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| Quote : I think Tarantino has gotten to that point where he could do whatever he wants. |
Based on What exactly before Kill Bill?
Don't get me wrong this KB was/is great, but he didn't do much after Pulp Fiction and Resevoir Dogs was great but didn't get noticed until after PulpFiction by the majority of the poulation. He was in an industry slump and not the darling he once was anymore. With the Release of KillBill he now has much more cred/power, but he's still nowhere near Lucas, Spielberg, Ccorcese, Coppola, etc. I give him ehis due, but still he doesn't have their pedigree... Yet. And while I was a fan of Resevoir Dogs, which led me to PulpFiction without question, there was From Dusk 'til Dawn whch gave me some enjoyment but didn't impress me, Four Rooms only had Glimmers of Brilliance, and Jackie Brown was mediocre compared to his past films, so even as a 'fan' I wasn't about to give him cart Blanche. Even his acting distractions weren't impressive.
Yeah I saw KillBill on the first day, but only after getting reviews that basically said, it's worth my coin/time.
All that comes down to Tarantino not having that power and that's exactly why it got split. He wanted 1 movie, then the studio said it's too long, cut it, he looked at it and couldn't cut it, then it was suggested that he split it in two instead of losing significant portions. This worked out best for him, and didn't cause him to lose the "I ain't eeing anything over 2 hrs crowd" and the purist crowd who enjoy the whole thing only in two parts. And of course the Studio has two films for just about the price of one. With them on DVD you can do it all in one sitting with only slight gaps (for your multi-disk to change disks), and perhaps in the era of extended length DVD (either BluRay or other formats) you may see it combined back into the original single movie concept. If anyone would do that I'd say it would be Tarantino.
I Really like KillBill, but Iprefered the first installement better. I also gated, and I mean HATED the last scene. It was too corny.It didn't ruin the movie for me, but I just didn't buy Uma's character relaxing that much around bill. Here run in with his brother was definitely STOOPID but believable, whereas, the last segment just didn't sell me, and the Exploding Heart Technique was predictable, but still cool.
All in all a great movie(s). Not in my top 10 of all time, but definitely in the top 50.
<b>BTW</b> That Jet Li film was filmed in 2002 it already showed at the Toronto film Festival over a year ago. It's foreign language, and now it's being re-released with subtitles, it was initially shown as Dubbed (UgGh!).
Next film is called Glorious Bastards or something like that IIRC.
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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by TheGreatGrapeApe on 05/10/04 01:59 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
| Quote : If you already knew that and his part was only slightly good, then more power too you |
Yeah, I knew, but it's simply that even his segment was only mediocre, the others BLEW IMO (wish Jessica Beale did ), but even his segment was a little over played. Tim Roth was GREAT through most/almost all of the movie, and he really completed that skit, but it just wasn't quite 'there'.
Don't get me wrong, Tarantino is GOOD, but only time will tell if he's GREAT like the others in the list.
Just trying to say, that there wasn't the intertia left over from PulpFiction the way the Wachowski brothers had immediately after the Matrix. Despite their limited successes, they were given carte blanche because they were FRESH of their hit, whereas enough had gone on since Pulp Fiction for Tarantino that he didn't have that power that would have allowed him to release one big long movie, like som of us would've liked. Even the Wachowskis had to pull back from their plan of quick back to back releases, it appears that even their power had limits, and no I don't want to discuss the success/failure of the last two installments. 
That's basically all I was saying. While he's good I don't think T had that power at his disposal.
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