"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Trust me -- it was forced upon me! (There is a group of otherwise
intelllgent people that inexplicably think that "Kill Bill" is a
classic movie...)

I understand those people. I have a very hard time watching any Tarantino
movie. He has a violent streak a mile wide, and his idea of entertainment
just doesn't mesh with mine.

But, he is a true craftsman. The artistic value in his movies is there, and
can be appreciated by anyone who can get past the violence. Granted, it
takes a certain kind of person to be able to get past the violence, but I
don't think that makes his movies any lesser. Just less comprehensible to
the general public. I was not able to sit through either "Kill Bill"
movie, but even from the bits and pieces I caught while my wife watched it,
I could see that his usual attention to character development, plot,
interesting locales, and production values were all there.

(Sadly, I think that in fact the "general public" is far too immune to this
sort of violence...but on the bright side, it means that more people "get
it" when it comes to his movies).

Some of his "less-violent" films that I did really enjoy include "Jackie
Brown", "Four Rooms", and "Pulp Fiction" (yeah, I know...sad that "Pulp
Fiction" could be considered a "less-violent" film ).

Pete