Masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2003)

Who ever said a movie needs a story? In this day of computer effects, CGI and all that bullcrap which can be nice if used with a purpose and for the right things, but Hollywood has over used this method of creating unreal shots to spice up action scenes. Enter Kill Bill. I didn't notice any computer effects in this one. The impact the action scenes had on me (and believe me, they had quite an impact), came from the great choreography of Yuen Woo-Ping, the physical abilities of the stunt men and women involved and obviously from the incredible sense of style the great Quentin Tarantino possesses. I guess a lot of people will call this movie tasteless and dumb action and so forth. It's probably guilty as charged but you can't deny the artistic abilities of the director and the poetry in motion that this movie definately is. I gave it a 9 due to the lack of story but it's still the best movie of the year (Note: I haven't seen the return of the king yet). This American production has the same level of martial arts style and stays true to the genre like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero to make one of the best Kung Fu movies ever. I can't wait till Vol. 2.