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    Kill Bill: Volume 1

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    the_crazycanuck@

    All the people who are giving Kill Bill 2, 3, 4, and 5 out of 10 are not thinking properly. You cannot compare Kill Bill with the other three Tarantino films because they all contrast so much with each other. Jackie Brown was a film noir. Pulp Fiction was a crime drama. Reservoir Dogs was the only one that connected with any of the others because it was the same style and genre as Pulp Fiction. Kill Bill is an artistic masterpiece and Tarantino's second-best next to Pulp Fiction. The story is very simple but is easy to connect with, revolving around revenge and the lengths we go to achieve it. What really makes Kill Bill a fantastic movie is the graphic and artsy portrayl of the violence that only Quentin Tarantino could create. We leap into the film with a surprisingly tame action scene without any knowledge of what the hell is going on, which is pretty clever on Tarantino's part. However at the end of the scene we get spun around and get blown away by a surpising and graphic ending. The film flashes back and forth to tell us the whole story of Uma Thurma's character, known only as "the bride", and why she is out to get revenge on Bill. The flashback method used by Tarantino is very effective in telling the story. Anway what the whole movie boils down to is a gigantic blood bath where the Bride slaughters probably over 80 people with a Japanese sword made especially for her by a sword master who has a grudge against Bill. This fight scene is expertly coreographed by martial artist Yuen Wo Ping who also brought us the Matrix series. Director Tarantino brings his unique imagination to show us something new and exciting, some flashy film editing and brilliant cinematography as well as some overtime work by the make-up and special effects and wire department. I can say without any hesitation that it is the greatest fight scene involving swordplay ever in movie making possibly the fight scene ever period. The film ends shortly after that scene during another fight scene where the Bridge kills one of her former friends who betrayed her. That scene is more tame but far more artsy and stylish. I cannot wait for the final volume of Kill Bill, I am sure it will exceed all my expectations just like the first did. And to finish off I would like to pose this question: Will Quentin Tarantino ever make a bad movie?

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    the_crazycanuck@  3.11.2003 age: 13-17 37 reviews

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