Rate Kill Bill

[Aaron L]

I gave it a 3. There was some cool stuff in it, but it was horribly drowned. The big swordfight scene bored me, and a swordfight scene boring me is something I NEVER thought would happen.

About halfway through I wanted the movie to be over, and I very rarely dislike a movie so much that I just want to leave it.


Well, Mission Impossible 2 I did. And Charlies Angles: Full Throttle.

 

[Numion]

I gave a 4. Empty can rattles the most. Especially for a movie that supposedly had so much content it had to be broken into two.

There was seriously room for cutting in this one, so it could've been just one movie.

 

[Tetsubo]

I gave a 4. Empty can rattles the most. Especially for a movie that supposedly had so much content it had to be broken into two.

There was seriously room for cutting in this one, so it could've been just one movie.

I wouldn't alter or cut a single scene in this film. It is close to perfect. Once I've seen Vol. II I will be able to judge if in fact it is perfect.

One film that I did consider to be perfect was The Shawshank Redemption. I think that Kill Bill has the potential to be that good.

 

[Default Name Player]

Gave it a 10 on a relative score: I had high expections built up due to the buzz on it, and the movie surpassed those expectations (which is always a nice surprise).

My qualifications? I've never left the US before (except to Canada), took Japanese for one year in High School and nearly failed, and I studied at a weekly self-defense course for around 2 months at a local high school around 15 years ago.

Um...beat that!

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Gave it a 10 on a relative score: I had high expections built up due to the buzz on it, and the movie surpassed those expectations (which is always a nice surprise).

My qualifications? I've never left the US before (except to Canada), took Japanese for one year in High School and nearly failed, and I studied at a weekly self-defense course for around 2 months at a local high school around 15 years ago.

Um...beat that!

Try ... :
I never came nearer to Asia than two weeks of Finland, never had any self-defense training (but was trained in the use of G3, G36, MG3 and some other weapons in the German Bundeswehr for around 10 months).

... Failure. Sorry.

Mustrum Ridcully

PS: But I liked the movie, even though I don`t know the 70 actionmovies QT seems to refer to, nor am I an anime expert (I liked Cowboy Bebop, though).

 

[Numion]

I wouldn't alter or cut a single scene in this film. It is close to perfect. Once I've seen Vol. II I will be able to judge if in fact it is perfect.

I wouldn't alter a single scene either - I'm not a film industry professional. QT is, however, and I would've expected him to do so. I was bored a little in the cinema at times. That doesn't happen often. And I absolutely liked his previous movies.

IMO Kill Bill was just two combat scenes, surrounded by something .. filler. Most television serie episodes have more going in them.

And the humor wasn't any funny. The only funny jokes they showed in the trailer. Otherwise .. blech. Nobody laughed at the part "..and the limbs stay here", and I suspect that was supposed to be funny. I also suspect that we were supposed to laugh at the furious japanise jibba-jabba at times, but it didn't happen.

A QT movie thats both a bit boring and not funny? WTF?

 

[jdavis]

I wouldn't alter a single scene either - I'm not a film industry professional. QT is, however, and I would've expected him to do so. I was bored a little in the cinema at times. That doesn't happen often. And I absolutely liked his previous movies.

IMO Kill Bill was just two combat scenes, surrounded by something .. filler. Most television serie episodes have more going in them.

And the humor wasn't any funny. The only funny jokes they showed in the trailer. Otherwise .. blech. Nobody laughed at the part "..and the limbs stay here", and I suspect that was supposed to be funny. I also suspect that we were supposed to laugh at the furious japanise jibba-jabba at times, but it didn't happen.

A QT movie thats both a bit boring and not funny? WTF?

just didn't have that same type experience when I wnet to see it, people left the theater quietly talking and giggling like 12 year olds who found a old porn movie. Most of the people there seemed to get a real kick out of the movie. As I have said before I liked it because ofwhat it reminded me of, the line you mentioned wasn't really a joke, it was a throwback line to classic Hong Kong movies. If you were not a big fan of those type of movies then there is a good chance you would not be a fan of this movie.

 

[Trainz]

Just coming back from seeing it. I gave it a nine out of ten. It was brilliant.

My wife hates violent movies, but she has one word to describe this movie: Genious. And she HATES violent movies. She just said a second ago as I'm typing this "Everything is perfect in this movie". She gives it a 10.

I would've gave it a 10 too, but the scene about

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the sword being forged was way too long and unecessary to my liking. IME, it should have lasted only 5 minutes and that's it.

. The rest was great. I really like the opening phrase:

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Vengance is a dish better served cold.

................................................Old Klingon Proverb

 

[Welverin]

[/spoiler]. The rest was great. I really like the opening phrase:

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Vengance is a dish better served cold.

................................................Old Klingon Proverb

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Everything is better in the original Klingon!

 

[Numion]

just didn't have that same type experience when I wnet to see it, people left the theater quietly talking and giggling like 12 year olds who found a old porn movie.

Thats quite common phenomenon when leaving a theater. I've never seen a crowd be totally quiet. (Ok, maybe people wouldn't giggle after Schindlers list, but in any movie that aimed to be funny.)

Most of the people there seemed to get a real kick out of the movie. As I have said before I liked it because ofwhat it reminded me of, the line you mentioned wasn't really a joke, it was a throwback line to classic Hong Kong movies. If you were not a big fan of those type of movies then there is a good chance you would not be a fan of this movie.

Thats true, I'm not a big fan of old hongkong movies. Maybe thats why I didn't like the cartoon in the beginning (hmm.. not quite in the beginning, but in lucy lius past part) either, I don't like those anymore that much.

Strange that the movie went black and white at some point, first I thought it was the projector, but it ended when uma closed her eyes, so I guessed it was intentional even though the trailer was colored in those parts. Maybe I would've liked the normal way better. Such artsy tricks have their places, but I don't know in this case .. or is that an old hongkong movie throwback also?