Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair; 1st time viewing this format, elicits a different response. Original split worked as two clear tonal differences btwn films felt pronounced. Viewed as one, the climactic scene of Vol. 1 loses some juice, as the Bride still has more to avenge in the same film; A+
 

Beautiful Girls

Directed by:  Ted Demme
Starring:  Matt Dillon, Uma Thurman, Rosie O'Donnell, Mira Sorvino, Timothy Hutton
Running Time:  1h 53min

The only thing that this movie gets right is the title.  There are a lot of beautiful girls in this movie.  Too bad there isn't any beautiful writing or scenery or dialogue or characters or acting or anything that can be deemed entertainment.  I fell asleep during this one so I'm not even sure if it got any better.  Sorry.  See another review blog for this one.

Grade: D-

Pulp Fiction (Pan & Scan)

Pulp Fiction; A reviewer's paradise. I would review this movie a thousand times and still find something new to rave about. After seeing it four times at the theatre and countless times on video (I own 3 different copies) I managed to catch his film on Showcase. That is why it has only received an A. The movie loses very little in its Pan & Scan version but that "little" is Tarantino's amazing use of the widescreen. Pulling from influences like Scorcese's long tracking and Kubrick's horizontal shift through walls, Tarantino manages to mix great filming with fresh, natural sounding dialogue to visual appeal is an A+. Everything that is except the Pan & Scan format; A