Stephen King Hated Kill Bill

Well, I suppose I’ll throw my two cents in here. I will agree with nelson in the fact that King’s distaste for Kill Bill is his opinion. We can’t say it’s wrong or right. That’s the very basis of an opinion. However, disagreed with King’s reasoning for his disliking of Kill Bill. I believe that his comment was very hypocritical. He claimed that Kill Bill was “narcissistic” for it being marketed as “Quentin Tarantino’s 4th Film”, even though, as schlyer pointed out with the book covers, his novels are clearly marketed as author-based. It isn’t being narcissistic, it just sells having a reputable creator’s name plastered on the promotional media. Furthermore, I would encourage that authors and filmmakers place their names on their work. Most of these writers/directors work hard for their creation. It doesn’t bother me that they give themselves credit for this.
I was a bit disappointed as well to see that King focused on the promotional media relating to the film in his criticism rather than the actual film itself. I can say that I enjoyed Kill Bill (and Tarantino’s works overall) not only because of the story, but because it was risky, original filmmaking. Sure, the style of the movie was sampled from various genres of film, but it created something new, daring, and separated itself from the rest of today’s pack. Some of King’s best works in fact were risky and original in that he strayed from his staple horror stories to create in-depth dramas (stories such as those that were the basis for movies like The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me and The Green Mile). So in a nutshell, I was disappointed by King’s reasoning.
Now about the whole Patrick Stewart incident. After reading the transcript a few times, it has occured to me that Stewart pulled Kill Bill out of his ass and for some reason or another decided to throw it in his statement. I understand Amnesty International’s message and fully support it. However, Stewart’s attack on Kill Bill was irrelevent to his statement and just plain ignorant. Anyone who has seen the film knows that it absolutely does not portray any sort of domestic abuse towards women in a glorifying manner. It is a vengence story, plain and simple. The very fact that Stewart stated that Kill Bill was an abomination because it contained women against women violence is not only ignorant, it is somewhat sexist in the fact that Stewart made his remark only focusing on the character’s sexes, rather than the reason for this violence (hunting down the people who took part in the attempted murder of not only the bride herself, but her husband (or husband to be) and her unborn child (as if that wasn’t a good enough motive)). To sum it up, his comments were ignorant and unjust. And there we have my two cents.

P.S. Sorry about the link, for some reason when I posted, I believe some form of spyware attached that URL to it.