We recently got new lounging furniture in our media room, which is where we watch all of our movies since it has a custom pieced stereo system and a very nice picture on a 60 inch screen, and we pulled out a box set of movies that we have, the Kill Bill set, the last movie, well except for “Grind House” directed by Quentin Tarantino, who is my boyfriend’s favorite director by far. 

I had forgotten how the film visually pulls you in, alternating between somewhat gross out methods and cool shots of black and white alternative with color, with interesting camera angles to boot.  Quentin hasn’t earned a name for himself for doing movies that are always interesting for nothing.  I especially like Darryl Hannah’s turn as one of the ruthless trained killers that are under “Bill” whom Uma Thurman, as we see, is trying to kill after he came into her shotgun wedding and killed her entire wedding party, leaving her for dead, and she was even pregnant. 

Before he shoots her ruthlessly in the head, she says “wait bill, the baby, it’s yours”, and we see what kind of a foe Uma is against.  Although Uma herself seems to kill mercilessly when she goes about her revenge on Bill’s gang of muderous women.  Lucy Liu plays one, and she’s also so much fun to watch you can barely take your eyes off the screen when she occupies it.  Liu has had a way of playing that kookie, ruthless temptress to a T, and she pulls it off in this movie, making her scenes some of the most fun to watch. 

If you like Quentin’s slightly offbeat style and penchant for “coolness”, then you’ll like Kill Bill.  I remember seeing the movie in the theater when it first came out, and many people were complaining because of the cartoon intermingled into some of the movie, but that’s part of what makes the experience of the Kill Bill films so interesting and different to watch.  It’s not for everyone, but I for one, really liked it.