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originally posted by Anamorphic**Did you miss the part about them being NAZIS!? During the HOLOCAUST!? **
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I’m sure they thought it was going to be about those warm, fuzzy, cute Nazis, you know, like Hogans Heros or something.
It occurs to me that “polecat” is another name for a skunk, an animal known for spraying a foul smelling substance from it’s rear and then running off. Seems about right.
please insert (- /) where appropriate) thank you.
Personally, I had to laugh to myself several years ago when a couple asked for there money back because of how offensive a certain movie was. The odd thing is, they stayed through the entire movie, with their young child. The name of the movie was SEX CRIMES
I am.
Or I would, if I thought it was worth the trouble, beyond a couple of short paragraphs. See, it’s fairly evident that LonesomePolecat doesn’t just have his head in his ass, he has firmly cemented it in place, and is wearing around his neck a big red sign reading, “Warning: Do not attempt to remove my head from my ass,” while keeping a head-in-ass-defending Rottweiler handy on a short leash.
I think people know from reading my posts that I’m a hard-core movie fan, and that my opinion on various titles and associated subjects is at least listened to, whether or not it’s agreed with. And I can state, firmly and with absolute conviction, that Kill Bill is a well-made, thematically consistent work of cinematic art with a solid thesis at its core. It’s easy to dismiss as just another bit of mindless “chop socky,” but the more you know about the genres being dissected and intermingled, and about film in general, the more obvious the movie’s angle of attack becomes.
This requires some actual knowledge on the subject, though, a burden with which LonesomePolecat is clearly unafflicted. Or, to borrow someone else’s words:
In short, LonesomePolecat’s opinion plonks into this thread in much the same way my turds plonk into the toilet bowl. I’m not suggesting that he run away and darken our towels no more, but I am saying that if he continues to behave as an ass then he should expect those of us who are smarter than he is to point and snicker.
Further, the deponent sayeth not.
i wonder why he’s so lonesome…
I’m guessing it’s the smell, personally.
Oh we did. 4 o’clock show.
Guys - I’m kidding, I didn’t take my niece to this movie, in fact I don’t have a niece at all. I just thought it would dovetail in nicely with what’s her name who thinks the movie is the worst thing ever and everyone who likes it is a dip shit. I think Bryan caught that.
Why is he Lonesome?
Could it be because Lonesome Polecat is the name of a character from the classic strip Lil Abner???
Specifically the Indian who hung out with Hairless Joe distilling and drinking copious amounts of the 1000 proof Kickapoo Joy Juice?
And don’t we also have a Daisy Mae?
I know we had a Jubilation T Cornpone.
Not that I agree with Lonesome. But, I’m shocked that none of you are familiar with the brilliance that is Lil Abner.
Hell, Doc, I grew up on L’il Abner. Remember Slobbovia? Remember Students Wildly Indignant about Nearly Everything (S.W.I.N.E.)? But that was a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. I’d practically forgotten minor characters like Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat.
About the title.
It only reads Kill Bill. The title is not Kill 89 or so Japanese Gansters and assorted others and excuse me but
Isn’t Bill one of the few people that ISN’T Killed?
So really the title is very misleading.
However…
Perhaps the older couple were disappointed that the film wasn’t violent enough? Perhaps they wanted more guttings and few decaptations?
Perhaps the film made them really randy and the wanted to get home rather than have sex in the theatre?
(Is this post disgusting yet? Should I go on?)
Well, not in the first volume. There is, of course, volume 2, coming out near the end of February.
I could see how someone could be misled, as not everyone researches every movie they go to. The trailers (which, of course, had to be edited) showed no blood at all.
Then again, there was the big fat R next to the movie’s title on the marquee. R is quite a wide category, though.
I, too, am contemptable beyond words.
I liked it. I didn’t love it, but it was stylish and enjoyable.
But I could have done without the gushing blood.
I have nothing against bloodletting per se…
But dammit, we just don’t gush blood like that when our limbs are severed. I couldn’t gush blood like that if you jammed an air hose up my ass and cut off my head! And these guys are spewing gallons…
That’s my only complaint with it, really.
But that’s part of the deliberate artifice of the movie; the whole conceit of Kill Bill is that it’s an Americanized martial arts movie of the kind that used to be shown in drive-ins in the 70s. At the very beginning the film, the screen shows a Shaw Brothers logo and then a 1970s-vintage drive-in theatre coming attractions title card. By this device, Tarantino is saying as clear as a Shaolin Temple bell, “Folks, this is movieland, pure cinema that is not meant to portray the real world in any way, so get ready for highly stylized, completely non-naturalistic, martial arts revenge drama.”
Rysler
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It’s worth pointing out that Uma’s wooden performance in the lead follows the conventions of the genre. She’s a much beter actress than you’d ever think if you just watched Kill Bill.
I’m not going to call anyone here names, but this one doesn’t look like it’s worth the ticket price, so I’ll give it a miss until the video release.
When I first saw the trailers, it looked interesting, but now that I’ve watched a total of 4 hours of Kill Bill clips (the gym has their center TV in front of the treadmills set to run the extended trailer on constant loop for some reason) the impression I get is of two video store clerks fantasizing about what the ultimate movie would be. I imagine the phrase “Dude, that’d be so fuckin’ cool!” being used a lot.
“Ok, dude, get this: some assassin chick fighting against a ninja Japanese schoolgirl.”
“Dude, that’d be so fuckin’ cool! But then have her going against a geisha assassin with an army of yakuza!”
“Dude! That’d be sooo fuckin’ coool! But have all the yakuza dressed like Kato from The Green Hornet!”
“Duuuude! That’d be sooo fuckin’ cooool!”
Oddly enough, though I’ve never worked in a video store, I used “Dude, that was so fucking cool” throughout the movie…
Oh yea, and “Holy shit!” featured, as well.
No doubt, it probably is cool. Fucking cool, even. It’s just that what I’ve seen so far hasn’t indicated any existence of a plot.
Anyway, it looks like it’ll be fine for a Saturday night rental.
Well, I’m not a shithead yet, I think, but I’m planning to see Kill Bill this weekend, so I’ll be one by Monday.