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Summary: Thank you Mr. Tarantino !!
Review: Kill Bill is one of the most entertaining action movies I've seen in years, though it's very graphic & violent... so definitely not for kids. I'd include it in a list of my top 10 favorites. Uma is amazing here, wow, she kicks major a**. This movie has a very beautiful style to it. The music was enjoyable and fits the movie perfectly. I'll probably buy the soundtrack as well. I rented this movie then returned it, only to buy it the same day, it's that good. I didnt really care for a few things: the switching to black & white then color again- because the color in this movie is fantasic, the occasional subtitles- I always have to pause the movie to read what they say cuz it's so fast, however I can understand and respect the director's reasoning for it to keep Kill Bill's authentic japanese feel, and also the japanese anime- I didn't come to watch cartoons. Visually this movie is amazing though!! It blew me away. I really liked the plot and I thought all the actors did a great job. The stunts and sword fights are top notch. (Uma's steel is sweet huh?) The DVD features both Dolby Digital & DTS 5.1 The "special features" are really lacking here unfortunately. Bonus performances by the "5,6,7,8's"? You're joking right? I really wish they would've made this a 2 disc collector's edition (like Pulp Fiction), but I imagine they probably will a few months down the road. Special note to the genius director...Please keep making movies Mr.Tarantino!! Your fans want a Kill Bill volume 3,4,5,6,7,8 too. Anyways, this movie rocks. Highly Recommended!
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Summary: U and Q do Kung Fu
Review: Tarantino made a smart move when he decided to film a two-part martial arts movie. In the wake of the Matrix films and Lord of the Rings, he could cut his four-hour flick in half and release it 6 months apart. Ten years ago, he might not have been able to. By cutting it in half, he took a long, rambling movie and turned it into two tight movies. This DVD, the first part, moves fast. It's funny, violent, and full of memorable scenes and images.Another reason it's such a smart move: Tarantino is a movie geek, so he can throw in dozens of "homages" to his favorite kung fu movies in this movie. If you get the references (like Uma wearing Bruce Lee's yellow motorcycle outfit) that's great. If not, you don't miss out on anything essential. Tarantino is still mixing up the sequence of events, telling the story out of order, and it still works. The audience can follow along the first time, but the movie is better the second or third time, when you have a better idea of who's who and what's going on. In Pulp Fiction, the out-of-order sequence put you off-balance. This time, he's so good at it, you can't imagine telling the story any other way. Tarantino challenged himself in Kill Bill to shoot thrilling action sequences, and he succeeded. The fights are the high points. They are suspenseful, intercut with humor and dialogue, and too stylized to be taken seriously. The swordfight at the end is fantastic, even if you only pay attention to the lighting. (Which brings me to Robert Richardson, the cinematographer for Kill Bill. Best known for his work on Natural Born Killers and other Oliver Stone movies, he's the guy who puts the glowing light behind everyone. Overhead lights shimmer in the hair of actors, and windows bleed light around the edges. It's a nice effect.) You can't go wrong with this film. Although the DVD doesn't have a lot of extras, the movie itself is worth it. Tarantino has developed his directing and writing style, making it simpler without losing any of his trademarks --- like Seinfeld-like conversations, the long takes, the camera-in-the-trunk point of view, sudden bursts of violence, and fake product placement. This is his fourth film and he hasn't peaked yet. He's four for four..
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Summary: Tarintino is a genius
Review: Kill Bill is quite possibly one of the most hilarious movies I have ever seen. While some might say the movie is gratuitous and overly gory, Quintin is satirically poking fun at those very people every time so much as a finger gets chopped off. The excess of blood (often more than humanly possible) is very much intended, as a subtle mockery of the excess of violence in our culture. Quintin is communicating with us in the simplest of form. It isnt the limb getting chopped off that is funny, but the sheer absurdity of the situation; Kill Bill hardly ever takes itself seriously. While the humor is quite subtle, it is very much present, and a large part of what makes this movie great. Tarintino's humor persists even in the "making of Kill Bill" featurette in which he goes on about how difficult descisions like picking his actors, soundtrack, and even the movie concept itself were actually just made in split seconds. He goes so far as to say he picked an actor simply because he saw her on a box of a video at his local rental store!
Quintin Tarintino is a genius, and this movie his brain child.
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Summary: It has been a long time to see such a refreshing moive
Review: I was so excited and happy to see this kind of good action and revenge movie. The movie's pilot is pretty simple, bad guys deserve to be revenged and die. But the director tell the story in a refreshing and beautiful way. The action scence feel so real how they make it even though I don't expect to see it in real life. It is a very good direction for action and kongfu movie. No other lame movies just make a kongfu a joke, or try to figure out how people can fight with machine. Only one thing totall looks not real, how she can bring such a big knife on plane?
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Summary: Kill Bill "If Not Now, Then Later"
Review: I did not see this movie on the big screen. I waited, mainly because I was not as impressed with "Jackie Brown" as I had been with "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction". Now I wish that I had seen it in brilliant "shaw-scope" for the simple reason that the whole movie was so visually appealing that my meager 36" screen could not seem to hold it. The blood and gore actually acts as a comic relief to the no-stop, over-the-top action when criminal laws are not the only laws being broken (the law of gravity is totally disregarded). The final battle, one-on-one, with Lucy Liu in the snow covered Japanese garden alone MADE this movie for me. Only Quentin Tarantino could revive an obscure disco hit like Santa Esmerelda's cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and give it a purpose. It made me wonder why I don't still have it in my music collection. It had been a guilty pleasure of mine for a long time and will return when I buy the "Kill Bill" soundtrack. Bravo, Mr. Tarantino.
Can I send you the bill for removing the blood stains from the floor in front of my TV.
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Summary: Kill Bill Vol. 1
Review: As a major fan of Quentin Tarantino's work, I was more than excited when I went to see this film in theatres. I had heard nothing but good things about. I was however a tad bit skeptical when I saw advertisements and I realized that it would be nothing like his other films I had loved so much. While I was correct in assuming that this film was nothing like his others, there was nothing to be skeptical about. This film is amazing. It is the story about Uma Thurman's character known only as 'The Bride'. After Bill and four other members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad(DiVAS) shoot up her wedding and leave her in a coma for four years, she sets out to take revenge. This is the first half of the film following The Bride as she sets her sight on her first two members of the DiVAS. It is an all out hardcore and bloody brawl that shows us a side of Quentin's abilities that we've as yet to see in any of his films thus far. While there are multiple scenes of mild, low key conversation, this film truly shines in it's well choreographed fight scenes. Another plus side is the short anime scene Quentin put in to add to the effect of the movie. Clearly not a movie for everyone (especially those with a weak stomach) but truly a sight to behold, Kill Bill Vol. 1 is yet again another amazing film that Quentin Tarantion has supplied for us to see.
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Summary: Bloody, Entertaining, Very Well Crafted Film
Review: You may know the storyline well from other reviews. To cut it short, this DVD doesn't come with an extra second disc for special features nor deleted scenes. It simply includes the Kill Bill Vol.1 movie with subtitles option. A very short trailer of Kill Bill Vol.2 and a ten minutes feature of making Kill Bill. Period. I believe Tarantino may either save the extra goodies like deleted scenes, directory's comments, and interviews, etc. for the Kill Bill Vol.2, or may publish a special or extended edition of Kill Bill DVD Collector's Set. I watched the movie in theater but I still bought this DVD to re-watch it more than once. Simply this is a very entertaining and well-crafted movie you would like to collect & own it.
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Summary: Homage to many nerdy titles
Review: This is the movie/martialart/scifi/comicbook -nerd's dreamflick. There are more "hidden" jokes on movies, series and comics of the 50-80's than any one person can identify! My guess is that those who didn't like this flick didn't know or notice those and took this movie "as is". It is not good "as is", that is the point. It is an homage to bad class B flicks that the teenage nerds used to love. Now that we are in our thirties, we love to see all that silly stuff remembered in this flick. And we love to see how many different sources we can catch during the film! Everything from cartoons to Star Trek to Babylon 5 to Bruce Lee to Kato/Green Hornet to spaghetti westerns to Battle Royale to simple cheap action movies that only young teenagers like... All the fantasies of a movie/comic/scifi/kungfu fanaticnerdteenager are paid homage in Kill Bill.
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Summary: KILL BILL FREAKIN' ROCKS!!!
Review: Quentin Tarantino is a genius!! It started with Reservior Dogs n 92, Pulp Fiction in 94 and Jackie Brown in 97... It took him 6 years to come out of hiding.. But he has made a great film.. I loved every minute of it.. I can't wait to see volume 2.. Kill Bill is a masterpiece and landmark of a film. I recommend that everyone see it. Forget two thumbs up, I think this deserves the whole hand, and maybe throw in the feet.. I'm sure Uma Thurman would love to cut them off with her sword.. She kicks [in] the whole movie.. She's also really hot!! The opening fight scene with her and Vivica Fox is truly awesome.. Of course there are other more memorable moments, I just don't want to tell them, I want you to see them for yourself.. Witness the masterpiece that is Kill Bill, the fourth film by QUENTIN TARANTINO...
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Summary: Lacking in bonus features, but still stellar!!
Review: I saw Kill Bill twice in the theater and could not wait for it to come out on DVD, packed with bonus features. Alas, one commentary and some trailers. Sigh... This film is still an awesome tale of revenge, with Uma Thurman as the Bride, who awakens from a coma and begins visciously and methodically taking out her former co-DiVAS. The anime sequence, telling us of the childhood suffering of O-ren Ishii is even more spectacular than in the theater! The special effects are top-notch, even the sounds of the swords, and are more cartoonish than gory. It is truly the little things that make this a unique film, including a soundtrack produced by the RZA. I can't wait to see the second installment, hopefully it gets a better DVD treatment when the time comes.
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