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As I continue my re-watches of QT's work, I've arrived at one of his most popular.
I saw it originally maybe 7 or 8 years ago and I came away meh. Decided to rewatch, in case I had another Jackie Brown situation. In my view, I did not.
There's some good fun to be had, but the dialogue just isn't up to his usual writing until David Carradine finally makes his way into the movie. His scenes with Uma are outstanding, smoldering, and well performed (RIP).
The parts where Uma trains are great, Masden is at his absolute smokey sinister best and there's a great cast of supporting players (swordmaker, brothel owner, etc). I still don't buy Uma as a super assassin, but at she acts the part better in part two.
The first movie however, is a bloated and brainless exercise in QT being too clever for his own good and it all seems so poorly strung along. Maybe it's brought down by having to be both the build of of the story and the tame middle chapter all in one film.
V1: 2/5
V2: 4/5
Overall 3/5.
I saw it originally maybe 7 or 8 years ago and I came away meh. Decided to rewatch, in case I had another Jackie Brown situation. In my view, I did not.
There's some good fun to be had, but the dialogue just isn't up to his usual writing until David Carradine finally makes his way into the movie. His scenes with Uma are outstanding, smoldering, and well performed (RIP).
The parts where Uma trains are great, Masden is at his absolute smokey sinister best and there's a great cast of supporting players (swordmaker, brothel owner, etc). I still don't buy Uma as a super assassin, but at she acts the part better in part two.
The first movie however, is a bloated and brainless exercise in QT being too clever for his own good and it all seems so poorly strung along. Maybe it's brought down by having to be both the build of of the story and the tame middle chapter all in one film.
V1: 2/5
V2: 4/5
Overall 3/5.