10.27.03

Kill Bill Again

Posted in Films at 9:10 pm by

I’ve seen Kill Bill described as a revenge film. I didn’t even know that was a genre. Speaking of weird genres; what is ‘grindhouse’? But I digress. As far as revenge stories go Kill Bill is no Count of Monte Cristo, but it is fun. It’s not about the story. It’s not even about the dialogue (which is unusual for a film written by Quentin Tarantino). It’s all style. Every camera pan, every palette, every fight has been meticulously selected to show this isn’t genre defying, but unifying. Taking all the defining elements of one style and integrating them with several others. Why? Why not. Anyway, on with the story.

The Bride (the protagonist, Uma Thurman) tries to leave her old life with the Deadly Vipers Assassination Squad behind. Things never go according to plan. Four years later Uma wakes up from a coma and takes revenge on the DiVAS for leaving her to die on her wedding day. Only it doesn’t quite happen like that because it all happens in that strange chronologically challenged style of Tarantino’s. Will he ever make a movie where we don’t see the beginning at the end or the third act before the second?

Is the film good? Yes. It’s not a great film. It doesn’t affect you beyond the walls of the cinema but it is enjoyable and I recommend seeing it.

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