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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, <funkmasterj@...>
wrote:
>
> I can't stand they way Tarantino glorifies violence
- with the sole
exception of Jackie Brown, I stay away from his movies. I've
never seen Pulp Fiction by choice. The only thing worse is
his "acting"
>
I have mixed feelings about Tarantino's movies -- though not
about his
'acting' which is awful by any standard. But I don't
think
'glorifying violence' is how I'd put it, across the board. To
me, glorifying violence includes downplaying the consequences
-- and
'Reservoir Dogs' is basically a two hour study in how it
feels to die of a gunshot wound. There's a lot of 'noise'
flying around, I guess, but there is an emotional
relationship (between Tim Roth & Harvey Keitel's
characters -- I saw it too long ago to match the correct
color to the correct character) flying around, and I think
we're supposed to be justly horrified by Madsen's sociopathic
character. So it's not sheer violence for violence's sake --
likewise, Pulp Fiction has some affecting moments,
particularly in the storyline involving Bruce Willis's
character. Now I'm not sure I can say the same thing about
"Kill Bill" -- I couldn't sit through the first, and didn't
watch the second. I can't say for sure whether my tastes
changed, or the films did.
-Carrie
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