8 Problems With Pulp Fiction That Nobody Wants To Admit

3. Quentin Tarantino Almost Ruins It... With His Acting

In case you've forgotten the part where Quentin Tarantino appears, the scene in question occurs in partway through "The Bonnie Situation," in which Vincent and Jules bring the dead body of one of their associates - who Vincent shot and killed accidently, mind you - to the house of Jules' friend and partner, Jimmy. Jimmy is played by Tarantino.

Tarantino has a horrible knack for occasionally putting himself in his own movies, in which his levels of self-awareness drop to an all-time low, and though he makes extended appearances in Reservoir Dogs and Django Unchained, he plays his most substantial part in Pulp Fiction, which seems to exist to prove that the man can't - and should not - act. Ever.

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