9:14 a.m

Ok, I should strike a couple of movies of my list: Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Signs (even though technically Signs wasn't on the list).

I can't believe I'm going to say this about a Tarantino movie but Kill Bill was okkaaayyyyyyyy.....I mean, if you want to get technical and go on about the photography and innovative techniques, then yeah, it was a pretty stellar show of craftsmanship. But it was just TOO MUCH, ya know? Too much blood, too much gore and this coming from a person who loves blood and gore. It is possibly the most violent movie I've ever seen. Well, maybe not THE most violent movie, but it's definetly up there with Battle Royale. Anyway, it was a really good movie for what it is (what is it exactly? A hodge-podge exploitation flick where Tarantino can cram as many of his boyhood cinema fantasies as possible). So, I'll give it a thumb up and a thumb in the middle.

Signs was also okkkkkaaaayyyyy...The only other Shyamalan movie I saw beforehand was The Sixth Sense, which I thought was pretty good when that kid wasn't so FREAKING ANNOYING (I have a thing against child actors...well, actually, I have a thing against actors younger than 25, but THAT's really a generalization). Anyhoo, Signs was a little disappointing but it had its moments (notably "Aaahhh! I am insane with anger!"). Joaquin Phoenix is one of my favourite actors, so I guess he made it more tolerable that it should have been. So, I guess it gets a thumb up and a thumb down.