Overrated and Tiresome

Rating: 7/10 (11 May 2004)

I sure am tired of all the snobbery displayed by the self-anointed film afficionadoes over the "Kill Bill" movies. The films are simply not good. Yes, they are stylish and have some great action sequences, but the dialogue is poor (unusual for Tarantino), the plot uninteresting, and large swaths of the footage wasted. I understand he dragged it out in order to split it into two films, but to me, the best part is still the very first sequence of the first film. It would have made a better single film; instead we get two pieces of drawn-out schlock.
KB2 is most noteworthy in that the body count and gore is way down from the first film. Best of all, as a kid who grew up on Kung Fu, I really enjoyed seeing "Grasshopper" again. When the best thing you can say about a film is that it evokes nostalgia, you know you have a stinker on your hands.