Kill Bill Vol.1

WOW! All I can say is W-O-W-W-W! As in nothing could my lips articulate but the word W-O-W!
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For most flick bigot the feeling of gruesome awe has way been buried six feet under but for me the awestruck emotion has just tempestuously encroached my intricate veins twitching to devour the entire vascular vessels within my median body.Forgive my verbosity for only a stratospherically wordy sentence can utterly construe the precise sensation I felt for this grandiosely morbid and amazingly gory picture show.
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I'm not a fan of Quentin Tarantino and I have no idea of the previous three films he directed, however, I want to give him a standing ovation for his superb direction. The story and fight scenes of Kill Bill Vol.1 are not new to our movie gallery, yet, the touch of sophistication and effeminacy added a rather sensual thrill to the movie.
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Kill Bill Volume 1 is an adaptation of a Japanese book entitled "The Bride". I have not read the book myself to stipulate a better review of the screenplay but with the way the story was narrated coupled with a rather fashionable editing I must say it's astounding.
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The history of The Bride's vengeance is quite nebulous for us to comprehend her overwhelming hunger to slaughter the Deadly VIper Assassination Squad and where she draws her inner toughness and extra temerity in combatting. What's clear is that they massacred nine innocent people, took her daughter, and tried to murder her which they failed despairingly on the day of her wedding.
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Waking up from a coma, The Bride is determined to avenge the horrendous fate she suffered from the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad: half Japanese-Chinese-American O-Ren Ishii(Lucy Liu), the Black girl Vernita Green(Vivica A. Fox), Bill's brother Budd(Michael Madsen), Elle Driver(Daryl Hannah), and the master assassin Bill(David Carradine). Four years of lying in the hospital bed made her legs numb; terrifically though thirteen hours of mind concentration and patience was all she need to get ready for butt-kicking action.
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The film editing was quite impressive. The opening credit gave us a miniscule of an idea of what has happened. Moreover, the chapter-by-chapter script gave me a feeling of reading a virtual book or made me feel like watching a TV series. Take for instance the introduction of O-Ren Ishii's character, albeit knowing her history is not indispensable it at least gave us a background of why she became what she is; precisely why it way displayed in an animated screen. Showing Vernita Green's death in chapter 1 had me questioned why she was crossed-out second in The Bride's death list. But seeing the battle between O-Ren Ishii and her legion of disciples against The Bride explains it all.
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In any action-packed films that I watch it's always the fight scenes that I look forward to. This time around I'm enormously thrilled with the way it was handled -- the way Thurman and Liu grip their swords, how Thurman twists and throws her Samurai around her opponents, and how parsimonious and chic she moves with her Samurai -- with only a great sensuality and touch of effeminacy added (including the one with Vernita Green) the overall battle was impeccable. Sure, there could be flaws but then again you'll miss the entertainment if you focus on them.
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It's not all violence evincing there is, take the house wrecking brawl with Vernita Green. The action was gotten into a halt when her four-year-old daughter came in from school -- some scenes may not be suitable for young audiences. It was still a cunning part however -- at least to us.
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There are also some points in the movie which I find funny and weird. First, The Bride and Vernita Green stopped fighting when the latter's daughter came home, in contrast to what I first said about it. Second, the animated part narrating O-Ren Ishii's grim past was a bit uncomfy although I understand why it has to be it. Third, the manner which the blood spritz out the bodies, feels like I'm pricking needles on a water bed. Fourth, the scene where she brawled with O-Ren Ishii's goons in the dark -- man, could that be real! Does she has nocturnal sight?! And finally when O-Ren Ishii apologized for ridiculing The Bride and when she said it is really an "Hatori Hanzon Sword" right before she fell to death.
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The musical score and scenes at the opening credit alone gives you a dramatically morbid feeling even before you see the splattering crimson liquid. Cinematography is at its best while visual effects are impeccable. Wise pick for The Bride's yellow suit, it added a sensuality to her character rooted in vengeance. Few speaking lines contributed as well to the splendor of the film.
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But there's still a lot more to unfold in Volume 2. What really was the reason of the massacre; how she became so invincible and fatal; and how she will find and KILL B-I-L-L. That we have to see in Kill Bill Volume 2.