The Wife, the Princess and Gonzo went over to another mom's for dinner last night, leaving me to fend for myself. Instead of heading home to an empty house and some sort of fast food for dinner, I decided to have a much healthier dinner consisting of popcorn and soda while watching a movie. Even though Kill Bill Vol. 2 is what I really want to see, I saw The Punisher.
Don't get me wrong though, I definitely wanted to see The Punisher but the cold, hard truth is that I haven't seen Volume 1 of Kill Bill and while I've read that you don't necessarily need to see the first one, I would much rather allow Tarantino to mutate my mind in the correct order. I hope to remedy this obvious defect (the seeing of Volume 1 as opposed to a mutated mind) this weekend. Enough of that, now's let head to the theater.
Before that though, I must address two things. First, to the couple who brought their 5-year-old son to the movie, WTF? How insane are you to bring a child that age to a rated 'R' showing? I'm not one who thinks that watching violence on screen causes violence in the real world but I do know that certain images are almost impossible for children to understand and deal with. Second, SpiderMan 2 looks amazing.
After reading some of the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, I realize that I would not be a good film critic since I enjoyed this one immensely. Frank Castle does not have super powers or super technology. Instead, he uses his military training as well as the vengeance which flows through him because of the slaughter of his family. His story always reminds me of Mack Bolan, a character in some novels I read when I was in Jr. High.
At any rate, I'd see the movie again and I really need to find a t-shirt with the logo.
Posted by Josh at April 22, 2004 02:44 PM | TrackBack