Kill Bill - Vol. 1

[Sexy Celebrity]

KILL BILL
The 4th Film by Quentin Tarantino

"Vividly beautiful."
"It will bomb your senses away."
"Is like watching a movie in 3-D without the glasses."
"Adrenaline will pump out of you... like magma bursting out of a human volcano."
"Prepare to be killed. Quentin Tarantino murders all others."
"Uma Thurman is a sensational work of violent, beautiful art."
"Lucy Liu is a diabolical demon from hell."

Blood splatters everywhere... limbs and heads get chopped off... people die in brutal, fast, painful ways... slaughter cinema ... Quentin Tarantino went all out... go and see

THE BRIDE!

who wants

to

KILL BILL!

Volume One.

*applause*

:up:

Who hated it? Who loved it? Who's disappointed? Who's happy? Who's sick? Who's sick in the head?

POST HERE.

[Tuna]

I have a new favorite movie. It's called Kill Bill.
I had so many expectations.
They were all met.
I could tell just from the opening Shaw Brothers style opening and the 70's "Our Feature Presentation"
and then Uma's five fingers of death stare in the first scene. I've just been lying on the bed thinking about it and in despair over my inability to be watching it at this moment.
Plus Chiaki Kuriyama for Go-Go really did it for me.
For anyone who read the script I really wish they included Yuki's Revenge. It would have been the best chapter of the two movies.

[The Silver Bullet]

Use spoiler tags, Idiot!
I mean, come on!

[Kong]

Kong was dissappointed. It had lots of entertaining moments, but as a whole it has a lot of shortcomings. Kong was expecting more.

[SystemicAnomaly]

not what i expected. not in terms of good/bad...because it was definitely as good as i expected. ...but different. i kind of expected the homage to the old kung-fu movies to be subtle, but it was definitly in-your-face....at least to me. you'll of course have to make your own decisions, i don't want to give too much away. go see it. now.

[The Silver Bullet]

It opens here on Thursday.

[moviefan20]

I though the movie was awesome. I have a weak stomach and there was one part where i had to walk out of the movie theater because i got the feeling that i was going to puke. That came from the part in the hospital with the "male nurse" :sick: . I think that Q. T. movies are awesome and the way he presents them is very unique in itself.

[Yoda]

Kong was dissappointed. It had lots of entertaining moments, but as a whole it has a lot of shortcomings. Kong was expecting more.
Elaborate, my hairy friend. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but the experience was certainly bizarre (and unique) enough that I can easily accept (and most certainly expect) differing viewpoints.

[OG-]

Kill Bill volume 2 is going to ****ing dominate the box office in Febuary.

Volume 1 is nothing short of ****ing incredible. I'm really tired right now so I can't really go into depth in any sort of coherent way, but I've been missing the movie ever since it ended.

There hasn't been a movie that has given me that feeling for a long, longgg time. I felt saddened that I was no longer watching it. I really don't care about Pulp Fiction or Resevoir Dogs (the two most overly hyped Q.T. flicks), but Kill Bill was so amazing. I'm in withdrawl already. I've been waiting so patiently and eagerly for this to come out, and it was flawless. Not a single thing about it that wasn't a gift to the audience.

Thank you Miramax for letting this movie be made the way it was. And thank you times 2 to the MPAA.

[Kong]

Elaborate, my hairy friend. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but the experience was certainly bizarre (and unique) enough that I can easily accept (and most certainly expect) differing viewpoints.

Well, Kong was really expecting to enjoy it not because he is a big kung-fu action fan, but because he enjoyed Tarantino's other works so much. Kong realized that this was going to be his homage to the Asian action genre, but he still expected there to be more to the film than just action.

You see, Kong can be entertained by straight action up to a point, but eventually something else has to show up to engage Kong. Kill Bill has great fight choreography, and fine camera work but this isn't enough for Kong to be entertained by the action for it's full run. The unexpected, punctuated bits of violence that peppered his previous films are much more entertaining to Kong than the constant and routine violence predominant in Kill Bill.

Nevertheless, what is onscreen in Kill Bill is all quite good; it's what wasn't in the movie that made Kong feel so disappointed. Tarantino's heavily stylized dialogue and quirky conversations are at a bare minimum. Character motivations are never really explored (except for The Bride). Any revenge flick has to have a bad guy(s) that you can hate, but without knowing anything about them, other than the fact that they are supposed to be the bad guy, you can't really despise them.

Kong could go on and on, but what he is trying to say is this: Kill Bill has great action and it's technically brilliant, but everything else is merely mediocre.

[LordSlaytan]

Ebert's **** review. (http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-killbill10f.html)

[Herod]

I need to see it again.
I've known for a long time that this film would essentially be an effort in style over substance, and it was certainly stylish, but I feel a pang of dissapointment welling up from somewhere within me.

And QT cavorting around like the arrogant jackass-pop-culture-junkie he surely is kind of frustrates me. What with the constant press he's receiving right now.

[projectMayhem]

Ebert's **** review. (http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-killbill10f.html)
Thanks for posting this.

[projectMayhem]

I want to see this again sooo badly. I think that depending on who you see it with you can have comlpetely different experiences. I went with a group of my friends and we all were laughing our heads off, but I felt that at some things we weren't supposed to but the violence was so in your face we just couldn't help it. So I'm gonna go see this again aloneand see what develops.

[Ezikiel]

Kill Bill is the most violent, intense movie I have ever seen. I was expecting alot of things for this movie and I got more than I expected. I loved the anime and black and white scenes, Quentin just does a incredible job in this movie. What more is there to say about this movie except its probably the best movie action movie I've seen in the past 3 years. The action scenes, the acting, the style of the movie, the Choreography are all done incredible. Quentin Tarantino is indeed one of the best directors in this world and he does another classic here. Cant wait till Volume 2.

Kill Bill - 4 Stars

[Ezikiel]

The MPAA made Tarantino put the black and white in the "House of Blue Leaves" scene to get a R rating. But I thought the Black and White had a good affect to the movie.

[projectMayhem]

I thought the black and white was very cool, but I though the blue silhouette part was awesome. When it hit that part my friend just looked over at me and was like "this movie is awesome!"

[Henry The Kid]

It's definitely not best-movie-of-the-year material, but it was so damn well made, I couldn't help but enjoy it. Overall, it was quite an exciting endeavor for me, as I usually am not a big action type of person. Definitely better than Pulp Fiction, but I'm not a huge fan of it so I guess it's not surprising. Reservoir Dogs is probably better. In all fairness, I don't like Tarantino's stuff that much, but this movie was a blast to watch.

[Mary Loquacious]

Ebert's **** review. (http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-killbill10f.html)

Yeah, it's a good review. However, Ebert's plot slip-ups and little factual errors annoy the hell out of me. He's been doing that frequently in the last few years. If you're going to mention little (and big) details, for God's sake, man, get them down accurately.

My thoughts about Kill Bill, Vol. 1 shall be posted later. Suffice it to say, I was not disappointed in Quentin at all. Even after all this time, he didn't let us down. :D

[blibblobblib]

I know im being lazy. And i know that one of you are sure to have mentioned the answer to my question somewheree but hey....im lazy. :blush:

When's Volume 2 out?

I havnt even seen volume one yet *Wobbles with excitement*

[Ezikiel]

I know im being lazy. And i know that one of you are sure to have mentioned the answer to my question somewheree but hey....im lazy. :blush:

When's Volume 2 out?

I havnt even seen volume one yet *Wobbles with excitement*

To answer your question, Kill Bill Volume 2 is released February 20, 2004.

[projectMayhem]

Feb. 20, 2004

[projectMayhem]

Ah! you're too quick for me ezikiel.

[Ezikiel]

Ah! you're too quick for me ezikiel.
Hehe, gotta go faster projectMayhem.

[blibblobblib]

Well Gawsh! Aint i the popular one shucks. Thanx guys.

one of my flatmates wondered into my room just then and said that KILLBILL has been put down by a load of bad reviews lately. Is this true? I havnt read one bad review on it....mind you ive only read one review.

[projectMayhem]

It did get some negative reviews, but it's to be expected. Not everyone, in fact many, people probably won't like it. But those who do love it. Like me.

[Ezikiel]

I havn't read one bad review it, I mean I know some people are gonna hate this movie, you either love this movie, or your either disgusted and offended by this movie. I'm one of the ones that loved this movie.

[blibblobblib]

I'm one of the ones that loved this movie.

I hope i am too. Such a shame if im not :yup:

[orionstar]

I went to see Kill Bill after I saw the trailer and then the 4 star ratings it received from the usual stuffies that only resereve them for brainac, era/period pieces.
Sometimes the best things that rock your world, like your first kiss, your first car or even watching a movie doesn't necessarily tide you over 'til it sinks in all around you. When I left the theater yesterday, my mind was fluxed with visions, thoughts and selective rememberances of Kill Bill, until even today. It was so beautifully made and thought out. Every sound, camera angle, and dialogue was just cleverly adorned. The characters were believable, and there was balance to all that was good AND evil.
The movie still haunts me, from the chuckles I had between Thurman and Fox, where every other word was bitch ,and how all was simmered down to a quiet , self-restrained hate in regard for Fox's little daughter, to the intense battle between Thurman and the character Gogo, whom I had a guilty pleasure of liking. I was sad to see the outcome.
This movie rocked! It had everything from action to humor whilst all dressed up stylishly and it didn't need a place to go. It was already there. :)

[Pappa Bear]

From the very moment the movie starts, and I mean THE VERY BEGINNING (The opening 70’s Shaw Brothers logo) I knew I was about to see something that was, well, out there. Quentin created a movie that not only has heart, but soul too. Most might try to compare this movie from Tarantino’s previous work, but WHY?! We already know what Quentin can do, so lets see what he’s got next you know. The House of Blues Leaves chapter is clearly the best 40 min. or so of film most of us are lucky to ever see. And we are lucky as it is to see this movie with an R rating instead of the notorious NC-17 rating. Chapter 5 (Show-down at The House of Blue Leaves) scared the MPAA and they wanted this film to have a NC-17 rating because the bloodiest best sword fight to date was in this chapter. But Quentin and his genius cleverly avoid this MPAA rating just as classic Film Noir films did in the late 40’s, be artistic and not really show us what was happening. Instead of cutting out this scene, Quentin showed us these fights in a way that was beautiful, and the cool thing was we were just so into the fights that were didn’t care about the blood looking like oil or heck not seeing the blood at all, we just loved seeing the images moving in B&W, or in a black and blue environment! We feel so sympathetic for the Bride from the moment we see what as happened to her, we don’t care about anyone but her, we want her to kill everyone that has done her wrong, simple way to push a movie along, but who cares, its enough trust me. Some of the actors that stood out from the rest was the infamous Sonny Chibawith his Hattori Hanzoperformance along with Lucy-Liu as O-Ren and her gang of Crazy 88’s. Quentin may joke around, exaggerate some, but that is what going to a movie is about, especially an action movie. We want to see blood, we want to see people fighting with swords (best fight of the year people) we need a movie that wont hold back, wont be tame with us, wont be gentle. I truly believe that Kill Bill does everything But these things. Do yourself a favor, get out, shell out a few bucks and check out this movie. Quentin you old dog you, you did it again, now hurry up and release Volume 2!!!!!!!

[Eliot]

I loved this film so much i cant describe in words!
Ive seen it twice in one day is that good.
The cast is supurb, and I think Tarentino is the greatest directer of all time. 10/10

[Hondo333]

I just saw the first 40 or so mins of this film and what can i say but........ WOW.......

Damndusherthinkshesso****inggoodjust'cozhekickedmeouthofthetheaterjust'cozimnot18ihavetherightmindto takethat****ingtourchstickitstraituphis****ingass. :furious:

[Sidewinder]

The best movie I have seen in a long time, it was fresh and original...I simply cannot wait until Vol. 2

[Knoxville]

Watching this film tomorrow, really looking forward to it, hope I'm not disappointed.

[The Silver Bullet]

Kill Bill: Volume One
2003 | dir. Quentin Tarantino
**½

Self-gratifying confirmation that Tarantino's six-year hiatus was indeed a result of creative block. A complete step in the wrong direction after a film that showed real, further development as a filmmaker, 1997's Jackie Brown. Although I'm a big fan of Tarantino, I am worried about where he's going to go from here. Inglorious Bastards is a straight rip [or so I've heard] of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Tarantino needs more now than just his favourite films to get him buy. He needs originality, not the power of pastiche.

I thought Uma gave the film the only weight it had. The RZA's original score [although even that was pastiche and homage most of the time too] was great. Sonny Chiba did a fine job, despite his entire chapter being a sad and unsophisticated attempt at the Kurosawa-breed of samurai film. The best sequence of the film came in the form of the ending, after the overpraised [and redundant] House of Blue Leaves sequence. Not because it was ending, mind you – it's not as though I hated the thing – but because it really did end very, very well.

Grossly underwhelming on the whole, with some wonderful but sadly inconsistent moments throughout. I'm not saying Tarantino needs to go back to Pulp Fiction. I don't believe he does. I believe he needs to find an original thought, and stop trying to recreate the stuff he saw as a video store jerk.

[BlackQueen]

as many of you say I agree its a great movie. The Story line was well put together and the actors in the movie were amazing. Cant wait for the second one.

[The Silver Bullet]

I saw it again, enjoyed it much more, was able to sort of get a handle on it. Everything I said in my original post still stands, although I guess I'll allow Tarantino this one detour...

[blibblobblib]

saw this yesterday and absoloutly loved it. Never really been a big fan of Tarentino as i always got the impression he was too aware of his own coolness but seeing this yesterday i absoloutly loved it. the homage to old american TV series in a starsky and hutch style way was brilliant. there were so many differnet styles in this movie that you have to like it. Also made me laugh a lot more than i thought it would. tarentino has certainly done it again :yup:

[Ezikiel]

saw this yesterday and absoloutly loved it. Never really been a big fan of Tarentino as i always got the impression he was too aware of his own coolness but seeing this yesterday i absoloutly loved it. the homage to old american TV series in a starsky and hutch style way was brilliant. there were so many differnet styles in this movie that you have to like it. Also made me laugh a lot more than i thought it would. tarentino has certainly done it again :yup:
So glad you liked it blib, I knew you would. All these styles Quentin uses make this movie, just amazing. Kill Bill is my new favorite movie of this year.

[linespalsy]

i just saw this movie tonight, curtosy [sp?] of my roomate. i already had read waay too much about this movie, always a bad way to go into it, so knowing what to expect from all the hype i just went in to get my roomate's money's worth, and it was certainly worth free. anyhow a lot of the music sounded lifted straight out of a spaghetti western, and i stuck around to see the music credits. so i'm pretty sure i saw ennio morricone's name listed there [not surprisingly]. unless i'm mistaken, and i didnt actually see that, anyone know what movies those pieces were taken from? i dont have my morricone anthology with me so i cant really check and see if i have those already. also does anybody know who the band was in the japanese dance club scene? i cant find it on imdb and i think i missed it in the credits.

this movie further confirms my feeling that stylized violence done well in live action can always be done even better in animation.

it also further confirms my sneaking suspicion that lucy liu just sounds like a bland dope when she's speaking english.

the movie's a grab bag so really just take your pick. i liked it.

[Sexy Celebrity]

anyhow a lot of the music sounded lifted straight out of a spaghetti western

Why the hell do they keep saying SPAGHETTI WESTERN?! What is it?! Seriously. What is it?! Cause it sure is something brand new to me. I've never heard of a Chocolate Horror or an Ice Cream Comedy.... or a Banana Drama, Meatloaf Action, Chicken Foreign, Cookie Suspense, Apple Erotica, or a Lobster Children's film.

Of course, I have heard of a cheesy film....

It sounds like something you could find in the video store just by your sense of smelling. *sniff* *sniff* I smell spaghetti down that aisle! Yeehaw! I've found the cowboy movies!

In fact, I imagine the video/DVD box has spaghetti sauce poured over it.

[linespalsy]

hmm, i dont think it's a very obscure term, sexy celebrity. in fact, i'd almost think you need to have been living in siberia for the last couple decades to have not heard it before. were you living in siberia? fess up, there's no shame in it if you were living in siberia, sexy celebrity.

anyhow, as i understand it "spaghetti western" is used with reference to a specific breed of western that popped up in italy, also known at the time as "the spaghetti bowl of europe" and "the macarroni capital of the civilized world". it's since become the "the pulpy-comic pit 'o' hell" and "land of ugly-looking, retarded superman knockoffs". you might not have heard these phrases either, having been raised in siberia. 'fist-full of dollars' is a famous example of a spaghetti western.

i could sure go for a rootin, tootin, sukiyaki space opera, by the way.

ugh, that was terrible.

[projectMayhem]

Spaghetti Westerns were westerns shot in Italy, like Eastwood's "man with no name series" and other Sergio Leone movies.

and that band in the House of Blue Leaves was the 5,6,7,8's

[Tuna]

I heard the 5,6,7,8's broke up at the end of the 90s but I was under the impression Quentin saw a performance of theirs and loved them. Either this occured before they broke up, or that split-up fact was false. Too bad if its true though, I bet they would have become a hell of a lot more popular. Don't hear much surf-punk these days..

[7thson]

Kill Bill was a simple movie. A single sighted plot that never deviated from its path. From the camera angles to the music to the choreography, it was bursting with as much flavor as a huge bag of Jelly Bellies. My favorite scene of the movie was the Garden snow scene, and it had little to do with the fighting. It was one of the most beautiful I have seen in a movie in a long time; the contrast of the peaceful silence a soft snow brings and the simultaneous dancing with swords is like sweet and sour sauce on a big fluffy mouth watering eggroll. If I said this film had everything in it, I would be lying. True it had humor, love (albiet twisted), drama, and much more little of seasonings that would make Chef Jean-Louis Palladin jealous;
but the main Focus, revenge, was never, ever deviated from. It did have one flaw though, it ended. Dangit why did it have to do that. Yes I know the next part will be out early next year, but I dont wanna wait.
Sniff

[linespalsy]

i've given the movie a little bit of thought. very much has been made about tarantino's film reference credentials. i wonder how much of his inspiration was grafted from other popculture media though, particularly television. i mean, there was the "silly rabbit, trix are for kids" thing [a rather tedious line if you ask me]. also along these same lines, i hope the next part gives actual closure. it really sucks that they split the movie into two parts, especially since the first part is basically not much more than a recap episode for what happened in "the last season". further adding to this "tv" feel, the movie has a bunch of basically b-grade actors. i have yet to see something that really floors me from uma, and lucy liu, other than being a looker, gets on my noives. carradine was basically the equivalent of the evil "MAD" commander, from inspector gadget.

i enjoyed kill bill, it had a bunch of neat little nods, and numbered killers [always a plus for a b movie]. it also did a good job of giving the impression that it belonged to a larger universe than it actually does, with all the recaps and little episodes.

is it just me or was ebert's review of this movie really trite though? i mean, the whole basis of his review stands on his premise of "tarantino opperates in an alternate universe" but that hardly seems like a very insightful value judgement to me. isnt that what all movies do?

grade: c

[Django]

Very haunting movie. It was different and interesting, but a little too heavy on the gratuitous violence for my taste--but, at least, it made a point. I kind of see it as a blend of live-action anime and Spaghetti western. Engaging (though simplistic) plot, vivid characters and nice touches of macabre humor.

Incidentally, Sexy Celebrity, for a good example of a Spaghetti western film, check out the movie Django!

[Steve]

Kill Bill: Volume One
2003 | dir. Quentin Tarantino
**½
Self-gratifying confirmation that Tarantino's six-year hiatus was indeed a result of creative block. A complete step in the wrong direction after a film that showed real, further development as a filmmaker, 1997's Jackie Brown. Although I'm a big fan of Tarantino, I am worried about where he's going to go from here. Inglorious Bastards is a straight rip [or so I've heard] of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Tarantino needs more now than just his favourite films to get him buy. He needs originality, not the power of pastiche.

That's the postmodern hallmark - the power of pastiche and homage. Tarantino reshapes familiar images into unfamiliar language and acclimates them to American culture. It's the filmmaker's ultimate fantasy, and the auteur theory in action. No whit abashed, no image left un-scrutinized, no credits for the actors in the trailer. Kill Bill is more beautiful, more exciting, more emotionally (by way of aesthetics) riveting than all of his other films combined. What he does is incredibly original: takes pieces from his favorite movies and merges them with his own idea of cinema, the result of which is something so arresting that I daresay we won't understand its full brilliance for years to come. It is like Eyes Wide Shut in this respect, another film that is continually being rediscovered by the cinephiles who shunned it at first (myself included.)

I thought Uma gave the film the only weight it had. The RZA's original score [although even that was pastiche and homage most of the time too] was great. Sonny Chiba did a fine job, despite his entire chapter being a sad and unsophisticated attempt at the Kurosawa-breed of samurai film. The best sequence of the film came in the form of the ending, after the overpraised [and redundant] House of Blue Leaves sequence. Not because it was ending, mind you – it's not as though I hated the thing – but because it really did end very, very well.

Sonny Chiba's chapter was less an attempt at the Kurosawa-type film than it was an outright salute to both the great Japanese director and to himself. This is not Tarantino doing Kurosawa, it is Tarantino doing Tarantino doing Kurosawa. And I agree that it ended wonderfully.

Grossly underwhelming on the whole, with some wonderful but sadly inconsistent moments throughout. I'm not saying Tarantino needs to go back to Pulp Fiction. I don't believe he does. I believe he needs to find an original thought, and stop trying to recreate the stuff he saw as a video store jerk.

What was so inconsistent about it? And don't you think the fact that he's pretty much reinvented the language of genre cinema counts for something? The best comparison, in my eyes, is to Afrika Bambaata and Kid Capri and Jam Master Jay - nobody knew a turntable could be used as an instrument until these guys came along. Now Tarantino is doing the same thing - chopping up, re-interpreting, and shifting cinema into new, original territory, while maintaining its deep respect for the great films that came before it.

[Sexy Celebrity]

Kill Bill... more emotionally (by way of aesthetics) riveting than all of his other films combined.

Yes! You said it. Aethetics can be very powerful emotionally.

[Philmster]

Thought I'd throw in my opinion of Kill Bill.

I was disappointed by it, it held so much of a premise and had such a hype to it, that when I saw it a week or so ago, I cam out very disappointed.

I can't really pin-point my disappointment, it wasn't that it was a bad film, I guess it was because it wasn't as good as I had wanted.

Plus it did have the ever-awful Lucy Liu, I don't think any director/script will redeem her from the pits of acting hell.

[The Silver Bullet]

http://esotericrabbit.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_esotericrabbit_archive.html#106686485906165831

[FloydtheBarber]

I saw Kill Bill and thought it was great like all of Quentin Terantino's movies. I loved the twenty foot geysers of blood everytime someone got a limb cut off. I can't wait for Vol.2!

[Beale the Rippe]

Plus it did have the ever-awful Lucy Liu, I don't think any director/script will redeem her from the pits of acting hell.

I thought Lucy was suprisingly good in this. But, then again, we never see eye to eye on acting.... ;D

[billthebutcher]

Kill Bill is a phenomenon. It tests the limits of bad content, yet at the same time, exceeds the limits of how entertaining a movie can be.

After a long, 6-year hiatus, cult icon Quentin Tarantino returns to his devoted fans with a movie that revolves around one word: REVENGE.

The story is just about revenge and also is about much more. The plot points, or gruesome fight sequences, push this story forward. The story is laced with the humor of Pulp Fiction and even as the screen shows blood, the audience laughed.

The audience laughed not because of the violence, but because of the timing. When people laugh at violence, they laugh because they are happy that they aren't the victims.

Tarantino is the master of cinematography, and he shows his skill in this film. The black and white scenes captures the essence that many action films today don't have.

Uma Thurman makes the main character look human, though she really is an assassin who wants revenge. She acts with poise and her presence fills the screen, even when she isn't on.

The rest of the ensemble deliver good performances. No negatives for Vivica Fox, Darryl Hannah, Micheal Madsen, and Lucy Liu. None at all.

Tarantino excels most in his choice of music. His old time tunes make the movie's soundtrack a necessary purchase.

Another accomplishment of Tarantino's is the way he incorporates an anime scene about the crime boss Ishii. Again, top notch.

The most important thing in Kill Bill is how everything has roots in movies that Tarantino admires: Kung Fu and Spaghetti Westerns. An added bonus to the film is that the costume worn by Uma Thurman is the same one worn by Bruce Lee is his last film. Well, one things for sure. This isn't Thurman's last film. Same for the Kill Bill gang.

Billthebutcher rating- ****

[GL2814]

One of my favorite movies of the year. It simply blew me away!! I almost turned back and got another ticket, so I could see it again. I went back the following Monday.

[billthebutcher]

Was my r3eview good? Was it bad? Please give me some input

Aspiring movie reviewer
billthebutcher

[LoopDiLoop]

maybe to fully appreciate it you?d have to have watched all the film?s he watched then. which ? perversely ? puts it on a level with finnegans wake, which can only be understood if you?ve read all the books joyce read. that?s not to suggest that kill bill (vol 1) is anywhere near as complex or unintelligible as finnegans wake. quite the reverse actually, it?s a simple story wonderfully paced. the final credits are upon you before you realise it ? damn miramax for splitting this one in two, they should?ve served it as one. but it?s not a case of fearing modern audiences couldn?t withstand a single near four hour film, it?s more to do with maximising returns and milking us for the price of two tickets and not one.

not having watched all the same films as qt ? not, i fear, having watched even a fraction of the same films as qt ? a lot (most all) of the film geek?s joy at being able to nod knowingly as qt riffs off this film or that is lost on me. ok, i picked up the ironside theme and the green hornet masks and the nameless avenger who should be dead, but that?s probly about my limit. even still, kill bill is a shiny, stylish sword-and-kick-ass b-movie. this isn?t just qt paying homage at the altar of his idols, this is qt trying to make a film his idols might even like, it?s a step above pure pastiche.

lovely as it is to look at, the film lacks any real dramatic tension. the climactic second fight chronologically precedes the first shown, so we know the outcome even before we have to watch an orgy of wire-fu violence. even so, qt has created a world here and tantalised enough to make volume two worth looking forward to. where the brothers wachowski dazzled us with the intelligence of the original matrix and then disappointed by delivering two underwhelming sequels that were just pure action/fx, qt has gone straight for the action/fx and the only disappointment can be for those hoping for another reservoir dogs or pulp fiction. kill bill isn?t a movie made for reservoir dogs and pulp fictions fans but it?s certainly a movie fit for their characters.

[jamesglewisf]

I liked it. I'm looking forward to the DVD.

[archvile]

I watched Kill Bill the other day for the first time and I just have to say its one of the best Ive seen in awhile. I just have one question though


God sorry i dunno how to do the spoiler thingy yet


Spoiler Below!!!!!



Remember at the end of the movie when The Bride slays O-Ren Ishii? And it looks like her head got chopped off or something but, after whatever it was that fell on the ground it goes back to her with her head attached?? My question is...HOW DID SHE KILL HER :(

By the way GoGo is HOT!! :D

[Philmster]

She cut off her scalp

[archvile]

She cut off her scalpBut it looked like her hair was still on her :x

[INcuBus]

i was really moved by Kill Bill. i really like Tarantino movies and i think coming out with the Japanese backround and using Samauri Swords was the coolest thing he could of done with the film. Uma Thurman is a great actress and i respect any movie she's in. Tarantino's style of writing is really real and i feel great while watching movies that he has made or helped write. i really think that all his movies have been through a great success and i hope Kill Bill Volume 2 does the same.

[Rolo]

this was a great movie... the action was awesome, and it had you on the edge of your seat the whole time. i recommend it to anyone thats in the mood for an action move that truly kiks ass...

p.s (are we allowed to cuss in these forrums?) **** **** ****

[Mark]

I watched this film when it was released in the fall of '03, and my little brain has been thinking about whether I liked it or not. I watched it again the other night on DVD before going to see Vol. 2, and I can say with confidence that I liked Volume One much better the second time I saw it. Now I'll have to wait to see if I like Vol. 2 better after seeing it a second time, probably this summer.

I have one thing that is bothering me about Volume One: Why would the Bride continue to drive the pussy wagon after returning from Japan? She killed two men at the hospital and disappeared. Buck's truck is missing. In the investigation, which surely followed, the missing truck would have been discovered (at the airport, maybe?). Then when she gets back from Japan, she drives it to Venrita's? It's not like the vehicle would blend in, or anything. I know, I know....IT'S JUST A MOVIE! :rolleyes:

[poeman]

I watched this film when it was released in the fall of '03, and my little brain has been thinking about whether I liked it or not. I watched it again the other night on DVD before going to see Vol. 2, and I can say with confidence that I liked Volume One much better the second time I saw it. Now I'll have to wait to see if I like Vol. 2 better after seeing it a second time, probably this summer.

I have one thing that is bothering me about Volume One: Why would the Bride continue to drive the pussy wagon after returning from Japan? She killed two men at the hospital and disappeared. Buck's truck is missing. In the investigation, which surely followed, the missing truck would have been discovered (at the airport, maybe?). Then when she gets back from Japan, she drives it to Venrita's? It's not like the vehicle would blend in, or anything. I know, I know....IT'S JUST A MOVIE! :rolleyes:

common man those are some reaall small things your worrying about. All we are told of the pussy wagon was that it died out. I mean we can all complain about where the fck the cops were and why didnt they search buck's car after 13 hours of uma wiggling her toe. eh but we shouldnt worry about these things