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Got a little more done this weekend than this week, odd that. Managed to study for test, plow through most of the regency romance and see the film Kill Bill. Also had a very nice weekly babble fest with cjl on ATS, Hell Bound, where the season is going and well other matters.
Kill Bill - interesting flick. More for film buffs or rather film geeks (like myself) I suspect than mainstream movie goers. I saw a certain artistry behind it. As cjl mentioned - it was more about recapturing and splicing together different artisitic action movie styles than telling a story. In discussing it, we found ourselves analyzing the filter Quentin Tarantino used in a specific scene, trying to figure out exactly which movies he homaged and action styles, and commenting on the symmetry and flow of the styles. Like I said - a film geek/buff movie, which means it will do moderately well but not brilliantly.
The theater we saw it in was small and relatively empty and this was in Brooklyn. Considering how incredibly violent the movie is, it was disturbing to see several unchaperoned thirteen year olds sitting in the front row. It makes Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs look like Saturday Matinees by comparison.
Spoilers for Kill Bill
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Off to fix dinner, do a little more studying, maybe a little reading, and perhaps watch Alias. Not a bad weekend all in all.
Kill Bill - interesting flick. More for film buffs or rather film geeks (like myself) I suspect than mainstream movie goers. I saw a certain artistry behind it. As cjl mentioned - it was more about recapturing and splicing together different artisitic action movie styles than telling a story. In discussing it, we found ourselves analyzing the filter Quentin Tarantino used in a specific scene, trying to figure out exactly which movies he homaged and action styles, and commenting on the symmetry and flow of the styles. Like I said - a film geek/buff movie, which means it will do moderately well but not brilliantly.
The theater we saw it in was small and relatively empty and this was in Brooklyn. Considering how incredibly violent the movie is, it was disturbing to see several unchaperoned thirteen year olds sitting in the front row. It makes Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs look like Saturday Matinees by comparison.
Spoilers for Kill Bill
( Read more... )
Off to fix dinner, do a little more studying, maybe a little reading, and perhaps watch Alias. Not a bad weekend all in all.