I know I’m supposed to hate Pulp Fiction, but damn that’s such a tight movie with just perfect tone and so much panache.

Pulp Fiction is not my favorite movie — hell, it ain’t even my favorite Tarantino movie for that matter. But what it tries to do, it does it so very fucking well. It never hits a false note and it’s so incredibly quotable. I mean:

Vincent: Jules, did you ever hear the philosophy that once a man admits that he’s wrong that he is immediately forgiven for all wrongdoings? Have you ever heard that?

Jules: Get the fuck out my face with that shit! The motherfucker that said that shit never had to pick up itty-bitty pieces of skull on account of your dumb ass.

Come on, that dialogue is just spotless. It’s how you should do it — as close as you can get to how actual people talk while punching it up enough to make it engaging and funny. That whole cleaning-out-the-blood-spattered-car scene is just so much fun.