Almost a Review: Kill Bill vol. 1-2

[mishalak]

I watched Kill Bill with my friends spudicus and sneakypie on Sunday. The company was enjoyable and the movies were fairly fun as a result. I'm not unhappy that I saw them, but I didn't care much for them. In watching a very violent movie I sometimes come back later saying to myself, "You know X was a really rotten person, but I cared for him/her anyway." That was not the case with these two movies. They were too slick by half an every time I came close to caring about a character the story would yank something out from under my slowly building admiration to make me despise them.

I'd describe them as basically a pastiche of every "really cool" bit of 1970s kung fu/action hero movie. If you like the 1970s and thought it was really awesome when James Bond jumped his car on that twisted bridge in Man With the Golden Gun you'll think this is great too. Otherwise it is totally skippable and forgettable.

And I so wanted to hand everyone in the movie a clue. But that me going and being logical when there was no logic.

Comments

[gomeza.livejournal.com]

I didn't care about anybody in Star Wars or Indiana Jones, either. Some flicks are just fluffy adventure stories. (admittedly, some are fluffy adventure stories with headless necks spouting gore...) I guess I don't have to care about the characters to enjoy a movie, although it certainly helps. I think I get different things out of different kinds of films. And yeah, it's totally 1970's "hip, cool". Not a lot of depth there.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I may get a bit more emotionally involved in movies than many guys. I'm a big sap and cried when Anakin died in Return of the Jedi. Heck I still cry when Buffy's mom dies. For me, at least, that stereotype of gay guys is true.

My taste in cool runs more towards movies like Leon, another assassin movie titled The Professional in the first US release. And it had Gary Oldman as the bad guy, so very cool.

[armoire-man.livejournal.com]

I hated myself for loving those movies, but I did love them.

I love watching Tarantino watching Uma Thurman, which is what half the movie is about.

Especially the feet. I expect his next film to be called "Uma Thurman 's Feet".

The first time I *really* lost it and just sat there giggling with joy was when Uma plucked Daryl Hannah's other eye out, and then squooshied it under her foot. (Ha - feet again!)

But yeah probably not your cup of tea. Tea!

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

As I menionted to Gomez above, for assassin movies I think Leon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/) was much more enjoyable. For one thing there was no sillyness about honor in a fight and having them use swords and kung fu.

Compare'n'contrast

[(Anonymous)]

So how did Kill Bill compare to Vampire Effect? - Rose

Re: Compare'n'contrast

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

About the same level of silly actually.

[dragon-smoke.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed them quite a lot, but when I thought them over later, it became more and more clear to me how derivative they are, and that is one of the things that irks me most about Tarantino, so it took a little of the enjoyment away from me.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Really I've only liked two of his movies. Res Dogs and Pulp Fiction.