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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 3499506" data-attributes="member: 8158">It's funny how folks will compliment themselves for having "high standards" regarding films, books, and so forth, as if being quick to issue a thumbs-down on somebody else's work really evidences some valuable, commendable character trait. Reality check: that's only the case when you've got some accomplishments of your own under your belt. For most folks "high standards" just means being fussy and casually dismissive, taking other people's hard work for granted. And that's not a virtue, that's a flaw.I'm curious to know what Two's favorite action movie is and what qualities make it so very..."not boring". Because the truth is, whatever your previous exposure to films consists of, Kill Bill has several exciting scenes that youu just haven't see before in a Hollwyood stuidio movie. So, you're just writing off a bunch of dynamic, innovative stuff as boring. I gotta pity that.There's the scene where Beatrix wakes up in the hospital to find herself being pimped out by Buck is a real treat. One can really imagine wanting to kill someone for that humiliation. That's boring?And the fight with Crazy 88 is a wild ride. I can watch that over and over again. Again, we don't get many intricately choreographed melee battle sequences in the U.S, and Kill Bill earns a place in action movie history for that one-woman-army scene. This is a snooze?The opening fight with Vernita Green is fun as well. And it's followed by the character-defining monologue where Bea explains herself to the daughter of the woman she just killed. That's routine? Formulaic?And while it's all wildly over-the-top, there's none of this "wink wink" nonsense. It's played to the hilt with a completely straight face.I could go on, but what's the point? If you're calling it schlock, then it's pretty cut-and-dried. A guy saw a groundbreaking movie and took it completely for granted.</blockquote>

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