Well, then.
I can definitely say that after this time away, watching GD again is like the first time. I actually think I reacted even more strongly than when it first aired. I certainly cried more -- I mean, mostly getting misty, but there when Gil and Warrick open the coffin and we hear Nick's voice? His hands reaching up to them.
Yeah, I'm still kinda leaking here.
I'd love to say I have a big long meander about Tarantino's choices here and whatever, but here's the short version. I think Tarantino's episode here is so very effective in no little part because Nick was always the easiest member of the team to overlook. Take him out of the picture, put him out of reach, and his meaning is suddenly immeasurable, not his meaning now, but the entire time. Tarantino chose Nick for the ordeal for a reason -- above and beyond QT's unhealthy fixation with burying people alive, it's NICK who's buried, who has to scrounge around in the very deepest parts of himself to survive that century-long 25-or-so hours. But it's the ones who work with him, to whom his presence is a given, who think, "Nicky," who think, "he's the good guy, he's the dependable one," who stand to learn. Warrick says he wouldn't have made it even as long as the dog discovery.
I think...Nick is simultaneously the beating heart of the team, and the only one who could have survived this.
Fuckin' hell, y'all, you should clear a chunk of an evening and sit yourself down with this one again. My heart still hasn't slowed down. God, Nicky.
I'm assuming four years is a decent amount of time to dismiss with using a spoiler cut here. ::sigh::
As a tiny aside, I MUST have said something about this back in the day. But no one goes 25 hours without having to pee at least once. And if that doesn't give an extra dash of oh Nicky to the whole mix, I dunno what does.
Yeah, I'm still kinda leaking here.
I'd love to say I have a big long meander about Tarantino's choices here and whatever, but here's the short version. I think Tarantino's episode here is so very effective in no little part because Nick was always the easiest member of the team to overlook. Take him out of the picture, put him out of reach, and his meaning is suddenly immeasurable, not his meaning now, but the entire time. Tarantino chose Nick for the ordeal for a reason -- above and beyond QT's unhealthy fixation with burying people alive, it's NICK who's buried, who has to scrounge around in the very deepest parts of himself to survive that century-long 25-or-so hours. But it's the ones who work with him, to whom his presence is a given, who think, "Nicky," who think, "he's the good guy, he's the dependable one," who stand to learn. Warrick says he wouldn't have made it even as long as the dog discovery.
I think...Nick is simultaneously the beating heart of the team, and the only one who could have survived this.
Fuckin' hell, y'all, you should clear a chunk of an evening and sit yourself down with this one again. My heart still hasn't slowed down. God, Nicky.
I'm assuming four years is a decent amount of time to dismiss with using a spoiler cut here. ::sigh::
As a tiny aside, I MUST have said something about this back in the day. But no one goes 25 hours without having to pee at least once. And if that doesn't give an extra dash of oh Nicky to the whole mix, I dunno what does.