Kill Bill? Just... don't
I just came back from watching Vol. 2 of Kill Bill with Host Dad, and I fear I may betray my liberality by saying this, but while I thought the second half BY FAR exceeded the first in interest and cinematic value, I was still sickened and saddened by what I saw.

As a revenge story-- a genre which I normally like-- Kill Bill failed to garner my sympathy or empathy for its main character, something which I assume is necessary in order to leave the theatre with a sense of anything but disgust. I'd like to justify my "narrow-mindedness": a) I love a blood bath and b) if you give me any other "lioness and cub" story I'll say, let that bitch kick ass. But rather than cheering for our heroine I was wishing that she would just STOP.

I'm even surprised that I feel this way. Given all the hype (positive and negative) surrounding the film, I figured I'd go have a nice, bloody romp and leave thinking, "That's entertainment." After the first film, I think I already knew I would reach this conclusion... but I was NOT entertained. At no point during the film did I feel the requisite "bad-asstical-ness" a bloody romp is supposed to have. At no point did I feel like cheering or saying helllll yeah! I spent the whole movie waiting for the film to redeem itself, and it didn't.

Tasteless. That's the best word I can come up with for Kill Bill. Tasteless, inconsequential, unsatisfying, gross, stupid, trashy, inhumane and utterly cinematically worthless except as a sad excuse to collect the money of the overpaying masses. I'll stand with those who think Tarrantino sold out bigtime making this movie.

A snuff film? Pulp fiction? I don't know what to call it except to say that Kill Bill is quite possibly the WORST "well done" movie I've ever seen.

Sorry, Quentin, you just don't get my vote.

Here's a list of movies I've seen within the last month followed by my personal rating, from 1-5 (five best).

1. APPLESEED (***)
2. Lost in Translation (****)
3. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (*)
4. Zatoichi (****)
5. Peter Pan (*****)
6. The Passion of the Christ (****)
7. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (**)

That's not including the three Studio Ghibli DVDs I just rented and watched: Totoro, Tanuki... Pompoko, and the sequel to Mimi wo sumaseba. Those don't get ratings as, being Studio Ghibli films, they are all awesome.

This has been today's total lack of content. I'd talk about how I'm feeling tired, gross and completely lost... except that I'm tired, gross and completely lost, so what I really want to do is sleep.

I bet that piece of shit movie gives me nightmares. At least I didn't have to pay to see it.