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Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
BURIED ALIVE!!
I can take gore. I can take extreme violence. Hell, I can take graphic sex and masochism. BUT, the scene where Budd buries 'The Bride' is the most disturbing thing I have ever seen. I know it's been done before, but QT did such a great job of communicating the claustrophobic feeling of being in a casket underground. I couldn't bare to listen to the dirt falling on the thing!
Really though this drives home my 'point'. This is the most masterfully acted movie I have ever seen. Ever. Uma Thurman gives us a real feeling of how any of us would react in that situation. Total fear, isolation and helplessness. I have never felt so claustrophobic in a giant room full of people.
On a side note, when Elle (Hannah) gets her eye plucked by the vengeful bride her screams began an incredible onslaught on me. It was the most convincing portrayal of a person in mortal pain that I will (can) ever see. Absolutely blood-curdling.
It must be said however, these are just two of the reasons I LOVE this movie!
Duncan Smoking (1891)
Are You Serious?
I wouldn't describe this movie as great, or even good. Duncan (as played by James C. Duncan) is something of an enigma. He seems a good man, but the smoke from his lungs seem to indicate something sinister.
The chair is something we have seen several times before from this director. The constant rocking has become burdensome no matter what his inane 'symbolism' or 'catch' may be. We get it, you were beaten badly in hopscotch as a child and must avenge the wrong done to you!
I also find it hard to believe that Duncan would have risked using his pipe while driving the horse through San Francisco. Though the stunts were well done, I find it hard to believe a horse could jump from one cabin to another over flaming windmills with three broken legs.
It's all just too much.