KBv2
"Kill Bill Volume 2". Very, very good. Definitely a different movie than KBv1. As noted in many reviews, this one is much more "talky" - which is mostly a good thing. Less carnage - but that's not saying much, eh? Everything is explained in this one. We meet Bill - Carradine is wonderful in this role, and he does indeed come across as "worthy," somehow, of all of the attention that he has garnered from The Bride and the DiVAS. We see plenty more of Elle Driver - and Darryl Hannah has finally acted in a role that I find interesting. And we find out who portrayed the piano player in the chapel where the massacre occurred - an old QT favorite (and one of mine, too). A new character, Pai Mei, is added to this movie...and about whom I will say nothing more...except that this character rises above cliche. As I said, this movie is quite different than Volume 1: scenery, pacing, dialogue, music - it's all unique to this movie, and yet it is a fine continuation of Volume 2. Uma Thurman deserves some sort of special recognition for her work in these two movies - the things she does, and the things that are done to her, are probably unique in movie history. My initial reaction: KBv1 gets four stars (duh), and KBv2 gets three & one-half stars.
MORE: Some discussion (and spoilers!) over at MoFi and at MeFi; a glowing review from Jesse Walker (of Reason mag); Ebert gives it four stars. Another review over here.
Posted at April 18, 2004 03:31 PM
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