11-07-2003, 11:19 PM
Well, I just came back from the cinema, and I have to say I liked it.
Granted it wasn't as good as Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction or Reservoir dogs, but it was still good.
Some gripe:
* The dialogue felt quite unnatural at times, especially in the beginning with everyone calling everyone else "bitch". It certainly didn't roll of the tongue like the dialogue in Jackie or Pulp
* Uma. Most of the times she was great. I totally believed her portrayel as an assassin, but there were some instances where she looked like a housewife placed in the wrong film. Her facial expression didn't always denote seriousness.
* How the hell did she get up into the ceiling when Ms. Chainsling came out looking for her. The ceiling was 10 feet high!
* Come on; if Robert Romano (ER) almost died after losing an arm in a helicopter accident, how come the French woman survived for so long with that amount of blood loss.
* It didn't feel like a Tarantino-film. The lack of Tarantinoesque dialogue aside, the film just didn't feel like a Tarantino-film. I don't think I can describe it, the movie just felt differently than the others. The only thing that made me think that this was a Tarantino-piece was the music. He has a way of mixing situations with music that doesn't really fit, but somehow does. Think "Didn't I (blow your mind)" with Max Cherry and Ordell in the car at the end of Jackie Brown.
* Honestly, I'd thought there'd be more blood. Obviously it has to do with the big fight scene being in black and white. That sort of tones the whole violence-thing way down. (side-note, I liked how her eyelashes triggered the film coming back into colour).. when I entered the cinema, I thought I'd see some gutwrenching violence and that I might get nauseaus. There were some violent scenes, but it wasn't at all as over-the-top as the media would have it, in my opinion. Perhaps if the whole film had been in colour... who knows?
It's not the greatest film I've ever seen, and it's not the greatest Tarantino-film I've ever seen; mostly because it didn't feel like a Tarantino-flick; not that that's a bad thing...but I had a good time watching it. The only times I squirmed were in the beginning with the namecalling which felt way out of place.
Granted it wasn't as good as Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction or Reservoir dogs, but it was still good.
Some gripe:
* The dialogue felt quite unnatural at times, especially in the beginning with everyone calling everyone else "bitch". It certainly didn't roll of the tongue like the dialogue in Jackie or Pulp
* Uma. Most of the times she was great. I totally believed her portrayel as an assassin, but there were some instances where she looked like a housewife placed in the wrong film. Her facial expression didn't always denote seriousness.
* How the hell did she get up into the ceiling when Ms. Chainsling came out looking for her. The ceiling was 10 feet high!
* Come on; if Robert Romano (ER) almost died after losing an arm in a helicopter accident, how come the French woman survived for so long with that amount of blood loss.
* It didn't feel like a Tarantino-film. The lack of Tarantinoesque dialogue aside, the film just didn't feel like a Tarantino-film. I don't think I can describe it, the movie just felt differently than the others. The only thing that made me think that this was a Tarantino-piece was the music. He has a way of mixing situations with music that doesn't really fit, but somehow does. Think "Didn't I (blow your mind)" with Max Cherry and Ordell in the car at the end of Jackie Brown.
* Honestly, I'd thought there'd be more blood. Obviously it has to do with the big fight scene being in black and white. That sort of tones the whole violence-thing way down. (side-note, I liked how her eyelashes triggered the film coming back into colour).. when I entered the cinema, I thought I'd see some gutwrenching violence and that I might get nauseaus. There were some violent scenes, but it wasn't at all as over-the-top as the media would have it, in my opinion. Perhaps if the whole film had been in colour... who knows?
It's not the greatest film I've ever seen, and it's not the greatest Tarantino-film I've ever seen; mostly because it didn't feel like a Tarantino-flick; not that that's a bad thing...but I had a good time watching it. The only times I squirmed were in the beginning with the namecalling which felt way out of place.
