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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nightfall" data-source="post: 1177929" data-attributes="member: 374">I guess I see the anime references more clearly because I've read a few and also compared US produced anime (not to be confused with created. I merely talking about dubbed Anime), I see a lot of influence. Take the sword fight in the snow in the House of the Blue Leaves. That reminded me strongly of some of the fights in Samurai X/Kenshin. Difference was, they cut out a lot of dialogue there. That plus 88 guys she fought off, reminded me of Trigun as well as a few others. Believe me, I could see that as well as the spagetti western parts (the whole nameless chick avenging herself was definately a homage in some ways to Clint Eastwood's style of acting/directing). Plus the whole lines with the stuff about God, reminded me strongly of the old Kung-fu movies as well.  Kill Bill for me as a piece of cinamatic greatness. It's not about the characters, the story or even the fighting. It's about watching something that unfolds like a train wreck or a sharp scream...and seeing it turn into something else. Something wonderous. Something awesome. Something that while you migh abhore, doesn't stop you from feeling the mood, the music, the scenes. Yes you'll find the violence a little childish. But so what? I will say this. Compared to the Maxtrix and it's counterpart, Matrix Reloaded, I felt MORE involved in Kill Bill than either of those two. </blockquote>