I loved it too. I wasn't expecting it to be another mental action flick with another Crazy 88 type battle. I expected it to be the other half of the film, with all the story and explanations (and twists) in.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS:
The church scene was cool. He could of shown the party being messed up bad with another harcore action sequence, but he didnt need to, we know what happened there, and now we know why.
The fight with 'Driver was brilliant - short and sweet and was very entertaining. Again, there is the little twist that Budd never sold the sword in it. Just little things like that I thought were really cool. I was expecting a bomb in the suitcase of money, but oh no its a Black Mamba. Makes sense sinse they are all named after deadly snakes.
The bleeping of The Brides name was obviously a "Tarrantino thing", I guess similar to the shinning gold light coming from the brief case in Pulp Fiction. Heh, it was never explained, and the short classroom scene was just bizarre. Heh
Anyyyway, I loved it. Thought it was fantastic. The section with her training was great (although I would of liked to see more fighting with The Bride and Poei (sorry can't remember his name), and the whole thing just worked. The buried alive sequence was horrid, as you could feel the dread in The Brides breath, and you knew that she was cacking herself about it.. Brilliant.
Bring on the extended editions