Dark Jezter
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Well, I got back from the movie a few hours ago, and decided to start a thread for ENWorlders to talk about the second half of the Kill Bill saga. Now, this is a thread with the word spoiler in the title, so spoilers in this thread will not be blacked out. You've been warned.
My absolute favorite sequence in this movie were the ones where the Bride (a.k.a. Beatrix) recieves her martial arts training from the Chinese martial arts master Pei Mei. Quentin Tarentino obviously wanted this scene to feel like a 1970s kung-fu flick, and he absolutely nailed it IMHO. I'd be willing to pay admission again just to see this sequence for a second time.
Michael Madsen and Daryl Hannah both do great jobs in this movie as ex-assassins who are on the Bride's hit list. Madsen's character, Bud, has pretty much given up on life and is haunted by the sins of his past. He lives in a run-down trailer and works as a bouncer in a sleazy strip bar, taking crap from his boss and his coworkers despite the fact that he used to be a member of an elite team of assassins. Hannah's character, on the other hand, is as cold and calculating a killer as they come. She kills without mercy or remorse, and when I found out that she poisoned Pei Mei, it made it all the more satisfying when the Bride ripped her other eye out.
This movie really belongs to David Carradine as Bill (fans of the old Kung-Fu TV series will recognize this guy instantly). He gets so many great scenes in this movie that I'll have to see the movie a few more times before I can remember them all. His analogy where he compares the Bride to Superman is one of my favorite movie monologues of all time.
The music in this film deserves mention, too. I loved the music in Volume 1, and Volume 2 is just as easily as good.
So, I was very happy with Kill Bill Volume 2. This movie is a lot less action-driven than Volume 1 was, but makes up for it with excellent dialogue and characterization. The fight scenes, though not as commonplace as they were in the first volume, are very satisfying (especially the training sequences with Pei Mei). I can't wait until this movie comes out on DVD so that I can watch Volume 1 and Volume 2 back-to-back.
My absolute favorite sequence in this movie were the ones where the Bride (a.k.a. Beatrix) recieves her martial arts training from the Chinese martial arts master Pei Mei. Quentin Tarentino obviously wanted this scene to feel like a 1970s kung-fu flick, and he absolutely nailed it IMHO. I'd be willing to pay admission again just to see this sequence for a second time.
Michael Madsen and Daryl Hannah both do great jobs in this movie as ex-assassins who are on the Bride's hit list. Madsen's character, Bud, has pretty much given up on life and is haunted by the sins of his past. He lives in a run-down trailer and works as a bouncer in a sleazy strip bar, taking crap from his boss and his coworkers despite the fact that he used to be a member of an elite team of assassins. Hannah's character, on the other hand, is as cold and calculating a killer as they come. She kills without mercy or remorse, and when I found out that she poisoned Pei Mei, it made it all the more satisfying when the Bride ripped her other eye out.
This movie really belongs to David Carradine as Bill (fans of the old Kung-Fu TV series will recognize this guy instantly). He gets so many great scenes in this movie that I'll have to see the movie a few more times before I can remember them all. His analogy where he compares the Bride to Superman is one of my favorite movie monologues of all time.
The music in this film deserves mention, too. I loved the music in Volume 1, and Volume 2 is just as easily as good.
So, I was very happy with Kill Bill Volume 2. This movie is a lot less action-driven than Volume 1 was, but makes up for it with excellent dialogue and characterization. The fight scenes, though not as commonplace as they were in the first volume, are very satisfying (especially the training sequences with Pei Mei). I can't wait until this movie comes out on DVD so that I can watch Volume 1 and Volume 2 back-to-back.
