What a gas!!

Rating: Null/10 (17 October 2003)

Unlike a certain response I read here - which so happens to be the only one I bothered with - I have to say that this movie is a masterpiece of pulp fiction, as only Quentin Tarantino could provide. Not only has he included a litany of old-school film references, but he's managed to invoke, with skill and purpose, the spirit of the old Hong-Kong action flicks that I used to stay up until two a.m. to watch on Cinemax. The anime sequence that introduces O-Ren-Ishii is breathtaking to watch, when you realize that it was drawn rather than acted. Again, in a story that should have few, there are many questions, questions which have answers that will bring us in droves to the opening of Vol. II. Make no mistake, I am no Quentin fanboy. His script for Natural Born Killers was absolute garbage, and Jackie Brown had moments, nothing more. I went to this film expecting to be like Baumer, underwhelmed and overspent. I wasn't. What I ended up as was a smiling movie patron, perhaps ambivalent about the good that this film will do for the human race (none) but still full of anticipation for the next installement. To those of you who find yourself predisposed to dislike this movie, don't be. You'll miss out, even if you're paying attention.