Got to see Kill Bill and Master and Commander last night. As for Kill Bill, let me say just this - stylistically, it was outstanding (and the soundtrack, as always, rocked), I thoroughly enjoyed watching it, but it’s a movie I wish to see only ONCE. I’m not sure if I can enjoy all those severed heads and limbs on a regular basis. As for Master and Commander, well, as a proud member of the Anglosphere, I can always enjoy watching the Royal Navy scour the South Seas looking for those dastardly French (even if they are French sailing in a frigate made in Boston that’s a digital model of the USS Constitution). I’m not a film critic by any stretch of the imagination, but it seemed like a masterly-done film, and I really do want to get my hands on some of Patrick O’Brian’s novels.
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Damn, damn, damn. I missed “Kill Bill” here in the States– just barely missed it. Might still get to see “Master and Commander,” though.
Kevin
Didn’t see “Kill Bill” but was quite impressed with “M&C”. They don’t make movies like that anymore - non-action scenes were still interesting, no artificial love interest - just simple themes done extremely well. The contrast with the usual market-driven crap coming out of Hollywood is huge. Just look at “Pearl Harbor”, a three-hour monstrosity with fake-looking airplanes that even a Microsoft flight sim could do better, completely limp love angle due to a wooden, Gore-like lead actor, PC Japanese pilots waving at kids to get out of the way (WTF?), P-40 fighter pilots becoming B-25 drivers overnight, and the most egregious slap of all - casting Axis-of-Weasel apologist Alec Baldwin as hero Jimmy Doolittle. Wow, did I get off topic or what?
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