I know this was long dead, but..well, it's not now.

I just wanted to respond to Stu..it is true that Kill Bill hasn't made as big a splash as Tarantino's first works.  But at the same time, I think that the films which it pays tribute to have a smaller audience in North America.

Hey Heretic,

I can appreciate that Kill Bill does have a cult following as does the films that inspired QT to make these movies, that's cool. I was just speaking from a personal POV and as QT had made such a huge impact on the way I look at films now I suppose I was expecting that trend to continue and it kinda stopped dead here.

Yes the action is cool (Vol.1) and yes the soundtrack is v.cool but I never got from it what I usually get from QT, even Jackie Brown had its moments, which is an imaginative screenplay that again redefines the genres it focuses on.

wellll....that's definitely one way of looking at it.  hadn't even considered it.  

but maybe (this is a big assumption i don't necessarily stand next to) QT felt it was necessary to gain a bigger spotlight in the public eye.  

he could create another fantastic movie like Reservoir Dogs, or he could pursue Kill Bill...make something that was deep for QT lovers, and superficial for the majority of mainstreamers.

NOW he can make any movie and he'll have a bigger crowd....i hope.

Well made point which I hadn't considered.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I hope you're right.

A good point, Shaman.  

Thanks, Stu, that clarifies things for me.  It sounds to me like Inglorious Bastards won't be particularly mainstream...but I guess we'll see.

I'm really looking forward to IB. I heard QT speak of it in an interview some months back and when he mentioned WW2 I was shell shocked. I would never have put QT into this genre and can't wait to see what he does with it.

Damn, I remember feeling the same way about Kill Bill, although I would've put him with that genre.

Wow.....

Quentin Tarintino has proved that he can take an old idea and make it interesting.
Vengeance ahs been used in martial arts films for years, and yet he makes it seem original and funny, which, to tell the truth, it is.

Uma Thurman stars as Beatrix Kiddo, who gets gunned down at her own wedding by a group of assasins. She escapes from hospital, just to hunt them down.

The gore and violence in this is spectacular, rivers of blood spew everywhere from simple wounds, a sword chops off the top of someone's head, brians visible.

Originally written so that both Vol 1 and Vol 2 were one, it was split into 2 for it's long running time (about 200 mins).

The acting and disalogue is spot on, so that leaves one thing: action.

Beatrix manages to fight off like a hundred ninjas by  herself without getting a scratch on her. How friggen cool is that?

I've yet to see part two, but I'm working on it.