Tarantino Scores...finally!!

Rating: 8/10 (23 August 2005)

I admit, I was very determined to NOT like Kill Bill. I am not a Quentin Tarantino fan by ANY means!! His film making is egotistical, and annoying and he works far too hard to make the film unique, original, and usually confusing. But the general public seems to like his films for his gratuitous violence and pointless everything else that is taboo. Nonetheless he manages to mainstream his film enough to make a decent action movie that the film goers loved. So I went into this film expecting very little and it was awesome!!
First of all someone else I am NOT a fan of Uma Thurman but she turns in a brilliant performance and likely a lasting classic film character in "The Bride." The film is all about simple, horrible, blood thirsty revenge. The simplistic plot makes the film easy to watch despite Tarantino's directing style which still shows through. The entire main cast really creates lasting characters for film history. Not only does Thurman turn in a blood thirsty disturbing role as The Bride, but we have her main adversary O-Ren Ishii played by Lucy Liu, who up until now has also never turned in an impressive role so it's fair to say that if anything Tarantino brings out the best in sub par actors. The opening battle between The Bride and Vernita Green set the tone for what Kill Bill is about. Although not a lot of plot has been given about their backgrounds or the circumstances of The Bride's attempted murder, enough is given to keep it interesting. We are also introduced to some of the future battles and characters that will be covered in Volume Two and they were interesting enough to make you want to know what's going to happen.
Strangely enough the worst and best part of this film is Tarantino's direction. His positive unique style comes through in the incredible choreography of the battles, the intense over the top violence, and the less than credible bloody scenes that seem so unrealistic that it's meant to be that way. At the same time you are bombarded with Tarantino's forced uniqueness, the scenes made from Japanimation, the annoyingly jumpy plot line, and the oddball small little admissions, which may or may not be explained away in the second volume (I have yet to see.) No matter what anyone who wants a simple hack fest with loads of blood and over exaggerating violent scenes, this one is worth seeing plus it will be a cinema classic no matter what. Looking forward to volume 2!! 8.5/10