![]() A well made film does not necessarily have to be a well told story just like a well told story isn't necessarily always a well made film. This doesn't make it a "hollow" film by any means, I get the feeling you may be mistaking filmmaking with storytelling. Kill Bill emphasizes technique, choreography, and craft over character and story, this is true. Kill Bill Vol.1 and 2 is superior to Inglourious Basterds and Pulp Fiction. It is Tarantino's most mature film to date. Of course, directing actors is still his strongest suit, and people will go to Tarantino films looking for strong characters, strong performances by the actors, and creative ways of developing character and writing dialogue, but studying his work post Kill Bill you expect a sort of attention to technical detail and quality that is more line with Hitchcock, Kubrick, Spielberg, and De Palma, his cinematography after this period is cleaner, his use of costumes, vibrant colors, cranes, steadicams, special effects, and action sequences are on a larger scale. Kill Bill marks a turning point in Tarantino's career, with Kill Bill he sheds that independent writer/director who works well with actor's box he was put in during the nineties, and gives depth to his body of work, reveals a new weapon in his director's arsenal, a new dimension to his body of work. Jackie Brown is a lesser effort made with an ensemble cast that relies upon dialogue, character development, plot twists, nonlinear story gimmicks, and acting, Jackie Brown is an actor/director's piece, but it doesn't showcase costume, cinematography, set design, special effects, montage, set pieces, blocking, and choreography the way Kill Bill does. Kill Bill is his fourth feature film, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are conceptually brilliant, but they are independent films made on shoestring budgets. Tarantino directs your eye and thought with his use of color, movement within the frame, camera movement, use of space within the frame, and use of light. I hope it doesn't sound bad, it's a genuine question that has been bothering me for quite a while now. So is there anyone that can help me understand this. ![]() ![]() So it baffles me how so many people can like this movie, and I am trying to understand what it is in it that I may be unable to appreciate. I had no investment in anything happening, and most of the gore seemed to be purposeless. I mean the throwbacks were cool (yes I know what movies they are throwbaks to), but that was kind of it. To my surprise I once again failed to enjoy almost anything in the movie. So I recently went back to Kill Bill believing my previous judgement of it was clouded and that I may be able to enjoy it now. In fact I love Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction, and Inglorious Bastards (all the other Tarantiono films I have ever seen). Today I am more familiar with exploitation films and with more of Quentin Tarantino's work. I disliked it, and in fact could not even get through watching it. I first watched Kill Bill years ago before I knew who Quentin Tarantino was, or before my taste in movies had matured.
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