{"id":833,"date":"2003-10-12T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2003-10-12T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=833"},"modified":"2021-04-27T13:10:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T17:10:34","slug":"kill-bill-disappoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=833","title":{"rendered":"Kill Bill Disappoints"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>I’m a huge fan of Quentin Tarintino’s work<\/strong>. Reservoir Dogs<\/strong> and <\/span>Pulp Fiction<\/strong><\/span><\/a> are two of my favorite movies. <\/span>From Dusk till Dawn<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is as well. [And yes, I know that Robert Rodriguez<\/strong> directed it!] I loved everything about the original trailer<\/strong> for “Kill Bill.”<\/strong> The look. <\/span>The music<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. The stars. How could it miss?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Let me tell you how. [Minor spoilers ahead.]<\/div>\n
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“Kill Bill”<\/strong> starts off well enough. It begins with a scratchy, cheesy “Now For Our Feature Presentation”<\/strong> intro straight out of the drive-ins that I loved as a kid. There’s also the retro “Presented in Shaw-Scope”<\/strong> title card, the “Revenge is a dish best served cold” Klingon quote<\/strong>, and the Sonny Bono<\/strong> song, “Bang, Bang”<\/strong> playing over the credits. Yeah baby, Quentin<\/strong> was tapping in to everything that we loved about this genre from our childhood.<\/div>\n
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Then the movie starts with a bang. Literally. Uma Thurman<\/strong> is shot in the head and left for dead. But she’s not really dead… just in a coma for four years. And when she wakes up she must have her revenge. Great set-up. <\/span><\/div>\n

\nThe action<\/strong> is over-the-top<\/strong> and brutal<\/strong>. The first payback<\/strong> that we see is really well done<\/strong>. It has the right mix of Tarantino<\/strong> heightened reality, humor and action. Then we have a flashback<\/strong> to the hospital and this is where the movie starts to loose me<\/strong>. There are a couple of scenes with a red neck and Buck the orderly<\/strong> that just really push the envelope. And for some reason everything after that seemed truly excessive and redundant<\/strong>. <\/span><\/div>\n
How many arterial sprays<\/strong> do we need to see? How many limbs chopped off<\/strong>? But before we get to that gore<\/strong> we have to sit through an anime cartoon<\/strong> [which is pretty well done but again, very gory<\/strong>], a boring dialogue<\/strong> about tea, and discussion about why Uma<\/strong> needs a specific man to make her sword. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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When I left the theater, I was disappointed<\/strong>. I had been hoping to see a really fun, really exciting revenge film. To make matters even worse, we don’t get to see how everything turns out, since “Kill Bill, Volume 2”<\/strong> doesn’t come out until February<\/strong>. The funny thing is, I didn’t hate the movie. I’m not sure I even disliked it. I was disappointed… but disappointed enough not to see the rest?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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I guess we’ll know in February<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Kill Bill”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Rating:<\/strong>
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