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Pravin Ratnam
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 844
From: Atlanta, GA,USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 10-12-2003 03:17 AM
Watching this movie has put me on a high that I haven't experienced in a while.
First of all, damn you Harvey because this move has us waiting for the next one too long. I don't see how much more profits this move will make because judging by the opening week grosses(proably 24M), this movie will not get close to 100M. Which means the sequel will make maybe 60M because not enough people will catch the video before Vol2 comes out. Is that enough net of the overhead and extra marketing to cheat us Tarantino fans who are willing to sit through a 3 hour version? Also Vol2 viewers will be a subset of Vol1 viewers because each one is not self contained. The word of mouth seems to be very mixed. It was kind of annoying watching this movie with a matinee crowd. The only worse experiences I have had were watching the really good Big Lebowski with some suburban crowd and being the only guy to laugh out aloud during the movie. Oh, and the crowd for the Exorcist Writers Cut. Idiots were laughing at the most inopportune times while i was trying to get into the mood.
Praise goes to Robert Richardson who has given us excellent work in Natural Born Killers. He does another excellent job here. Tarantino is on the mark again with the music chosen. And the sound mixing is not clueless like the all goes approach used by other action movies. It's interesting that a movie that has a lot of excess, doesn't go overboard on the sound mix. So you don't tune out the noise.
The first scene is raw and has a lot more impact than any of the meanness you see in Michael Bay's silly Bad Boys movies. Also people, this is not a KUNG FU movie with a lot of wirefu and acrobatic stunts that you are used to seeing in Jackie Chan movies. Uma is not the second coming of Michelle Yeaoh and she doesn't aspire to be. Vol I, especially, is more of a samurai movie than a kung fu movie. You still have your wire fu and martial arts stuff,but with not much empahsis in Vol I.
There is a lot of blood spurting. I don't want to hear you f***ers whine about how fake it looked. That was intentional. You don't think Tarantino had access to peope who could make it look more realistic? It was partially an homage to the old B movies, but also at the same time, it was to give you a dose of reality to the effects of using a sword without being realistic(if that makes any sense).
The Anime Scene: Could it have been done better? Sure. In fact, the first half of the anime sequence seemed like a by the numbers How to Do Anime 101 type stuff. But then, it really ramped up. The creepy way one person tells the other too look at the eyes or look at the face was great. While I would have preferred a more out there style for the animation, I still loved it and didn't feel restless.
Uma Thurman: I was a little bit apprehensive if she could pull it off with the toughness aspect despite loving her Game of Death look in the teaser. Man, I am glad she turned out great. If one could nominate Zeta Jones and Renee for the lightweight forgettable annoying Chicago, what about Uma in a more demanding role here despite the critics snide remarks about the lack of background for the character(like that stopped them from praising the simple characters of Chicago). Action takes a backseat to simplistic musicals in our world.
Lucy Liu: I normally find her annoying.But she was really good here and the scene with the mafia heads is one to be seen.
The long toe scene : Made some peoplein the audience uncomfortable. I guess they would have preferred to have some long lingering look at her naked or something. I am glad Tarantino didn't make this movie to include what a lot of the regular moviegoers and critics would look for, but what he wanted. Yeah, I was looking at those bent toes, but hell, it added a certain rawness to the character and made it seem more real. Plus you just gotta admire the balls it took to stick with the scene for so long.
The final fight scene: just great. No showiness. Just down to business and lots of blood. Bloodbath gets a literal depiction at the end of the fight.
I recommend this movie very highly even if I know there will be someone reading this who will hate the movie.
[ 10-28-2003, 10:19 PM: Message edited by: Pravin Ratnam ]
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