That is the absolute last time I indulge in rhetorical excess. This I swear to you by all that is holy!
Seriously, I knew when I wrote it that I shouldn’t be advising people to “ignore” Kill Bill‘s critics. I myself am not ignoring them, and have had interesting conversations with at least two via email. I was trying to make the point that I think you (the generalized you) should go see the movie(s), and was trying to make that point using one of those Paul O’Brien-type “I can prove it with graphs” kinda statements. Obviously, I blew it, and now folks think I want to “stifle debate,” which I certainly don’t want to do.
To wit, go read J.W. Hastings, who, in addition to providing an anti-Kill Bill blog post link roundup, righteously and rightfully takes me to task for copping one of those odious “if you don’t like it, you just don’t get it” attitudes. (To be honest, I do think some people just don’t get it–after all, some people thought John Travolta’s character in Pulp Fiction came back from the dead during the final segment–but I don’t think that of J.W., Dave Intermittent, the Peiratikos crew, Dave Fiore, or any of the other bloggers I’ve read who’ve had negative takes on the films.)
I will, however, stand by my assertion that I like the movies too much to say anything interesting about them. This is not to say that the fact that they are good goes without saying, or anything like that–just that I’m too happy with my happiness with them to produce something worth reading about them, basically. (I’ve seen some cases where something similar is true for people who take the opposing view too, by the way.)