Can't see why non-cinephiles love it this much.

Rating: 7/10 (13 April 2004)

I am a Cinephile and I do think "Kill Bill vol 1" is a fine movie. Like "The Dreamers" however, I can't see why become such rabid fans when most of them clearly don't get the references.
There is nothing wrong with not being an obsessed movie nerd like myself, in fact it's probably a healthier choice in most respects, but some movies are made for people who have seen a number of films past the 3,000 mark and this seems like one of them. But like "the dreamers" with it's overwhelming sexuality, it's got edginess on it's side: tons, and tons and tonsandtonsandtons of violence.
Every shot, character, line, theme and musical cue seems stolen from another movie. sometimes you can pinpoint the exact one, sometimes you can't, but it tends to keep you smiling and planning to tear into imdb when it's over. It's over-the-top (not an "epic" by any means as some have described it) and more importantly, doesn't take itself seriously, which would have been a tragic mistake. And certainly it is fun to watch... again especially if you think it's funny the way fragments of other movies are being subtly pieced together for comic value.
but plenty of people casually call this their favorite movie, but i submit that by combining a bunch of fragments of movies for the sake of doing so one cannot produce a whole greater than the sum of its parts.

a WORTHY 7/10