Despite their hilariously florid rapping, Quentin Tarantino's creations are also incredibly cagey: they never give the entire game away. This shrewdness is the template for the long dialogues in "Kill Bill Vol. 2," the most voluptuous comic-book movie ever made. In this deliciously perverse picture, everything is operatic, including the despair and the pauses. Tarantino's movies are about loss and betrayal, and "Kill Bill Vol. 2" is a double-burger helping of those motifs. It is rich, substantial and sustained, yet also greasy kids' stuff, a wrapper filled with an extra large order of chili fries, stained with ketchup, salt and cheese. I think Elvis likes it. Vengeance Still Mine, Saith the Lethal Bride |
