kill bill vol. 2: attack of the drones

went to see kill bill vol. 2, a nice antithesis to the sfiff, now that it’s all over for me.

so to be honest, i’m not quite sure what i think. my complaint about the first one was that it was exciting to watch and full of action but emotionally hollow, but now i almost feel the opposite way about this one. qt did some really cool things in here, but i’m not sure how much it actually comes together and works. daryl hannah was actually pretty great in this one, and i also loved how they had the pai mei part all overexposed like a classic shaw brothers movie. it’s true what they say, that this one is much more of a classic western, as opposed to the martial arts homage that was vol. 1.

still, bad things happen when you have (otherwise talented) actors try and to convincing martial arts. and there was that long part at the end where bill goes on this long overdrawn exposition about comic books, and it’s just qt just spouting off pontificating. which is not to say that what he’s saying doesn’t make sense or even doesn’t fit in the movie, but it just didn’t need to be that long. just get to the point for chrissakes. it’s the same way that qt is annoying to watch in interviews, in the way that it’s so clear that he’s full of himself. just because you make some cool films doesn’t make you the coolest person on the planet, or even a cool person necessarily. give it a rest.

so the side question out of this is: to what point is a person’s body of work afffected by the person themselves? specifically, if the person is annoying does that make their stuff less valuable? can i just ignore qt and enjoy kill bill v1/2? can i pretend that courtney love is not a freak and just enjoy the first two albums by hole?

how about actual crimes as opposed to just freakish behaviour? can i no longer enjoy michael jackson’s music (up through thriller)? and what about kobe? if he’s guilty, can i no longer root for him? or do i just pretend he was framed like o.j.?

sadly, it’s easier for me to start hating kobe if he runs off to the suns or spurs…

Posted at April 28, 2004 10:30 PM