Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

What makes it different from others?

Too many fans seem to be blown away

Don't Believe the Hype

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

At the time "Kill Bill" came out, movies were a totally minor thing in my life. I watched them relatively often, but I did not payed any attention to "details". I had no idea who the director was, and the question is whether I knew at all what the director was. Besides Uma Thurman, I think I never heard of other actors back then. I rated movies on a very simple scale - whether it's fun or not. This one was fun for a ten. Fifteen years and several thousand films later, I look at movies from a completely different angle and "fun" is no longer at the top of the criteria that distinguish good movies from bad ones. Now I analyze them in more detail and I still haven't found any flaws in this one.It could be said that Quentin Tarantino's talent is a gift from God, but I think it's far more likely that he sold his soul to the Devil. The lowest rating I have ever given to one of his films is nine, and I'm not a "fanboy". "Kill Bill" is an action thriller, and for me action films are the lowest form of the seventh art. But Tarantino's ability to create an action movie which is also an art film is fascinating. The story is crazy and great, but the least important. Camera work, fight choreography, use of color and sound and feeling for details make this film a masterpiece of cinema. The cast is more than good, and Tarantino manages to get the most out of them. I doubt that any of these actors have ever given a better performance than in this movie. And, of course, music! Music is very diverse, totally unexpected, often even unsuitable for the scenes it follows, yet again in such a perfect (dis)harmony with the divine scenery and crazy choreography, that it all leaves the viewer breathless. For movies like this one even ten is depreciation.10/10

One of the best action movies, with a great depiction of cultures and fighting styles, it can be considered a homage and it is. What adds depth to the movie is Uma Thurman's performance as she becomes a character whose life has come full circle so to speak. The musical score with the dialogues everything has been done superbly, with each part of the movie saying more than what the screen shows us, which is the best part of the movie, you get to fill in the gaps of who the characters were before and who they became just by the bits of info about their life given to us. The Bride is a character filled with depth we do not know her back story which is what gives her an even unique role, the same can be said about the majority of characters, they are who they are just like people in life.

Movie Review: "Kill Bill Vol.1" (2003)Making no prisoners, director Quentin Tarantino returns after a six year break from directing with his fourth motion picture, distributed to the last by Bob & Harvey Weinstein run Hollywood Label "Miramax Films", the director and his leading lady actress Uma Thurman bring action thriller beats to the maximum, when "Kill Bill Vol.1" unfolds a revenge story of a woman left for dead after a bullet to her head from her lover as father-like mentor, the character of Bill, portrayed by match-making actor Keith Carradine (1936-2009), once leader of a "Death Squad", which then just betrayed one of their own.Supporting cast, which then build the Bride character's infamous "Death List" by the one-by-one confrontations are stunningly translated into visual film language by director/writer Quentin Tarantino, who centers each characters' background story, the resurrection of "The Bride" and a uniquely-received, highly-stylized as accurately-researched Japanese production design by Yohei Taneda in the razor-sharp, ultra-violent action sequence at a Tokyo restaurant that the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) needed to insist on some on-screen color corrections towards color-forces in blood-splashing reds turn suddenly black-and-white in an blink of an eye that furthermore only the "uncensored" Asian Market Version of "Kill Bill Vol.1", especially in Japan, came into the full splendor to watch actress Uma Thurman, in a Bruce "Enter The Dragon" Lee (1940-1973) homaging yellow-black training suit, fight presumingly eighty-eight yakuza opponents with a samurai sword.There is only left to lift the hat on director Quentin Tarantino's dedication for the original writing, well-researched source material that is just an amazing joy to watch "Kill Bill Vol.1" in its pitch-perfect as accelerated 105-Minute-Cut by Tarantino's editor of the first "Reservoir Dogs" minute Sally Menke (1953-2010), making utmost use of cinematographer Robert Richardson's excellent shot 35mm raw footage alongside a pumping musical score by RZA, member of the 1991 New York based band the "Wu-Tang Clan".Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC

Its the perfect balance of acting, anime, storyline, anticipation, score and cinematography. Its a beautiful celebration for the eyes. If you haven't seen this masterpiece, you are missing out!