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Kill Bill: Vol. 1, a review by Antares

Kill Bill Vol. I





Year: 2003
Film Studio: Miramax Films, A Band Apart
Genre: Action, Martial Arts
Length: 111 Min.

Director
Quentin Tarantino

Writing
Quentin Tarantino...Writer
Quentin Tarantino ...Original Characters By
Uma Thurman ...Original Characters By

Producer
Harvey Weinstein (1952)
Bob Weinstein (1954)
Erica Steinberg
E. Bennett Walsh
Lawrence Bender (1957)

Cinematographer
Robert Richardson (1955)

Music
The RZA ...Composer

Stars
Uma Thurman as The Bride
Lucy Liu (1968) as O-Ren Ishii
Vivica A. Fox as Vernita Green
Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver
David Carradine (1936) as Bill
Michael Madsen (1958) as Budd
Julie Dreyfus as Sofie Fatale
Chiaki Kuriyama as Gogo Yubari

Review. Whatever this overrated , Kill Bill vol. 1Natural Born Killers. Surreal scenes of senseless violence interspersed with quirky and campy characters dominate the breadth of this films duration. While this concept worked well in Reservoir Dogs and to a lesser extent in Pulp Fiction, it now seems as fresh as day old bread. Countless scenes that were by the director from his favorite films of the past are re-imagined in his own YojimboSamurai Assassin, to which Uma responds, yes you guessed it, Maybe Quentin should try his hand at commercials. Just think of all the material he could lift and re-use to pay Branded to Kill or Youth of the BeastSamurai Assassin, Sword of Doom or Kill!Samurai Rebellion. For a film with a vengeful female assassin, you only need to watch Lady SnowbloodRatings Criterion

(From Kill Bill Vol. I (2003) on December 9th, 2009)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, a review by Antares

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) 80/100Seppuku being the only non-Kurusawa film I've liked him in. But that role is so subdued, that he really couldn't go off the deep end with it. Overall, I'm looking forward to the rest of the trilogy, I'm just hoping he doesn't start to really grate on me.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on February 11th, 2014)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

DS9 4.20 Shattered Mirror
Writer: Ira Steven Behr (Writer), Hans Beimler (Writer)
Director: James L. Conway
Cast: Avery Brooks (Captain Sisko), Rene Auberjonois (Odo), Michael Dorn (Lt. Commander Worf), Terry Farrell (Lt. Commander Dax), Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko), Colm Meaney (Chief O'Brien), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Alexander Siddig (Doctor Bashir), Nana Visitor (Major Kira), Felecia M. Bell (Jennifer), Aron Eisenberg (Nog), Carlos Carrasco (Klingon Officer), Andrew Robinson (Garak), James Black (Helmsman), Dennis Madalone (Guard)

In this episode, Jake meets the mirror Jennifer Sisko (his mother). Though this is a nice idea and has a good payoff, they focused too much on this storyline for my taste. Still the episode was fun to watch. Though it is strange, how the rebels could build a perfect replica of the Defiant in such a short time. It is also sad to see mirror-Garak degraded to being the labdog of mirror-Worf.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on September 24th, 2009)