Over a decade since it was released, and Kill Bill still holds up as one of the best "I've been done wrong, and I shall have my revenge" sagas ever committed to celluloid. With the release of "KB: The Whole Bloody Affair", the viewer is able to enjoy the entire saga in one fell swoop if so desired. As a bonus, this 215 minute version adds some scenes either missing or only alluded to in the original edits. First up, the opening Klingon proverb, "Revenge is a dish best served cold." is gone and is replaced with a dedication to the late director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale). Then in the O-Ren anime sequence, which was already fairly gory, the young O-Ren's murder of yakuza boss Matsumoto is even bloodier, with a close-up of his stomach and intestines spilling out after she guts him like a hunter does an opening day deer. In the House Of Blue Leaves sword fight against the Crazy 88, which changed to black and white in the original after Beatrix rips out a henchman's eye, here, the entire battle is in shown in color, which amplifies the severity of the carnage with gallons of Karo and red dye number 40 as several dozen limbs are severed and the entire sound stage ends up looking like the vampire club scene in Blade. There are also several different angles and gory shots added into the sequence including a brief, earlier encounter with the young boy Beatrix ends up spanking with her sword. With that addition, her reaction at their second encounter pays off better. There is also an additional scene with Beatrix and Bill's lawyer Sofie Fatale, which clarifies why she was so broken (if losing one arm wasn't bad enough) when Bill is consoling her in the hospital. And finally, as Beatrix enters Bill's house and finds out what happened to her daughter, its a much better reveal since that reveal hadn't been hinted at as in the original versions. While recent rumors of a Kill Bill: Volume 3 have yet to be confirmed, there IS a potential path forward as set up in Volume 1. Seeing as Beatrix is hardly an innocent victim. She's an assassin who kills other assassins, including another killer turned mother, as she consolingly tells Vernita Green's little girl, "When you grow up, if you still feel raw about it, I'll be waiting." She says this knowing there yet may also come a time when she, too, may be taken to account for going beyond "justice", and "balancing the books" in favor of pure and simple revenge. Uma has said she would work with Quentin Tarantino again if he wrote a great part. Maybe that part could be Kill Bill, Vol. 3. Tarantino has said he will retire after his tenth film and he has already made his ninth, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", which interestingly, did cast Thurman's daughter in an unspecified role. So what the future holds has yet to be written, but I for one, would look forward to revisiting the deadly viper assassin's world one more time.

Word of advice, don't watch the post-credits "Lost Chapter" animation. It's literally an ad for Fortnite.

Would have been better with Paul Dano.

I can be pretty stingy when it comes to giving out 10/10 ratings. I was thinking I'd give this a 9, but hey, sometimes I need to just give myself a slap and say "IT WAS SO MUCH FUN, IDIOT." This film is a great example of why those Netflix execs are utter buffoons when they give their takes about how certain movies and events would be just as big on Netflix. It's beyond moronic. Anyone who truly believes that the format a film is viewed in plays no part in how good it is, is so monumentally wrong in ways that I cannot even begin to explain. Yes, a film is a film. It doesn't change at its core based on the format you see it in. The plot, characters, and music all remain the same. But the experience is different. And it's the experience that can create moments of strong emotion. The experience can elevate the existing parts of a film. Is music the same when you listen to it on a car radio as when you hear the artist sing live? Is a book the same when you read it as it is when you listen to the audiobook version? Watching at home, I'd have likely given this an 8 or 9. I only gave the original two movies 7/10 each when I watched for the first time a few years back. Together as one film, I do look at it more fondly. It's definitely stronger this way. No doubt about that. But the theatrical experience truly elevated this release from great to special. I adored every moment. I did not feel that long runtime at all. I was honestly shocked at how fast the time seemed to pass. My only complaint was the intermission. I'm a nefarious intermission loather. I don't care how long any film is. There should never be an intermission. I think it ruins the flow of the film and makes it feel more like two different films rather than just one film. It bothered me a lot with this one because the whole point was that they edited two films into one. In some ways, the intermission made it so it wasn't all that much different from literally just watching Vol 1 and then Vol 2 back to back. That annoyed me. Yeah, I need a pee break or two during long films, but that's not a reason to have a 15 minute intermission. It's not the end of the world if you miss a few minutes while you go pee. Last note: cinema etiquette was largely good for this one. Didn't see any phones at all, which is great. However, there were three guys in my row who I could hear mumbling to eachother quite loudly any time there were quieter moments in the film. They even laughed during a few serious, calm moments (one of them was clearly making quips about something on screen). They weren't constant, but they were still annoying. We should legally be allowed to throw knives at people using phones or talking in the cinema. I am not joking. Any politician who campaigns on bringing severe punishments to people who disrupt the cinema experience will receive my unwavering support, regardless of how extreme, and regardless of any other policies they push.

I have always been a HUGE Tarantino fan, but unfortunately had never caught one of his movies in theaters. Went to see this, having seen the movies all numerous times. I knew what to expect and was still absolutely blown away by this film in large format. Hands down the best movie I’ve ever watched in theaters. It makes sense with Tarantino being such a cinema buff but seeing it in theaters is seeing it in its true intended format and is an experience. New bucket list item for me is to catch all of his films in Cinema.