tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post1715652182742289825..comments2023-10-04T20:07:18.451-06:00Comments on Television Lady: All About Steve.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post-14130818743853026562010-12-27T12:41:57.001-06:002010-12-27T12:41:57.001-06:00And then The Blind Side came out and everybody for...And then The Blind Side came out and everybody forgot about how terrible Sandra Bullock was in this film.Justin Garrett Blumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15137911263603130588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post-79816428805255958752010-12-27T08:51:36.030-06:002010-12-27T08:51:36.030-06:00yes, it focused on jackie brown and the first kill...yes, it focused on jackie brown and the first kill bill (the second one hadn't been released yet).<br /><br />and i've said before that tarantino might not even be aware of what he's doing, (and elmore leonard shares in this) but Jackie Brown has to deal with a legitimate problem, being an older woman and having to basically do what she has to to be able to pay her rent. this is a common problem FOR WOMEN and not too many directors make films about it, it's always about the man, the man, the man that will sweep her away and take care of her.<br /><br />i know you hated the bride, but if you can get around the fact that she was an assassin, THEY TOOK HER CHILD! it obviously didn't come out until the 2nd film, but it's something that until KILL BILL has been treated like something cheesy and sappy (NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER, VARIOUS TV MOVIES, ETC.) this film showed it violently and almost comically, but underneath it all is the primal reaction of a mother taking revenge on the people that did this to her. it's been done in foreign films before, but not in anything mainstream, and it's major. many critics had a problem with it, (armond white, some austrailian white chick i can't remember her name) <br /><br />they assumed the film was only about the violence and nit-picked the ethnicities of her victims, the methods of their executions, etc. but i think lost the main point. she quit the life for her daughter because becoming a mother meant something to her. this isn't me reading into something that isn't there because it comes out in the very end during her conversation with bill. He cannot understand how she, a killer, could have taken off her superman suit and just arbitrarily changed who she is; that she would make that kind of sacrifice is completely beyond him. Mothers make sacrifices all the time; and many times their partners are completely baffled by the decisions they make. THis is something from real life that is addressed among all the stylized, artful filmmaking. And it's important. <br /><br />More important than say, Sandra Bullock films.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070730445523597957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post-64679132086282561662010-12-26T23:05:44.917-06:002010-12-26T23:05:44.917-06:00First of all... an eccentric crossword puzzler? Th...First of all... an eccentric crossword puzzler? That's the dumbest character trait ever.<br /><br />Second of all... those are some pretty big words to say about Tarantino. I can't comment until I read this paper, but did he really do all that much for female empowerment? Other than Jackie Brown, I can't think of one likable female lead from one of his films.<br /><br />And I know you like the Bride, but she wasn't a strong female archetype. She was a sociopath.Donaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15440887464519504193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post-19188721026932067862010-12-26T22:57:17.599-06:002010-12-26T22:57:17.599-06:00agree. my senior paper for school was on how quent...agree. my senior paper for school was on how quentin tarantino did more for women's film and discourse on film in general than anyone before him as he was the only one showing intelligent women facing legitimate problems that they themselves solved (without just jumping on some dude's arm and escaping).Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070730445523597957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7130285617231447923.post-61171474866353236322010-12-26T21:29:54.801-06:002010-12-26T21:29:54.801-06:00I am NOT a chic flick fan for this very reason: t...I am NOT a chic flick fan for this very reason: there is no reason or importance to most of them. As long as a hot guy falls for the pretty chick, then it must be good. BLAH. Very few Chic flicks have a story of substance. Or plain old logic and common sense for that reason.Jess B.noreply@blogger.com