kbposter (17k image)Kill Bill (3.4 of 5)
Where to begin-.In Quentin style-the middle. The marquee piece of this film is the Battle at the house of blue leaves. A series of extended crane and stedycam shots that followed the whereabouts and fighting of some 80 participants. Shots that put Scorsese to shame and made the Disney execs cringe with the over all amount of blood loss. The dynamic colors of the entire film are wonderful, but in the middle of the biggest fight of them all- Quentin goes black and white. Can-t place the homage he was going for here. And it irritated me more than style was probably supposed too, here I was salivating at what would become a Technicolor blood fest, and I was bounced back to Seven samurai!!!. Only other cheese-out to me was the beeping whenever-The Bride-s- name was mentioned, She was supposed to be Eastwood-s-Man with no name- but come on-. just cut it out. The real power of the film was the ability to bring Hardcore Anime to life, much in the same way that The Matrix did. Oh yea , Lucy-s life was explained using Anime, and it worked very well indeed. Not a lot of Tarintino dialog, but the cool factor still permeated through the entire film. Uma was great and her journey is intriguing to follow. Limbs fly off people like Nerf rockets, so be forewarned when taking the squeamish to the film. The truly bright point to me was the scenes with Sonny Chiba. He had a style and class that raised the bar from a grind house pic to something a little more lasting. I am going to hold judgment on the Power Jew-s decision to make the film two parts when I see Volume II in February. But so far there were a few places that could use a trim in Volume I.

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