Kill Bill, Volume 2 (2004)

Only two scenes worth watching

I think the main reason Vol 2 is getting so many great reviews is because people are reviewing both movies as one or Because it's a Tarantino flick or both. I'm a Tarantino fan and I love all his movies, all but "Foxey Brown" and of course Kill Bill Vol 2. The only scenes or "chapters" worth watching in this entire movie was the Pai Mei one and The fight with Elle aka California Mountain Snake. Everything else is just pointless filler. I will admit that the scene of the "massacre" was necessary but dull and hardly worth the fuss. It would have been better left as a mystery in Vol 1.

But even if Tarantino wanted to add that scene he could have just done it in Vol 1 and also added the other two chapters and shortened the ending (useles super hero talk) and just released it as one full movie instead of trying to cash in on the "continuation" fad of filmmaking. Lord of the Rings had to do it cause it really was a long movie. But Kill Bill as a two parter was pointless.

The ending of Vol 1 and the start of Vol 2 had me hyped up with the belief that I was in for a bumpy but great ride as The bride takes her revenge on everyone that wronged her until she gets to the final fight with Bill. But as the movie went on the hype was replaced by utter boredom to nearly screaming in my mind for these useless scenes that drooned on for hours to just stop and move on. There was no point at all for us to see Bill's brother going to work and talking to the strip club owner. It was painfuly obvious that this scene is just filler to add bulk to the film. Then the scene where Kiddo (Uma) go to visit the foreign guy to find out where Bill was, was too long, too drawn out, dull and pointless filler. I couldn't even understand what the heck he was even saying. Then after everything she drives on her way to Bill's and I thought, okay the real action is about to begin, this is where she finally Kill's Bill (cause after all isn't that the title?) this is what I've been waiting for. The final match. And what do we get? The dullest most anti-climatic fight scene I've ever seen. Now I was actually interested in what they had to say to one another once they finally see each other again. So I didn't mind that scene too much, all but the stupid "Superman" theory. And the little girl was a bad actress but then again she's a kid. I could have delt with anything in this scene, even the Superman (...) if it had lead to a great final confrontation. But it didn't. It feel completely short and flat with Bill going out like a hero. Heck it kinda makes me wanna see what Bill was doing while Ms. Kiddo was in the coma all that time. I bet it would have been more interesting than the filler scenes I was forced to watch.

Well anyway 2 stars for two chapters.

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