More than a parody, more than pithoresque: anti-boring and anti-stereotypes

Rating: 10/10 (25 February 2004)

I remember a line in an exceptional TV Series: Northern Exposure: `Put a nice car, put a beautiful lady, and you got a movie. What else do you need?' Back to Kill Bill, I believe it's an extraordinary combination of what you need for a wonderful movie, along with what you need for a bad movie, altogether. And here you are: the Masterpiece! A movie that reminds us of Manga, of Matrix, of Martial Art movies, of Police/ Detective-thrillers, of never-aging myths of revenge, betrayal, and all the non-sense Tarantino is so able to observe and laugh at, a movie that puts us in front of what we see, like or dislike (or fake either of them - as snobbish persons) most of the time when we go to cinema, rent a movie or watch TV. I am grateful to Q&U for giving us this excellent movie. It is a 10 /10, not because we see a rare art movie, but because I welcome the aesthetes. And I welcome the irony, the comic, the bad taste against the bad taste (would it be the real revenge in this series?), the perfectly matched music, and, of course, the Actors and the Actresses.
As for the rest, you know Tarantino: black humor, violence, perverts, details of everyday-life next to amazing events (huge crimes, wars, rapes, murders, whatever you want.) in a paradox we all accept (it's Holywood, after all!).
Ah, and to emphasize another major issue, I must say: Uma Thurman is more beautiful than ever! She is amazing all the time, but here, as "The Bride"...
So, the recipe of this movie is so complex that you must see it to have an idea.
I gratefuly thank all the people involved for this movie.
Domo arrigato gozaimas, Radu-san