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Puck: You sound like your starting to get those negative feelings out about the film. What took so long? The Ironside theme is cheesy now? Oh jeez. The writing is his worst work so far? You still think QT didnt know EXACTLY what he was doing when he wrote it? WOW.
I dont know what to tell you man. I love every bit of that movie.
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I’m not starting to get negative feelings about the film. I still love it. What negative feelings I do have regarding the film as pertains to the writing has been there since I first read the rough draft of the script when it first appeared. I mean, can you honestly say the writing for Kill Bill Volume 1 is better than Reservoir Dogs? Pulp Fiction? Jackie Brown? I know that KB is an entirely different movie from what QT usually does, and I know this is what QT intended for it to be like, but that doesn’t change the fact that this is his WEAKEST bit of writing to date. Its not like I’m saying he’s lost it or anything - he hasn’t - its just that the writing itself - ignoring the direction or overall production - is a step down from Jackie Brown. I don’t see how there’s anything wrong or negative with admitting that. Common sense: a crime drama is going to be better written than a Kung Fu movie.
And, yes! I think the Ironside theme is cheezy! We don’t all have to like Five Fingers of Death and all references to it, do we? Sorry, I’m just not a big Shaw Bros fan.
Anyway, don’t let my posts in a thread title “Awkward Moments” mislead you. I still love the movie, I just prefer everything from the anime segment onward over the first half of the film. I don’t see how there’s anything wrong with that. Its no different than people in the Pulp Fiction forum voicing their opinions that they liked “The Bonnie Situation” segment far more than “The Gold Watch” segment.