Mission accomplished
For Leaf fans everywhere, Ian, Jer and I sacrificed watching the game last night so that they would win. You see, it seems that every Leaf game that Jer watches ends with a loss for our boys in blue and white.
Instead we went to see Kill Bill, Vol. 2.
Yes, I hated the first. Yes, I swore up and down I wouldn't see the second.
Fortunately, enough people said Vol. 2 was different from the first that I considered changing my mind. Then Christa made me promise to see it.
Thank god.
Everything that drove me mad about the first - excessive violence, minimal character development, minimal dialogue, etc. - was reversed in the second. Vol. 2 was character-driven, not plot-driven. The dialogue was excellent and the fight scenes, while few and far between, were choreographed with a savage grace made all the more beautiful for how it contrasted the rest of the movie.
In conversation with Ian and Jer afterword, I realized the thing I hated most about the first was that Bill was this disembodied representation of evil. If we've ever discussed how I feel about 'evil' you'll understand why that drove me crazy. In Vol. 2, he's human.
I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen it yet, but I will say that I liked it until she goes to confront Bill. What came after made me love it.
That's all you'll hear from me. Go see the damn movie.
Instead we went to see Kill Bill, Vol. 2.
Yes, I hated the first. Yes, I swore up and down I wouldn't see the second.
Fortunately, enough people said Vol. 2 was different from the first that I considered changing my mind. Then Christa made me promise to see it.
Thank god.
Everything that drove me mad about the first - excessive violence, minimal character development, minimal dialogue, etc. - was reversed in the second. Vol. 2 was character-driven, not plot-driven. The dialogue was excellent and the fight scenes, while few and far between, were choreographed with a savage grace made all the more beautiful for how it contrasted the rest of the movie.
In conversation with Ian and Jer afterword, I realized the thing I hated most about the first was that Bill was this disembodied representation of evil. If we've ever discussed how I feel about 'evil' you'll understand why that drove me crazy. In Vol. 2, he's human.
I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen it yet, but I will say that I liked it until she goes to confront Bill. What came after made me love it.
That's all you'll hear from me. Go see the damn movie.
