Great idea - totally overdone

Rating: 4/10 (19 May 2004)

Spoilers Well, what can I say I would give this movie 4 out of 10 straight up. I thought the idea of uncompromising revenge was excellent BUT there are so many ridiculous scenes that were so overdone it just became a joke. For example the end scene between lucy liu and Uma was so stupid I laughed it was absurd. Tarantino was obviously trying to be artistic but it is as CLEAR AS DAY that he overdid it - wake up people - there are some very stupid people with no sense who gave this 10 out of 10 PLEASE!!!
In all the interviews and making of this film they went on about how brilliant the action scenes were and how amazing Uma was - come on people they were pathetic - the fight scenes were s**t - apart from the one with the blue background that was pretty cool the rest of them were - absolute crap. The very first scene was so silly I lost all respect for the film immediately.
BUT ABOVE ALL the single worst scene was the very end fight with lucy liu - not only was it not very good as a fight scene - the over the top silent staring that went on for so long was so overdone it became what can only be described as a joke. Here is a tip ladies and gentlemen - you know an action scene is good when at the end you feel "ahh I wish that had been longer" but at the end of the kill bill vol 1 final fight with Lucy Liu I couldn't help but feel thank god that painful crap is finished.
lol I just thought of another hilarious scene the one where Uma is on the plane writing her little revenge list that was the most corny stupid dumbass idea ever I actually burst out laughing when I saw that - that was just the final straw.
I bet the majority of people who gave this 10 out of 10 were silly little women who are blinded to how crap it is because they are so desperate to have a good movie with the lead badass as a woman - I bet if it was not a woman in the lead they would see it for what it is - very disappointing. And believe me this is coming from someone who is a fan of Tarantino.
Now for the use of black and white one word for you ladies and gents UNNECESSARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When the colour came back it was not that bloody.
Although very cool the way the screen changed as she blinked - that was cool
However I will say that this film had some very very good scenes particularly those with Sonny Chiba in the bar where Uma goes to get her sword very funny - excellent! The scene with Uma slapping the young yakuza ass was also very very funny. I really enjoyed the anime scene as well (apart from the excessive blood was a little silly at times) but the absolute uncompromising revenge on Lucy's characters face as a child was amazing - very well set out.
In my humble opinion I would say this film would have been much better as an anime - as I said its only real saving grace was its funny scenes with Chiba. Why I seem to be the only one who can see these points mystifies me - there are some very stupid close-minded people with absolutely no taste living in a dream world who thought this film was brilliant. After all that I think I am being generous giving this movie 4 out of 10