Kill Bill

I have to admit I wasn't really looking forward to seeing Kill Bill, though I loved Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. The preview didn't appeal to me in any way, and I just thought it didn't look very interesting. Maybe that is why I liked it. I won't say it's Tarantino's best movie, and let's keep in mind this is only his 4th (as the opening credits point out). Everything about this movie, the visual style, music and performances all made up for it's "lack" of story. After no one really complains when generic action movies like The Rundown are lacking a great story.


Kill Bill does not really lack story anyway, it's just not an in depth character study. None of Tarantino's movies are. No one really criticized Pulp Fiction for not fully examining the psyche of its characters. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see something a little more substantial from Tarantino, but that doesn't stop Kill Bill from being a very well made action movie.


There has been a lot of controversy over the violence in this movie. I'm not sure why, there have certainly been movie just as violent, and more violent than this. Yes there is a lot of blood, so much blood it's laughable and the brutality is completely stripped away. No this is not a movie for kids, but there is nothing in this an adult can't handle, the movie is rated R after all. I don't believe adults can be desensitized to violence. Adults know movies aren't real, most kids know that what they see in movies is not the same as real life. I really don't see violence in movies as some big problem that needs to be controlled. No one is going to see this movie and go kill someone (unless that's what they would have done anyway).