tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19736311.post9077040657823843376..comments2023-09-03T07:25:45.078-07:00Comments on Gaffney Journal: Look – We’re Not So Different After AllGaffneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18293658542211510275noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19736311.post-43820321482836206092010-03-19T09:53:41.257-07:002010-03-19T09:53:41.257-07:00I agree with Linds on this one. This movie is not ...I agree with Linds on this one. This movie is not Defiance, which looked at the subject with more sincere gravitas.<br /><br />Tarantino is just smart enough to know he had to make this look deeper than just a WWII pulp fiction story. There is at least a pretense of subtext.<br /><br />All his films are a triumph of style over substance. Not that there aren't moments of introspection, but they are moments. IB is no different than Kill Bill, only the arena gives it added moral weight.<br /><br />IB is no more a commentary on war than Dusk to Dawn is a commentary on faith.<br /><br />I think this is why Tarantino frustrates many of us. His filmmaking is exciting to watch, his plots uber smart, his dialogue so sharp. But ultimately he lets us down because his movies are never really about anything that matters. We want them to be, but they aren't. His films are a reflection of himself.David Gouletnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19736311.post-65502691873051579072010-03-18T22:54:15.794-07:002010-03-18T22:54:15.794-07:00I'm still just monumentally not okay with this...I'm still just monumentally not okay with this film. I wish I could believe that Tarantino meant all this - and I wish I could stomach watching it (already not my kind of movie + way too much time spent reading primary sources from the Holocaust). I just look at the history of Holocaust film, and still can't get over how much of a misfire this one seems to be - cathartic violence. I know thoughtful people can analyze it and find great truth like you did here, but most I've talked to have just become convinced that it's okay to turn Jews into Nazis on screen because it's revenge, not an unprovoked attack.<br /><br />Or maybe I just really shouldn't have spent two years writing on the topic of how Germany uses film to reconcile with its own history. Am I too hopeless an egghead to be able to value this movie, dear professor?Lindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435070216112833249noreply@blogger.com