I just don't think violence and death must necessarily be depicted seriously, or that such a use is inherently more meaningful and artful than any other.  Basically, I think there can be value in doing it another way and in pursuit of a different effect - e.g. for black humor or for a visceral thrill, both of which…

Pretty much.  The whole criticism seems to be divining the director's intent from sources that can't possibly just be found in the movie itself.

"tarantino, for all his skill with the camera and the other tools of filmmaking is an eternal adolescent"

I agree.  I hate to ever say someone just misunderstood a director's intent completely, but…

Clearly this Gerstmann's tastes in music are not to be trusted.  I'm a little mad at bloggers for making shitty white-girl rap happen.  Iggy Azalea is better than most of 'em and she's STILL terrible.

ComradeQuestions has failed us all.

I'm waiting for that conversation to happen.  It's GOING to happen.  I mean, they're clearly separate thoughts and metaphors, but just the fact that he said them back to back is going to make some eyebrows raise and monacles drop.

Spelling tragedies with an extra "d" is the true tradgedy here.

Turrrrible.

No, the director/writer doesn't.  Most good art is open to at least some interpretation.  It's not the creator's responsibility to force all those interpretations to match.

Your response indicates some other personal faults, too, but I don't want to offend you by pointing them out.

I was going to ask this question myself, if no one else did.  I don't think depictions of suffering, even detailed and well-shot ones, are inherently reveling in it or inviting the audience to pornographically enjoy it.  This kind of assumption is troubling; what does it say about the person making the assumption, or…

No.  I disagree.

I liked "Django" but "Inglorious" is a FAR better movie.

Django Kill, also known as If You Live, Shoot!

But they don't play indie rock.  Definitely hard as a set of brass knuckles, though.

Fuckin' Japandroids is now "hard pipe-hitting shit"?

My bar band called itself 1.99 Millers.  We were not often booked in bars, and when we were, they did not go out of their way to advertise our performance.

…which was clearly the implication of that off-the-cuff joke.

If I can't get a Coke or a good root beer, Dr. Pepper is my next choice.  It's a sign of my love for Dr. Pepper that throughout that odd scene, my first thought wasn't "product placement"; rather, it was, "Damn RIGHT, it's never too early for Dr. Pepper!"