Pulp Fiction

Oh where to start with this one...Pulp Fiction, is probably my second-favorite movie of all times after Forrest Gump, and with good reason... I don't even wanna get into what a mastermind Quentin Tarantino is because that's a rant that will go on for days... But this movie specifically is a great piece of work, because it has such a unprecedented plot and the distorted chronology of the narrative. The dialogue is true to the vernacular  culture.

Each of the characters are so different than each other and cause a great comparison of the different types of people we might be faced to deal with in life, even if our life is not so wild. 

For years though, I wondered what "pulp fiction" is and I have recently found the perfect explanation. According to vintagelibrary.com, the term refers to the huge amount of creative writing available to the American public in the early nineteen-hundreds. Termed "pulp magazines" because of the low quality paper used between the covers, these publications proliferated in the nineteen-thirties and nineteen-forties to the point where they blanketed newsstands in just about every popular fiction genre of the time.

So there you go, another reason to appreciate the awesomeness of this movie, as if the music the realness, the characters and the dialogue isn't enough.

The movie was nominated for eight Oscars in 1995 and won the award for Best Screenplay.

The Kiss that Got Us Talking

One of the most memorable moments at the Oscar's was when Adrian Brody french-kissed the gorgeous Hale Berry in front of millions, before his acceptance speech of Best Actor in the year 2003 for the movie The Pianist. The kiss was so natural and made us all "awwww..." with awe because his passion came directly from his excitement, and well-deserved I must add.


The Pianist told the story of Polish composer, Wladyslaw Szpilman and his struggle to stay alive during the events of the Holocaust and World War II, while being cast away from his loved ones. The movie was an absolute must-see for anyone who cares about history and what the cinema can do to document it. Brody's performance, along with Roman Polanski's directing joined together to create a work of art.


With out a doubt in my mind, I think it was one of the best Holocaust movies ever made, because of the focus on the specific character.


The picture won Oscars for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay in 2002.

Jack?!?

If you ask any girl who grew-up in the nineties, they will tell you the role Titanic played in their psycho-social development in forming an idea of what love truly is...

This 1920s classic portrays a deep romance between a naive unhappy bachelorette of the day's high-class society who is about to be wed to an ideal bachelor in order to fulfill expectations when she meets a spontaneous, low-class artist on one the first cruise ship built to last any natural or mechanical endeavor. The relationship they form turns out to be everything they both need but naturally looked down upon by the rest of the characters therefore, they are to be punished. While the ship is built to last, the irony comes in when we see that it can not outlast the overwhelming burden of this dyad's love. The sinking of the ship was one of the most moving scenes of all times with the great visual effects included.

But to me, the most effective scene was that when Jack and Rose are in the freezing water, waiting to be rescued and when Rose finally realizes that the rescue teams are arriving and tries to wake Jack up, only to discover he has frozen. She calls out "Jack?! Jack?!" as we see him sink deeper and deeper into the dark water and eventually disappear. I have personally seen grown men cry to this scene, which must mean it's that good :)

The film was awarded with eleven Oscars in 1998 including; Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. It was calculated to have the greatest cost in production of any movie ever made, until James Cameron's other movie Avatar last year.