re: Just got back from seeing Django Unchained

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I can't take anyone seriously who thinks Django is silly yet then praises Kill Bill. I mean, two words: Pussy Wagon.

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i posted in more depth about that in the other thread. kill bill didn't have anything (at least that i can remember) that was as jarring to the rhythm of a movie's tone as the "mask" scene in django

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It's a bad kung fu knock off,

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i think django was a bad spaghetti western knock off, and KB did a better job of being a kung fu movie knock off

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Kill Bill is a ridiculously silly film.

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i'll say it's absurd, but it's kind of meant to be absurd. you didn't have absurdity mixed in with a super serious tone or overall commentary about morality intermingling with its absurdist revenge plot

it was what it was. an homage to the over the top kung fu revenge flicks. nothing more. nothing less. and it did it well

i grew up loving kung fu movies and anti-hero westerns, and i think django kind of bastardized the latter while kill bill was in the spirit of the former. i'm not claiming the kill bills were amazing movies or anything

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The Kill Bills are the only two Tarantino films I do not like at all. It's a bad kung fu knock off, and really, the only part I enjoyed was the anime sequence. I can't take anyone seriously who thinks Django is silly yet then praises Kill Bill. I mean, two words: Pussy Wagon.

Kill Bill is a ridiculously silly film. So is Death Proof, but Death Proof is sort of awesome in that it has great stunts, a sense of fun, and Kurt Russell. And its silliness has a great payoff in the end.

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See, I actually feel like Tarantino is making the same movie over and over and over again... with different settings. At least everything post Pulp Fiction.

Kill Bill is Inglorious Basterds is Django Unchained.