Tarantino lost his bite?

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2003)

One thing I knew to be sure after 1992 and till now - all Earth could go to hell, bet Tarantino never had lack of realism. Now with Kill Bill vol.1 I can tell that he has lost his bite. The film itsel if flawless - directing and acting is great, and tarantino "chapters" resemble the famous PF. But the problem is with the plot - the best way to kill Blll could be ten times easier and less risky that one Black Mamba had chosen. Why rush into the Copperheads house when she sucpects nothing and could be easy shot through window with a sniper rifle? If Black Mamba wanted to have her fun with Copperhead using knife, why not didn't she use soprofic ammo or something before?(And then repeat the famous scene from Reservoir Dogs:))) Considering the fact that she was a pro, this whole attitude lacks motivation.Of course, you can motivate it with the post-coma shock, bet not the whole movie!(She had at least 3 months to recover, basing on the plot). Another stupid thing to do was to get into fight with all the 88 elite guards, 'cos in real life noone could really take on so many enemies using only sword and win. And if those guards were elite, why none of them has a gun? What kind of protection are they? If a team of 3-4 guys equipped with machineguns entered the building in real life the "mad88" would make an easy thargets. But even with swords they could easlily chop Mamba only because they were to many, and you just can't move THAT fast unless you are the ONE:) So here comes another drawback - lack of originality. Tarantino definetely tried to copy both The Matrix Reloaded and classic Takeshi Kitano (even by having actors from Battle Royale in his movie) scenes. It's not that bad at all, considering that the Reservoir Dogs were fully based on Kitano's "Violent cop", but QT failed to give the blood and gore fest (which I greatly appreciated) the charm and style, which ruled in R.Dogs. And some corny anime and huge ammount of Japanese dialogue(which is organic in Kinatno's movies, but pointless in Tarantino's) are terrible. So the only REALLY Tarantino-styled scenes are some dialogues (like between Copperhead and Mamba), catchphrases (like I'm Buck, I'm here to f***) and so on. 8/10 because of lack of style and realism.