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Sometimes, the master chef likes to add heavy sauces for the second course

Posted by Bambi B (A) on August 26, 2005 at 01:48:58

In Reply to: Sometimes, the master chef likes to expend all his skills posted by tinear on August 25, 2005 at 23:08:14:

tinear,

I don't question Uma's derire for revenge due to the events of the wedding, it's the original motivation that Bill uses to kill Mr. Uma and injure Uma- and engaging the others of the assasins' group that I can't accept except in a kind of surreal, heightened way- but it's too cartoonish. Even given the loyalty to Bill, why would this group hunt her so intensively and be prepared to die to satisfy Bill's "over-reaction" ? It does function as a cartoon, but to be succesfful throughout, the emotional unreality need to be consistent, and the scenes at the end with the child and her obviously mixed feelings about Bill- break the suspension of disbelief- at least for me.

The trailer scene. I understand Uma's condition, but the techniques,- 30' vertical leaps, cutting off eight ankles in one sweep of the sword, and the super-human stamina of the final battles in Vol. 1 were on a completely different leval. Remember in Vol.1, an equivalent sequencce that Uma kills about 50 people and then immediately walks out into the snow and does the battle in the snow with O-ren Ishii.

I sense you are very, very positive on Vol. 2 and I think the pair of movies are excellent, only that Vol.2 does not sustain the energy, photographic level, emotional environment, and striking unconventionality of Vol 1.

I'll do likewise and see Vol. 2 again- I usually benefit from a sceond viewing as I don't have to focus on the story.

Cheers,

Bambi B

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