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He's really great in interviews. Love it when he goes into details about films, directors or small, minor stuff in films. I remember watching (or listening, as I think it was for a podcast or similar) an interview where he talked about food in films, for example.
I thought the exact same thing. Particularly
The trench scene looked fantastic, James Wan certainly knows how to present great visuals.
Prompt, no filler, a real straightforward survival thriller that's only as strong as its lead performance, and thankfully Mads Mikkelsen is brilliant in this one, speaking volumes by saying so little. Excellent film.
I'm going to watch the movie simply from your recommend, @Creasy47, my good friend. :)
Thanks, I do hope you enjoy it. It was nice seeing what Le Chiffre was up to all those years after surviving a bullet to the head.
It's been my favourite of his for sometime now and agree with all you've said, great review.
The trick to make a revenge film work is to push the protagonist through enough suffering so that he or she not only gains all of our sympathy but also our primordial, unspoken desire for a satisfying payback. Nowadays, killing a man's dog will more than do the job, but in the "old days" you almost always had to go for a direct relative, be it a parent, sibling or a child. KILL BILL states its facts right from the start: "The Bride" is pregnant and Bill is the father. Nevertheless, Bill shoots the woman and leaves her for dead. But the Bride survives, recovers and will not stop until she has killed Bill and all four of his accomplices, her former "partners".
Sounds simple enough, except in the hands of Quentin Tarantino, who loves '70s movies, including the fruits of Asian cinema, and will revive their glory at the same time as telling his story. At this point, we had been allowed a good decade to gradually acclimatise to QT's style and artistic curiosities. It came as no surprise then that a four hour cut of the Bride's quest for vengeance was proposed. Tarantino is not just going through the motions; he's delivering that special kind of art, the satisfaction of which doesn't come cheap, nor fast. Rather than "John Wick" his Lady Vengeance up the criminal hierarchy in one swift sweep, QT will send her around the world, into past training sessions and present pursuits of proper tools, into one woman's housewife kitchen and another woman's Yakuza fortress. He will upset the chronological order of the Bride's story, feeding us the bits we need now and saving others for later. Moreover, he will make her--and by association us--work very hard before she can eliminate a target. It shouldn't surprise anyone that the full version of KILL BILL was promptly split into two "volumes".
KILL BILL VOL. 1 was heavily promoted as "Quentin Tarantino's fourth film", elevating the director's name to something akin to a marketable brand. And yet, there's very little in this movie that shares obvious similarities to his previous films, apart, of course, from those infamous Tarantino peculiarities--his ridiculously overthought penchant for violence being but one example--and his passion for cinema. That last element is one I want to hold on to for a bit. You see, I find it doubtful that Quentin Tarantino the filmmaker makes films for anybody other than for Quentin Tarantino the film afficionado. Studios, theatre complexes and critics can say what they want, Quentin will have it his way; and even we in the audience will rediscover "real" movies as opposed to the popcorn flicks one watches to cover the empty minutes between dinner and a night of bowling. Tarantino's films are not just entertaining; they are educational.
KILL BILL VOL. 1 never lets me down. I'm instantly invested in Thurman's excellent portrayal of the Bride, a character she created with Quentin. I want "Kiddo" to be successful at everything she does; that's how sold I am on her. And this doesn't come from some unconditional love for Uma. To be frank, I'm always 50/50 on her. Sometimes, she looks astonishingly beautiful and feels like one of the best actresses we have. At other times, however, I find her rectangular features and almost cartoonish line reading all but repulsive. Part of Tarantino's skill set as a filmmaker, however, is that he can elicit truly amazing performances from his cast; and in this particular case, Uma Thurman does a whole lot better than I've ever seen her do before. Another example in this film is Lucy Liu, whose O-Ren Ishii practically absolves her from CHARLIE'S ANGELS and the trainwreck that was BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER.
Applying different film stocks, vibrant colour palettes as well as gorgous black-and-white, anime inserts and an unforgettable soundtrack, Tarantino made me fall in love with this film right from the getgo. Granted, I was in my early twenties at this point, and I had just begun to see films through different eyes than in the days of JACKIE BROWN. I had learned about "auteur theory", I had learned to keep an open mind, I had learned to separate timeless cinema art from the quick cash grabs that I used to consider "cool". So unlike the aforementioned third Tarantino film, KILL BILL VOL. 1 didn't have to wait for the proverbial second chance. I was ready for it the first time, and I loved it. I couldn't wait for volume 2 to come out. To this day, while it's not my absolutely favourite QT film--it's my girlfriend's though--I maintain a profound respect for this film's audacity, for its pristine looks, for its musical choices and more. KILL BILL VOL. 1 is probably one of Tarantino's more commercially feasible and accessable films, but it's also a work of love and, indeed, of art. You did well, Kiddo...
Edit: PHANTOM (1922) and DER LETZTE MANN (1924) don t seem that interesting, either.
Think his greatest work was NOSFERATU, FAUST, SUNRISE and TABOU.
I really liked Der Lezte Mann up until the terrible ending. Nosferatu is decent, and Sunrise is his best work in my opinion.
I have been curious about this, and the best I can say is that it was interesting to see, but never gonna see it again. Unlike the Swedish series and two subsequent films, which I can watch again and again. They were just perfect.
Its all here folks!!
Myers went on the record in November stating that it's in the works
That is a damn good title there, but we don't need a fourth movie.
"He just knows, Baby."
Shag Another Day
Read the comics in the mid 70s, and it was great finally seeing Captain Marvel on the big screen. He isn t named in the movie, though. As is so often the case with these films, the long action-filled finale is super-boring.