Viewing, Part II

You all know I pride myself on being upbeat, positive, happy, jovial, etc., but if you beg my pardon I must lapse for a mo.

For some reason I can't even remember three days on, we decided to watch Quentin Tarantino's "DeathProof" Friday night. I think I remember saying I wanted to watch it, but now I have no idea why I said that. And, as my loving husband next to me reminds, I was given multiple chances to stop the viewing. But here's the thing: if I hadn't viewed the entire "film," I couldn't critique it now.

Tarantino's dialogue-rich scenes were so mundane and ordinary that I found myself wanting to gouge my eyes out. Maybe Cori is right: maybe I am a sexist, cause if I had to hear one more useless conversation between Quentin's "Girls" I was also going to extract my brains with a spoon. And you know Quentin was so proud of himself for finding a Kiwi stunt artist, who no one has ever heard of, to play herself. I must be a really bad person for being happy when the ladies in the first half of the film bought it. I was giggling, cause I don't know the last time I hated three characters more (...I think I just hated them for being so flipping BORING). During the whole film, I was also thinking how proud Uncle Quentin was of his trademark too- cool-for-school soundtrack. I hated myself for enjoying the little-known-tracks he had dug up from his basement, hand-selected to fit each scene perfectly.

The best part? Kurt Russell by far. The 20 minutes he was actually in the movie were the most enjoyable. I just kept thinking what a long way he's come from making movies for Uncle Walt. This computer doesn't wear tennis shoes anymore...he wears a*@ kickin' boots, man!

Hey, maybe Tarantino's too advanced for me...maybe I'll look back on this in 23 years and think, "Oh, yeah, I got it." But I doubt it. After this effort and "Kill Bill," he may have made my Woody Allen/ Never to Watch List.

And why is there a picture of "Cloverfield" here? Cause I think I've decided I'd rather see that again than ever watch a frame of "DeathProof" a second time.

rant: fin.