Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Year: 2003

Grade: B+

Country: USA

Director: Tarantino

Review

you thought reservior dogs and pulp fiction were violent? i’ll show you violent, says tarantino. but a lot of the violence here is cartoon violence, or “evil dead” type violence. it goes over the top for a laugh…at least a lot of it should. i think tarantino is playing with the audience a lot more in this movie than in his other films…and i like it. of course he’s up to his old tricks – he plays with time, he references other films (including his own – jules from pulp fiction wanted to walk the earth like cain (sp?) and in this one david carradine plays someone who is trained by a japanese swordsman). the score is real good – combining both japanese cinema and spaghetti western styles. they had been married earlier, of course, but here it has it’s own flavor. some will deride the film as too bloody or to referential (they always do), but this is a film made by someone who obviously loves cinema and wants to take you on a ride. so you’re either on or not.

Watched in theater