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Summary: a drama version of family violence
Review: Could be read as a story of a mother eliminating all the bad stuff coming from the father [as dramatized by the killings of all the bad guys, and eventually the ultimate one, Bill, or Bill the father] and ending up in a "happy" fatherless mother-daughter dyad [though both trapped in their gaze at the TV, the virtual world; in the very last scene of Vol 2]. Father is depicted as the seeds of all violence, and mother only as the victim-turned-killer-finally-mother. However, needless to say, without the father, without the man, there could not be any conception, or children. This glorification of women, to the extent of annihilating men, is a doomed "solution" to the perpetual men-women conflict [Kill men after getting his 'seeds', and women will be happy]. Even the child here is a daughter, not a boy. A happy family, if we still believe in such a thing as a happy family, should be a dialectic and delicate balance between the maleness and femaleness of the couple; neither one should eliminate the other. It is not that only women is the source of life, men is the necessary other. Simple Biology. Basic Evolutionary Psychology. The wisdom does not lie in the old Chinese or Japanese stuff as depicted in the film, but in the heart of every man and woman. Men and women still need each other. Killing Bill won't work.
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Summary: Creative, Energetic, Ultra-Violent Genre-Bender.
Review: The Bride (Uma Thurman) awakes after 4 years in a coma to the realization that her entire wedding party was massacred and her unborn child lost, when she chose marriage over her career as a professional assassin. Bent on revenge, she sets out to track down her former employer, Bill (David Carradine), and her former comrades in the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu), Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox), and Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah), who were responsible for the bloodbath that put her in a coma. "Kill Bill" is ceremoniously billed as "The Fourth Film by Quentin Tarantino", and this time the irrepressible director has set out to prove his talent by directing an action movie, which he considers to be the toughest genre. If it weren't tough enough, Tarantino has drawn on just about every action genre that ever existed to create this high energy protracted battle of a film: Hong Kong martial arts film, 1970s grindhouse cinema, spaghetti westerns, blaxploitation, gangster movies, japanimation, and film noir. And I'm thoroughly impressed. "Kill Bill" is possibly more an exercise in style than any film I've seen. What's more, the genres that it emulates tend toward the absurd. "Kill Bill" is self-consciously stylish and preposterous. Yet it is entirely captivating and exciting. It's gory. It's funny. It's in black-and-white, split screen, animated, color...No style is spared, and yet none is out of place. There's hardly a plot, but "Kill Bill" keeps the audience interested in the story -mostly by telling it out of sequence. I'm a huge fan of film noir. Quentin Tarantino's fantastically creative facility with neo-noir has endeared him to me in the past. "Kill Bill" is noir, among many other things. And if Tarantino can make this completely preposterous film work, I have to concede that he's a genius. He has even succeeded in convincing a large American audience to watch a movie that has subtitles. "Kill Bill, Volume 1" is thoroughly enjoyable, action-packed, and not for the squeamish. The DVD: Bonus features include a making-of documentary and 2 performances by the Japanese musical group "5, 6, 7, 8's". "The Making of Kill Bill" is a 20 minute documentary that features interviews with writer/director Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, producer Lawrence Bender, Lucy Liu, and Viveca A. Fox. It starts out talking about the genesis of the film and its concepts, then moves on to discussion of filming. The performances by the "5, 6, 7, 8's" are two songs from the film, but the camera focuses on the musicians instead of placing them in the background, as they are in the film.
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Summary: --------fLawLeSS-----------
Review: ============everything in this movie is great the acting, action scene, the soundtrack, and specially the scenery.========== must watch movie
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Summary: Fun Movie!
Review: Kill Bill is about a girl( Uma Thurman) who was beat up and put in a comma for four years named Bill. Now that she knows her unborn baby has died because of this, sh want's to kill Bill. This was a cool movie if your older than 17( It's very violent). Pulp Fiction is a little better, but who cares! This is Uma Thurman's best film so far. Go see it if you want.
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Summary: Quentin Tarentio Does it again!
Review: I absolutely love all of Quentin T.'s films. "Kill Bill Vol. 1" is just as exciting and fiercely entertaining as I suspected it would be.
I can remember reading about the making, and how it was originally going to be one long movie instead of cutting into two films. The idea of this story peeked my interests, but I unfortunatly waited til it was on dvd to see it. If it is shown on big screens again, I have to go. This is definitely a film that should be seen BIG.
With it's cartoonish blood, fight scenes, revenge filled plot, and awesome soundtrack, "Kill Bill" delivers a true homage to a variety of movie genres.
Starring Uma Thurman as our vengeful Bride, who was left for dead on her wedding day, who kicks butt clear across the entire movie. It is really quite a spectacle to see.
One thing I couldn't quite get over was that the actor playing "BUck", who seems to always play a jerk of all trades, played the boyfriend in "Valley Girl". While that doesn't do anything to tell you whether or not to view this extremely fine film, it's a bit of trivia for ya.
I am highly recommending this one! It's truly a great show.
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Summary: Brilliant! Tarantino at his best!
Review: This movie was very entertaining. I loved every minute of it and can watch it over & over again. In my opinion, this is Quentin Tarantino's best film. The action is great, the stunts are terrific, Uma is dazzling, the humor is hilarious and the last sentence in the movie left me in quite a shock. You have to see this movie, no question about it. The critics were right about this film. The special features are also pretty damn cool which include: the making of Kill Bill Vol. 1, music performances by the 5,6,7,8's (or whatever) and Tarantino trailers. Definitley worth your cash. Now stop reading this and go watch this classic and amazing film now!!!!!!! Also check out Kill Bill Vol. 2 and other Tarantino films!!!
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Summary: Great movie... thoroughly enjoyable
Review: Great movie... a lot of action, great storyline, some a little bit "out there", but what else would you expect from the guy that created Pulp Fiction and Reservior Dogs (sp?). At least Neo flew off after he saw that the odds were starting to look grim... one would think Uma would've done the same. :-) I can't believe I waited for this to get to video to see it... #2 will definitely be seen in the theater.
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Summary: Pure Action Packed yet Funny
Review: The movie barely made it into 5 stars according to me, obviously. It is made seemingly different than other motion pictures, and I would have changed at least one thing in the movie- but I can't give that away. This movie is action packed with a twist of laughter that one can't get away from. Buy it, rent it, borrow it, either way this movie is a must see. If you like an action movie with a hook, then this one will sure to keep you clued to your TV.
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Summary: One of the greates movies of all time
Review: Well I think it is, it has a brilliant, suttle, dark humor to it. And great acting. Anyone I talk to who has seen it says it sucks, but then I tell them to watch it over or think about the dialogue and the next day they come in saying "Now that I think about it that was a good movie. It was hillarious." Of course only a select few can find humor in viloence, gore, and bloody stumps draggin on the floor. But all in all this was a very good movie...Over and out.
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Summary: Perfect in every single way
Review: Quention Tarantino masterfully blends 70s grindhouse, classic Hong Kong cinema, and Western elements together into a film that is visually and developmentally stunning. The story itself is simple. We KNOW that the Bride will kill off everyone, and yet we don't care that she does, we care HOW she does it. It is this aspect of Tarantino that makes his directorial eye pure genius. His ability to turn a simple plot and turn it upside down with complexity into it is just incredible. The acting here is top-notch. Anyone who has ever doubted Uma Thurman's acting need only re-watch the scene where the Bride awakens from her four-year coma and realizes that the baby she was pregnant with is gone. Her raw emotion and screams of grief display Thurman's abilities as an actor in a film where acting is often limited due to the amount of action. No one can say that Thurman didn't deserve the Golden Globe nomination after watching this scene. The rest of the group of Deadly Viper Assasains is rounded out with the Vivica A. Fox as the street-smart Vernita Green and Lucy Liu as the cold-faced O-ren Ishii. Tarantino does a good job at making these highly unlikeable characters sympathetic in the end. You feel compassion and hatred for them at the same time. We also see a hint of the two other deadly vipers, the eyepatch toting Elle Driver and Bill's brooding brother Budd, played by Daryl Hannah and Michael Madsen. Their parts are minor, but they serve to set up interesting character arcs for their main spotlight in Vol. 2. Since Vol. 1 is more action-orientated and Vol. 2 is more storyline-orientated, the general consensus has been that if you enjoy all the action, you won't like the second film. However, considering that these two films were originally promoted as one until Miramax forced Tarantino to split up the movie due to timing constraints (or else the film would have been about 5 hours long). However, I found Vol. 1 to be a great start to the Kill Bill saga, and yes, while it does have more action, the storyline IS there. This is probably Taratino's greatest work yet, so be sure to check this one out as well as the equally great Vol. 2.
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