This movie ist great, a must see! + Tarantino + Uma Thurman

I want to give my thanks to Quentin , first , for bringing a comic book material and giving it a life of its own , second , for his visionary way of directing- meaning he pays tribute to the Chinese films we watch on lazy weekends where kids like us pretend play with wooden sticks pretending it's a samurai sword- , third - for the continuous and tireless experimentation , perhaps because of that only he comes with this brand of crazy- his unique trademark of crazy. I have seen all his films and this so far is my favorite dish from him ( including the second volume) . Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah and Co. are all memorable and exciting to watch. But the combat at the restaurant is the most mental scene one has ever seen on a movie. Artistic , bloody action that leaves a lot to one's imagination because it is also collagen with comic book frames to somehow lessen the gore but still, full of humor ( the rhyming names, the wagon , the whistling) and a well of surprises for the viewer. Stu-pen-dous!

Tarantino's first foray into self-indulgence comes in the form of this hyper-stylized 'kung-fu' homage, the first part of which arrives with almost no substance or character depth of any kind. What you're left with is 'Kill Bill: Vol 1 (2003)', a film that manages to occasionally entertain with some wild action-sequences and pulpy references but often falls flat due to the fact that the thin plot is stretched to fit feature length. The entire movie seemingly exists just so that the extravagant final fight can still exist somewhere, outside of the second part where it simply wouldn't fit. 6/10

Having seen some of Tarantino's previous films, when I first watched this, my expectations for 'Kill Bill' were already over the roof. However, regardless of my high hopes for quality entertainment, I was not prepared for this film. I was dumbfounded. I was blown away. I had quite simply never seen anything even remotely like it. In 'Kill Bill', the revenge plot serves only as a larger story arc, thus allowing Tarantino to play with as many different genres as he likes. With complete disregard for the conventions of filmmaking, he paints an expressionistic masterpiece in his own unique style, the likes of which the world has never seen before. This picture is a gift to the film industry and the world itself!