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I finally got to see Kill Bill vol. 1 last night. One of my brothers, who came up from the bay area for labor day weekend, has "acquired" a copy, which we watched while waiting for some more "acquisitions" to finish burning, since two of us hadn't seen it before.
I can see why my mom didn't want me to see it, what with all the outrageous squirting of blood, but I really don't care about that. Movie/video game blood doesn't bother me. Call me desensitized or whatever, but I have a firm distinction in my mind between fake and real gore. When I was younger, I actually used to get a bit sick when I saw real blood, but blood in movies and games has never bothered me because I knew it was all fake.
So where the heck am I going with that last paragraph? Well, the point I'm making is that gory movies/games don't desensitize kids to violence, it desensitizes them to fake violence. Or at least it should, unless the kids are stupid and can't distinguish between reality and fantasy. In which case I think it's more important for parents to teach them the difference, rather than simply shielding them from violent movies and whatnot. Because shielding them doesn't actually deal with the problem, it simply prolongs it until they either just learn some sense on their own or until they're no longer under their parents' control.
And yeah. No idea why I went off on that tangent, really. Just came to mind. So ...
... back to Kill Bill vol. 1. I really enjoyed it, which from me, is saying something; I rarely enjoy movies that much anymore. So now I know what all the hype was about, and now I'm wanting to see vol. 2, heh. As I'd heard (way too many times) from James, all the characters are very interesting -- the kind that you really want to learn more about. Which, of course, means seeing vol. 2. ... I just have to find a way to get my hands on it, since I doubt my parents would let me rent the second one when they wouldn't let me rent the first.
Being a under 18 -- and hence, not being able to have my own account at the movie rental places -- really sucks.
Oh, yeah, and I forgot to mention: Today's my three year OtakuBoards anniversary, if anyone cares. Also, February 13, 2005 will mark three years of me being a staff member. Go me.
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