Anyone seen Kill Bill yet? [merged]

[Kai Lord]

I'll reverse my opinion about being upset it was split into two movies. I'm actually glad as I couldn't have sat through such a terrible movie for twice as long.

Agreed. I found the final chapter entertaining, but Kill Bill isn't a great homage to classic martial arts films, its a mainstream I Spit On Your Grave.

I can handle severed limbs and buckets of blood, the violence is really only an extension of Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, and so on. The fact that

Spoiler

Uma had been raped while in a coma in the hospital for four years

was nauseating however, and that they played the revelation as comedic effect gross out humor (the vaseline) was even more sickening.

And apparently since Quentin got to spread the story over two films he felt he was above editing the picture. Even as a shortened first half, many scenes were way too long. The Okinawa sequence was ridiculous in its lack of brevity.

The opening sequence with Vivica A. Fox was simply horrible. Horrible choreography, dialogue, and delivery. It made the teeter totter showdown in Daredevil look like a masterpiece.

This is by far the least of Tarantino's work. Where was the quotable dialogue? Nowhere. Where were the endearing characters? Nowhere. Oh that's right, this wasn't a film for Tarantino fans, its I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, with Pulp Fiction's jumpy narrative style.

News to Quentin, jumpy narratives are no longer clever. We've seen it in Pulp, we've seen it in Go, and we've seen it masterfully serve the story in Memento. Its time to catch up, its now no more than an aging gimmick. Another news flash, Hollywood stars doing there own kung fu was also clever years ago. Now WE NOTICE when they can't keep up with the choreography.

At least Kill Bill had an anime sequence as backstory. Oh wait, that isn't clever anymore either. Its one thing to polish tried and true gags and gimmicks, and another to invent new ones. Kill Bill did neither.

But at least it was nauseatingly crude. And had cool music. Oh yeah, with lots of 70's in-jokes. IOW, an R-rated Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. THAT's all a Tarantino film is anymore? Pathetic.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Vocenoctum


Right. Like the TITLE of the film: "Kill Bill: Volume 1" is really hard to figure out. Yeah, they're really misleading us. Those sneaky film-makers.

Actually, I've never seen Kill Bill volume 1

Only looking around on the web have I since seen the addition "oct 10th, volume 1"

I see that in the trailers on their site, but haven't seen it on the TV ad's, perhaps I have to search for it...

So, I'll gladly retract what I said, and admit it may in fact be squezed into some place, after the release date.
They do tell you it's QT's "Fourth film" a lot though. Too bad they didn't mention his fourth and half film is seperate.

And hey, Mel Brooks did History of the World Part 1. Doesn't mean it was half a movie...

 

[Wormwood]

My wife and I saw it this evening.

Twice.

We are truly living in the Geek Golden Age.

 

[Zulithe]

Durring the opening credits it clearly says "Kill Bill" and then under it, "Vol 1", unless you're blind, stupid, or can't read you should know there will at least be a Vol 2. Personally I would have prefered a 4 hour movie, but even after the Lord of the Rings films I don't see a 4 hour movie flying too well at the Box Office. 3 hours I think most can handle, 4 hours is pushing it for all but the most dedicated film geeks (like a lot of us here).

Now that we know RotK will probably see a 3.5hr theatrical release it will be intersting to compare it's Box Office take to The Two Towers. Given it's fanbase and noteriety by now, it probably will outgross it but, something like Kill Bill might have taken in less.

Anyway, I'll take a Tarantino movie any way I can get it! Release it as two fims? Fine by me. I thought Vol 1 was superb. It might not be as quotable as some of his past work but it does bring a lot of cool stuff to the table (now EVERYONE will be whistling the Twisted Nerve theme hehe)

Kai Lord: You have no idea what you're talking about. You're post lost all credibility after that Daredevil comment.

 

[drnuncheon]

Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned from Kill Bill, Vol 1:

1. If you're going to shoot someone, finish the job.
2. The human tongue is the most elastic muscle in the body.
3. In Japan, everyone carries a katana.
4. ...even on airplanes.
5. If you ever happen to lose a limb, don't worry. The human body contains only 6 quarts of blood. You can lose up to 6 gallons without loss of consciousness or death.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned from Kill Bill, Vol 1:

ROTFLMAO!

Hopefully I'll get to see it today. Sounds like a blast.

 

[Nightfall]

Nice Doc!

 

[Hand of Evil]

Okay, I went to the movie feeling so-so about it, came out of the movie loving it, it was a good story and presentation was everything. It was interesting how much QT took from anime and interacted with the western but then Hong Kong has been doing that for some time now. Yes, there is a lot of blood, yes there is a lot of limbs being cut off but it is the the background preversions that are shocking,

Spoiler

the information that the character was raped while in a coma, the mad japaneese school girl, Lucy's character,

because the way the volience was shown those moments of evil were more pronounced.

 

[TheAntiSummit]

Kill Bill Volume 1

I saw the movie when it opened Friday and I was completely smitten. I am just posting this here because I thought that I ought to recommend something that gave me so much pleasure to everyone else. Kill Bill Vol. 1 takes a huge leap away from Quentin Tarantino's other three movies in that it really has no semblance of realism nor is it meant to, and unlike the other three movies the quality is not in the characters or the dialogue (not that they are lacking in any way, they just weren't the centerpiece for me) but simply in the film itself. The film has so much flavor, character, and style, that Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman do such a good job of bringing to life that some of the things i normally despise (such as the bleeping out of names) in films because they take you out of the film and suspend suspension of disbelief were not only tolerable but even enjoyable. Every minute of the movie held my interest and just bred pure enjoyment, and i can count on one hand the number of movies i can say that about. I don't want to go over it with a critical eye here and talk about the different cinematic elements Tarantino uses, I just want to reccommend it to everyone and say that i think it will be thoroughly enjoyed, and even if you don't think it as great as I do, you will not regret the expenditure of the 9 bucks because you will at least recognize that it is a unique movie going experience. I saw it friday night when it opened, and again today. I am wearing my ticket stub around my neck, and yeah that might be a little wierd, and it either says something about me, or the movie. I like to think it's the movie. Go see Kill Bill.

 

[EricNoah]

Thanks for the review! I'm sliding this over to our extra-nifty Movies & Books forum.