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More than just Pulp Fiction You go into a Tarantino movie expecting irrevelent but thrilling dialogue, buckets of blood, spectacular writing and characters more real than you or me. Pulp Fiction delivers in every respect. It is pumped with energy and will keep you wanting more. Tarantino has an original formula to movie making, he enjoys his films as much as the viewer. The soundtrack is reminiscent of Easy Rider, it sounds like someone's favourite songs put together for the sake of using as many great songs as you can. Still, there is a connection between the music and the moving action. A different piece of music could have changed the scene entirely. Tarantino has a flare for matching music with the action, proof is the "Ear Scene" in Reservoir Dogs. The key element to the success of Pulp Fiction comes down to the writing. The story is non-linear, which can be difficult, but all loose ends are tied. You are not left with any questions about what might have happened to so and so. There is a feeling that you do wish to know a bit more, but that is just another demonstration of the skill in the writing. We are given enough to satisfy but there is that yearning to know that extra little bit. The dialogue is funny and fresh, more real than reality. The only fault that I can see in the direction of this film is sometimes wanting to be something it is not. Tarantino's influence's are sometimes a little too obvious, and it takes away from the film. With such original writing, it needs a style that suits it a little better. It works most of the time but every once in a while you feel you are watching another director's movie. It's all too familiar. This is nit-picking though, and should not discourage anyone from renting or buying this flick. This is probably the masterpiece of the 1990s, not as good as some profess but still a brilliant piece of work. It's entertaining and new, something that movies have been lacking as of late.