@@satyadasgumbyji8956 I'm not sure what you're trying to say about Nixon, he's not portrayed in any of those characters, and if you are thinking Sullivan is actually supposed to be Nixon, well that just is wrong. Sullivan hosted well known talent show in the right time period for Jack Rabbit Slim's, not to mention that guy looks just like him with same mannerisms.
It would be more accurate to decribe this film's plot structure as a mobius strip, it is technically non-linear story-telling, but it also additionally loops back around to the starting point creating a manifold structure. You seem like you enjoy trivia regarding this film, so I thought you might appreciate the movie and literary trivia tidbit(although you may have already been aware and were just too engrossed in watching your mother experience this masterpiece for the first time, what I consider to be the #1 film of the 90's and not by a little bit, by a country mile. Nothing even comes close in terms of it's cultural effect on American society and film-making in general). #XoXo!
First reaction I've seen in which someone identified Ed Sullivan. Also, the odds of Butch coming across Marcellus weren't that long. Marcellus went across the street from Butch's apartment to get donuts and coffee for him and Vincent (Jules had retired so Vincent did not have a partner).
Which is also why Jules didn’t think anything weird about hearing someone walking in the apt. He thought it was Marcellus coming back with the doughnuts.
Uma and Quentin discussed the 'idea' of Kill Bill when shooting this movie....and the references to the future KB films is all over it, from the use of the Katana, Fox Force Five and reference to Kung Fu (with its actor David Carradine playing Bill later on)
I don't think Travolta was on his own at Butch's Apt, Marcellus was with him but went out for breakfast that's why Butch runs into him on the street...
I haven’t commented yet but I’ve been a fan of your reactions for a while. 🤗❤ I remember being absolutely stunned the first time I saw this movie. Several years later I felt the same way after seeing Kill Bill. Not all of Tarantino’s films have left me stunned like that but he’s the only filmmaker to do it.
If anybody is confused why Butch was in such a rush to get out of town, even though Marcellus just gave him a free pass to leave LA. That's because Butch knows full well that as soon as Marcellus finds out that Butch killed his close friend Vincent, that free pass will be immediately revoked.
I'm not certain about that, I feel as though Mia upon learning of Vince's fate might decide to cut Butch some slack herself and tell Marcellus what happened with regards to the cocaine & heroin overdose during their work date.
@@bijoucassell4587 While I'm not sure Marcellus considered Vincent a friend as such, I don't think Mia would have intervened, she already said she would be in as much as Vincent if Marcellus found out about the overdose.
@@bijoucassell4587 Yeah, what you said there makes no sense. Mia doesn't know Butch, and likely has never met him. Mia did like Vincent. Mia knows the whole overdosing thing mostly fell on her because she decided to help herself to someone else's stash. So you think that upon learning that someone she liked very much, was killed by someone she didn't know, that she would go ahead for some bizarre reason, confess to Marcellus about the crazy ending to her and Vincent's night out, which was mostly her fault, so that it would somehow garner some sympathy for the guy who just killed her friend? You do realize how utterly ridiculous that sounds, don't you?
@@usgreth OK, while your comment is in no way as incredibly ridiculous as bijoucassell4587 was. Your comment is still very wrong nonetheless. You're not sure Marcellus considered Vincent a friend? OK, besides the warm bro friendly hug by Vincent and Marcellus had when Vincent showed up at the bar. Affection that I would imagine someone like Marcellus, doesn't give to just anyone. All that aside, the fact that Marcellus asked Vincent to take out his wife for a night out, should be all the evidence that is needed in showing the close relationship that Marcellus had with Vincent. Do you think Marcellus would just ask some dude who he considered nothing more than an acquaintance, to take his wife out to dinner and entertain her? Seriously?
@@jeremybr2020 While I agree with absolutely every point you made, I think you should be a bit more respectful in your comments. It's just a movie, no need to call people "ridiculous" or be so sarcastic over it.
1. A timeless classic! 2. I wish Jack Rabbit Slim's was real. 3. Steve Buscemi believed his character his IS Mr. Pink from Reservoir Dogs. 4. I always here shakes are more pricy now, but the ones I get are typically about $5, lol. 5. Mia thought the heroin was coke because heroin is typically transported in balloons, which Lance was out of. Nice little detail. 6. I honestly wonder how much it hurt Tarantino to have to kill Vincent. 7. The guy in the bathroom looks like Jerry Seinfeld, lol. 8. The guy who played poor Marvin was Phil LaMarr (Samurai Jack, Static Shock, Hermes from Futurama). 9. When I first saw this movie, I completely forgot about Pumpkin and Honey Bunny until we saw them again. Genius writing. 10. The "Bad Motherfucker" wallet actually belonged to Tarantino. Wonder if he still uses it.
The bible verse is made up. Marvin worked for Marcellus and was a plant in their group which is why Vince and Jules didn't kill him. Which also makes his accidental death more of a shame. Mia and Vince did not win the trophy, they stole it. That part was edited out for length. The gun in Butch's kitchen was Marcellus' who left it there to get coffee and donuts. Butch seeing Marcellus walk in front of his car is an homage to the same scene in Psycho. And I'm sure everyone else will tell you why Vince is in the bathroom all the time.
Good Ed Sullivan catch. “These kids today” don’t remember him any more than they remember Durward Kirby. The briefcase also functions as a KISS ME DEADLY reference. I really enjoy the many internal rhymes in this film.
yeah, great chemistry between you two reactors and great comments! I hope with all my heart you watch Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time......in HOLLYWOOD"!
How's your Shakespeare? Tim Roth was in a movie with Gary Oldman, "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead", which is" Hamlet" from the view of two minor characters. Darkly humorous
Lawrence Fishbourne really wanted to play Juelz and was Tarantinos productions team first pick, but his management team strongly urged/forced him to turn down the role. Its funny your mom mustook Jackson for Fishbourne
Oh, I'm so excited for this. I'm sure you might know this, but mom might not. The idea behind this movie was taking 3 mafia/gangster cliches (take the boss's wife out while I'm on business but you better not touch her, boxer is supposed to throw the fight but doesn't, so the mob is after him, someone steals from the boss so the goons have come to collect) and seeing what it would be like to follow them around for a day or two. What would they talk about? What would they do on their own time? Answer: same old stuff we all would. Hence the famous long conversations in Tarantino's movies.
One thing, though: their suits were all bloody from the accidental shooting in the face of the kid. Yet, Vincent is wearing the suit when he is killed by Bruce Willis' character. So, when did he get his suit back and cleaned?
Some people do snort Heroin. It's considered safer but you can still overdose on it. Also, Mia may not even have tried it before as coke seems to be her thing.
The bible verse is made up. Marvin worked for Marcellus and was a plant in their group which is why Vince and Jules didn't kill him. Which also makes his accidental death more of a shame. Mia and Vince did not win the trophy, they stole it. That part was edited out for length. The gun in Butch's kitchen was Marcellus' who left it there to get coffee and donuts. Butch seeing Marcellus walk in front of his car is an homage to the same scene in Psycho. Jules calls Yolanda's boyfriend Ringo, because before all the editing, he called 4 different characters by each of the Beatles' names. And I'm sure everyone else will tell you why Vince is in the bathroom all the time.
There is no proof at all the they stole the trophy. None. That's an internet myth. Was Marvin's death accidental? Vincent didn't seem to like him much. Or maybe it was God taking a life for Jules' life which had been spared in the apartment.
One scene that's not shown here is when Lance and Jody are arguing about where the medical book is. When I first saw this in the theater that scene made me so anxious because they were wasting so much time while Mia was laying there dieing.
You talk about his foot fetish . Seldom notice on the wall of the drug dealers room there are 2 very high neeled shoes both on platforms attached to the wall. I saw this movie when it came out and many times since and I just noticed that about a month ago.
The stolen soul theory , with the bandaid and the glowing case, The old myth and legends go as, to steal a persons soul you have take it from the back of the neck
A couple things to bring up: first, there’s another connection in Pulp Fiction with his other films. When Uma Thurman talks about the pilot she was on, “Fox Force Five”, she’s loosely describing the main female characters in Kill Bill. On another note, most people don’t realize each of the three stories play out to help the characters grow in some way: In the first Vincent is faced with a dilemma to save his bosses wife, then Butch has to save Mr. Wallace from the unthinkable, and in the end, both Vincent and Marcellus are saved but only Marcellus recognizes it which ends up costing Vincent in the end. Also, Vincent ends up in the bathroom in every storyline.
Also when they dropped off the car with Marvin in it, the car salvage place belonged to Joe. It wasn't in this You Tube edit but when Vincent and Mia were dancing and Vincent does that fingers across the eyes move, was an homage to the original Batman series with Adam West in the episode of the Batusi A GoGo and Batman does that same thing. I still can't wait for "Once Upon In Hollywood" which I said last time, I really think Mom is gonna like that one. You really need to watch "True Romance'. I assume you're gonna get to that one since it's part of the Tarantino universe.
There are two of the four Arquette family acting siblings in this film. The guy who was hiding in the apartment and came out to shoot at Jules and Vincent and miss, was credited at the time as Robert Arquette, although he later transitioned to female and changed his name to Alexis Arquette (appearing in the 1998 Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore film 'The Wedding Singer' credited as Alexis Arquette). He died in 2016 (he identified as male again at the time) at the age of only 47 of complications from HIV.
Every time Vincent goes to the bathroom, something bad happens. Goes to bathroom, Mia Wallace overdoses. Goes to bathroom, diner gets robbed. Goes to bathroom, Butch kills him.
I'm English. This may make sense to someone one day ... but I saw this movie in "RALEIGHWOOD" a retro diner/theatre in Raleigh NC (3 times actually). It was the perfect setting, a sort of Jack Rabbit Slims equivalent. Burgers and Beer served at your table while the movie screened. That was back in the early 90s when I was working for IBM in Raleigh. Some good memories. I have no idea if it is still there.
One of my all-time favorite of films. If you count the flashback as part of the total story line then the storyline begins when little Butch gets the watch and ends when Butch and Fabien ride off on Grace (the motorcycle). Love this film. Great reactions all along. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe. Oh yeah, I have one of those BMF wallets!! It's "bad" for sure.
We all have our fave QT films, but, if you guys ever watch 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' be sure to google/wiki 'The Manson Family' beforehand; if you guys don't know about their story.
Presumably somebody has said this already, but as well as the links between QT movies, there's all the references he makes to historical cinema. Couple of examples here include the dance scene being a homage to Fellini's 8 1/2, and Marcellus crossing the road in front of Butch mirroring when Marion's boss crosses the road in front of her as she is driving away with the money at the start of Psycho. There's many more, of course.
I think the dance scene was a reference to Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part (which is also the inspiration for the name of his production company, A Band Apart) but it does look similar to the dance scene in 8½. Also, not sure if he originally intended it when writing the script but John Travolta dancing obviously makes everyone's minds think about Saturday Night Fever and Grease - it comes off as a nod to Travolta's 70s movies, intentionally or not. I believe it's absolutely intentional, Tarantino has always brought back actors from the past and put them in roles and scenes that are very similar to what they've done in the past: Harvey Keitel as a gangster, Pam Grier as a blaxploitation lead, David Carradine as a martial arts specialist, Kurt Russell as a paranoid guy in a group of suspicious people trapped in the winter (nod to The Thing), even Daryl Hannah has a very similar freakout in Kill Bill like the one that she did in Blade Runner. In my opinion, there's no way he didn't want to make a nod to Travolta's dance movies of the 1970s but then modeled the actual dance after other movies like Bande à part and 8½.
@@krautgazer well yes he's a fan of both Godard and Fellini. But obv the moves are almost identical to 8 1/2. He'd already nodded at Clockwork Orange in Res Dogs and by the time he got to Kill Bill was cramming loads of references from cast (Sonny Chiba!) to scenes to Shaw Bros cinematography and Morricone's scores.
@@nevrogers8198 The weirdest thing is that Tarantino himself claimed in an interview that Mia's dance moves were inspired by the Disney film The Aristocats hahaha
Interesting point. In the restaurant when the female crook yells her mother effer line she says it differently both times. Very strange. I always wondered was that a mistake or just Tarantino messing with us or something else entirely
They use a different take in the end to continue the scene. As someone who went to film school in the past, I have two theories about that: 1. The actress said her lines differently in the two takes but both takes were necessary to continue the scene, so the editor (the amazing Sally Menke) had to leave it that way. You can see that the final scene has her saying her line identical to the first scene until it cuts to another shot of her completing the line (where the camera shows her from the side). In this second shot you can clearly see her mouth uttering her line differently, so it was not possible to splice the audio of the first shot over the second shot or else it would be very noticeable that her lips were saying other words. So, to sum it up, a big continuity error that couldn't be corrected in the editing room. 2. Tarantino simply liked both ways she delivered her lines and chose to insert both in the film, even if there were takes where she said her lines identical to the first one. I still believe in my first theory the most and I think it was a mistake because it's the easiest explanation, especially for an independent movie early in his career, but I cannot throw out the possibility that Tarantino would just like the effect that this variation causes or that he would just put both takes in the film simply because he loved both takes. After all, he has done some creative and weird choices of editing in his films, so this is not the only example of that in his filmography. It's often done to mimic his favorite films, nothing deeper than that, it's just mimicking the style of something else. For example, Johnny Mo's death in Kill Bill: Volume 1 shows him yelling the SAME scream in 3 different successive quick shots because that was a trademark of old Hong Kong martial arts films. Sometimes even the rules of physics are ignored, like when a certain character dies in Django Unchained and is yoinked sideways instead of the direction that the character was shot. If something is cooler in Tarantino's mind or it has a distinct effect, he will often completely ignore realism for the sake of visual or aural impact, and to make a nod to the classic and/or obscure movies that he loves. Maybe Yolanda's alternating speech was something that he noticed in old movies when they would come back to a previous scene and would often slightly change the dialogue, so he decided to replicate that. Like I said, I still think it was just a mistake because of how low-budget this film is (I know US$8 million sounds like a lot but it's comparably low in the movie industry - to give you an idea, Paranormal Activity cost more than double the amount of Pulp Fiction, at US$15 million). I mean, when Samuel L. Jackson shoots the first guy in the couch, you don't even see any sparks or bullet, you just hear the sound of the gunshot. Early in his career, Tarantino was clearly just excited to convey his ideas without worrying too much about production. He still doesn't worry too much about realism in his stories but the production is now very thorough and every second of his films now seem completely intentional since Kill Bill.
The opening scene was Honey Bunny's actual line from her perspective, whereas the second time, it is Vincent & Jules perspective of her yelling out, thereby they comprehended/recalled it differently as one might
The guy emerging from a bathroom to shoot at Jules and Vincent is actor Alexis Arquette (then known as Robert Arquette) she/he is a sibling of Roseanna Arquette who plays jody in the movie. Their brother is David Arquette from the "Scream" movies.
About the car keyed.. Read somewhere that it was actually (Bruce Willis) doing it, after the conversation with Vincent in the bar.. The scene was deleted, but the conversation stayed.
What are the odds? Marcellus went to get breakfast for Vince and him. He was on the way back. Vince probably heard Butch come in but thought it was Marcellus. I think there was some filmed part explaining this to the viewer than was cut for time.
Bring out the gimp. This is a great film, Django is his best film, Jackie Brown, then Pulp and Death Proof, his most underrated one Not that big on the Hollywood one or length of the Western.
There’s a really cool detail that i missed for the longest time but Vincent and Mia don’t win the trophy! When Butch is going back for his fathers watch we can faintly hear a broadcast that says the trophy was stolen! Also, the reason Vincent was on the toilet was because of constipation, which is a side-effect of long term heroin use! And since that scene takes place after Jules quit it would make sense why Butch ran into Marsellus since he was most likely waiting for Butch with Vincent and walked out to get Vincent and himself breakfast! Also (just wanted to add) they were going to have a prequel movie featuring the Vega brothers together but by the time it was gonna get off the ground, both men were too old.
I watched pulp fiction in opening night. Definite game changer as no one had ever seen anything like it. Lots of us did go back see it. Here I sm practically 30 years later still watching it . Always new to notice.
You guys should definitely watch "From Dusk Til Dawn" and please no spoilers or hints about what the movie is about. Don't even let her see the thumbnail.
I watched the movie just like this - not the slightest idea what I was getting into, and it was either the worst or the best thing I've ever watched, still can't decide
The comedian Kathy Griffin also makes a small cameo appearance here as one of the women standing over Ving Rhames when he wakes up after being run over by Bruce Willis. She points out Bruce Willis to him.
You can snort or inject both heroin & cocaine. The problem was that Mia thought it was coke, when it was really very strong heroin & she had no built up tolerance to it, like a serious heroin user would have.
Vincent was not on his own, his was with Marcellus at Butch's home, it was HIS gun lying there, while he was on a coffee-run to get 2 coffees for them on their watch.
Theres a few things I think people miss seeing it the first time. Because Jules quit that morning and it's very personal to Wallace, when Vincent was in the bathroom, Wallace was covering Jules former job and helping to stake out butches apartment but it's long and boring so he went to get coffee and donuts for the two of them and that's how butch and wallace encountered each other so easily. Sometimes people think it's just an insane coincidence although it's still a coincidence Another thing I don't think anyone has ever pointed out, and I've searched, is that butch is clearly from Knoxville Tennessee, the watch is from there and it's where he's going to hide out. The pawn shop biker gang affiliated people have southern drawls, a Confederate flag, and a Tennessee license plate hanging on the wall in butches eyeline as he's deciding to save wallace. He ultimately helps him and is banished nonetheless so he's going to Knoxville anyways. He steals zeds chopper and heads to Tennessee. Even though it seems like a happy ending riding into the sunset, that watch is cursed and he's likely riding into a hornets nest if those rapists are part of a biker gang network based from Tennessee when they see him riding their deceased friends chopper when his killers are almost certainly unknown to them considering Wallace knows how to deal with bodies. My guess is he checks into a seedy motel when he gets there and starts buying drinks for everyone at an outskirts bar with all his new money and they notice zeds custom chopper and the custom key butch has. Who knows what actually happens but I don't think butches story line is close to over and he's totally oblivious to still being in any danger
@@jannathompson2262 that's true and it's still the biggest thing that takes away from my theory but it still feels like butch's storyline and the pawn shop having that specific overlap feels somewhat intentional. If it was just random backstory for butch and nothing more than I'd just assume it was Tarantino showing out being from tenessee
@@TheGoodChap That's a theory that never entered my mind. I just thought that it was a simple ode to where he is from. Brad Pitt in IB mentioned he was from Tennessee also....plus I live in Tennessee 😂
@@TheGoodChap That's a pretty interesting theory, thanks for all the information. I think set design and decoration are pretty important details that often go overlooked by the general audience when we watch movies, together with sound design. People tend to think that sets and sounds are just there and they weren't constructed, planned, dressed, or edited into the story with a clear intention. I give credit to your theory for the simple fact that Tarantino chose to put all those elements into Butch's story alone. I am an optimistic though, so I choose to believe that Butch and Fabienne used their new fortune to eventually relocate to a safer place, even if Butch had to fight and defend himself first against the bikers, but if he managed Marsellus Wallace's gang, he might manage some bikers.
@@krautgazer yeah the most interesting thing to me is that intentional or not it basically tees up a sequel even though I dont think that was ever intended. Its up to the audience to decide how you think that goes and Im also optimistic but it adds an interesting wrinkle to butch's storyline
Seeing as mum said she likes the dialogue between two hit-men you should go and watch "In Bruges" which is amazing for that short of thing starring Colin Farrell and Brendon Gleeson.
When we watched this back in 1994, we experienced the game-changer firsthand. Nothing was the same ever again, movies and advertising were changed forever. From today´s point of view, it may be a movie among many similar films and series. But this is the very one that made it possible at all. Plus: when watching, it is very important to understand that this is actually kinda comedy, a satire ... parodying and homaging exploitation flicks and westerns from the 60ies and 70ies.
Just about everybody wonders about the odds when Marcellus shows up in front of Butch´s car ... while he´s clearly walking around the block to get coffee for Vince and himself.
Finally a reactor who knows Ed Sullivan.
And she knows the difference between heroin and coke
Neither did I, so thank you, Mom Jen! 😂 I really like this channel for the insight she gives me in the pop culture of earlier times.
You mean Richard Nixon?!
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Smfh!
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And knows who Fonzi is.
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@@satyadasgumbyji8956 I'm not sure what you're trying to say about Nixon, he's not portrayed in any of those characters, and if you are thinking Sullivan is actually supposed to be Nixon, well that just is wrong. Sullivan hosted well known talent show in the right time period for Jack Rabbit Slim's, not to mention that guy looks just like him with same mannerisms.
This and Trainspotting were formative in my love for modern filmmaking. If y’all haven’t checked that film out, I can NOT recommend it enough
Both have great soundtracks as well!
This movie resurrected Travolta is career
the punisher 2004 with Thomas Jane and John Travolta is good too
The bullet holes were already in the wall behind Travolta and Jackson.
It would be more accurate to decribe this film's plot structure as a mobius strip, it is technically non-linear story-telling, but it also additionally loops back around to the starting point creating a manifold structure. You seem like you enjoy trivia regarding this film, so I thought you might appreciate the movie and literary trivia tidbit(although you may have already been aware and were just too engrossed in watching your mother experience this masterpiece for the first time, what I consider to be the #1 film of the 90's and not by a little bit, by a country mile. Nothing even comes close in terms of it's cultural effect on American society and film-making in general). #XoXo!
I always wondered if the sword Bruce Willis uses in this movie is The one Buck pawned.
It's actually nice to finally see somebody knowing why she O.D.'d.
8:19 you know that's not blow nick. 🙂
That’s the same mistake that almost cost poor Mia her life… 😂
Bring on Kill Bill
First reaction I've seen in which someone identified Ed Sullivan. Also, the odds of Butch coming across Marcellus weren't that long. Marcellus went across the street from Butch's apartment to get donuts and coffee for him and Vincent (Jules had retired so Vincent did not have a partner).
I like to watch them because she recognizes a lot of actors, music and cultural references that others miss.
Which is also why Jules didn’t think anything weird about hearing someone walking in the apt. He thought it was Marcellus coming back with the doughnuts.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192I think you mean Vincent.
To give some perspective, minimum wage was $4.25 an hour in 1993 in my state. So a $5.00 milkshake back then would seem exorbitant.
I love it when Mom sings along to the soundtrack!
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Nominated for 7 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for Best Original Screenplay.
Darn forest gump.....
I have a coffe mug with Sam Jackson's silhouette that says Serious Gourmet Shit lol
Uma and Quentin discussed the 'idea' of Kill Bill when shooting this movie....and the references to the future KB films is all over it, from the use of the Katana, Fox Force Five and reference to Kung Fu (with its actor David Carradine playing Bill later on)
I don't know why, but Jen saying "Wtf is going on?", totally made my day. 🤣🤣🤣
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I don't think Travolta was on his own at Butch's Apt, Marcellus was with him but went out for breakfast that's why Butch runs into him on the street...
"I'M NOT LAURENCE FISHBURNE!" - Samuel L. Jackson
I haven’t commented yet but I’ve been a fan of your reactions for a while. 🤗❤ I remember being absolutely stunned the first time I saw this movie. Several years later I felt the same way after seeing Kill Bill. Not all of Tarantino’s films have left me stunned like that but he’s the only filmmaker to do it.
I always figured Mr. Wallace was walking back with food to join Vincent at the apartment to wait for Butch since they were not to far from it.
That’s why Jules didn’t react to someone coming in the apartment. He thought it was Marcellus coming back with the doughnuts & coffee.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 that makes perfect sense! I never really had thought about the fact that Vincent didn't come running out of the bathroom.
I didn't catch it until the second viewing, but every time Vincent has to use the bathroom something happens when he comes out.
It's been suggested Vincent is going to the bathroom a lot due to heroin use causing constipation (also why he takes a book).
If anybody is confused why Butch was in such a rush to get out of town, even though Marcellus just gave him a free pass to leave LA. That's because Butch knows full well that as soon as Marcellus finds out that Butch killed his close friend Vincent, that free pass will be immediately revoked.
I'm not certain about that, I feel as though Mia upon learning of Vince's fate might decide to cut Butch some slack herself and tell Marcellus what happened with regards to the cocaine & heroin overdose during their work date.
@@bijoucassell4587 While I'm not sure Marcellus considered Vincent a friend as such, I don't think Mia would have intervened, she already said she would be in as much as Vincent if Marcellus found out about the overdose.
@@bijoucassell4587 Yeah, what you said there makes no sense. Mia doesn't know Butch, and likely has never met him. Mia did like Vincent. Mia knows the whole overdosing thing mostly fell on her because she decided to help herself to someone else's stash. So you think that upon learning that someone she liked very much, was killed by someone she didn't know, that she would go ahead for some bizarre reason, confess to Marcellus about the crazy ending to her and Vincent's night out, which was mostly her fault, so that it would somehow garner some sympathy for the guy who just killed her friend? You do realize how utterly ridiculous that sounds, don't you?
@@usgreth OK, while your comment is in no way as incredibly ridiculous as bijoucassell4587 was. Your comment is still very wrong nonetheless. You're not sure Marcellus considered Vincent a friend? OK, besides the warm bro friendly hug by Vincent and Marcellus had when Vincent showed up at the bar. Affection that I would imagine someone like Marcellus, doesn't give to just anyone. All that aside, the fact that Marcellus asked Vincent to take out his wife for a night out, should be all the evidence that is needed in showing the close relationship that Marcellus had with Vincent. Do you think Marcellus would just ask some dude who he considered nothing more than an acquaintance, to take his wife out to dinner and entertain her? Seriously?
@@jeremybr2020 While I agree with absolutely every point you made, I think you should be a bit more respectful in your comments. It's just a movie, no need to call people "ridiculous" or be so sarcastic over it.
Royale with cheese....
Broken Arrow with John Travolta and Christian Slater is awesome and face off with him and Nicholas Cage is great too
Both fantastic movies!!
1. A timeless classic!
2. I wish Jack Rabbit Slim's was real.
3. Steve Buscemi believed his character his IS Mr. Pink from Reservoir Dogs.
4. I always here shakes are more pricy now, but the ones I get are typically about $5, lol.
5. Mia thought the heroin was coke because heroin is typically transported in balloons, which Lance was out of. Nice little detail.
6. I honestly wonder how much it hurt Tarantino to have to kill Vincent.
7. The guy in the bathroom looks like Jerry Seinfeld, lol.
8. The guy who played poor Marvin was Phil LaMarr (Samurai Jack, Static Shock, Hermes from Futurama).
9. When I first saw this movie, I completely forgot about Pumpkin and Honey Bunny until we saw them again. Genius writing.
10. The "Bad Motherfucker" wallet actually belonged to Tarantino. Wonder if he still uses it.
$5 in 1994 is now worth $10.20 for the shake.
The bible verse is made up. Marvin worked for Marcellus and was a plant in their group which is why Vince and Jules didn't kill him. Which also makes his accidental death more of a shame. Mia and Vince did not win the trophy, they stole it. That part was edited out for length. The gun in Butch's kitchen was Marcellus' who left it there to get coffee and donuts. Butch seeing Marcellus walk in front of his car is an homage to the same scene in Psycho. And I'm sure everyone else will tell you why Vince is in the bathroom all the time.
Looking forward to the "Jackie Brown" reaction.
Good Ed Sullivan catch. “These kids today” don’t remember him any more than they remember Durward Kirby. The briefcase also functions as a KISS ME DEADLY reference. I really enjoy the many internal rhymes in this film.
I used to enjoy watching films with my mom too. We've grown so far apart at this point, though....glad you have a good relationship with your mom.
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yeah, great chemistry between you two reactors and great comments! I hope with all my heart you watch Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time......in HOLLYWOOD"!
Bedside table on the kangaroo!
How's your Shakespeare? Tim Roth was in a movie with Gary Oldman, "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead", which is" Hamlet" from the view of two minor characters. Darkly humorous
Three 90s films that changed cinema: PF, The Matrix, and TITANIC.
Jackie Brown is Tarantino’s masterpiece. Mom is very intuitive while watching this movie.
Lawrence Fishbourne really wanted to play Juelz and was Tarantinos productions team first pick, but his management team strongly urged/forced him to turn down the role. Its funny your mom mustook Jackson for Fishbourne
I’m getting like deja vu I thought you guys did this one
I’m tripping BUT I ain’t complaining!! Bring on the PULP!!! 👍👌🙌
Oh, I'm so excited for this. I'm sure you might know this, but mom might not. The idea behind this movie was taking 3 mafia/gangster cliches (take the boss's wife out while I'm on business but you better not touch her, boxer is supposed to throw the fight but doesn't, so the mob is after him, someone steals from the boss so the goons have come to collect) and seeing what it would be like to follow them around for a day or two. What would they talk about? What would they do on their own time? Answer: same old stuff we all would. Hence the famous long conversations in Tarantino's movies.
There was only two years between Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs.
One thing, though: their suits were all bloody from the accidental shooting in the face of the kid. Yet, Vincent is wearing the suit when he is killed by Bruce Willis' character. So, when did he get his suit back and cleaned?
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Some people do snort Heroin. It's considered safer but you can still overdose on it. Also, Mia may not even have tried it before as coke seems to be her thing.
9:40 Jen you ae the first reactor I have watched that knew the host was Ed Sullivan! (I was a teenager when the Beatles appeared on his show.)
The bible verse is made up. Marvin worked for Marcellus and was a plant in their group which is why Vince and Jules didn't kill him. Which also makes his accidental death more of a shame. Mia and Vince did not win the trophy, they stole it. That part was edited out for length. The gun in Butch's kitchen was Marcellus' who left it there to get coffee and donuts. Butch seeing Marcellus walk in front of his car is an homage to the same scene in Psycho. Jules calls Yolanda's boyfriend Ringo, because before all the editing, he called 4 different characters by each of the Beatles' names. And I'm sure everyone else will tell you why Vince is in the bathroom all the time.
There is no proof at all the they stole the trophy. None. That's an internet myth. Was Marvin's death accidental? Vincent didn't seem to like him much. Or maybe it was God taking a life for Jules' life which had been spared in the apartment.
One scene that's not shown here is when Lance and Jody are arguing about where the medical book is. When I first saw this in the theater that scene made me so anxious because they were wasting so much time while Mia was laying there dieing.
You talk about his foot fetish . Seldom notice on the wall of the drug dealers room there are 2 very high neeled shoes both on platforms attached to the wall. I saw this movie when it came out and many times since and I just noticed that about a month ago.
The stolen soul theory , with the bandaid and the glowing case, The old myth and legends go as, to steal a persons soul you have take it from the back of the neck
Great Cast, Great Director & Great Movie😊
This was only two years after "Reservoir Dogs".
Great Performances By Everyone In This Movie 👍
10:29 It is a fun show. It's actually called Kill Bill.
08:14 I'm not your friend buddy! 😂😂😂😂 You Legend...
A couple things to bring up: first, there’s another connection in Pulp Fiction with his other films. When Uma Thurman talks about the pilot she was on, “Fox Force Five”, she’s loosely describing the main female characters in Kill Bill.
On another note, most people don’t realize each of the three stories play out to help the characters grow in some way: In the first Vincent is faced with a dilemma to save his bosses wife, then Butch has to save Mr. Wallace from the unthinkable, and in the end, both Vincent and Marcellus are saved but only Marcellus recognizes it which ends up costing Vincent in the end.
Also, Vincent ends up in the bathroom in every storyline.
That's really interesting! Yeah, I noticed the Kill Bill foreshadowing while we were watching. I'll mention it to Mom when we get to it.
@@Flix2Us You should also mention that Bruce and Fabienne riding off from the motel on Zed’s chopper is actually the ending shot of the “linear” film.
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Also when they dropped off the car with Marvin in it, the car salvage place belonged to Joe. It wasn't in this You Tube edit but when Vincent and Mia were dancing and Vincent does that fingers across the eyes move, was an homage to the original Batman series with Adam West in the episode of the Batusi A GoGo and Batman does that same thing. I still can't wait for "Once Upon In Hollywood" which I said last time, I really think Mom is gonna like that one. You really need to watch "True Romance'. I assume you're gonna get to that one since it's part of the Tarantino universe.
There are two of the four Arquette family acting siblings in this film. The guy who was hiding in the apartment and came out to shoot at Jules and Vincent and miss, was credited at the time as Robert Arquette, although he later transitioned to female and changed his name to Alexis Arquette (appearing in the 1998 Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore film 'The Wedding Singer' credited as Alexis Arquette). He died in 2016 (he identified as male again at the time) at the age of only 47 of complications from HIV.
Vincent wasn't particularly careless. Heroin makes you constipated. That's why he is always on the toilet.
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Looking forward to more movies 🤩
As Always Love Seeing Your Reactions To All These Great Movie's
My son and I still call each other Pumpkin and Honey Bunny, thank goodness his wife thinks it's funny, lol.
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Most excellent reaction
"Who's in this one?"
Everybody. 😂😂
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The most influential film of the 90s and QT's best work. It's not even close.
Awesome reaction! I wish my mom was as cool as yours. The last movie we watched together was Borat.
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If you watched Borat with your mother, then I can tell you for sure that she is cool.
Every time Vincent goes to the bathroom, something bad happens.
Goes to bathroom, Mia Wallace overdoses.
Goes to bathroom, diner gets robbed.
Goes to bathroom, Butch kills him.
I'm English. This may make sense to someone one day ... but I saw this movie in "RALEIGHWOOD" a retro diner/theatre in Raleigh NC (3 times actually).
It was the perfect setting, a sort of Jack Rabbit Slims equivalent. Burgers and Beer served at your table while the movie screened.
That was back in the early 90s when I was working for IBM in Raleigh. Some good memories. I have no idea if it is still there.
One of my all-time favorite of films. If you count the flashback as part of the total story line then the storyline begins when little Butch gets the watch and ends when Butch and Fabien ride off on Grace (the motorcycle). Love this film.
Great reactions all along.
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
Oh yeah, I have one of those BMF wallets!! It's "bad" for sure.
We all have our fave QT films, but, if you guys ever watch 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' be sure to google/wiki 'The Manson Family' beforehand; if you guys don't know about their story.
Presumably somebody has said this already, but as well as the links between QT movies, there's all the references he makes to historical cinema. Couple of examples here include the dance scene being a homage to Fellini's 8 1/2, and Marcellus crossing the road in front of Butch mirroring when Marion's boss crosses the road in front of her as she is driving away with the money at the start of Psycho. There's many more, of course.
I think the dance scene was a reference to Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part (which is also the inspiration for the name of his production company, A Band Apart) but it does look similar to the dance scene in 8½. Also, not sure if he originally intended it when writing the script but John Travolta dancing obviously makes everyone's minds think about Saturday Night Fever and Grease - it comes off as a nod to Travolta's 70s movies, intentionally or not. I believe it's absolutely intentional, Tarantino has always brought back actors from the past and put them in roles and scenes that are very similar to what they've done in the past: Harvey Keitel as a gangster, Pam Grier as a blaxploitation lead, David Carradine as a martial arts specialist, Kurt Russell as a paranoid guy in a group of suspicious people trapped in the winter (nod to The Thing), even Daryl Hannah has a very similar freakout in Kill Bill like the one that she did in Blade Runner. In my opinion, there's no way he didn't want to make a nod to Travolta's dance movies of the 1970s but then modeled the actual dance after other movies like Bande à part and 8½.
@@krautgazer well yes he's a fan of both Godard and Fellini. But obv the moves are almost identical to 8 1/2. He'd already nodded at Clockwork Orange in Res Dogs and by the time he got to Kill Bill was cramming loads of references from cast (Sonny Chiba!) to scenes to Shaw Bros cinematography and Morricone's scores.
@@nevrogers8198 The weirdest thing is that Tarantino himself claimed in an interview that Mia's dance moves were inspired by the Disney film The Aristocats hahaha
@@krautgazer the second movie I ever saw at the cinema... Not seen it in 50yrs haha! Yes I can believe that.
Interesting point. In the restaurant when the female crook yells her mother effer line she says it differently both times. Very strange. I always wondered was that a mistake or just Tarantino messing with us or something else entirely
They use a different take in the end to continue the scene. As someone who went to film school in the past, I have two theories about that:
1. The actress said her lines differently in the two takes but both takes were necessary to continue the scene, so the editor (the amazing Sally Menke) had to leave it that way. You can see that the final scene has her saying her line identical to the first scene until it cuts to another shot of her completing the line (where the camera shows her from the side). In this second shot you can clearly see her mouth uttering her line differently, so it was not possible to splice the audio of the first shot over the second shot or else it would be very noticeable that her lips were saying other words. So, to sum it up, a big continuity error that couldn't be corrected in the editing room.
2. Tarantino simply liked both ways she delivered her lines and chose to insert both in the film, even if there were takes where she said her lines identical to the first one. I still believe in my first theory the most and I think it was a mistake because it's the easiest explanation, especially for an independent movie early in his career, but I cannot throw out the possibility that Tarantino would just like the effect that this variation causes or that he would just put both takes in the film simply because he loved both takes. After all, he has done some creative and weird choices of editing in his films, so this is not the only example of that in his filmography. It's often done to mimic his favorite films, nothing deeper than that, it's just mimicking the style of something else. For example, Johnny Mo's death in Kill Bill: Volume 1 shows him yelling the SAME scream in 3 different successive quick shots because that was a trademark of old Hong Kong martial arts films. Sometimes even the rules of physics are ignored, like when a certain character dies in Django Unchained and is yoinked sideways instead of the direction that the character was shot. If something is cooler in Tarantino's mind or it has a distinct effect, he will often completely ignore realism for the sake of visual or aural impact, and to make a nod to the classic and/or obscure movies that he loves. Maybe Yolanda's alternating speech was something that he noticed in old movies when they would come back to a previous scene and would often slightly change the dialogue, so he decided to replicate that.
Like I said, I still think it was just a mistake because of how low-budget this film is (I know US$8 million sounds like a lot but it's comparably low in the movie industry - to give you an idea, Paranormal Activity cost more than double the amount of Pulp Fiction, at US$15 million). I mean, when Samuel L. Jackson shoots the first guy in the couch, you don't even see any sparks or bullet, you just hear the sound of the gunshot. Early in his career, Tarantino was clearly just excited to convey his ideas without worrying too much about production. He still doesn't worry too much about realism in his stories but the production is now very thorough and every second of his films now seem completely intentional since Kill Bill.
The opening scene was Honey Bunny's actual line from her perspective, whereas the second time, it is Vincent & Jules perspective of her yelling out, thereby they comprehended/recalled it differently as one might
The guy emerging from a bathroom to shoot at Jules and Vincent is actor Alexis Arquette (then known as Robert Arquette) she/he is a sibling of Roseanna Arquette who plays jody in the movie. Their brother is David Arquette from the "Scream" movies.
About the car keyed.. Read somewhere that it was actually (Bruce Willis) doing it, after the conversation with Vincent in the bar.. The scene was deleted, but the conversation stayed.
Ever see the vieo of Sanuel Jackson's reaction to being mistaken for Lawrence Fishburn by a news reporter? Better go into hiding Mom :)
What are the odds? Marcellus went to get breakfast for Vince and him. He was on the way back. Vince probably heard Butch come in but thought it was Marcellus. I think there was some filmed part explaining this to the viewer than was cut for time.
Bring out the gimp. This is a great film, Django is his best film, Jackie Brown, then Pulp and Death Proof, his most underrated one Not that big on the Hollywood one or length of the Western.
Pulp Fiction had a major impact on the culture. None of his other films came close.
There’s a really cool detail that i missed for the longest time but Vincent and Mia don’t win the trophy! When Butch is going back for his fathers watch we can faintly hear a broadcast that says the trophy was stolen!
Also, the reason Vincent was on the toilet was because of constipation, which is a side-effect of long term heroin use!
And since that scene takes place after Jules quit it would make sense why Butch ran into Marsellus since he was most likely waiting for Butch with Vincent and walked out to get Vincent and himself breakfast!
Also (just wanted to add) they were going to have a prequel movie featuring the Vega brothers together but by the time it was gonna get off the ground, both men were too old.
I watched pulp fiction in opening night. Definite game changer as no one had ever seen anything like it. Lots of us did go back see it. Here I sm practically 30 years later still watching it . Always new to notice.
In Boston, there is a place called 'Tasty Burger' and it has a big mural of Samuel L. Jackson on the wall. 😜
You guys should definitely watch "From Dusk Til Dawn" and please no spoilers or hints about what the movie is about. Don't even let her see the thumbnail.
I watched the movie just like this - not the slightest idea what I was getting into, and it was either the worst or the best thing I've ever watched, still can't decide
The comedian Kathy Griffin also makes a small cameo appearance here as one of the women standing over Ving Rhames when he wakes up after being run over by Bruce Willis. She points out Bruce Willis to him.
Vincent is not "on his own".. Marcelus was with him and went to buy coffee/doghnuts.. Hence, the scene in the walkway.
His next one, "Jackie Brown", is my personal fave Tarantino.
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Have to agree, never really liked this one, still say his best work (even though he just wrote it) is True Romance.
You can snort or inject both heroin & cocaine. The problem was that Mia thought it was coke, when it was really very strong heroin & she had no built up tolerance to it, like a serious heroin user would have.
Vincent was not on his own, his was with Marcellus at Butch's home, it was HIS gun lying there, while he was on a coffee-run to get 2 coffees for them on their watch.
Theres a few things I think people miss seeing it the first time. Because Jules quit that morning and it's very personal to Wallace, when Vincent was in the bathroom, Wallace was covering Jules former job and helping to stake out butches apartment but it's long and boring so he went to get coffee and donuts for the two of them and that's how butch and wallace encountered each other so easily. Sometimes people think it's just an insane coincidence although it's still a coincidence
Another thing I don't think anyone has ever pointed out, and I've searched, is that butch is clearly from Knoxville Tennessee, the watch is from there and it's where he's going to hide out. The pawn shop biker gang affiliated people have southern drawls, a Confederate flag, and a Tennessee license plate hanging on the wall in butches eyeline as he's deciding to save wallace. He ultimately helps him and is banished nonetheless so he's going to Knoxville anyways. He steals zeds chopper and heads to Tennessee. Even though it seems like a happy ending riding into the sunset, that watch is cursed and he's likely riding into a hornets nest if those rapists are part of a biker gang network based from Tennessee when they see him riding their deceased friends chopper when his killers are almost certainly unknown to them considering Wallace knows how to deal with bodies. My guess is he checks into a seedy motel when he gets there and starts buying drinks for everyone at an outskirts bar with all his new money and they notice zeds custom chopper and the custom key butch has. Who knows what actually happens but I don't think butches story line is close to over and he's totally oblivious to still being in any danger
Plus Tarantino is from Knoxville, Tennessee..,
@@jannathompson2262 that's true and it's still the biggest thing that takes away from my theory but it still feels like butch's storyline and the pawn shop having that specific overlap feels somewhat intentional. If it was just random backstory for butch and nothing more than I'd just assume it was Tarantino showing out being from tenessee
@@TheGoodChap That's a theory that never entered my mind. I just thought that it was a simple ode to where he is from. Brad Pitt in IB mentioned he was from Tennessee also....plus I live in Tennessee 😂
@@TheGoodChap That's a pretty interesting theory, thanks for all the information. I think set design and decoration are pretty important details that often go overlooked by the general audience when we watch movies, together with sound design. People tend to think that sets and sounds are just there and they weren't constructed, planned, dressed, or edited into the story with a clear intention. I give credit to your theory for the simple fact that Tarantino chose to put all those elements into Butch's story alone. I am an optimistic though, so I choose to believe that Butch and Fabienne used their new fortune to eventually relocate to a safer place, even if Butch had to fight and defend himself first against the bikers, but if he managed Marsellus Wallace's gang, he might manage some bikers.
@@krautgazer yeah the most interesting thing to me is that intentional or not it basically tees up a sequel even though I dont think that was ever intended. Its up to the audience to decide how you think that goes and Im also optimistic but it adds an interesting wrinkle to butch's storyline
The briefcase contains Mr. Wallace's soul. You bet.
The collectible dvd came with a menu of jack rabbit slims with the milkshake it was $5 the best movie made
He was also "Redfoot" in "The Usual Suspect".
Big Kahuna Burger makes an appearance in "From Dusk Til Dawn"
Seeing as mum said she likes the dialogue between two hit-men you should go and watch "In Bruges" which is amazing for that short of thing starring Colin Farrell and Brendon Gleeson.
In Bruges wasn't something I expected to love as much as I do, but I do. We'll definitely be doing that at some point.
FUN FACT: Tarantino stole the OD scene from Scorsese's film about Steven Prince called 'American Boy'.
When we watched this back in 1994, we experienced the game-changer firsthand. Nothing was the same ever again, movies and advertising were changed forever. From today´s point of view, it may be a movie among many similar films and series. But this is the very one that made it possible at all. Plus: when watching, it is very important to understand that this is actually kinda comedy, a satire ... parodying and homaging exploitation flicks and westerns from the 60ies and 70ies.
12:50 poor nick. 🤢😆
Just about everybody wonders about the odds when Marcellus shows up in front of Butch´s car ... while he´s clearly walking around the block to get coffee for Vince and himself.
This was a wonderful reaction video.
The idea of the glowing briefcase comes from a 1955 film noir called Kiss me deadly starring Ralph Meeker as Private Eye Mike Hammer.
John Travolta takes a lot of #2s in this movie.