Quentin doesn't know when to stop

Rating: 5/10 (11 September 2006)

QT should know, since he is a very original artist, that artists should reinvent themselves constantly. Especially when you have an in-your-face, parody/farce-like type of production style. RD, PF and JB were 3 movies where QT introduced himself to the world in style, with a lot of original stuff and contribution to cinema. Very good sense of humor, creative ... everything and tons of originality.
However, I think that HE MADE HIS POINT with those three movies. The biggest problem with Kill Bill is that it is UNNECESSARY. Just some polishing and focusing of the QT style, but only that. There is virtually nothing really new in these two movies, and what is worse, QT chooses to emphasize what he PREFFERS from his CALEIDOSCOPE of creation, and he chooses kung-fu, no plot, violence, special effects and pointless chaos. These elements, combined with good story, complex acting and witty and original dialog, to name a few of the things I like about QT work, are complementary, but in Kill Bill, they stand alone and dry out in the film.
I will give this movie 4 points for beautiful visuals, some nice dialog and some good directing now and then, and generally for QT, which I like a lot as an artist and an innovator, but, man, stop your eclectic, self-indulgent "thing" and move forward instead of backward.