Here's where an editor might come in handy

Rating: 7/10 (13 October 2003)

I enjoyed "Kill Bill," but I found myself rolling my eyes a lot. Quentin Tarantino seems to think that if a scene is stirring once, then it'll be equally effective if he repeats it half a dozen times.
There was absolutely no need for "Kill Bill" to be divided into two films. What Tarantino needed was an editor smart enough (and tough enough) to say "There's a lot of unnecessary, repetitive crud here, and it needs to go. ONE decapitated body spraying out a fountain of blood is fine, but not six. ONE huge samurai sword fight is plenty. There's enough film here in the can to make one great movie or two mediocre ones. I say we make one great one."
But Tarantino didn't have such a capable, gutsy editor. Too bad.