Tarantino

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[walkman]

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
   

Originally posted by walkman:
 
 That being said, anybody else excited for Kill Bill?

Hath thou yet seen it?  Did anybody, but me, see it yet?
 
 I will say this:
 
 It was better than Jackie Brown, a return to Tarantino's film-school "geek chic" style.
 
 It was better than Matrix Regurgitated.  It was better than 28 Days Litter.  
 
 As per usual, the soundtrack was rather tuneful.   QT, always eschewing traditional background music, this time fancies Japanese rockabilly and Quincy Jones' Ironside theme.  Good choices!  Gonna hafta buy it.
 
 Bonus Points:  Pussy Wagon. [/b]

Agree with you 100% Dupek.  Hmmm...maybe we should hang out some time...?
 
 I though the Matrix rewhatever and 28 Days Later were both disappointing.  Kill Bill may be one of the very few flicks I've seen this year that lived up to high expectations.
 
 And yes, the soundtrack is excellent.

[kosmo vinyl]

big thumbs up on the kill bill soundtrack    
 but according to some whiney pants on amazon many of the good RZA musical bits are the Japanese version of the soundtrack.  hmmm
 
 i was very worried about liking the film when nerdy ticket taker blurted out "film of the year" as he torn our tickets.  
 
 personally, it was a very average film, given that fact that tarantino hasn't ever had an orginial idea.  there were a couple nice touches i.e. the sunglasses on the dashboard.  it seems like the type of movie nerdy geeky film types would get a hardon over because they recognize the homages in the movie.
 
 kill bill part two and the third matrix will be dvd rentals in the kozzie household...  what will the two best actors in the world, reeves and fishburne, do once the matrix has left town.

[markie]

I hated Kill Bill.
 
 If Quentin (What self respecting person is called that, anyway?) was a humanist, If he let you care for any of the characters just one little bit, then maybe it would be a different story. Actually maybe not. there was no plot and scant reasoning why anybody should do anything. Worst of all was half the scenes looked familiar, has anyone seen enter the dragon and crouching tiger hidden dragon and charlies angels. Well you have seen most of kill bill then.
 
 It started off so promisingly too, the rape seen was the best bit. Fuckers got what they deserved.
 
 Maybe the next part will make sense of it all, still then this should not have been a stand alone movie.
 
 The best thing was the soundtrack.

Why then walkie, you will surely love this site.  Be sure to go to the music section & download the tracks that don't appear on the OST.

[grotty]

I really liked Kill Bill.
 
 It has it flaws though-
 
 At first I was confused about the lack of background given and reasoning, but I think you pretty quickly get all the info you need. Plus the screwed up timeline is standard Tarantino.
 
 The major complaint I'd have is the almost comic book like use of blood throughout. Maybe that's what really happens when someones arm is cut off but I thought it only served to make the scenes appear silly. I read somewhere that it was intentional to lighten the mood. I guess it worked because it takes very nasty situations and made them almost funny. I would have left out the silly stuff & dramatically increased the power of the film a la Resevoir Dogs. There's no mood lightener in the ear removal scene.
 
 I did think it was one of the most beautifully filmed movies I have ever seen:
 
 The snowy garden fight scene - the blue silhouetted fight scene - excellent use of color throughout.

[markie]

Originally posted by grotty:
  I really liked Kill Bill.
 
  Plus the screwed up timeline is standard Tarantino.
 
 
 The snowy garden fight scene - the blue silhouetted fight scene - excellent use of color throughout.

the timeline is somewhat heavy handed having to introduce it with chapter #s scribbled out. A movie should be able to speak for itself not need written description. Oh it make me mad  <img src="http://www.quiethorizons.com/products/full/24464.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 And the fight scene backdrops were just too street fighter 2.
 
 do you live in a cultural vacuum?

Originally posted by grotty:
  The major complaint I'd have is the almost comic book like use of blood throughout. Maybe that's what really happens when someones arm is cut off but I thought it only served to make the scenes appear silly.  

Well, it wasn't meant to be a zombie flick.  As Vietnam vet & gore pioneer Tom Savini says on the bonus disc to DAY OF THE DEAD, blood doesn't gush like a garden hose on fan-setting.  It spurts in jets.

[grotty]

"do you live in a cultural vacuum? "
 
 Why? because I haven't seen Charlie's Angels?
 
 ***********************
 
 Tom Savini - a good old Pittsburgh boy.
 A couple of years ago on Halloween night we saw his stage production of Dracula. You can just imagine what it was like.

[kosmo vinyl]

i know we are suppose to suspend disbelief at the movies but...  she spends x number of hours in the guys truck she just killed recovering use of her limbs.  and no one finds her?  even a rent-a-cop from the hospital would have known to go the victims truck first, seeing as his keys were missing.

42

So then, you don't suspend disbelief when you read comix? How do you know it was hours?  It could've been seconds.

[Jaguär]

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
  42

Is she paying you a finder's fee or something?
 
 Would be even funnier if she were located in San Francisco.

[markie]

Actually it was captioned.... 13(or 11) hours later.....
 
 Captioning and written descriptions in movies drive me up the wall.
 
 More disbelief is that she can move her upper body but not lower.... After a year in a coma you atrophy so badly it takes months to walk again, not hours.

Originally posted by Jaguär:
  Is she paying you a finder's fee or something?
 
 Would be even funnier if she were located in San Francisco.

That's not a woman woman, it's a man, baby.