This is a weird movie. I'm not at all surprised that Quentin Tarantino apparently had plans to remake it at some point - it feels like his kind of movie and that it influenced him. It's kind of goofy in how bold it is. People say ridiculous lines but very seriously, the plot jumps around and dwells on seemingly irrelevant details, the trio of vixens behave as if they're still performing for an audience - us, I guess.
It seems hilarious that feminists have alternately liked or disliked this movie at different times. I never feel like I know what role women actually want in society or how they want to be represented. It's such a fine line between empowerment and exploitation - they almost seem to come hand in hand.
Ultimately, though, I think this movie fails because it just doesn't have a solid enough throughline. The plot is too silly. The characters aren't that likeable. The visuals, both the women and the overall cinematography, aren't enough to carry the film.
I do like movies that have antiheroes and which have unexpected twists and turns. I strongly see the connection with Taratino there, especially in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. But something has to hold it together.
Tarantino plays with his audience, but he rewards us. Maybe his movies aren't ultimately serious, but they're entertaining, well-crafted, with memorable and funny dialogue and situations. Pussycat shows promise at the start but starts to devolve and never recovers. I just don't really like the main 3 women. They're killers after all. And not in some darkly humorous way.
The other characters aren't sufficiently virtuous, smart or interesting to rescue the movie. This is a case of someone promising to show you something cool and then letting you down. It's superficial and it's not like it's a cool kind of self-aware superficial commentary on exploitation. I think the movie Funny Games is more effective at analysing or exposing the voyeuristic notion of horror and suspense movies. Why do we enjoy seeing people scream, die, fight, etc?
This is not a terrible movie, but it's not good either. The quality of film-making is okay, but it's unashamedly a shock or exploitation movie. It aims to a get a big reaction, but I've seen much more violent, sexual and silly movies. It does have a quirky appeal to it, some odd or funny parts, a little bit of a story and people to root for, but not enough to lift it out of being immature and pointless fluff, for the most part.
It seems hilarious that feminists have alternately liked or disliked this movie at different times. I never feel like I know what role women actually want in society or how they want to be represented. It's such a fine line between empowerment and exploitation - they almost seem to come hand in hand.
Ultimately, though, I think this movie fails because it just doesn't have a solid enough throughline. The plot is too silly. The characters aren't that likeable. The visuals, both the women and the overall cinematography, aren't enough to carry the film.
I do like movies that have antiheroes and which have unexpected twists and turns. I strongly see the connection with Taratino there, especially in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. But something has to hold it together.
Tarantino plays with his audience, but he rewards us. Maybe his movies aren't ultimately serious, but they're entertaining, well-crafted, with memorable and funny dialogue and situations. Pussycat shows promise at the start but starts to devolve and never recovers. I just don't really like the main 3 women. They're killers after all. And not in some darkly humorous way.
The other characters aren't sufficiently virtuous, smart or interesting to rescue the movie. This is a case of someone promising to show you something cool and then letting you down. It's superficial and it's not like it's a cool kind of self-aware superficial commentary on exploitation. I think the movie Funny Games is more effective at analysing or exposing the voyeuristic notion of horror and suspense movies. Why do we enjoy seeing people scream, die, fight, etc?
This is not a terrible movie, but it's not good either. The quality of film-making is okay, but it's unashamedly a shock or exploitation movie. It aims to a get a big reaction, but I've seen much more violent, sexual and silly movies. It does have a quirky appeal to it, some odd or funny parts, a little bit of a story and people to root for, but not enough to lift it out of being immature and pointless fluff, for the most part.
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