Not his best, but stylistically impressive.

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2016)

This is a great example of how emotional appeal allows us to root for a character. The Bride's murders and mutilations, while they are rather gruesome and cruel, are more acceptable to us as an audience because of her desire for vengeance. But in some ways, you might be able to flip the story around and make the Bride the villain, and have the protagonist be O-Ren. It could almost be an origin story for some kind of last student of O-Ren's dojo that goes after the Bride ten years later or something in an attempt to reinstate the order to its former glory. Or something like that. It might not turn out as good, but it's interesting to think about.
Of the Tarantino movies I've seen (Django, Pulp, Hateful 8, Resivoir) this is the easiest to follow next to Django, which in some ways make it the least interesting to watch. However, that does not keep it from being an entertaining experience, with the constant soundtrack, artsy style, and way over-the-top fight scenes. If you want to study Tarantino for screen writing, you can probably skip this one even though there is some good voice-over and flashback use. But if you want to be a director or DP, you have to see this for educational purposes.
Even by today's standards, this is a pretty amazing action movie. Now we have some grander scale and more visually impressive action movies like Avengers or Kingsmen, but this is still quite a different action movie experience even if its novelty has worn off some in the past decade. Some of the fight scenes are actually funny with their implausible decapitations. In some ways you want to sympathize with the Bride's victims, but you don't really have time to. However, its visual appeal comes through more than just action as it gives us an anime-style flashback scene exposing the childhood of O-Ren. Also, the shot in which the Bride picks up the samurai sword was so powerful that I could almost feel it in my hands.
There is some controversy over the excessive brutality shown throughout. I wouldn't say this should automatically deter you from watching it, but if seeing a lot of blood makes you sick then by all means find something else. How you interpret the portrayal of violence is your deal, and hopefully it works for you, but I don't think it's fair to say that Tarantino is a sick person for making extremely bloody films. For all we know, he's doing it to reduce the violence in the world rather than to promote it.
If you like Tarantino's directing style, you'll like this, but it might be a bit disappointing if you're more interested in his narrative style. It's great if you're looking for an action flick, but not if you want an intriguing story. If you're unsure, watch a couple of chapters and then reevaluate. Just don't expect it to be an emotional experience. Overall Rating. 7.6/10