Thud.

Rating: Null/10 (16 April 2004)

I saw a sneak of Kill Bill Vol. 2 last night. What a disappointment. I loved the first volume. I saw it three times in six days. I doubt I'll bother seeing this again any time soon.
Tarantino wanted this to be his epic "grindhouse" flick. It grinds all right. The movie had no sense of pacing. i kept waiting for it to get better. It dragged and sagged and then- just ended. to be sure, this volume is more character driven, and therefore, dialogue and not bloody beheadings by sword take center stage. but the dialogue is so clunky. the monologues are wordy, dull and ultimately interrupt the flow. at one point, during an extended scene of dialogue between bill and the bride, a guy in the theater shouted "boring!" In a QT movie that shout is a death knoll. rude, yes, but I agreed. tarantino's script is pretty bad, which I forgave in the first volume because there was so much action and style. Here there is no excuse.

The movie was forgettable and made me long to see the same material done better. I may stand alone in my criticisms of this picture, and I'm prepared to. I was in utter dispair as I left the theater. When I got home, I threw in Pulp Fiction because I needed reassurance that Tarantino was a great writer and director. He is. Kill Bill Vol. 2 is his worst picture to date.