chrisn365 You can define it: Ringo is “weak” because he’s a small-time criminal doing petty crimes like robbing a diner whereas Jules is a hardened criminal who works for a mob boss - hence the “tyranny of evil men.” But Jules now wants to leave his life of crime and possibly do good in the world...which is what he refers to as “trying real hard to be the shepherd.”
@@TheCleanProphet well said! I think that I would have twisted it up a little more just to reflect my own worldview. But yeah, what you said. Ringo is a petty lowlife. And Jules was a stone cold gangster. I like to imagine that Aesop probably could have told a tale about these two particular sociopaths as the cocky coyote in sheep's clothing meets the wise wolf in sheep's clothing.
I love how nonchalantly Jules reads the verse here, compared to his dramatic acting with Brett. It shows he’s actually thinking about what he’s saying, not just reciting poetry.
Tim Roth's face after Jules gives his speech closes the deal on this scene. That look of realization that he had been measured and there are men on another level in the world of crime.
Re-watching Pulp Fiction makes me think every role Sam Jackson has since is really just Jules as we follow him through his various adventures of walking the earth.
Makes sense because a year after this he would team up with Butch to kill my brother. Although can't really see how he turned himself into a cartoon superhero a couple of years later.
I think, the fact that Jules says, he's buying Ringos' life has a theological meaning: According to Christianity, Jesus paid for the sins of men, because men are too weak to follow Gods' rule. They constantly fail and need God to take their sins upon himself, so they can live (eternally). Now in this scene, Ringo sins against Jules as he steals his money. According to Jules' mafia moral code, this would mean death - Jules would have to kill him. But Jules tells him, that he understands, that he, Ringo, is weak. So he tries to be the shepherd and instead of killing him, he pays for Ringos' sin. He's buying his life, so he doesn't have to kill him. So after his religious awakening, Jules is following Jesus' path. Does that make sense?
The spirituality in this movie was greatly overlooked (maybe intentionally) when the movie first came out. But its very deep if you truly consider what is said and done.
@@spartanx169x Speaking of... do you think that Rufus was actually Jule's after leaving the life? Kinda poetic. A contract killer killed by other contract killers after giving his life to God, now absolved of all past transgressions.
@@akuma1877 There are things in this universe that make no sense. But we as humans also don't know everything in fact when it comes to this universe we know very little. But to answer your question, Why? For the same reason a parent will push their child out of the way of a moving car and die in the process. You can choose to believe whatever you want. There are always consequences to those choices.
someone writes this for every Pulp fiction scene...HAHA!!! But it really is fantastic.. tension, empathy, comedy, etc.. a tour de force of emotions holds you spell bound...
Ringo learns what every thug with a gun learns eventually. No matter how tough or brave you feel with a gun in your hand, there's always somebody out there tougher and braver with a bigger gun who genuinely doesn't give a crap.
Basically this movie is about Jules having a spiritual awakening and it not only saving Ringo and Yolanda's lives, it saves his own as he would have likely been at Butch's apartment later and could have been killed
I feel like Jules missed his calling as a hostage negotiator. How many people would have the balls to tell a stressed-out person with a gun to point said gun at them?
The genius of this scene was that it was placed at the end of the film. Placing this at the very end revealed that the film was entirely about Jules, and how he was able to grow up and leave the criminal-life behind. Had the film been presented chronologically, then the movie would have been about Vincent and how he paid for his job with his life, and this scene would be nothing more than filler.
@@JamesMichaelDoyle you can't see the original comment so you have no idea what I was referring to. My comment had nothing to do with Trump, it was in reference to the idiot I responded to. Not sure why you even commented. 🤔
Jules and Vincent being given a chance to leave their criminal lives behind. Whether it were luck or divine intervention, they should’ve been dead at the beginning of the movie. Jules takes it, while Vincent merely laughs about it. Jules survives and Vincent is shot dead on his very next mission. Fuck I love this movie. Beginning to end.
Both of your comments just changed the way I saw this film completely. I never saw it like you guys are saying it’s made me appreciate the film a lot more now because before I thought it was just okay.
Gotta love how Jules keeps control of the situation. Yolanda's on the verge of a psychotic breakdown and Jules keeps her focused on him to prevent her and Vincent shooting each other and the diner up.
"Point the gun at me" - As in I can keep you from losing your shit and killing us all, and I will put my life the most in danger to make that work. Damn!
"I like the way you die, boy" For as vulgar as Tarantino's movies are, I find the most intense lines in his movies are the ones that have no swearing what so ever.
This is the best scene in cinema history. No crazy action sequence, no mind blowing visuals, just 2 men having a conversation. Yet there is more tension and development in this one scene than most movies have in their entirety.
Easily the best scene in the whole movie. The dialogue and suspense here are absolutely fucking brilliant. Sam should have won an Oscar for this movie he was outstanding. Best movie ever made.
+Derek Kudjer See, this is why you shouldn't give a flying fuck about the Oscars. The people who win the Oscars are the people who make movies about historical events that the old farts at the Academy love to see. They just nominate big films like Pulp Fiction because they have to be seen as somewhat hip, even though nobody buys their bullshit. Now, when this movie came out, it was competing with Forrest Gump, which isn't bad, but is literally Oscar bait. Sam Jackson did a lot better and Pulp Fiction was a better standalone movie, but the old farts took one look at Forrest Gump and probably went like, "Oh man, this is so much quieter than that damn Pulpy Fition or whatever it be called!" and then chose Forrest Gump as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, basically the ones that matter. You know who else has never won an Oscar? Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Will Smith...all talented one way or another, all without an Oscar. So don't give a shit about the Oscars. Just denounce everything they ever say.
This is yet another brilliant illustration of why the Academy should split all their categories into Best in a Comedy and Best in a Drama, so that Sam and Martin Landau both could have won: Sam could have easily won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama and Martin, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy (Ed Wood).
"it could mean, you’re the righteous man, and I’m the shepherd, and it’s the world that’s evil and selfish. Now, I’d like that. But that s*** ain’t the truth. The truth is, you’re the weak and I’m the tyranny of evil men. But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd." The thing I like the most about this scene is accountability. So many movies and shows have anti hero protagonists whose whole thing is that they have issues but the world is evil and it forces them to be bad. It's always "I'm bad...but." The difference here is that Jules, despite the realities of the world, fully understands that he's a bad person who has done terrible things, but he tries real hard to be a good man. There's no illusion of the cool anti hero who blames the world for his nonsense, just honest accountability for one's actions.
Tbh that's people in general. Whether you were a believer or not, it's an important scripture. Me being a man of God, I believe everything in the bible is important. But what was dope about this scene and really Jules character in general, was that he left you with an open mind, if you really take time and put thought into it💯.
I think this is Tarantino's most spiritual scene in any of his films. It represents hope, not something you see that often in his work. Sam Jackson nails every single word of it.
@@wildheart3899 oh id actually put them way above QT. I love Quentin but the Coens are on a whole other level; dialogue, storytelling, consistency of catalogue, etc... my fave living filmmakers next to PTA
Out of all Tarantino's films, the one that has the greatest emotional and visceral impact is this scene, despite there not being one gun shot or a single blood splatter - the acting, the cinematography, the dialogue and the direction culminates perfectly in this scene, and it definitely inspired me become a writer.
The fact that I'm on the edge of my seat, wholly riveted by what Samuel L Jackson and his quiet demeanor, without a single thought of "Man some action'd be nice right about now" is immensely impressive to me. For an actor to be able to completely captivate their audience through the power of writing and performance is such a treat when done right. "...I'm tryin' Ringo. I'm trying REAL hard."
MOST of this "quote" is NOT in the Bible (Book of Ezekiel) at all.....it was made up for the movie. This is what Ezekiel 25:17 REALLY says: I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.” Just so you know....
Samuel Jackson deserved Oscar, a Bafta, an Emmy and whatever other acolades actors receive/received back then for this performance, flawless is word I'd use to describe it. So lucky to have lived through a time with the De Niro's, Al Pacino's, Pecci's, Dicapprio's, Brad Pitt's, Samuel Jackson etc of this world.
I love how Jules offers redemption-first, he learns about it-and now he offers it to two people that threatened his life, but he did it his way and not uncharacteristically forced the two robbers to return all that money. If anything, the two robbers coulda have returned the money themselves by choice, except they chose not to. Him finishing his speech without a violent reprisal made the movie full circle and would have been completely ruined if Jules pulled the trigger.
magorkel Purveror of violence? He only makes violent movies, it doesn't mean he makes people violent. About hypocrite I can't argue, but from what I saw people said about his personality, he is very friendly and funny
: A very nearly perfect motion picture, and that doesn't happen very often at all. A perfect ending to a film, and that happens even less often. Everything about this scene is wholly brilliant.
Most movies have a slow, uninteresting ending to tie up loose ends and have closure. For some reason this movie has a tense, passionate final scene that ties up loose ends and is interesting (fucking awesome). Pulp Fiction has my vote for greatest final scene ever.
The weak "Shut up!" from Yolanda is hilarious to me, and apparently only me because I haven't seen a single person in the comments saying anything about it.
"The truth is, you're the weak, and I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm trying, Ringo. I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd." Greatest ending scene ever.
This has to be my favorite thing about the way Tarantino makes movies. He'll state an idea and then spend the rest of the movie repeating it, but the meaning changes every single time. Like here, how Ezekiel 25:17 starts out as such a violent passage with no further meaning, but then develops over the rest of the movie into a statement of peace and serenity. Simultaneously calling back to that first moment and reanalyzing it in light of development, and being the perfect statement to sum up the moment at hand.
***** I remember him in Unbreakable since he is a great actor I will agree that he was amazing in that one then again Jackson is great at anything in movies.
It's amazing how Jules didn't even look away from Ringo, yet he knew Vincent was there even though Vincent crept up and nobody else saw him. Epic hit man skill
The path of the righteous man is beset by all sides by the enequities of the selfish and the tyrany of evil men.blessed is he who in the name of charity and good will shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness. And I will strike down with great vengeance and furious anger those who try to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the lord when I set my vengeance upon thee
No matter how many times I've watched this movie, no matter how much of this movie I've all but memorized and can just auto pilot my way through, no matter what, THIS whole final sequence grabs 100% of my focus and attention, and I still always get chills from it.
I'm trying real hard to be the 'Shephard'. One of the best movie scenes ever! Thank you for uploading :) Amanda Plumber, John Travolta, Tim Roth and Samuel L Jackson - Brilliant
"Jules, you give that f'n nimrod $1500 and I shoot him out of general principle." "Yolanda, he ain't gonna do a g+d damn thing, Vincent shut the F up!" I laughed my a+++ off the first time I watched that part, and still do.
How irony. This film is much more than just cheap "pulp fiction". It wants to say that every men in the world have the right to make a choice and change yourself for the better. Even if you are evil, God will not abandon you and He will give you the chance to start over once more. Jules Winnfield and Butch Coolidge made the righteous choice and led happy lives after. Vincent Vega just shrugged off, did not learn the lesson, kept living in a lax manner and was killed as a result. Well, just my personal opinion.
Pulp Fiction is one of my favorite films, it’s just so fun for me to watch, like I can’t believe Tarantino thought all this up in his head from the screenplay to the dialogue. It was executed very well, I love how Vince and Jules leave immediately after they’re done with the robbers and the film is just over, too clever
2wingo The book is Ezekiel, and the premise came from the previous verses, along with some clever descriptive understanding from QT. But hey, you have to admit, Sam Jackson does it far smoother than any other muthafucka around.
Quentin always knows how to bring the best out of actors. I recommend watching the scene from Django when Leo cuts his hand after he smashes the table. That shit was improvised!
His monologue at the end made this movie for me and there is already so much other dialog that is great. Jackson is just perfect in this movie, and Jules is such a great character.
There is something so satisfying about this clip. I watch it at least twice a day...SLJ crushes that scene with such calm fury and pristine precision in annunciation.
0:14 "Cause it don't belong to me." I always liked those choice of words. It made him sound more responsible and philosophical versus what he would normally say, something like, "My boss would have my ass if I didn't return this case."
JULES: Now - I want you to go in that bag and get my wallet. RINGO: Which one is it? JULES: It's the one that says "Bad Motherfucker." Best lines in the movie.
Nick Fury: You know Dr. Banner, I knew Emil Blonksy... Banner: Seriously? Nick Fury: Yeah! Back then he went by Pumpkin or some shit... should have blown his head off right there but I had an epiphany... Banner: The Ezekiel passage? Nick Fury: You're goddamn right. The path of the righteous man... Tony Stark: Oh god! There he goes again...
Pulp-fiction should be the Origin story of *Sgt. Fury* from *The Avengers*. He went from a bad motherf**king assassin of "Great vengeance and FUUUUURIOUS ANGER!". To walking the earth and becoming the leader of *SHIELD*
Hans Gruber Whos comparing... Pulp-fiction is the best movie ever made. I was making an obvious joke...Combining Avengers and Pulp-fiction... You really think that im serious?
Hans Gruber Lol!! That "shit" which Sam Jackson personally keeps returning to, even though his character got killed, but they brought him back and even when he should be useless (e.g the fall of shield) he comes back and kicks arse. That "shit" that is part of the highest grossing franchise in movie history. That "shit" that just so happens to also be a part of one of the most critically acclaimed franchises in movie history. That "shit" that also just so happens to be the third highest grossing film franchise in movie history and also one of it's most critically acclaimed, and it's sequel's looking to beat it. That "shit" that also just so happens to be a billion dollar film, a title you only get if people keep returning to the cinema to watch the film because evidently it's not "shit". Mate, get the rod out your arse. You might not like the films but I can promise you there's more evidence saying it really ain't shit than that saying it is.
It’s more monologue. Whereas avid Feintuch write dialogue. He could write a dinner party scene with half a dozen folk talking and the reader could follow the drama perfectly. There will never be anyone who could write dialogue like avid Feintuch
Sam's bible quote here was more chilling and scary because he was saying it with a regular voice and not yelling it-- kinda of remind me of momma telling me to go get the belt as a child- lol!
@@allahtunuevesuntzu5059 "That's ok, Pudding- lol!" -BLT a.k.a. Bras Dobane (Ha’Thor’oughly Modern Monroe-Man) Writer of the Religious Opus “The Aten,” 2011, 2021[alias 1979 BCE II].
Dario Hernandez So many years that he even feels entittled to mix it up a little bit... for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children.
+Dario Hernandez You is the second person formal pronoun. Thou/thee is the second person familiar pronoun. Thou is subject, thee is object, thy is possessive. The formal vs familiar concept is obsolete in the English language and all that remains is the formal terms. If you speak Spanish, this is similar to the concept of tu vs usted. In German, the pronouns are du (familiar you) and sie (formal you). Tu is like thou, and usted is like you. The familiar second person pronouns are obsolete in the English language, which is why they sound so old fashioned. And if you aren't aware of this linguistic point, the old pronouns somehow sound more formal than the term "you" that we use everyday, even though you is the formal pronoun. So that means that when speaking with a person you already know on a first name basis, you would use thee. And when speaking with a person to whom you'd be showing formal respect, you'd use you.
And this here folks is what happens when a great actor who has been doing movies for years and yet is never recognized is given that perfect role that lets him break out. I know it's hard to imagine now but before this movie came out many people didn't know who Sam was even though he had been in movies for years before this.
There’s a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. “The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon you.” Now… I been sayin’ that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, that meant your ass. You’d be dead right now. I never gave much thought to what it meant. I just thought it was a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker before I popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin’ made me think twice. See, now I’m thinking: maybe it means you’re the evil man. And I’m the righteous man. And Mr. 9mm here… he’s the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or it could mean you’re the righteous man and I’m the shepherd and it’s the world that’s evil and selfish. And I’d like that. But that shit ain’t the truth. The truth is you’re the weak. And I’m the tyranny of evil men. But I’m tryin’, Ringo. I’m tryin’ real hard to be the shepherd.
