On Apr 8, 2007, at 7:18 AM,
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net wrote:
> John wrote;
>
> "[Rose MacGowan's machine gun leg] sounds to me like
a riff on Carl
> Hiassen's weed whacker for an arm in one of his
early books."
>
> Given that it's in a zombie movie, I'd tie its
lineage to Ash's
> chainsaw
> arm in Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness.
Probably. I'm tempted to say Tartantino has never read a book
in his life -- he's too busy watching movies -- except that
JACKIE BROWN was such a great adaptation of Elmore
Leonard.
It's certainly the most, um, mature and mainstream of his
films (and on most days, my favourite of his films). I
thought it was a logical artistic progression from RESERVOIR
DOGS and PULP FICTION.
So, his subsequent output seems like a big step backwards to
me. His first three films all seemed witty and smart and
fresh (and were all, coincidentally, crime films) whereas
both KILL BILLs and GRINDHOUSE seem like adolescent,
self-indulgent wallow disguised as "homage". Fun, but still
refried beans.
A lot of surface, but little real heart.
Maybe somebody should send Mr. Tarantino a box of crime
paperbacks to get him out of that damn private screening room
of his.
CASINO ROYALE would have been a good choice. Or one of Dan
Simmon's Joe Kurtz books. And imagine what he could do with
one of Ellroy's doorstoppers.
Kevin
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