Well i went to go see the opening of Kill Bill today and whereas our beloved austin chronicle gives the movie a 4 star rating(obviously brown nosing tarantino who resides here) i find it not to be that of four star material. Maybe a 3 star, yes i woudl give this flick a 3 star rating.
Pretty much it is gonna be what most are expecting the movie to be. lots of fighting and tarantino esque flavor and ridiculous gore(he is definately keeping in with the old shaw brothers films)
i thought ,all in all, it was good but i have to say that this new thing in movies to make you wait for the next part is really quite annoying. i mean i would have sat there for an extra hour if it meant that i didnt have to wait another god ****ed year for part 2 to this film to come out.
Uma thurman is a hottie by any standards so i enjoyed watching her parade around like bruce lee on a revenge mission.
i liked the Jap animae in the film,,,,great addition to it.
as for the fighting in the film? you know i have to say that i think fighting in films has really gone down hill these days. i mean you have real fast shots and skips and fight scenes that really confuse the hell out of you.you start to watch a scene and then it flashes to another angle and then it goes back to what you were watching to begin with and it gets all confusing. i mean i remember the days when you could watch a fight film and actually SEE HOW they were fighting and you could SEE the fight. as with films like “Fist of Legend” and some of Jacky chans old films.
but when you have inexperienced actors that Look good but are not necessarily in shape or have the ability to do what jet li and jacky chan did you get a less quality fight scene and you have to make up for it with all those fast shots and seeing the back of the actors head(which is a stunt double anyway)
But aside from my @nal retentiveness to fight scenes in movies i Liked Kill Bill alot and even though i am PI$$ed that i have to wait another year for Volume 2. i am still looking forward to seeing it.
*** three stars from the willow sword.
Peace,