The Spaghetti western under the gangster movies

Rating: 9/10 (28 January 2004)

When I viewed this movie less then an hour ago I couldn't help to compare it with another great classic movie. I am talking about: 'Once upon a time in the west'. Not just the music, but the theme of revenge, the slow way the plot is being revealed (it takes him more then one movie to reveal it all), the crazed hero who kills whomever stand in its way, the flashbacks.

There are of course big differences between the movies, but Kill Bill felt to me like a spaghetti western and I loved it.
I loved the music, the fighting, the abrupt changes in mood and speed of the movie, the way he uses different filming techniques to tell the story. The use of flashbacks to tell even the tiniest of details of the story.
There are some flaws, I personally didn't care much for the showers of blood. The endless pumping of the red stuff was overdone and did not add much to the movie. I also missed some scenes that just should have been there. The training, the getting into shape after so many years in coma and yes some more violence. This movie is so full of gore and mayhem that cutting things like torture does not make much sense and I felt a censor recommending to cut these scenes.
So I give it a 9 out of 10. Not a 10 mind you as it is not perfect but it is one of the best movies i've seen this year..