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Summary: Cant wait for Volume 2
Review: 2 THUMBS UP! Must have for any Action Fans library. Can't wait for Volume 2. Everytime I watch this, i get goose bumps!
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Summary: THE ZEN OF KILLING
Review: Quentin Tarantino's epic, blood-spewing, over-the-top, fetishistic, vanity production, KILL BILL Volume1 (Miramax) arrives on DVD just in time to wet anew the appetite for the big screen theatrical finale Kill Bill Volume 2. So much has already been written about this high-profile, visual tour-de-force Asian-cinema martial arts homage and revenge saga (yes, it's all that and more), there's not much left to say. The story of a massacre by an Asian gang at a wedding rehearsal that leaves pregnant former gang member Uma Thurman for dead is the set up. The rest is all back story and exposition as a very lithe and determined Uma seeks out all those who block her path to Bill (a barely seen David Carradine), her ex-lover and the gang leader. But the story is really an excuse for dazzling filmmaking and brilliant riffs of heady dialogue. At heart, this is the darkest of comedies, a demented parody of excess. In the better than average making-of featurette, Tarantino enthusiastically explains the stylistic inspirations (including Sergio Leone) for his film and the origins of the Bride character that he and Uma jointly developed while shooting Pulp Fiction. Bonus material also includes trailers of Tarantino's three other films and very cool musical performances by "The 5, 6, 7, 8's" an amazing group Tarantino heard on a juke box in a Japanese bar while scouting locations. If there's any doubt that this movie is tongue in bloody cheek, check out the action figures, Pussy Waqon key chains, flasks, lighters and lunch box paraphernalia on the DVD insert. If you plan to see Volume 2, don't miss this dizzy exercise by a remarkably gifted, intuitive filmmaker.
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Summary: Faking it is just too easy
Review: I cannot understand all the positive ratings. I watched the European dvd last night and have just two comments. 1. The Western actors tried to hard to make their studied Japanese lines sound like real Japanese. I speak Japanese myself, the intonation was off and some of the lines sounded ridiculous! 2. The fight scenes were miserable. Do I need to say more? They should have used Michelle Yeoh instead of Lucy Liu for example. Ballet and sword fighting are two totally different things. Yes there were some nice scenes in this movie that why I give it two stars, but for me it was irritating most of the time.
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Summary: Yuck
Review: My opinion of the movie has somewhat mellowed since the last few days after seeing Kill Bill. Still, after mellowing, I find the movie distasteful. The only thing that keeps me from rating this movie even lower is the excellent cinematography and the extremely well done fight scenes (alright, alright, the whole spurting blood thing was funny), and the insanely cool character GoGo. I understand that its a parody of many movies and has got lots of influences, blah blah blah, but all in all, it was a huge corny ball of weirdness. This movie is SO overdramatized, and sometimes the script and the dialogue makes me want to hurle. During most of the movie, it felt like Tarantino was trying REALLY REALLY hard to make a live action movie based on an anime or something. Makes my head hurt just thinking about this movie. But hey, don't let this review stop you from watching this trippy film. If you like watching skinny blond girls who speak bad japanese wave swords around, go ahead.
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Summary: Miramax Sucks!
Review: I loved this movie, okay, let me get that out of the way. But they are such sneaks. In order to get more money from the general public, they will be releasing several versions of both volumes once they are all on DVD. I have seen the volume one DVD and it had the worst features. Don't waste your money on this and wait until the ultimate version comes out.
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Summary: Kill Bill Kills
Review: As my girlfriends and I walked into the movie cinema on the weekend that Kill Bill was released, we were either going to watch Tarentino's movie or a Denzel flick.
We picked Kill Bill, and what we saw was one of the most gorrish, violent, and bloody movies in our lives...And we loved every scene.
Lucy Liu was the "beast" in her scene. Her entourage rocked! Uma Thurman was the best person for the character she portrays. At the end of the movie, we were left wanting more and when we saw that closing scene, we left the theater mad as the devil because we just knew that we wouldn't be able to wait for Vol. 2 with ease.
Folks, get the movie. This one is a heavyweight.
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Summary: Stylish 60's format
Review: I normally do not review movies which I have seen, as the experience of seeing them is enough for my senses. After reading some of the reviews here I felt compelled to share some of my views. I was introduced to Mr Tarantino's by my daughter with Pulp Fiction, which I must say was an experience that I throughly enjoyed. Afterwards I could not wait to see "DOGS, JACKIE". My impression of Kill Bill made me think of the stylish
60's type movies.....Matt Helm & Our Man Flint flicks came to mind. The 60's campish influence of TV's Batman & Green Hornet was evident in this film, not to mention AL Hirt's Green Hornet sound track clearly brought back memories for me as a child. Traces of British TV's The Avengers with the (DiVAS).. who could not smile to see one of the vilian with an eye-patch.. All in all I found this movie refreshing and entertaining. Can't wait for vol2
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Summary: Save your money for the later editions!!!
Review: Don't get me wrong: I liked the movie a lot. But this is a skimpy DVD and knowing how Miramax works, just the first of several editions. If you hold off buying this one and put the money aside, I'm sure you'll have opportunities to buy Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 together for a lower price - or the rumored Kill Bill: Director's Cut that will show it as one 3-hour movie. Those later editions will likely have all the extras - this one doesn't look like it has much. As someone who's been burned by Miramax's DVD practices before, I just want to offer you a warning. Be patient - and you'll be rewarded later.
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Summary: My #1 of all time
Review: This movie is absolutely amazing. The true theatrical genious of Quentin Tarantino is more than evident in this beauty of a film. The story follows the tale of revenge of the bride who was shot in the head on her wedding day by her former employer, Bill. Upon waking 4 years later, she begins a trek to kill everyone who betrayed her.
Well acted and witty, this movie is a true sign that some good movies are still being made, and restored my faith in the movie industry. My advice to you is to BUY this DvD... now...
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Summary: Good, but no masterpiece
Review: This movie, the forth film by Tarantino, is a good movie. No one can doubt that. But if you are looking for another "Pulp Fiction", you'd be looking in the wrong place. The movie follows Uma Thurman (Black Mamba), who has a real name that is not told to the audience during the movie(whenever she says her name, it is bleeped out). Thurman had her husband killed in the beginning of the film, where she is shot in the head and awakens years later from a coma. The film follows Thurman as she attempts to take down "Bill" and the four assassins he lead to kill Thurman's husband. The first of two volumes, Volume One focuses on the first two assassins(keep in mind, the second assassin is the first that Thurman runs into during the film- after that point, its only a flashback) Kill Bill essentially boils down to being a samurai vengance film with style. But the style is the reason to see the film. The music works quite well with the film, and numerious interesting film techniques are used (including a 15 minute segment in anamai cartoon form). See this film, just don't expect the best film ever done by Tarantino. And as a side note, if you get uncomfortable with violence and bloodshed, this film is definately not for you.
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