Hmmmm...

Rating: Null/10 (26 October 2003)

I'm a big Quentin Tarantino fan and knew I had to see this in the theater. You do want to see this in the theater, the cinematography and soundtrack are killer.
Note: possible spoilers follow, so don't read on if you want to judge for yourself.
I wasn't exactly disappointed, but it wasn't as good as I expected (or perhaps, it just wasn't as good as I wanted it to be). Mostly I thought it looked and sounded awesome, but it was a little slow and I thought the ending was somewhat lame. I think it would have been better 30 mins shorter. Probably I would appreciate it little more if I had watched more of the films he is trying to emulate/tribute/top/whatever. I realize that it is only the first of two parts, but it just seemed to end abrubtly in the middle of the story leaving me thinking "what the f***...".
Even so, there are a lot of incredible visuals and a classic Tarantino soundtrack. I just loved the "Pussy Wagon" scenes, especially Uma Thurman and the the vivid colors. The anime portion for the background story on the Japanese/Chinese character played by Lucy Lui was fantistic, and I really enjoyed the Japanese schoolgirl ninja, and the rest of the Uma Thurman fight against Lucy Lui's thugs. Really spectacular to watch!