I'm going to ask questions. If you don't give me information I'm going to start cutting things off, and I promise you they will be things that you will miss.

I really have no idea how I never saw Kill Bill Volume 1 in the theaters. Seriously, I knew I would love it, I really wanted to see it, I just never made it to the theater. In my defense it was during that time in the fall where I saw very few movies in the theaters.

But it came out yesterday on DVD and I promptly bought it and watched it last night. It was fantastic. I'm not really sure what to say about it though. How do you recommend a movie like this. I guess the best way is to say it was a great movie in it's genre. But that brings a new problem, it's sort of it's own genre.

It's classic Tarantino, it's a homage to martial arts movies, it exists purely in the realm of style. There really isn't any content at all - just wonderous style. Perhaps the best way to describe it is live action anime; a concept which would cause me to shudder had I not just seen a wonderful implementation. I can think of no other film maker then Tarantino who could have pulled this movie off.

Ebert and Roeper both said Volume 2 will be on their ten best lists at the end of the year. Rotten Tomatoes has it at 91%. I won't make the mistake I did with Volume 1 and will be eagerly sitting in a theater Friday night.

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