my boss sort of insisted i take a day off last week while she was out of town in return for all the long nights lately. i took her up on it and mostly wasted the whole day, except for being free to see a discount matinee (only $4.75? it’s like i’m back in the 80’s!) of the freshly released kill bill. oh man.

kill bill: volume one – 4 stars

dead-on macho soundtrack. foxy lead assassin chick. swordfights. blood everywhere. if this were a badass-rating system and not a movie-rating one, it would get a five for sure. i loved this movie, and the two hours flew by so i couldn’t believe that it was over when the credits dropped (and did they ever drop on this one or what?). i think i would have rather sat through a four-hour movie all at once because it was so delightful to watch. i think my only complaint is that since it was only half a movie i really thought it needed more of everything to feel complete, but perhaps after being able to view it all as a whole it will gain what it’s missing. i suspect though that even seeing both halves will leave me with the same opinion: it’s more of an exercise in style than content, but goddamn is that style a blast to kick back and watch for two (or four or five) hours.