What I Learned From “Kill Bill”

Posted on October 14, 2003 by chet

1. We should, in general, be wary of people with keyrings that match their cars.
2. High blood pressure is rampant among doomed assassins, yakuza bosses, and half-Japanese/half-French attorneys.
3. Quentin Tarantino really, really liked “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon“
4. Daryl Hannah as a bloodthirsty killer with one eye is almost as sexy as Daryl Hannah as a black-eyed would-be killer replicant of 20-odd years before.
5. David Carradine need not actually appear completely on screen to be creepy.
6. Assassins will stop their knife fight when the little girl gets home.
   (Actually, we learn this from the trailer.)
7. Quentin Tarantino can still make movies that are fun to watch, visually compelling, and full of cheesy dialog that somehow manages not to be cheesy just long enough to be uttered and enjoyed.