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Movie Review: Kill Bill

By Will Hall

There has been a horrible creative drought in recent action movies. From the mindless idiocy of Once Upon A Time In Mexico to the constant use of recycled material in Underworld (or “I Wish. I Were Blade”, if you will) and many, many other films that we’ve been subjected to; we’ve been a very long time without any action movies that are even remotely worthy of any form of praise. Many film- makers are relying upon blunt use of flash and visu- al effects over directorial grace, disregarding the lat- ter almost altogether as an archaic medium long since rendered obsolete.

Kill Bill is not one of these movies.

With tributes to, and hefty doses of inspiration from, Asian media both old and new—from modern Anime and kung-fu action movies such as The Matrix to cinematic legend Akira

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Kurosawa’s old classical Samurai movies that are the basis for the American Western. Instead of being choppy and unrealistic, fight scenes are quick, bru- tal, and brilliantly choreo- graphed. The cinematogra- phy is phenomenal in many parts. The ‘dark humor’ that Tarantino is famous for is skillfully peppered throughout the film. We’re bombarded with constant waves of innovated action sequences, yet at no point in time does the plotline falter as a result. And, what's most impressive is that, despite the fact that the ending is left open for sequels, Tarantino still man- ages to draw the movie nicely to a satisfying close. There are only two things that could turn someone away from this movie. The first is the use of anime to recant the history of Lucy Liu’s character. Though magnificently done (as far as anime is concerned),

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there are still many people who simply can’t relate to animated stories... particu- larly violent ones. Which brings us nicely to the sec- ond potential problem. Violent anime tends to have a lot of blood. There seems to be an unwritten law in anime that says that the human body contains roughly twice its own mass in blood, and, if the body is punctured in any way... well, let’s just say that you could drown a forest fire with a paper cut. This property carries over into the live-action sequences of the latter half of the movie. Those who are squeamish around blood (and, in some parts, gore) are advised to bring an airsick bag.

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Manga Review

Trigun # 1 Deep Space Planet Future Gun Action!!

By Dana Schwehr

One of Japan’s most popular manga series has finally come to North America. The Trigun manga has licensed for release in North America, by Dark Horse Comics. Trigun is a popular TV series, shown on Cartoon Network in the US, about the crazy, crazy misad- ventures of Vash the Stampede. Our main character, Vash, is a peace-loving man who does not like unnecessary bloodshed. Unfortunately, at the start of our story, there is a sixty bil- lion double dollar bounty on our poor hero’s head. This leads to many comical adventures, in which Vash the Stampede does some incredibly cool things, while looking like a com- plete idiot to the other characters in the manga. The story takes place on a strange desert planet, that humans crash-landed on about 100 years ago (in the story), and is full of, yes, deep space planet future gun action.

The manga itself is drawn by Yasuhiro Nightow, a Japanese sarariman-turned-manga- artist. A sarariman is a Japanese white-collar worker, employed in any of the large office- based companies which are prevalent in the Japanese economy. The need for imagination and creativity in such jobs is virtually non-existent, so such qualities are discouraged. Thus, it is incredible that such an interesting comic has been produced by a self-taught

_ artist from the sarariman background. The art in Trigun is an extremely detailed shounen-

style with good layout, and good use of tone and contrast. Shounen-style means that it is a boys-style comic, with lots of violence and blood. Some of the action sequences are a lit- tle difficult to follow, but that could be due to adjusting to the layout of manga compared to the layout of North American comics. In all, the first volume of Trigun is a fun romp through a strange desert world, with hints of a deeper storyline that is yet to come. It has been said that the TV series becomes more serious after the twelfth episode, and since the anime is based on the mange, it is reasonable to assume that the manga will become more serious in successive volumes. That, however, is a story for another time, since only Volume 1 has been released thus far.

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The | Life & Times of Vinct

By Stephanie Johnson

It took me three flipping weeks to finally review this show. Partly because I really enjoyed the cos- tumes (which were very accurate). Another part of me was left hang- ing, waiting for the inspiration for this story. What story? Oh, right. You’re not me. Maybe that’s a good thing.

The story goes that a young cou- ple have a child, and this causes problems in the father’s house- hold. This is partially because they are not married, and partially because she is the father’s maid, and very young. The tale unfolds as the father sends the pregnant woman onto the top of a moun- tain. The story flips between the raising of the child (Leonardo de Vinci) in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan in the year of 1498, and the present where the main character (a priest named Padre Bartolomeo) remem- bers the story of Vinci.

It was very well done by all the actors, although it seemed a little long. It wasn’t all that bad, really. It was playing at Theatre North West. Who knows what they will come up with next.

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