tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post2643951628151520052..comments2023-06-15T19:46:44.549+05:30Comments on <i>Onlyne</i>: Kill Bill 2S. M. Ranahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11186829793949408897noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post-524295779637801452010-10-21T01:50:24.750+05:302010-10-21T01:50:24.750+05:30@LD
Yes, that was a finely drawn distinction betw...@LD<br /><br />Yes, that was a finely drawn distinction between Superman and Batman--the born and the made.S. M. Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11186829793949408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post-31459861567737580312010-10-20T22:41:50.996+05:302010-10-20T22:41:50.996+05:30Once again, I must mirror kaist455's views. T...Once again, I must mirror kaist455's views. That is exactly how I would classify the two films: "Part 1 is the style, and Part 2 is the substance."<br /><br />In addition, I love that Superman speech from Part Two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post-74358804004642238452010-10-18T23:03:13.446+05:302010-10-18T23:03:13.446+05:30It was indeed a coup de grace to conclude not with...It was indeed a <i>coup de grace</i> to conclude not with another shower of grime, but on a triumphant note with "order established in the jungle and the lioness rejoined to her cub".S. M. Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11186829793949408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post-25549362868970464232010-10-18T17:22:46.188+05:302010-10-18T17:22:46.188+05:30When I revisited Part 1 and Part 2 before watching...When I revisited Part 1 and Part 2 before watching "Inglourious Basterds" in last year, I realized what I did not get from "Death Proof". "Death Proof" was a competent movie, but it lacks the exuberant energy generated from broad but impressive characterization and wonderful dialogues in "Kill Bill". I was glad to find that "Inglourious Basterds" had that kind of energy. <br /><br /> Part 1 is the style, and Part 2 is the substance. While still entertaining, Part 2 gets more serious and it achieves a restrained but resonant finale accompanied with an amusingly insightful "lecture" on the nature of superhero characters. Lesser directors would probably gone with big explosions, but Tarantino goes deeper and delivers the satisfying finale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post-14039156660056790582010-10-18T00:44:02.977+05:302010-10-18T00:44:02.977+05:30@RMS
I read parts of the article you linked.
Kil...@RMS<br /><br />I read parts of the article you linked.<br /><br />Kill Bill is a very violent movie and as such cannot have much in common with Buddhism which advocates non violence absolutely. The essence of religion is not so complicated and I think the author of the article has tied himself into unnecessary knots.<br /><br />I of course enjoyed the movie immensely in spite of and not because of it's mixture of parody and glorification of violence. I think this is because Tarantino has succeeded in aestheticizing violence (Coppola was another guy who did that). Movies are made for audiences and audiences--you, me--get their kicks from violence and sex. <br /><br />Tarantino is a monumental talent but hardly a philosopher or spiritually inclined.<br /><br />I personally like to take movies as a whole and do not see much point in endless dissection and analysis.<br /><br />One either likes a movie/book or one doesn't. If one does appreciating it is an enjoyable exercise in writing; if not one can forget about it or get it over in a sentence or two. <br /><br />In either case shredding it for hidden abstruse meanings is not my usual cup of tea.<br /><br />Surely a flower gains little by taking it apart petal by petal and observing at it through a microscope.S. M. Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11186829793949408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8453503290491393866.post-89120792820196388122010-10-17T22:34:13.853+05:302010-10-17T22:34:13.853+05:30I loved the movie too (I watched it in a four-hour...I loved the movie too (I watched it in a four-hour stint and I still can't get myself to feel that they are two separate movies), though I didn't find it as funny as you did.<br />I was intensely moved by the whole thing, though I understand its parodic overtones, because it shines as a tribute to Leone and Kurosawa (thanks to the music).<br /><br /><br />This might interest you too: http://www.thehousenextdooronline.com/2008/11/blooming-lotus-redemption-and-spiritual.htmlRonak M Sonihttp://ronakmsoni.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com