Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

7. When the film ended, I thought what's the point of this movie? Yes, it's historical fiction, a fantasy version of what happened. But I have no idea what Tarantino is trying to say here other than "wouldn't it have been cool if..."

I believe this is all that Tarantino is ever trying to say with any movie.

I dug this one. While the music choices and language obviously clashed with the period, I enjoyed that, as it was his way of saying that while they didn't say "kick ass" back then, they meant the same things. (At least this is how I rationalized it.)

I was also rather bummed to not see more of the cool characters. I was struck by Tarantino's usual mark of not making any of the characters stupid or bumbling (which I believe Alex mentioned earlier). Everyone was smart, everyone did the best they could, for good or evil. I'm so sick of movies where you end up shaking your head at the stupid choices that don't make sense within the characters. This was much more enjoyable.

ETA - agreed with Alex, the first table scene was awesome.