10-21-2003, 05:34 PM
i agree: before i saw the movie, i thought the name was a little, shall we say, real crappy. but after seeing it, i understood. Tarantino has convinced himself that he's created the ultimate action movie. There is so little real plot and character substance that you overlook the fact that he might have directed it. The last scenes are amazing in special effects and hold your attention by not repeating the same moves over and over again. There's blood. There are moments when you cringe (take, for example, during the color-to-black-and-white transition when Uma Thurman yanks out a ninjas eye).
And you know that signature scream that George Lucas loved to put in his movies? Whether a storm-trooper was shot down, or a nazi was thrown off a cliff, it was always that same over-used "AARRGGGH!" Hell, even Peter Jackson used it in The Two Towers when an elf fell to his death. Tarantino now solidifies himself as an action-movie director by using it ... TWICE.
hearing that sound made me realize just how great an action flik should be. and QT does a damn good job. ;)
And you know that signature scream that George Lucas loved to put in his movies? Whether a storm-trooper was shot down, or a nazi was thrown off a cliff, it was always that same over-used "AARRGGGH!" Hell, even Peter Jackson used it in The Two Towers when an elf fell to his death. Tarantino now solidifies himself as an action-movie director by using it ... TWICE.
hearing that sound made me realize just how great an action flik should be. and QT does a damn good job. ;)