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It Grows On You After Multiple Watchings Being one of those people who up to this point has no clue as to why everyone considers Tarantino a filmatic genius, I didn't have much hope for KB1. I still don't get the Tarantino mystique (VERY weird guy by any stretch of the word, and he can't act), but I admit I liked this film and have watched it several times. Of course the action and 'blood' are overwrought, but that's the point. He had very effective use of color versus black-and-white, action versus slow-motion, but the anime about O-Ren's early life went on far too long. And - Vernita's daughter was far too old for the plot: given the timeline, she should have been no more than 3 years old, and that kid certainly wasn't. Nevertheless, I found myself anxiously awaiting the debut of KB2 on the movie channel; however, I was disappointed for the most part in that film as well, for different reasons: the slow pace, the extended alndscape and bar scenes, the failure to 'explain' things I wanted to know, like where did 'The Bride' come from, how did she get hooked up with Bill, why was she the enemy of the other DIVAs (besides her defection from the clan)? But - there was that delicious performance by Daryl Hannah, and the great fight scene between her and Uma Thurman - that pretty much made the movie! I hovered between 3 and 4 stars because of the inconsistences and gaps, but what tilted the stars to a 4 were Uma Thurman's chameleon, gutsy performance, and, of course, Elle Driver.