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Kill Bill volume 1

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Drew Johnton

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I just got back from seeing this... and though I will not spoil anything for anyone.... I'm not impressed.

The fight scenes were good. But the movie wasn't that great.... lacking story.

Its basically just another stunt show... like Matrix.

Though, I must say... The fight were GREAT

Maybe with Volume 2 it will all make sense.

Lets hope.
 
I just got back from seeing this... and though I will not spoil anything for anyone.... I'm not impressed.

The fight scenes were good. But the movie wasn't that great.... lacking story.

Its basically just another stunt show... like Matrix.

Though, I must say... The fight were GREAT

Maybe with Volume 2 it will all make sense.

Lets hope.
 
Wow I can't believe someone beat Kyle in posting about this movie first. I'm sad that it's only an allright movie...
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I kind of got that feeling when I saw the first preview at the ComiCon. that it wasn't going to be the greatest.

"I KNOW I've seen more movies than you, well at least good ones."
 
Honestly does there need to be a story? I mean it's not spoiling anything to tell anyone what it's about. Anyone interested knows that the whole plot is about Uma Thurman trying to Kill Bill. And sure, I guess it'll explain in the second one why Bill would do the stuff he did to make Uma want to kill him, but honestly, this was a cool movie. All five chapters. The fight scenes were fun. And for christsakes, the Matrix is all about it's story, not just another stunt show. Oh well, this is a fine movie, definately something going to be added to my DVD collection. Anime, w00t!

-Elliott

"My name is Buck, and I like to ****."
 
from what i've read (and i havent seen the film yet, thats tomorrow) the first part is non-stop action and the second part is more dialogue driven non-linear plot, more of tarentino's style. so, don't knock it till you see the whole thing i guess.

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guys, kill bill is gorgeous. Every frame of that movie is beautiful.
I'm really pissed that it's split into two parts though. i could have sat through 2 more hours easily.

Intolerable Cruelty is really good too. See that after watching Kill Bill. Show the Coen Brothers some respect. It's not their fault they got the same release date as the most anticipated movie of the fall

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All I can say is Wow. I was def. impressed. I loved it.
My girlfriend, who didnt think she'd like it at all but went with me anyways, she LOVED it.
Can not WAIT for volumne two.
 
I saw this right after school and I was like "whoa"

Did anyone NOT find the opening sequence one of the coolest and most well filmed parts in all films? I loved hearing Uma breathing hard then cutting to a CU on her face which is covered in blood...and then Bill blowing her brains was awesome.....(made me jump about 1 foot up just because the tension was so well built up)

I'm gonna have to admit I didn't love this movie as much I was hoping, (I loved the film, but I dunno, a few things bothered me which I'll explain later....)

I'd say this is my 2nd Fav. Tarantino film (Pulp Fiction can never be beat, NO MATTER WHAT)

I have a feeling I'll like pt. 2 more though just for the fact I am more interested in DAryl Hannah and Micheal Madsen's characters.......

Did anyone else LOVE the cliffhanger at the end? i thought that was the PERFECT way to end it....

In the original script we the audience never was supposed to (spoilers) find out her baby lived till almost the VERY end....so I have a feeling Tarantino has some more little twists and turns for us.

My Favorite Parts:
Sophie Fatalie (Julie Dreyfus) getting her damn arm cut off was the coolest thing I've ever seen....I loved all that blood shooting at and her screaming in pain....plus the way Uma did was like...."Man, you don't mess with this chick, she's serious as a heartattack" Then how she just lays in her blood (Mr. ORagne style) through the fighting was GREAT.

The first shot I still love, something about it was just soooo cool.

I can't even think of what else I liked because I was so excited I could harldy handle it (thus I'm seeing it again TOMMOROW!!! YEAH!)

Now for the hard part which is gonna make u guys go, "Whoa! Kyle found something WRONG with Kill Bill?! WHAT THE HELL?!"

Basically its only a minor thing, but the House of Blue Leaves BIG battle (when all the CRazy 88s show up) well I was expecting more....and by more I ment it BEING IN COLOR.

Now in the script Tarantino wrote that the battle goes IN and OUT of black and white a few times.....I didn't like the WHOLE thing in black and white...I dunno what he was going for, maybe he had to water it down cause it was so bloody. But the whole time I was going, "Man, GO INTO COLOR!" Especially when all their feet were getting cut off....that would look so much more neat in color......nevertheless it didn't BOTHER me THAT much, but I don't understand why he did it.

The OoOoOoohhh!! That reminds me of another AWESOME scene.....when we follow Uma into the bathroom to change and it's all one long camera cut...that was great, music was perfect for that scene.

Music in the film was awesome also.

Oh and yeah......the other small thing I didn't like.....I felt it started out WAY to fast....I mean you got Uma getting blow in the head then right after that is her going to Vernita Green's house and another moment of suspense and all.....I wish Tarantino, like in the script, would of left the scene where Uma describes the Wedding massacre.....then again that may still be in Volume 2 considering Samuel L. JAckson is supposed to make a cameo as a organ player in the chapel (The sheriff at the chapel says something along the lines of. "they even killed the colored guy on the organ") But I think it should of had that scene right after the credits.....just to let the audiencE CALM DOWN after just seeing Uma get blown away.

The Anime cartoon;
Uhm...It was interesting...I had no idea what to expect from it, but I liked it. It was cool.

Now we just gotta wait 4 goddamn months till FEbruary 20th when part 2 comes.......

And yes, I too could've sat another 2 hours of the film...IT went by all too fast.

-TacoWagonSuperFun!

KILL BILL - OPENS NATION WIDE OCTOBER 10th!!! THATS NEXT FRIDAY!!!!! AHHHH!!!!
 
Forgot to post this yesterday:

Well, i just came back from Kill Bill. Before my opinion a few things.

It's rated R (in Canada)...and not the R where if you're with someone over 18, u can go, but the hard R where you cant see it if you're under 18, no matter what. Equivalent to I believe NC-17 in the states. Since it's rated R, if i have a chance of seeing it, it's not at the theatre i work at as i risk getting fired, so i got to another theatre not too far away. There, we get in supereasy without even a glance, and guess what, the showtime we went happened to be in IMAX!!!!! I f****** saw Kill Bill in f******* IMAX! (for the uninformed, imax is a screen 3 times as big and sound 50 times as good.)

now, as for the movie. its undoubtly, unbelievably, undeniable the best f-ing movie of 2003 (i doubt revolutions or return of the king will be better in enjoyment, action, camera work, music and directing). i love this movie. you can add it to my favorite top 5. infact, i'm going to go and update my profile with this as my fav movie of the moment. GO SEE KILL BILL NOW!

Oh, and Tarantino has jumped a few spots and is now my favorite director, but still far under Sir Steven Speilberg.

And as for the ending of Kill Bill...this is the return of a true cliffhanger.

I will probably write a full review as soon as my head stops thinking about the film.

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I NEVER expected to see something like that

KILL BILL is the film I ALWAYS mwanted to see, make, dream off!

its like an 2 hour anime

gorgeous

endless style....ENDLESS STYLE GUYS!!!

AHHHHHH
 
""well I was expecting more....and by more I ment it BEING IN COLOR. ""

Going to Black and White was one of the most respectable things ABOUT this film... Black and white is 100 times better. So cool.

"undoubtly, unbelievably, undeniable the best f-ing movie of 2003 (i doubt revolutions or return of the king will be better "

Dude... Definitly not... I mean... I respect other people's opinions.... but... this isn't the best movie of the year... its not even the best of the month. GO see Lost In Translation... oh wait... theres no hot women kicking each other's ass.... or complicated computer graphics.... so maybe you won't like it.



Kill Bill was an okay film... lets not forget... its not complete yet. Its not like most movies where it has a sequal... the sequal is more like... the next half. it was all supposed to be one film but they chopped it in half.

The Style was great.... I'm a big fan of anime and how he intergrated it into a live action film like this was done very well. The fight scenes were made very well.

Though it is my passionate belief the the 2 most important parts of a film are as follows: STory and Experience. Kill Bill lacked both.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Drew Johnton:
Dude... Definitly not... I mean... I respect other people's opinions.... but... this isn't the best movie of the year... its not even the best of the month. GO see Lost In Translation... oh wait... theres no hot women kicking each other's ass.... or complicated computer graphics.... so maybe you won't like it.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I say Kill Bill defintely is, actually. I did see Lost in Translation, going in only knowing that it was a Drama with Bill Murray, nothing else. Unfortunately, i came out of that movie feeling empty and robbed of my time. Nothing interesting happens, it's just a guy going threw some midlife problems/crisis and he meets a girl and they hang out. Where's the conflict? Sure, she's married, but doesn't seem happily and murray's character doesn't seem to care. Or how about the climax? "i'm leaving tomorrow" "oh, ok" "see you then, and i want my hat" or something along those lines. LiT wasn't a bad movie, it actually had some funny parts in it, but i'd say it was below average.

And Kill Bill had no CG in it, so i'm not sure what you're getting at there...

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WRONGO!

MOST of it was real, but the part with the bullet blazing through Bill's gun, etc., was CG.

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wow, one part was CG. I'm talking about the bulk of the movie, ie the action with all the crazy fighting.

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Just to clear up what i meant...

I didn't mean that Kill Bill had CGI I was talking about Matrix and lord of the rings...


I must apologize... I might have gotten a bit carried away when i saw what people were saying... "BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR" and things like that....

I can see how you guys like Kill Bill... I liked it to... it wasn't your typical action movie... It was really good...

But when whoever it was that said that KIll Bill, Revolutions and Return of the King would be battling it out for best film of the year... I just lost it for a second.... I'm sorry.


"HOW CAN YOU COMPARE KILL BILL TO LOST IN TRANSLATION"

The great thing about film is that everyone likes what they like and hates what they hate and its totally up to that person. In my opinion, Lost in Translation was 100 times the film Kill Bill was... the way you describe LIT "No climax" "No conflict".... there was a BIG conflict.... and it was going on inside Bill Murray.... of all the conflict type.. example: Man VS Nature, Man VS Man, Man Vs God... it seems as if MAN VS Himself makes the best films yet are Least interesting to the our society these days?

ANyway... this isn't a forum about Lost In Translation... and your right... one is an action film and one is Drama and they shouldn't be compared... I was just comparing FILM in general.

QUentin Tarantino has great style doesn't he? He likes to show us things we've all scene before but never knew how much we liked.... I think hes the master at that... evident in not only Kill Bill but Pulp FIction as well. I'm talking... the Black and WHite... the cool samurai stuff in a "not-so-samurai" world... the anime sequence. The great thing about the anime sequence is that right after that is when you started to see blood squirt ,no, SPRAY from people's bodies after they get cut. DOES THAT REALLY EVEN HAPPEN? whos cares, its cool.

I'm not saying it was bad.... but come on guys.... BEST FILM OF THE YEAR?


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personally, I agree. Until now, it IS the best flick of the year, better than lost in translation ( and I LOVED lost in translation)

Kill bill is the type of film I always wanted to see and hoped to be part of it one time...It was just endless style
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I love lord of the rings though...curious how ROTK will stand against kill bill
 
I thought it was great. It wasnt the best film ever, but it has left me with the biggest smile leaving the movie theatre ever. I think it comes in at Number #6 on my all time favorite list of movies since Gladiator and LOTR were better but endings didnt leave you feeling like you just saw the highlight of cool.
 

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