April 5, 2008

Program – Kill Bill

According to Andy, this would be the perfect evening for my 13 year old niece – her two favorite movies back to back. He has decided she is going to be her dad’s personal assassin. Note: Not all 13 year olds are ready for this. My brother and I raised our children with different standards of what was appropriate to view than many (normal) fathers.
If you haven’t yet seen this series, it’s a good one. Quentin Tarantino pays tribute to the best of action genres over the past 40 years – 1970’s detective shows, anime, blaxploitation, Chinese martial arts, samurai, spaghetti westerns, and I can’t think what else. In spite of all this, the acting is pretty good, better than the movies honored, the music – both original and borrowed – is phenomenal,

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