Kill Bill
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if you look at it as simply homage and nothing more, you're bound to be let downjudasmuppet";p="783436 wrote:No I'm not kidding. Kill Bill was utter crap. No redeaming features (with the notable exception of the animated sequence). It just doesn't work. It's a less than mediocre homage to a multitude of different genres and movies therein.
but if you look at it as telling its own story, and using the homage as a way to get its main point across, it works fairly well.
But you're the guy who hasn't seen the whole story, so that won't happen.
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I gave this film plenty of time. I don't see how watching part II would improve my opinion of it. The homage angle is a major aspect of the film, but not the only thing I judged it on.
Other points we disagree on also include: direction and action. I.e. you think they were good, and I think they were atrocious.
So tell me then: what is this amazing point or purpose you two keep referring to?
Other points we disagree on also include: direction and action. I.e. you think they were good, and I think they were atrocious.
So tell me then: what is this amazing point or purpose you two keep referring to?
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there's quite a lot of opinion in the film on the effects violence as entertainment has on children
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Ah, I liked that as I'm a whore for Elmore Leonard, and it was a pretty good adaptation.
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Oh, and I just imdb'd him to remember what else he'd done..
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808446/
Reservoir Dogs...THE GAME!
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I could appreciate Kill Bill. Unlike most who can I am not ignorant of the source material, and unlike those who bear grudge for the reference/homage, I could live with it. It was no more an insult than Taxi Driver was to The Searchers or Paris Texxas was to Shane. I loved what Tarrantino does withhhis influence. It's not like he mimmicks to create the same pice of cinema. He adapts and adopts, seemlessly to weave an entirely new narrative, in fresh and innovative ways and brings us cinema which is usually steeped in humour (and not your family guy "laugh at the obvious references" humour either). Another thing I really enjoy about Kill Bill is the sheer campness of it all. Where post-war Japanese cinema is totally hilarious because of the way it takes itself too serious, Tarrantino takes the piss, and Jap cinema deserves to be taken down a peg or two.
I'm not saying I enjoyed Taxi Driver less than Kill Bill, because I still get a lot of satisfaction from Taxi Driver as I do Kill Bill, but I feel Taxi Driver has a stronger protagonsit one I can readily identify with from a director I find to be less forceful at directing the viewer's eye. The reference to the western in general and in particular that of The Searchers keeps the film fresh, keeps me thinking where Kill Bill is more of a popcorn film; louder, camper, funnier and more direct which is not a bad thing since Tarrantino has never claimed to make anything but direct popcorn cinema.
If you are looking for anything else from a Tarrantino film and then criticise him for that, then the film is certainly not the issue. If you despise tyhe film having not seen it having seen some of it but walking out because of factors such as say "strong references" to other films, well, that to is not a genuine issue with film, considering the fact that those stating this reason above also attest to loving Taxi Driver which copies The Searchers' narrative almost completely, where as Tarrantino does no such thing against one single film. Maybe this is a predjudice sourced from elsewhere then?
Kill Bill isn't great film, but it's far from crap and is extremely watchable. I found it quite satisfying, particularly the climax.
I'm not saying I enjoyed Taxi Driver less than Kill Bill, because I still get a lot of satisfaction from Taxi Driver as I do Kill Bill, but I feel Taxi Driver has a stronger protagonsit one I can readily identify with from a director I find to be less forceful at directing the viewer's eye. The reference to the western in general and in particular that of The Searchers keeps the film fresh, keeps me thinking where Kill Bill is more of a popcorn film; louder, camper, funnier and more direct which is not a bad thing since Tarrantino has never claimed to make anything but direct popcorn cinema.
If you are looking for anything else from a Tarrantino film and then criticise him for that, then the film is certainly not the issue. If you despise tyhe film having not seen it having seen some of it but walking out because of factors such as say "strong references" to other films, well, that to is not a genuine issue with film, considering the fact that those stating this reason above also attest to loving Taxi Driver which copies The Searchers' narrative almost completely, where as Tarrantino does no such thing against one single film. Maybe this is a predjudice sourced from elsewhere then?
Kill Bill isn't great film, but it's far from crap and is extremely watchable. I found it quite satisfying, particularly the climax.
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My thoughts exactly...evilmugman";p="784127 wrote: Kill Bill is more of a popcorn film; louder, camper, funnier and more direct which is not a bad thing since Tarrantino has never claimed to make anything but direct popcorn cinema.
If you are looking for anything else from a Tarrantino film and then criticise him for that, then the film is certainly not the issue.
evilmugman";p="784127 wrote:
Kill Bill isn't great film, but it's far from crap and is extremely watchable. I found it quite satisfying, particularly the climax.
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