It's odd because Kill Bill pt 1 had thrown the premise out there as an homage to Bruce Lee's Game of Death. Now I now GoD was only half complete because Lee died during the making of it, but it still has that absolutely glorious ending where he goes through the several levels with a big boss on each, all with their own unique fighting styles etc. Of course, the Big Boss is played by Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
Anyway, that's what I was hoping for in part 2. I just wanted to see the showdowns with each boss get more and more intense, where Bud would use his own sword, and Bill would be surrounded by henchmen armed to the teeth, etc.
Part 1 had the showdowns, weird moments of manga...I dunno, I just hoped for Kill Bill 2 to follow suit as opposed to become a 3 hour movie of people just talking.