(Quentin Tarantino 2003)
R I'm not really sure what I expected out of Kill Bill, but I definitely not expect to be whatever it was. I didn't love the movie, but I can't say I didn't like it either. I can definitely see the appeal and why it has attracted such a cult following though. I personally don't care for violence or gore, but I don't fault the movie for it. I mean it's about a wronged assassin seeking vengeance on her former team, if you go into this expecting it to not be violent then that's your own fault. I thought the fight scenes were fun to watch, if not a little over the top, but that does seem to be Quentin Tarantino's style. The blood though, really? Did there really need to be that much? Whenever somebody was injured, which was often, it was like someone turned on a hose full of red water. I know I'm being ridiculous, cause this movie is purposely over the top and that's part of its charm, but both my parents are doctors so I just can't stop that from bugging me. Part of what I really liked about the film was that Quentin Tarantino does not try to hide his style at all. I had never seen any Quentin Tarantino films before this, and I can already feel his presence in the movie. Boy does he like his close-ups. I feel like 45% of this movie consisted of close-ups. This movie really threw me for a loop at times, like when it would suddenly switch to black and white or animation, which I didn't dislike, but also didn't really understand. Overall Kill Bill felt like a bunch of different styles shoved together in one film that really shouldn't work together, but somehow do. The movie mixed its styles so well and flipped back and forth so quickly that it felt like I was watching a Kung-Fu movie and a Western at the same time. I didn't realize that this movie was only going to be half the story. I suppose I should have guessed since there's a volume one and a volume two, but I kinda just assumed vol. one would be its own story and vol. two would be a generic sequel. Never assume with Quentin Tarantino. After I finished the first I went straight on to watch volume two, which I think was the best way to do it. I was originally going to do a separate post for volume two, but they're essentially the same film so I don't think there's really a point. There's only one thing that I would change about this movie. I wish it would've shown more of how the assassin squad came to be. I really wanted to see how the characters interacted before they betrayed her. They alluded to each others' relationships before the betrayal, but never in any in-depth way. The Kill Bill universe is a pretty interesting place and I wish that they'd explored more of it.
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Aubrey KirchhoffI'm just screaming into the void and somehow getting graded on it. Archives
April 2018
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