Six different versions of Kill Bill to be released on DVD.

[Heretic Apostate]

Gotta be said...

*beep beep zip bam*

 

[Heretic Apostate]

Wait, you mean that it was in black and white to make it less gorey? That's dumb. The gore in the second part of KB1 is too over-the-top to be shocking, it's like watching road runner and the coyote.

Is it really that bad? I haven't seen the movies (I kind of like horror, but not the current crop of "gore-ror," which rely on blood and guts and gratuitous violence to scare, rather than suspense).

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Is it really that bad? I haven't seen the movies (I kind of like horror, but not the current crop of "gore-ror," which rely on blood and guts and gratuitous violence to scare, rather than suspense).

Yes, it's that over the top. Now, I wouldn't call that "bad" but you might.

I was watching "Dawn of the Dead" last month (the original on DVD). I watched it a second time with the commentary by director George Romero, his wife and assistant director Christine Forrest Romero, and make-up/special effects guru Tom Savini. One intertesting thing Mrs. Romero mentioned was that she didn't consider this a horror film--she always thought of it as an action film with a lot of gore. (And she doesn't like gore.) And then George agreed with her that "it's not a horror film." Except for the concept of the dead returning to life, there's no real horror in the movie. There's a few shock moments when a zombie suddenly appears (this is actually overused in the film); there's a couple of short suspense scenes; but not a lot of horror. Heck, the humans (Wooley (the racist SWAT team guy); the biker gang) are scarier than the zombies.

 

[Arthur Tealeaf]

Wait, you mean that it was in black and white to make it less gorey? That's dumb. The gore in the second part of KB1 is too over-the-top to be shocking, it's like watching road runner and the coyote.

It's america...
Janet's boob, anyone?
I don't really think he had any opportunity to argue...

 

[Zappo]

Is it really that bad? I haven't seen the movies (I kind of like horror, but not the current crop of "gore-ror," which rely on blood and guts and gratuitous violence to scare, rather than suspense).

Uhm... it's that over-the-top, but it's not bad. As I said, it's like watching Wile E. Coyote. Heck, a sizeable and gorey part of KB1 is drawn anime-style instead of filmed. It's not supposed to be scary, and it isn't. It's funny actually.

I thought that there were some artsy reasons for the b&w parts. I mean, it's not like there aren't more, equally gorey parts that are in color.

 

[NeuroZombie]

6 too many IMHO. I was really disappointed in Kill Bill Vol I.

 

[Villano]

It's america...
Janet's boob, anyone?
I don't really think he had any opportunity to argue...

It would have been released, except as NC-17 or Unrated instead of an R. Studios don't want to do that since neither makes as much money as an R rated film (which doesn't make as much money as a PG-13). Studios are soley interested in how much money they will be making (which is why they didn't put up much of a fight for splitting the film into 2 parts...double your money).

In America, the MPAA isn't an official government organization like the censor boards in Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world. They have no authority to ban anything. They just assign the ratings. True, they can be arbitrary, but it's better than having a film being flat-out illegal to watch or own (or visually censored as with nudity in Japan).*

Anyway, this is Tarantino we're talking about here. I seriously doubt that the box office would have been hurt that much. Honestly, I think that most of the color change is due to what this thread is about: Six versions of the dvd being released. The "Super Duper This One Is Really Uncut And The B&W Scenes Are In Color Now" release they are saving for last. That's probably the big ace in the hole that they know will motivate people who already own a version of the dvd to pick up another one.

I'm kind of disgusted with this whole "multiple dvds" deal, myself. We get X-Men then X-Men 1.5 a year later? Give me a break!

BTW, does anyone else remember the quote from Tarantino back when he first hit it big, when he said that he doesn't believe in director's cuts and thinks they're stupid and that what you see on the screen is the director's cut? I guess he doesn't feel so bad about it now since he'll be making money from all those 6 dvd versions. :\


*Just as a side note, there are technically some films that are illegal such as kiddie porn and beastiality. If you own a movie which features hardcore sex with a child or animal, you will end up in jail.

 

[Arnwyn]

Unless someone has a clear source, I don't believe for a second that the black & white scene in KB1 was due to "censoring/violence" reasons.

 

[Trainz]

And all the katanas will be replaced with walkie-talkies.

Oh wait... wait... I KNOW you are making a joke/reference to another movie, but it's on the edge of my mind... DAMN.

I give up. What is it ?

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

ET Re-release.