Utter Piece of Garbage...

Rating: 1/10 (11 October 2003)

Seriously, I have no idea why Tarentino is thought of as a good director, none of his movies show any evidence to support his reputation from what I've seen. As for this specific one...
What a mess (and not just talking about the excessive pointless violence). The scenes are played with next to no logical order or coherence. Most of the action shots, as well choreagraphed as they are, have such sloppy camera work you practically get motion sickness. The plot, such as it is, makes abosolutely no sense (well, The Bride is out for revenge, obviously, but why she was attacked in the first place was never explained). The anime sequence was actually pretty well done, but was followed up with a long drawn out transition to the next sequence... which is what most of the movie felt like, incoherent, drawn out scenes with periods of rediculously violent sloppy action sequences to wake you up. Maybe Volume 2 will redeem this first half, but I'm not holding my breath.