#325 - Kill Bill Vol. 1

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Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
October 10, 2003
325 on the List



For my first hack at The List - the quite fitting Kill Bill. Admittedly, I've already seen (and geeked on) this film. It's one of my favorites. The reason it's first is because my girlfriend, Anna, had not seen it.

If I am a kung fu film fan, I'm outstandingly unaware of it. So honestly the only reason I watched this one in the first place is because it's by Tarantino, and I'm like middleschool crushing on the dude's right brain. It turns out, though, that it's extremely well put together, albeit incorrigibly violent.

Speaking of which, Tarantino has been quoted as "strongly detesting" violence, drugs, and product placement (Red Apple cigarettes, and Fruit Brute cereal can be found in many of his films), even though the first two are main elements in pretty much all of his movies.

Verdict:
Very violent - accurately rated R, in that regard. However, aside from an almost-rape moment, absolutely no sex. So, if your parents don't mind the violence, this one won't have your toes curling as you and your loved ones enjoy a nice bowl of porn flakes.

Anna is 20, and had her eyes closed for a lot of the fight scenes. So no sensitive stomachs.

Annalysis: (This is when Anna will sometimes say what she thought of the film. A girl's point of view. Just remember though - if I liked it and she hated it, she probably just has bad taste in movies.)

"It was an interesting look into film noire. I am really intrigued by the "volume" aspect. It seems that each film is a piece, adding up to a whole, so they both get equal attention.

Uma Thurman does very well, able to say a lot without words. And sometimes, I felt like she was channeling Samuel L. Jackson.

I feel like my female sensibilities were waiting for more background story for the Bride, but I'm sure her story will be told in the other volume.

I didn't expect it to be that much of a "slasher", but it did well at that. If you are not a fan of action, there is not much else going on in this volume, but I recognized there was more to come.

Because of all that, at times it seemed on the verge of being two dimensional - I say verge because there was always deepness present, keeping it interesting - until the last 4 seconds of the movie. That's when I understood what the story was going to be. And I liked it."