Very disappointing. Don't believe the hype !!

Rating: 3/10 (1 November 2003)

Shallow... this is my first impression after seeing Quentin Tarantino's new movie. It is shallow because the plot is weak, even though Tarantino uses his now habituals time ellipses. A good realisation doesn't necessary compensate with a weak scenario and Mr Tarantino should know it as he usually makes movie witch are excellent in both plot and realisation. Well, Kill Bill is an exception.
Violent... words and images are utterly violent. In my opinion, this one goes too far. How can anyone laugh about pedophilia or a child seeing her mother being killed or even rape ? You need to be very talented and very sensitive to use these subjects in a movie and make people more aware of them, instead of using them to create a morbid-grotesque atmosphere. People were laughing during the movie but I think that it was because they were feelig uneasy and nervous.
No surprise... usually, Tarantino's movies are surprising, but Kill Bill is not. It uses and abuses of ideas seen before in other movies. Here is an example : why these Crouching-Tiger-Matrix-style fights ? It seems that nowadays, every action movies realisator wants to use the same effects. But After seeing them in countless movies, they loose their magic and originality. If you want good fights, watch the originals (Crouching... Matrix... Hero... or old school kung-fu movies).
Boring... there is no mastery of time in this movie. I think that it could easily be 30 minutes shorter. For example, the last fight is far too long and seems to be a weak excuse to split the movie into two parts. What about The Lord of the Rings ? What about Magnolia ? What about other very good movies which are as long as Kill Bill part 1 and 2 put together ? The reason is : pure marketing and a pathetic effort to be original... which fails.