8 Problems With Pulp Fiction That Nobody Wants To Admit

7. "The Bonnie Situation" Isn't Up To Scratch

Pulp Fiction is made up of three distinct chapters, though the movie actually consists of five stories: these are "Vincent Vega and Marcellus Wallace's Wife," "The Gold Watch," and "The Bonnie Situation." The fourth and fifth chapters remain unnamed, but these are the diner scene that opens the movie, and the scenes with Vince and Jules as they encounter Brett and his goons (also where Jules unleashes his famous "great vengeance" speech).

The first four chapters - that is, the unnamed chapters, "Vincent Vega and Marcellus Wallace's Wife," and "The Gold Watch" - are each equally watchable and deliciously entertaining from start to finish. But by the time Pulp Fiction gets around to "The Bonnie Situation," some of the film's energy falls away and things never really picks up again until the final scene, in which Jules confronts Pumpkin and Honey Bunny in the diner.

"The Bonnie Situation" just doesn't have enough of the tension or vitality of the previous chapters, and as a result - and despite the appearance of Winston Wolfe - Pulp Fiction begins to lag at Jimmy's house. The scene feels stretched out and lacks the tightness of what came before. Thus, the skillful momentum of the picture - arguably perfect up until this point - is brought to a disappointing halt (although nobody wants to admit that, of course).