Monday, June 16, 2014

NOKW - Kill Bill

Here comes the next chapter in our "I'm Okay With, I'm Not Okay With" series where I point out things in a movie I can tolerate and then one thing I just couldn't (if you want, click here for all of the past posts):

Movie:  Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2

Basic Plot:  The story of one woman who wants to Kill Bill, hence the title of the movie.

I'm Okay With:  The fact that Bill wanted to murder Bride for leaving their group, failed, and then didn't finish the job when he could, what kind of murdering asshole are you, Bill?  The fact that Taratino didn't want us to know the Bride's name until the end of the movie for no reason.  The fact that even though Pulp Fiction was really awesome, I still think that Kill Bill Vol. 1 was my favorite Taratino movie.  The fact that Bride sat in the Pussy Wagon for hours and no one came looking for her after murdering the owner of said Pussy Wagon.  The fact that a hospital would let a guy who owns a truck he named the Pussy Wagon work at their hospital.  The fact that Bride's legs don't work after being in a coma, but her arms work just fine even though they suffered the same amount of apathy.  The fact that Lucy Liu somehow hasn't aged a day since this movie.  The fact that if you are the last 5 people in this fight, why would you try and go after her, she just murdered nearly 100 people single-handed and you think you and a couple friends can take her down?  The fact that Vol. 2 was such a letdown after that final fight scene in Vol. 1.  The fact that Bride was able to break out of coffin and climb through the dirt to safety.  The fact that Bride survived a shotgun blast to the chest.  The fact that I really don't understand how that heart exploding technique works, and for that matter, if you never take the necessary 5 or 10 steps, would it kill you?

I'm Not Okay With:  The fact that Bride/Kiddo isn't the most wanted person in the world after murdering about 100 people in a nightclub.  And not just murdering these people, she severed limbs, gutted, stabbed, and decapitated them.  Sure, if I was the authorities I might be a little scared of a woman who could kill that many people by herself.  But then again, a gun beats a sword any day. And it's not like they didn't know what she looked like, there were witnesses to her massacre meaning they had someone who could describe a 6 ft blood woman.  How many 6 ft blond women could there be in Japan?  So, this means that when Bride gets on the next airplane, they should have been able to track her movements.  But no, other than at the beginning of the first movie, we never see another cop in either movie again and Bride gets away with murdering A LOT of people.  I am not okay with that.

"Yup, she murdered all of those people and totally got away with it."

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