the guys test themselves, their friends, their victims; every conversation is a pop quiz with life on the line. And when they do shut up, it's often to blow someone away, or do drugs, or sink into edgy pensiveness. In Tarantino's film there are no comfortable silences (Travers 78).Although Mia is considered a worthy individual it is only because of whom she married. Otherwise, she would just be another female. In Tarantino's male world, he does not fail to recognize Mia's shortcomings. Nobody can forget that she failed as an actress or that she could not handle her drugs.Besides the recognition of certain commonalties, a few critics noticed different events. First, Ansen's reaction to the sadistic relationship of two hicks is one of total disgust. "It's the only time Tarantino indulges in unadulterated villainy, and it's a failure of imagination, a movie kid's borrowed notion of evil" ("Redemption" 71). Even without this particular scene the movie would have been credited as a success.The other common criticism was reality versus fantasy. Many reviewers did not see the film's connection to everyday life. The movie was just a fiction film and nothing more (Johnson 58). With films like this, audiences often have a difficult time relating.My first viewing of the movie left me unimpressed. However, after watching it a second time, many things became much clearer. I chose to write about Pulp Fiction because I could not really understand all the attention it was receiving. I never could really understand what was going on as the film was progressing. I have now had a slight change of heart.After reading the reviews I was rather shocked to see that the critics and I agreed on some of the main themes. Such as the way that the critics stated that people could not relate to this movie, this is true in my standing because I am not a heroin addict. But, I do feel there is more to this movie than just that fact that the characters ...
