Not as good as Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs but still Amazing!

Rating: 9/10 (14 October 2003)

Rating *****
QT does it again with his different & brilliant style of filmmaking. Kill Bill is not as great as Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs in my view but does come close in at 3rd place for me infront of Jackie Brown (which i still liked very much). However what i do have to say is that Kill Bill is Tarantino's best looking/sounding film in terms of visuals & sound. He has once again (like he did in Pulp) changed the order of the film which i believe makes this film even greater but what blew me away was the visual look of the film & especially the sound effects. Ok i watched it at Leicester Square with a massive screen & tons of speakers but i still feel the sound would of been excellent in a smaller cinema. In the scene before Uma Thurman wakes from her comer a mosquito is flying about & it actually sounded like there was one in the cinema & all the sword slashing & stabbing was awsome & the gunshot Uma Thurman takes to the head (i hope no one takes this as a spoiler as you should know she gets shot and wakes up from a coma as that's the whole point of the story) was very good & made tons of people jump in the cinema,me including, as it seemed to come out of no where. I heard it was meant to of been one of the goriest movies ever & although it was fairly gory it still isn't as bad as many people have said it is & was just like the Japanese Versus & was no where near as bad as The Story of Ricky or Braindead! The cast isn't as slick as Tarantino's other films not as good as Jackie Brown (which had a great cast) although Uma Thurman was excellent. Bill Caradine isn't seen visually in the movie (well you don't see his face) Michael Madsen & Daryl Hannah are barely in Vol. 1 & Vivica.A. Fox isn't in it much also whereas Lucy Lui is in it quite a bit & is the character the movie goes into the most although she didn't seem right to me in this part, she had the looks but not the acting ability. Overall Kill Bill is a stunning & amazing achievement in Filmmaking with a terrific ending (which i won't spoil for anyone) to lead to Vol. 2 & with it's fair share of gore, humor & Tarantino trademarks (Shot from car bonnet).
5/5 - I can't wait for Volume 2