Bill must DIE!!!! (vol. 1 and 2)

Kill Bill is unlike any of Quentin Tarantino's other movies. I count both part 1 and 2 as one because the scripts were written as one. Before Kill Bill, all of Tarantino's popular movies took place in L.A., and were about normal modern crime issues. After Kill Bill, he only made crazy action movies about revenge and/or general violence. He kept the same basic cinematic style, but the stories were about nazi hunters and escaped slaves rescuing their loved ones, including the upcoming "H8ful 8" as it is spelled. I think Kill Bill is where he changed it all. Kill Bill is a crazy swordplay-action-revenge flick involving all sorts of unusual characters and events. The first part is mostly setup to the big plot twists of the second part, though vol. 1 does have a lot of great stuff in it. I actually liked part 1 a little bit More than the second part because the whole end of vol. 2 is a big pile of exposition, plot conveniences, and a guy who obviously lied when he said he was keen on comics. It's hard to explain exactly what I meant by that last part, but some of you might understand what I'm talking about if you see the movie. I was actually okay with the final fight with Bill only being about 15 seconds long, because it was the best 15 seconds of the last chapter of vol. 2. Of all the reasons I have to like, or in some cases dislike these films, the thing that stands out to me the most is the villains. "The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad" is a team of the most badass, dangerous, and scary killers you'll ever see on screen. The team consists of Vernita Green (AKA copperhead) who retired to become a housewife, O-Ren Ishi-i (AKA cottonmouth) who's one of the most powerful crime bosses in all of Japan, Budd (no last name known AKA sidewinder) who lives in a trailer in the middle of nowhere, and Elle Driver (AKA California mountain snake) who's basically a female version of Deathstroke (comic book character). The main character, Beatrix Kiddo, used to be on the team and was known as black mamba, but, like vernita, tried to retire. It didn't go over too well with Bill, the leader of the team. Bill is an amazing character, with a creepy voice and killer moves (literally). Along her journey for revenge, our hero encounters more enemies that she fights to the death, like a rapist, a crazy bald dude in a black mask, and a japanese schoolgirl, but they aren't important. In a flashback sequence, she also encounters a rude old man who teaches her how to make a person's heart explode. This man's name is Pai Mei, and he is the wise sensei who teaches the main character, just like in every other martial arts movie ever made. (Star Wars as well). Although he was a cool character, he was just too cliché for my tastes. With all these upsides, and only a couple downsides, I still highly recommend Kill Bill, and it is one of my favorite movies of all time for many reasons. A-