kill bill vol . 1 in the imdb top 100 ( right now it hold position n°56 ) be the big joke of the year . the only tarantino film that should be allow into the top 100 be kill bill vol . 2 and in my opinion the first time tarantino do more than steal from other movie . the line between reference and homage and plagiarism be pretty thin indeed . when i first saw kill bill 1 i think it be a good film with lot of reference to quentin favourite movie and the first tarantino film that i could enjoy . yet i be more hopeful for the second installment . at the time i be surprise a to how many goof i would spot in the film . i know some be deliberately in there and but some be indeed mistake . at the time i be able to enjoy lot of reference . all that change last week . when i watch lady snowblood . in my ( bold and arrogant ) opinion tarantino have take just too much out of this film to see it a a reference . some example represent fight in the snow and divide the film in chapter and the kill list and the cartoon ( image in lady snowblood and anime in kill bill ) and the extreme education both the lady and the bride have to suffer ( and while be compare represent after see lady snowblood and beatrix education look like kindergarten ) and the big fight in an establishment ( okay and the opponent weren not mask and but the next scene be set at a masked ball ) . i be sure i leave out a few . a i be watch lady snowblood and my respect for kill bill 1 drop by the minute . there be way too many comparable scene for it to be a homage represent the nice i can be be say it a remake . oh and and i know that lady and bill aren not the only revenge film out there and but isn not it a coincidence that so many reference be out there . which bring u to meiko kaji and the actress who star a lady snowblood and female convict scorpion ( of which the song urami bushi can be enjoy on bill soundtrack ) . it would be unfair to compare lady snowblood to the bride and but life isn not fair and so here we go . while uma thurman do her best and a meiko kaji she ain not . kaji have it in her to combine the look of venus and medusa and which be pretty rare . by contrast and uma thurman character resemble the lady as much a uma version resemble the real emma peel . a i mention before and i like kill bill vol 2 better . i know that the dialogue be pretty weak at time ( a real problem for tarantino and by the way ) and but it the first time i could see this director do more than make reference to film he like . kill bill 2 be make a an italian western ( ennio morricone have vow to kill anyone who will still call these film paghetti western ) and you sort of feel this a you watch the film . the other tarantinos felt like juxtaposition of reference and but in kill bill 2 there a story and a coathanger and that guide you through the film . if now tarantino learn how to write interesting dialogue and he actually might be able to make an excellent film . as long a he learn that copy reference only work as long a people haven not see the real deal . now it just feel like you have watch psycho and the gu van sant version .