I watched Kill Bill 1 and 2 this weekend, yes I know theyve been out for ages - so sue me! I actually fell asleep for half of Kill Bill 2 so I need to watch that again. Anyway, the reason I hadnt watched them was that I was just never really in the mood, I had a free evening so I decided to give it a try.
Well, where to start? I found it pretty entertaining, nicely shot and very amusing (as with pretty much any Tarantino film), oh and very violent (duh!) but comedically so. The anime style chapter is great, very cleverly done and I can still hear her eyelids plop as she blinks from under the bead - nicely done.
Now to my quibbles .. the damn no subtitled Japanese stuff - yes! I get it! You really dont need to push the point forward like a chisel in my temple for half the film Quentin! What is amusing for the first 5 minutes as I try to infer from their body language and the odd word I can snatch in the conversation what theyre saying, really does become tiresome after a hour or so. To be fair, Im not too sure how he could have changed this once he started, but Im sure someone could have had a good idea.
Ive just remembered a very small point which irritated me somewhat; In the scene in the kind of board room where the v/o is explaining who everyone is (you know the one where she runs down the desk and chops the guys head off with a sword because he questioned her parentage), the first person is introduced as ‘on her right’ well theyre not on her right, theyre on our right or her left. Not major, but it did puzzle me at the time as Id expect Tarantino to be pedantic about such things.
Only one quibble? Im sure I can remember some more issues I had with it but my heads a blur at the moment after my Kill Bill 1 and 2 marathon.
Coming soon, Kill Bill 2 - the awful truth.
BTW. I also watched Serenity - I really wish I hadnt. I could have watched The Aristocrats or Night of the Creeps - but no, I chose that crap. Oh well, you lives and you learns I guess.