There is a lot of thought behind this.
Granted. I should have phrased it differently. And perhaps a major motion picture by a major film director like Tarantino is not the best example for me to use.
My beef is really just with Transgressive Art — such as “Piss Christ”. Yes, I think the artist put some thought behind it. I don’t think the creation of the work took 5 minutes. I think there was a fair amount of thought and decision-making behind it.
But I don’t believe the thought was aimed at anything beyond “I don’t like Christianity”. I think the artist was trying to annoy Christians. I think Transgressive Art is usually childish. It is, for me, the opposite of what real art is supposed to be.
Again: Tarantino’s movie is probably more than a mere Transgressive piece. But I get triggered by headlines that talk of a “most transgressive film”. I think real art aims at being more than that. I think Tarantino aims at more than that.
This was a surprisingly good review. I thought the movie was also better than I hoped it would be.