On the QT - Part 7

And we go straight into the second part of the over the top revenge saga that is the Kill Bill series. With the two films written and shot back to back they should have been one great film divided into two instead of a sequel/prequel made just to cash in. And they were great. With the characters introduced and the back story put to bed, we can get on with some gratuitous violence that is more justified and made more sense this time round. This is because we know what’s going on when people and places are referenced. There’s one thing I hate about watching movies with people who don’t pay attention. “Who’s that?” “Is that the guy from the thing?” “I don’t get what they’re talking about?” If this ever happens to you while you’re watching Kill Bill Vol 2 with some goober, slap them in the face with … There’s more

On the QT - Part 6

“Revenge is a dish best served cold” - Old Klingon proverb. OOO000OOO We’re nearly at the end of this series, but we’ve still got a way to go until the release of Quentin Tarantino’s war epic “Inglorious Basterds” this coming August 21st. Reviews from the set are telling us that no effort is being spared for this movie and with the man himself already confirming that he’s halfway through the script for a prequel, he isn’t sparing any effort at all. Luckily for us, Mr Tarantino didn’t spare us the effort when he came up with a character known only as The Bride with Uma Thurman on the set of “Pulp Fiction”. For a simple revenge story, they thought up everything that could possibly be needed to tell it, and then a whole boat load more. Released in 2003 as “Kill Bill - Vol 1″, it is one and probably … There’s more