Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Violence-Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction is obviously not a movie made for children. It got its R rating for a few reasons....drugs use, language, sexual content, and of course, violence. There are scenes that go above and beyond just your usual gun shot to the head. Scenes like Marceles Wallace getting raped is not a visual that is easily forgotten. Each violent act seems to come from a "what goes around comes around" feeling. Wallace is raped after having thrown someone off the balcony of his house. Travolta's character is shot by Bruce Willis after taking Wallace's wife out for a dinner which led to much more than just a dinner. After doing one line to many of cocaine, Wallace's wife nearly dies. Everything connects in Quentin Tarrentino's movie and he does a very good job of doing it. Stories jump around all over the place but in the end they all connect and make sense. For instance, after the scene were Wallace is raped, the movie transitions to a scene were Samuel L Jackson is saying that "Wallace only likes to be fucked by his wife and no one else". It is cool because that happened before the rape happened.
From the movie, i think i will mostly take from it that what goes around comes around. John Travolta doesn't believe that it was a miracle when all the bullets missed them, and he ends up getting shot. You can't take life for granted because it can be over so quickly, just like the one kid in the back of the car. No one wants to end up with their brains splattered all over the backseat.

2 comments:

Cassie said...

I think you really got the concept of the movie. I had a hard time thinking about what was meant. I believe you are so very right with "what goes around comes around."

Dani said...

i like the concept you came up with from the movie. you also came up with some great examples to prove the idea you came up with.