Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey..
So, today was a lazy day. Today I decided to watch both Kill Bill movies. I REALLY like the Kill Bill movies, despite the gratuitous violence and the obvious weird and creepy obsession Quentin Tarantino has with Uma Thurman (which is REALLY skeezy in my opinion). When I watched them the first time, I couldn't put my finger on exactly why. The music, of course is great. I particularily like the Nancy Sinatra song that's in Vol. 1 (Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)). So meloncholy and dark. Spectacular.
But, the music isn't why I like the movies so much. I like them because of the underlying sentiment that runs through both volumes. Not the violence. Not the comic book themes. I liked the fact that the whole story is about justice and people behaving with conviction. The main characters knew what was right and what they deserved. Uma Thurman's character was determined and she did what she knew she had to do for herself. I think the last scene between Beatrix and Bill shows exactly what I mean. (I hope you guys have seen it, or don't care if you know what the ending is, because I'm about to give it away). Beatrix had gone through hell and back to get to Bill and give him what he deserved. I love that just because she found that her daughter was alive and living with Bill, didn't mean that she decided to give up her plan. She didn't choose to live a happy family life with Bill and Bebe instead. She knew that she had a purpose, and she lived up to it, regardless of the consequences. So, she and Bill fought. And (of course) she used the five point palm exploding heart technique. And Bill knew that what was going to happen to him was deserved. And Beatrix had no reservations about loving him, but killing him. They knew that they had made choices, and they had completely accepted the consequences of their choices. Which, I believe made them good choices. Not good as in moral, because I'm not entirely sure that you can have a moral assassin. But good as in, responsible and appropriate.
I truly believe that people can make whatever choices they want to, as long as they are willing to accept the consequences of their decisions. If someone wants to go rob a bank? Fine. Whatever. As long as they're willing to accept that if they get caught, they will be in a ton of trouble, I say, by all means, give it a try. If they succeed, then that's probably a consequence of someone else's decision. It's like the boys I used to work with. They made whatever choices they wanted to, but each of those choices had a consequence. I was totally honest with them. If they wanted to run, or get in a fight, or punch someone, or use inappropriate language, or whatever, that was fine with me, but they couldn't complain to me when they had to deal with the consequences of their actions. If they were willing to accept that, great. But the thing is, with decisions and choices, it's hard to know what the consequences are. And that's where forethought comes into play. If you can think of something you want to do, and think far enough ahead to predict the possible outcomes of following through with your plan, and be willing to accept those outcomes, it means that you've probably put enough thought into your decision to make it a good one.
As a side note, I have to say that my favorite member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad has to be Budd. I really think that he has the best lines of all the assassins. "Wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey," "Wrong brother, you hateful bitch" (which isn't as good unless you can hear the tone of voice in which he says it). O-Ren Ishii is kind of pathetic, because she has to hide behind her minions while they wear The Bride out before she fights her. Vernita Green died to soon to really have any sort of good story line. Elle Driver is just scary. I seriously will probably have nightmares of her in that nurse's outfit with that scary eye patch whistling that creepy-ass tune. Not to mention that the visual of her eye getting plucked out is just too much for me. But Budd...I liked Budd. Despite the fact that he shot The Bride full of rock salt, and buried her alive with just a flashlight (which, I guess, all things considered, was pretty thoughtful of him), he knew that she had every right to hunt him down and kill him for what he had done to her. He had some good lines and a fairly good sense of humor. I really think that he was done a disservice by getting killed by Elle. Getting bit in the face with a snake?? Ouch. At least all the others got to fight The Bride face to face. And really, it kind of sucked for The Bride too, because she never really got to deliver justice to him. Not only for aiding in the massacre, but for burying her alive with a flashlight. That's harsh.
Maybe someday, I'll be the deadliest woman in the world. But, probably not.
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