Re: Kill "Kill Bill, Volume 1"

Posted by halfnote (A) on December 1, 2005 at 19:55:24

In Reply to: Re: Kill "Kill Bill, Volume 1" posted by cmc on December 1, 2005 at 12:48:54:

Don't be put off by the strength of expressions. Opinions, strongly stated, beget good discussion.

Yet, I would appreciate it if you could clarify the "point" that breezed past me. Because, to coin your phrase, it did seem like so much wind to me. It's not that the film did not have a point, which, to my mind, was "revenge." It's just that it dealt the whole concept of revenge in a very obvious and two-dimensional way. Characterization is reduced to samurai robe and a sword. Plot is reduced to killing and maming scores of faceless motivationless automatons, video-game style. Revenge is reduced to mere bloodsport.

KBV1 has all the complexity of a Steve Reeves Hurcules flick; it's just that the director had more money and more technology to play with.

I realize that intelligent people admire this movie. I admire some of QT's other work. But this one doesn't measure up.

And I do stand by my comment that the film does betray a certain prurience on QT's part -- I am thinking primarily of the hospital scene -- a certain relishing of perversion and sadism.

A lot of folks admire "Resevoir Dogs," a worse and even more prurient film, in my estimation, than KBV1. I don't.

So far, I haven't heard anyone give a statement of the film's artist or thematic merit. Was it titillating? suspenseful? Does it evoke any kind of visceral reaction? Yes. But this doesn't make it a good film.

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Topic - Kill "Kill Bill, Volume 1" - halfnote 20:51:25 11/29/05 (16)

Re: Kill "Kill Bill, Volume 1" - cmc 12:48:54 12/01/05 (1)

Re: Kill "Kill Bill, Volume 1" - halfnote 19:55:24 12/01/05 (0)

Prurient? - cfitzger 09:57:44 12/01/05 (1)

Re: Prurient? - halfnote 20:08:57 12/01/05 (0)

Tarantino is a brilliant film maker.....(Sonny Chiba & Uma Thurman) - Audio Pharaoh 19:01:34 11/30/05 (0)

First, I saw the last 30 minutes of it - Victor Khomenko 06:06:15 11/30/05 (7)

Re: "the artistic side"? - halfnote 19:14:07 11/30/05 (1)

Re: "the artistic side"? - Victor Khomenko 19:43:26 11/30/05 (0)

Seldom has a man shown so clearly his prejudices. C'mon, - tinear 09:49:55 11/30/05 (4)

You seem to equate skills with genius - they are not the same. - Victor Khomenko 10:12:22 11/30/05 (3)

Heart? How about a Mom chasing down her daughter? Is there a - tinear 12:18:08 11/30/05 (2)

It feels too artificial in KB1 - Victor Khomenko 17:21:14 11/30/05 (1)

Well, remember as you watch KB1 that it was made to be of one cloth - tinear 17:55:53 11/30/05 (0)

Like the Stones albums of the 70s, Tarantino's movies radically - tinear 05:08:53 11/30/05 (0)

I thought it was a cleverly crafted work of Art (nt) - grinagog 00:17:03 11/30/05 (1)

Re: "Work of Art"? - halfnote 20:53:21 11/30/05 (0)

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