donuts really amuses me for some reason.

[@ricardorgomez]

Watching your reaction to this movie.... I was thinking "Is it a generational thing? Is it because they have never remotely been exposed to that life before either from the movies or in real life?". You two are such Innocents. I watched this movie shortly after it's released on VHS, in a living room, sometime in my early 30's with a bunch of my cousins and family friends from ages 20-something to me when I was visiting Los Angeles. We knew what "hero factor" meant. Knew instantly that Vincent and Jules were hitmen. It was fun knowing where they shot all the scenes.... We were all blown away by that movie. Maybe Tarantino's best. It really cemented him as big-time writer/director. You should also check out True Romance which was released a year before Pulp Fiction. He wrote it and Tony Scott directed it. HUGE stars in that one. The film format is the more traditionally linear but it's INSANE with the violence, characters and subplots. And one of my all-time favorites.

[@allanrose2964]

Such a great movie. BTW the "Looks like Nixon" (great observation) character was playing Ed Sullivan. He was the legendary Sunday night variety show host. The Beatles first live appearance was on his show and was massive. I think he also introduced them at their Shea Stadium show.

[@TYoung023]

I’m old enough to know Nixon and Sullivan but always thought the character was Nixon. I see Ed now…a really big show!

[@AI_Image_Master]

I was a little kid in the late 60's early 70's. At the time I thought that Sullivan and Nixon were the same person.

[@antoineporche-rideaux4841]

I'm going to break it down for you, the start of the movie technically takes place when Jules and Vince pull up to the apartments to go get the briefcase kill everyone in the apartment except for Marvin then the next scene is when they're driving down the street and Vince shoots Marvin in the face .the next scene is when Jules and Vince go to Jimmy's place the cleaner tells them to clean up the car then he cleans them out with the water hose and then they go to the junkyard. The next scene is the whole dinner scene from the beginning of the movie and the end of the movie . The next scene after that is when Jules and Vince go to Marcellus place and he's talking to Butch about the fight and the guy says my name is Paul and it's between y'all . That's where we last see Jules . The next scene after that is when Vince goes to the drug dealer to get the heroin followed by him picking up Mia and taking her to the restaurant then the next scene after that is when she almost OD on heroin and Vincent takes her to the drug dealer's house where they stab her in the heart with the adrenaline. Then the next scene after that is where Butch's dreaming about when he got his daddy's watch from Christopher Walken's character and he wakes up on the training table . After that we see Marcellus in the training room talking too much and Mia is standing in the doorway and you hear Vince say are you okay then after that is when Butch jumps out the window gets into the cab and finds out then he killed the guy he was fighting then you go to the scene where he's at the hotel with his girlfriend followed by the morning after the fight he asks his girlfriend if she got his watch followed by him going back to his apartment getting the watch heats up some Pop-Tarts see the gun on the counter and then shoots Vincent after he comes out the bathroom. Then the last scenes of the movie are between Butch and Marcellus where Butch hits Marcellus with the car then Marcellus shoot the woman in the arm they fight in the pawn shop where the a-holes tie them to chairs football gags in your mouth they put Butch in the room with a gimp who he beats up did he goes into the front of pawn shop grab the sword stabbed the fat guy in the gut after he sees the security guard raping Marcellus then Marcellus blows the guy who was raping him dick off with the shotgun and Marcellus tells Butch that everything is square between them but tell them his la privileges are provoked. The end of the movie should have been when Butch picks up his girlfriend from the hotel on zed's Harley

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Pretty good chronology. Two things. One: REVOKED, not provoked. Privileges are revoked. Two: It’s OK to call the a-holes white supremacist serial killer/rapists. Serial killers? Well, yes, they’re not going to let people go after they’re done raping them. I won’t criticize the lack of paragraphs or run-on sentences because it flowed so naturally. If it works, it works, and I had no trouble following your chronological summary. Good job, A+

[@Gnomojo]

The zoom in on Simone when George said “Bruce Willis has tiny nipples” still gets me. I’ve seen this reaction like three times it still makes me laugh. Remind yourselves people the reaction videos are movies in themselves with the right editing.

[@Curraghmore]

Yolanda in the diner was Amanda Plummer who is the daughter of Christopher Plummer, who starred in 'The Sound of Music' in 1965 and 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' in 2011 among a lot more films.

[@matthewcastleton2263]

He's in one of my favorite films in Waterloo (1970). He plays Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington

[@chrissibersky4617]

It's so funny how she always gets offended on the behalf of poc and George gets offended on her behalf because she's offended. 😂

[@lulairenoroub3869]

It's so wild seeing this movie that I've watched 500 times, through new eyes. Dunno if you noticed it, but the reason Vincent was on his own when Butch shot him was because Jules left the partnership. If Jules hadn't had his spiritual awakening, he'd have remained partners with Vincent, and Vincent would have had backup at Butch's flat. Butch would have died, and none of that pawn shop rape scene would have happened. All of that happened, because fake Seinfeld fired six rounds at Jules and Vincent from a few feet away, and missed every shot. Makes you wonder. Was it really a miracle? And what divine game or twisted sport was that God playing? That's the themes of the film. It's about choices versus fate. What do we really have control over, when so much seems so random, and other things seem so extraordinary that they cause us to question everything we've been up to this point. Are we playing? Or are we being played? Does it even matter? Is there even a difference? Can we change the road we're on? Should we change the road we're on? It's pretty complex when you really dig into it.

[@douglasmurphy3266]

Marsellus was with him on the stake-out. He had just gone to get donuts. Guess they didnt see they had poptarts. But Vincent was negligent covering his shift. A common theory about why Vincent is always on the toilet is that heroin addicts get severely constipated. He was probably still trying to get rid of his pork breakfast at the diner and his rare steak from Jackrabbit Slims.

[@BJBee]

I love how you think. I could listen to you talk all day, @op.

[@neonvandal8770]

Marcellus Wallaces soul is in the case. If you notice wallace had a plaster on the back of his neck - Theres a passage in the bible about the soul being removed from the back of the neck by the devil or something.

[@podricosuave378]

The character of Jimmy would say that word, not Tarantino. It may also be to show the seriousness of the situation, with Jimmy using the word and Jules not even batting an eye, and that Jimmy is not a guy you want to mess with. You guys might wanna buckle up for Django Unchained haha.

[@IZZY_EDIBLE]

When questioned, Samuel L. Jackson said that Pulp Fiction was all about redemption.

[@freemansteinslab]

Fun fact...Eric Stoltz appears in the movie Killing Zoe, still sporting the long haired look of Lance, still a shady underworld charatcted and his character is called Zed

[@Tijuanabill]

To be fair to QT, he said he took this part for himself, because he didn't want another actor to have to say the N word in the movie, and then have that clip out there until the end of time. At least, that is what he has said about other uses. But then again, the pawn shop guy lets one fly too.

[@magicalmrwest]

If you’re curious what was actually in the case, it was a lightbulb.

[@TYoung023]

A big yellow bulb 💡 Lol

[@davek5899]

In a movie where fictional characters are involved with doing illicit drugs and committing murders, and is filled with gruesome deaths......it's the use of the N-word by a fictional character that offends you?

[@greenpeasuit]

Always wondered what this movie would look like if I could watch it with the scenes spliced in chronological order. I guess the last scene would be "Zed's dead, baby! Zed. Is. Dead."

[@chrispittman8854]

Great reaction guys and Tarantino's usage of "that word" is not just for shock factor, but to establish his character's depth into "this world" while maintaining the elaborate "suburbian façade" for "Bonnie."

[@jgmediting7770]

Cool. Tarantino is sooo good at what he does.

[@snorcutter]

To think that you would need to defend this. This world is going to shit..

[@jgmediting7770]

@@snorcutter I’d say it’s good thing it needs justifying. I’m pretty sure america was worse when there was slavery. People really do allow capitalist propaganda to get them worked up don’t they.

[@snorcutter]

​@@jgmediting7770 I don't understand what you want to have said. This movie is art. Art is supose to provoke and offend and clearly the dialouge served it's purpose since these frail people got so upset by it.

[@jgmediting7770]

@@snorcutter right, you’ve just justified it. So why is the world going to shit because people now need justification for such things? The frailest people in the world are the people who allow bogeyman creations of right wing propagandists to make them feel threatened.

[@JMan-24]

When Butch goes back for the watch I love how you try to figure out what’s going to happen. I lol’d and said. Nope. No way anyone could guess the F’d up next scenes.

[@prodigy2424]

Thank you for being the first ones to notice the line was said differently in the two acts. I’ve watched like every reaction to this and it was driving me crazy that nobody noticed.

[@brucebieberly4166]

My understanding is that that is Tarantino's deliberate shout out to movies that have continuity glitches. I believe he also did this in Inglorious Basterds.

[@DanielMartinez-nw1pn]

@@brucebieberly4166 It's not that. It's just meant to represent the point of view of Jules and Vincent. It's how they heard it.

[@tebogokolobe9535]

Great reaction but maybe dont be offended FOR black people? That scene with Jules and the car is one of my favourite and apparently I should be offended, lifes too short

[@AliasSchmalias]

It's called conditioning. If Quentin wants to say that word it is his business. If a black man says whiteboy than it is also his business. I am aware of the effects of these words and the energy that causes people to say that, but I will not force people what to say and what not to say because first it doesn't trigger an insecurity in me when people say that...second the perception of these people will not change through prohibition and coercion...and third if I would force my will onto others it would also effect me.

[@richardheinz]

I've never noticed that she says the line differently at the end until I watched your video. This blows my mind.

[@ashscott6068]

BRAVO. First people I've ever seen notice the flashback gag on their first viewing. Most people STILL haven't seen it.

[@got2bjosh]

Tarantino's made great films since then, but Pulp Fiction (1994) remains his non-linear narrative masterpiece. If a filmmaker could only make one film, what an inspired film for him to make.

[@curtquinlan9870]

This is one of my favorite movies; a forever 'Top 5' for me. Tarentino is a different kind of director, you should check out all of his films - they are all amazing.

[@GlennShook]

You know people of all races say that word everyday constantly. So if you want a movie to be realistic...let’s grow up people. Samuel has been in like 55 QT movies so I think he (a black man 🤔) must think it’s ok.

[@NikkieTwix]

When Marcellus sees Butch and stops dead in the street, I think that’s a nod to Psycho because there’s an identical shot when she thinks she’s getting away with the money but her boss sees her

[@iesickboy]

Jules to Vincent after Marvin gets shot, "don't blaspheme Him. Don't do that shit". The next scene, Jules to Jimmy "God damn this some gourmet shit". It's almost like every character is hypocritical despite themself.

[@Shawn-rq4py]

Marvins death scene…… According to an interview with Phil LaMarr (Marvin), it was his idea that his character Marvin be shot in the face. Marvin was originally supposed to be accidentally shot in the throat for a slow death. LaMarr took his idea to Quentin Tarantino and he agreed to it, figuring that a single-bullet kill would be funnier.

[@cleonmagabeefy8473]

Thanks Simone!!! I've seen this movie a lot and never noticed at the end her pointing the gun at Vincent and pointing the empty hand at Jules... Simone is a genius😀😀😀

[@arraymac227]

One woman hanging out with the drug dealer, I recognized her from _The Committments_ and later saw her piloting the doomed Republic ship in _Phantom Menace_.

[@richardcramer1604]

The title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue (also their lurid covers with scantly clad women in need of rescue).

[@garymussell6543]

Obviously, we see these scenes out of sequence. The clothing tells you where you are in the timeline. Bruce Willis leaving on the chopper is the actual ending. Go back and watch it a second time. That rule holds for almost all of Tarantino's films. Pulp Fiction refers to the genre of crime stories popular in the 1950s.

[@cvlcvl190]

Another good Tarantino film with Samuel L. Jackson that also has great music is "Jackie Brown" from 1997.

[@jerodast]

" *You're* the weak. And I am the tyranny of evil men..." A whole other level. I don't rewatch the full movie much at all, but I have seen that scene a dozen or more times just to watch SLJ say those lines. Close second for "aw man, I just shot Marvin in the face" :D Third the watch speech.

[@petermashak3341]

The thing that stands out for me, is that the movie is totally unpredictable. 99.9% of movies, I can always figure out what’s going to happen next. Not this one!

[@Packard63]

Can't wait to see Simone try out some of those crazy dance moves.

[@3DJapan]

I was curious so I looked it up. If a boxer dies in the ring is not murder because they've both signed contracts agreeing to everything that could happen.

[@claudioveliz9834]

"..it's probably wa-ashed..." - priceless. You guys are the best.

[@aubreyholman1951]

The chaos in this movie seems ridiculous but life is even stranger than that.

[@joeloedeman5160]

What's in the case.... Orange juice, pulpy glowing orange juice!

[@stuboyd1194]

I saw it on the big screen when it first came out. Well before I got the internet. It was the first QT film I'd ever seen at that point.

[@MattMichaelVO]

Pulp Fiction is about redemption. There are three connected vignettes. Mia Wallace cleans up her act after her overdose. The next time we see her she is in good health. She makes a choice to do the right thing. Butch could have left and let Marcellus Wallace die but he stayed and saved him. Now he's completely in the clear with a clear conscience. He makes a choice to do the right thing. When Jules and Vincent don't get hit with the bullets Jules takes it as a sign - a miracle, and decides to change his ways. He makes a choice to do the right thing. Vincent doesn't change and ends up dead. Since Pulp Fiction is out of sequence it might be hard to catch all that on the first go-round. You have to watch it a few times through.

[@5hanesBoard]

I like that Tarantino casts himself as unlikable characters; He plays them so well and shows it's not vanity.

[@TheLongWind]

2:32 Bob Dylan has a song called "Who killed Davey Moore" that asks this very same question.

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

The overriding theme was an interpretation of a dime-store pulp fiction novel.

[@streakermaximus]

This is the movie that rocketed Samuel L Jackson to superstardom.

[@tomantush4867]

"Pot belly". She's telling him she's pregnant, Craving blueberry pancakes and pie.

[@michaelcullen5308]

There are many theories and suggestions about what's in the case, but one certainty is that it's a reference to the box with glowing contents in Kiss Me Deadly

[@Fame_Rate]

i heard its a soul. thats why the code is 666 because its a soul for the devil. kind of stupid ^^

[@OmegaSaiyan92]

16:10 the name of the movie, and the definitions shown at the beginning tell you what the movie is about it's a collection of interconnected stories, dealing with a handful of people

[@SnaFubar_24]

I really enjoyed the reaction thanks. If you both lived in the same area, I would love to buy you both a Big Kahuna Burger and a tasty beverage 😁

[@platinumspider7859]

It takes around 24 hours, from the big kahuna breakfast to after pancakes butch leaving town.

[@TetsuoVI]

Great reaction as always. Regarding his use of language: Tarantino's writing style does not believe in limiting language based on societal sensitivities. For those who have an issue with that, I advise not watching any more of his movies. His style is over the top so his language must also be over the top in order to get the audience emotionally charged for whatever's coming next. There are plenty of writer/directors with a similar disregard for language boundaries; Spike Lee would be another big one, and Mel Brooks even. These folks actually have a great respect for the power of language and the emotions it can conjure up, so if something is said, it was very much intentional, they are counting on you to feel something even if it's for different ends. Tarantino might use language to amp up the dynamic tension of a story and the disregard for life people have for each other; Lee might use it to highlight conscious or unconscious feelings of racial dynamics and self worth; Brooks might want to convey more about you the audience and how there are no boundaries for a well crafted joke and that anything can be potentially funny. Regardless, change the words these people use and you will no longer have movies by these artists. It will be something different and lesser entirely.

[@B3RyL]

It's also worth noting that Samuel L. Jackson on many occasions described Tarantino as the least racist white guy he knows. He literally said Quentin doesn't have a racist bone in his body. It's important to separate the movie reality from the actual reality and I think a lot of people tend to forget that, especially in the age of cancel culture where entire careers and lives sometimes hinge on a single tweet or comment. What the character says and does in no way represents what the author thinks or believes. This is true for Tarantino, Brooks and Lee, and many other artists accused of being racist or propagating racism in recent years.

[@braeden5875]

Funny you bring up Spike Lee, because he was constantly criticizing Tarantino for language after Jackie Brown came out. Seems Spike Lee only disdains restrictions when they apply to him.

[@dard4642]

As long as the fighter does not break the rules, he or she is not responsible for the death of their opponent *during a sanctioned event*. If a bunch of guys start an illegal backyard fight club and someone dies, different story.

[@GustavoBLSJRioPreto]

It doesn't matter if the script is violent, racist, it won Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards for Tarantino and Roger Avary; it was nominated for another six, including Best Picture. It's an excelent movie with an excellent script.

[@miguelmsoler]

The central theme of "Pulp Fiction" is redemption through unexpected acts of kindness or compassion in a world dominated by violence and moral ambiguity.

[@Duskwalker68]

Don't worry guys, Samuel Jackson was okay with it. He actually encouraged an interviewer to say it once, to quote him "try it!", it was hilarious!

[@jgmediting7770]

The reporter got Jackson’s point and didn’t say it.

[@Duskwalker68]

@@jgmediting7770 yeah, that's not the point though. Samuel was okay with the use of the slur. The reporter's uncomfortableness was funny though lol

[@jgmediting7770]

@@Duskwalker68 he was ok with it in the right context. Which tarantino films are. The reporter got that he wouldn’t say it because the context was different, hence receiving the answer to his dumb question. The incorrect response would have been to take Jackson’s invitation to say it. That wasn’t Jackson’s intent. The intent was to point out context matters, and thus answer the question asked. The reporter saw that. And yes it was funny.

[@rybock]

Many years ago, I remember my dad, who broke an ankle while skiing... he referred to himself as "The Gimp". I was like "WTF are you saying?!", and he said he mentioned the character of verbal from "The Usual Suspects" who gets referred to as "The Gimp" because of his limp, and I had to point out another movie from that era that term was used in...

[@royalwithcheese1768]

The honey bunny line changes because the first time we meet them (beginning of film) , this is from Ringo and Yolanda’s point of view. The second time we meet them (end of film) , it’s from Jules point of view. So he has a different point of view of the robbery and his it occurred. Also the briefcase , the macguffen , has Marcellus Wallace’s soul in it. And, Marcellus left Butches apartment and Vincent )by himself as Jules retired) to go get coffee. Vincent us killed by butch and Burch sees Marcelles carrying coffee back to the apartment

[@academyofshem]

17:11 Listen to the 1984 song "Rosanna" by Toto. Rosanna Arquette, the one with all the $#it in her face, was dating Toto's drummer at the time. The reason she was so into the shot was explained in her opening monologue; she was a huge fan of piercing by hand, and what else could the ultimate piercing be but an adrenaline shot straight into the heart??

[@ezequielacevedo2497]

One thing that a i love about this movie, is that the worst, more corrupted, psicopat and violent people isn't the hitman's, drug dealer, mobster, boxer's, or whatever... Are "normal" regular people, who enjoy and have pleasure with the suffering of the others, like the taxist woman, the policeman, the owner of the store, or even we "the public" or "consumer" who enjoy the violence of the movie but crítices the director for that

[@anjiharrell6175]

Wow, just now noticing, Harvey Keitel played a cleaner in both Point of No Return (Brigitte Fonda) in 93 and Pulp Fiction in 94.

[@bryanblack526]

Not to mention there was a tad bit of redemption on Jules part. He recognized and acknowledged the miracle that transpired at the apartment of the men they killed. He decided to turn his back on his current status as a hitman for Wallace. Hence his absence at Butch's apartment when Butch killed Vincent. The timeline of the movie makes sense once you figure out which segment goes where.

[@DavidB-2268]

And because Jules retired, Marcellus went to Butch's home with Vincent. He left Vincent there while he went for coffee and pastries. He was heading back to Butch's place when they ran across each other at the intersection.

[@toothlessrick3970]

10:20 Quentin Tarantino won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

[@Curraghmore]

There were actually two of the four acting Arquette siblings in 'Pulp Fiction'. The Seinfeld lookalike who surprised Jules and Vincent was Robert Arquette when he was cast in this film, but he later transitioned to female and took the name of Alexis Arquette. She appeared in the Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore film 'The Wedding Singer' but Alexis died at the age of 47 in 2016 of complications from HIV.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

I did not know any of that about the transition or the death. Thank you for relaying the sad news. HIV still kills, even though treatment has improved a great deal.