Kill Bill vol 1&2 will be what I consider the greatest action film that has ever been made. The brilliant pacing, story, action and music come together in such a way that only Q could ever have made it. To me, there is no finer movie, period, end of story.
If you thought the story for either volume was sparse, you just weren't paying as close attention as you should have been. Most will tell you that Vol 2 is all plot driven, which is un true, it had nearly as many fight scenes as vol 1, sure it lacked the blood and guts of 1, but over all the acxtion was ever present throughout the entire adventure. Like-wise the story played a big part in vol 1, maybe even more so than vol 2. the problem was that it wasn't presented in typical or "normal" fashion, but rather as a broken "puzzle" that required at least 2 viewing (not to mention a viewing of vol 2) before piecing it back together.
EDIT: removed a rather un funny joke, what the hell was I on when I made it?