I'm not sure I have ever seen anything quite so gratuitously violent as the opening sequence of Volume 1 where the Bride gets mauled in the church.

You chose that scene over the finale at the "House of Blue Leaves"? Interesting.

In the end, I guess I walked away from both feeling like QT has gotten completely trapped by the success of his first two films... It's like he's afraid of outgrowing his fan base.

Or maybe he has no interest? Maybe he's doing what Kevin Smith should have done... which is sticking to what he knows!

Tim, help a brother out.

I haven't seen Sin City, but I think it's in my Netflix queue.