again a masterpiece by Quentin Tarantino

Rating: 9/10 (9 November 2003)

A beautiful pregnant woman, called The Bride (Uma Thurman), is going to marry, but a guy named Bill (David Carradine), puts an end to that. He and 4 other members of the DIVAS (Dealy Viper Assassination Squad) kill everybody on the wedding, but the Bride survives, and lies in a coma for 4 years. She wakes up, and decides to take revenge on the DIVAS and Bill. She was a former member of the DIVAS, what's in her advantage. She can track down O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu), codename 'Cottonmouth', the most feared person of the DIVAS, and also Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox), codename 'Copperhead'.
Quentin Tarantino promised Uma Thurman a movie like this, they discussed this on the set of 'Pulp Fiction' and this is the result, a real masterpiece. It begins with a simple plot, but it thickens by the minute. It's fun in the beginning, but it really gets more interesting by every second, and it's not easy to make a movie like that nowadays.
Quentin Tarantino is one my favorite directors, because he can mix violence with humor very well. He's more known for his scenario's and again he made a very strong and terrific script. Even though he doesn't make a lot of movies, he really takes more time for making them than most directors do, that's why his movies are all great. He's so enthusiastic and puts much effort in his work and his pen and mind are one when it comes to writing scripts. He doesn't act much, but he's certainly not a bad actor. He grew up with movies and he still isn't tired of it. Another thing I like about him is that he gives actors, who are forgotten, a second chance. John Travolta is the biggest example, now David Carradine for Kill Bill. And he always gives winks to other movies, like the yellow suit that Uma Thurman wears in Kill Bill, it refers to Bruce Lee. His idea of using a Japanese animation images in Kill Bill, is really original even though it was really violent. And again this movie is not chronological, that's how we remember our little Quentin. He said in an article that the violence in his movies is unbearable, but that it really looks damn cool. Damn straight, Quentin.
The movie is very interesting and Uma Thurman is terrific as The Bride, she trained intensively for 3 months (and she had just given birth) and the result is a beautiful, dangerous woman in a tight yellow costume. The blood is all over the place, but that doesn't really matter. The sprinkles with original ideas, like the Japanese anime, the sound of the mosquito that goes around in the dolby surround system of the movie theater, the Pussy wagon. The movie consists of extremely cool fight scenes like the fight between The Bride and Gogo, and the crazy 88 and of course O-Ren Ishii in the House of the Blue Leaves, with beautiful Spanish flamenco music on the background. The music was also nice through the whole movie, the scene of the House of the Blue Leaves in particular. The music is totally in contrast with the duel between The Bride and O-Ren Ishii, but that's the beauty of it, it makes the duel look more like a dance number, or a ceremony. But it's also a lesson for directors. Use music that lies parallel with the scene, or use music that is totally in contrast with the scene.
Through this whole experience of 111 minutes, I can only say that was FUN to watch, it's a masterpiece made by a genius and I can't wait for Kill Bill: Vol. 2. Keep up the good work, Quentin.
9/10