for KB:V2.
Have you seen Bride With White Hair? WAAAAY better than Crouching Tiger
Hidden Dragon. But the U.S. apparently wasn't yet ready for that kind of
film when it came out.
Also, for those that get IFC (Independent Film Channel) they show an old
samurai flick every Saturday afternoon.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: Just saw Donnie Darko...
> That's a good way to put it - compelling crap. I hope Tarantino gets
> this off his chest and tries something original next. Oddly, my
> favorite of his movies was "Jackie Brown", which was a novel adaptation.
>
> There were elements of Kill Bill I did like. The anime interlude with
> O-Ren's back story was an interesting change of pace, but I was
> disappointed when it was over. Maybe I'm just an anime nut, but a long
> version of that would be very welcome (Platinum DVD? Hmmmm).
>
> I also liked Sonny Chiba's small role as Hattori Hanzo, and the wanton
> (no pun intended) lopping off of important body parts during the
> showdown at the House of Blue Leaves. Sure, Uma's sword work was pretty
> rough, and I was frustrated by the sudden shift to black-and-white, when
> the fight scenes are clearly in color in the trailers (I assume this was
> done to land an "R"), but overall, it was fun, but not as much fun as
> some actual "grindhouse" kung-fu genre flicks I've seen.
>
> Ironically enough, Tarantino's production company - Rolling Thunder -
> remastered and re-released "Iron Monkey", which is just AMAZING. I saw
> this in a packed suburban theater and people were cheering and clapping
> and having a blast. One of the best action movies ever made - directed
> by Yuen Wo-Ping, the fight choreographer of Kill Bill (and the Matrix
> and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, etc), and leagues better than Kill
> Bill. You should be able to find it at any video store.
>
> - Jim
>
> Kevin Graeme wrote:
>
> >My day to bash movies.
> >
> >Kill Bill was crap. Yet oddly compelling. He made crap because he was
trying
> >to emulate crap. Sure you can appreciate the rough edits, wonky sound,
and
> >wooden acting of the old movies. But those old movies are striving to be
> >better than they are and they're limited by their budgets; whereas,
> >Tarantino was intentionally trying to be worse than he is. But there was
> >still something oddly compelling about it. Still, if you've seen Kill
Bill,
> >I recommend trying to find an old copy of Lady Snowblood.
> >
> >Now my real personal gripe with Kill Bill was Uma. She looked like she
was
> >whiffing with a bat more than wielding a sword. It's hard to take a sword
> >movie seriously when you aren't convinced that the protagonist knows how
to
> >hold a sword.
> >
> >Oh, and did anyone else notice the copy protection spots?
> >
> >-Kevin
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Simon Horwith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 2:34 AM
> >Subject: RE: Just saw Donnie Darko...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>didn't see Donnie, but I did just go see Kill Bill. Whether you're into
> >>
> >>
> >his
> >
> >
> >>in-your face graphic violence or not, there's no denying that Quintan is
> >>
> >>
> >an
> >
> >
> >>AMAZING director. The movie is sure to become required viewing for film
> >>
> >>
> >and
> >
> >
> >>photography students.
> >>
> >>~Simon
> >>
> >>Simon Horwith
> >>CTO, Etrilogy Ltd.
> >>Member of Team Macromedia
> >>Macromedia Certified Instructor
> >>Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX Developer
> >>Certified Flash MX Developer
> >>CFDJList - List Administrator
> >>http://www.how2cf.com/
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: 03 November 2003 06:18
> >> To: CF-Community
> >> Subject: RE: Just saw Donnie Darko...
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > A neat film to add to titles such as Vanilla Sky, Equilibrium
> >> > and the Matrix series.
> >>
> >> So you liked Equilibrium? I haven't seen it yet - it looked
interesting,
> >> but also as potentially overly-corny.
> >>
> >> -ray
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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