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Summary: Tarantino Is Innovative
Review: Quentin Tarantino broke out with Pulp Fiction because of it's innovative scene sequences and intermingling sub-plots. In other words, he tried something different and it worked. He tries it again with Kill Bill, inter-mingling storylines, and different scene sequence orientation. It's not as strong as an effect as with Pulp Fiction, but it works well.Kill Bill centers around a bride-to-be who was killed off by her co-workers for whatever reason (I'm hoping it's revealed in the sequel). But they fail, and essentially let her live when they find out that they've failed. So her main motive of living at this point becomes 'revenge'. She attempts to track all those responsible for her attempted death down, and make them pay. True Tarantino style action and lots of blood. Tarantino pays homage to some of the old kung-fu films, as well as dips his hand into the japanese anima for a brief stint. It works well and seems to flow with the stroyline well though. I highly recommend this film to any fan of his previous films, but keep in mind that it's different.
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Summary: You Will Want To See This!
Review: Kill Bill is by far the best action movie of all time. The plot is a bride (Uma Thurman) is shot in the head at her wedding in a small chapel in El Paso, Texas. The bride was pregnant at the time. She wakes up from a four year coma and wants revenge. She has a kill list and has 5 people on it the last being Bill. This movie is great and i can not wait to see the sequel. I praise this movie and recommend it very highly. Not only does Uma Thurman have a great performance but so does Lucy Liu who plays the leader of a underworld gang from Tokyo. Although this movie is excellent it is very gory and sometimes disgusting so close your eyes when they happen (especially the Buck part). I promise If you watch this youll want to see the next one. This is one fight she didnt start but is determined to finish!
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Summary: Tarantino Turnarond
Review: I missed "Kill Bill Vol. 1" in theaters because in some ways it just didn't interest me. I wasn't a particular fan of anyone in the cast, nor of Tarantino the director (though, as an actor, I thought he was one of the best things about "From Dusk to Dawn"). By the time the DVD came out, I was curious about all the hype, and had made 2 new friends who were absolutely nuts about the movie. They brought it over for me to see. It now ranks as one of my favorite films ever - and, along with "Kill Bill Vol. 2" (which I saw the day it was released), is not so much a movie as an "experience" that I can't forget -- I am a Tarantino Turnaround - now a HUGE fan. Uma Thurman (who I am now also a huge fan of) plays The Bride, basically a hired assassin formerly known as Black Mamba who decides to leave her gang of hired killers and get married, after discovering she's pregnant. Bill, the leader of the gang, has other ideas ... and in a dusty wedding chapel in the deserts of El Paso, Bill and his little band of murderers simply walk in on the wedding rehearsal, and shoot everyone dead ... eight corpses plus The Bride, who Bill finishes off himself with a bullet to the head. And that's only the beginning! Four years later, The Bride wakes up from a coma; she's survived the slaughter! But there's no baby, no life -- and no mercy. She decides to exact a huge and bloody revenge on all members of the gang -- ending with Bill, whom she is most determined to kill. The movie is briliant eye-candy, also a great tribute to martial arts films, of the 1970's especially. The action/fight scenes are impeccably shot -- when The Bride goes up against the Crazy 88 gang, you will NOT move from your seat for even a second -- and even an animated sequence chronicling the backstory of killer O-Ren Ishii is nothing short of phenomenal. For those nay-sayers who complain of this film being all style over substance, all I can say is 1) what do you expect from a revenge flick? - and 2) when you see part 2, you will see how wrong you are. One of the most brilliant, bloody, funny, and engrossing films I have ever seen, "Kill Bill Vol. 1" is Tarantino showing many of his more famous counterparts how a director can make a film so much his own, give it so much his own signature. I can't explain it, really, but it's just the feel of the movie - with this one, it's NOT a movie, it's more an EXPERIENCE that stays with you a long time; a director's vision so fully realized, it's startling to watch. Brilliant movie, and if you've seen it and haven't seen the sequel ... you haven't seen the whole story.
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Summary: A brilliant hybrid
Review: There is no such thing as an original thought, unless it is taking stuff that's already been done and turning into something else, and to me, Tarantino is a master at this. To me, this movie was so original(it is true that I have not seen the source material). I thought the originality never flagged, and that I was truly watching the work of a person who knows and loves films. This is high praise from me as I normally am not the hugest fan of hype, and Tarantino carries his hype around with him. I am also not a fan of gratuitous violence. I loved this movie.
As For the movie
I once saw Tarantino in the Burbank airport. I got in a conversation with him and he was"flying to Mexico to shoot his movie". The movie was called Kill Bill, and then he and I got on the same airplane. He came across affably, a charming, funny guy. I guess I might've been scared being on the airplane with the maker of Kill Bill if I had seen it. This is a film of unadulterated revenge. A woman is so set on revenge that she must fight armies of people to get to her goal. Uma Thurman turns in such a wonderfully focused performance. The other thing is that her intensity really motivates the gallons of blood. She is a greek tragic figure whose horrifying acts are justified by her loss. This is Medea, Titus Andronicus, and Switchblade Sisters all in one.
and the work of everyone is so fantastic.(I am waiting to see Darryl Hannah get hers). But the blood flows almost ridiculously. Ultimately this is shakespearean, greek, grand opera, and 70's exploitation all in one. And for all those of you who are complaining that this is not original, I am not sure what you want. To me, this is a hybrid of anime,(which I am not a fan of, but I thought it was beautiful and disgusting)pop culture, westerns, samurai movies and the value systems of those with no morals. And you can never peg it. Just when you think it is going a certain way, it shifts on you...sending you swirling into another style. I really expected that I would not like this film, and I cannot wait to see part 2. I can't wait to see what Tarantino has up his sleeve for u
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Summary: THE BEST MOVIE FROM 2003
Review: THIS EXCRUCIATINGLY BLOODY AND VIOLENT TRIBUTE TO 70S MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES IS ABOUT A WOMAN [UMA THURMAN] WHO SEEKS VENGEANCE ON HER FORMER LOVER [DAVID CARRADINE], WHO KILLED EVERYONE AT HER WEDDING AND ATTEMPTED TO KILL HER. THIS IS MARTIAL ARTS DONE TO EXTREME PERFECTION. HAILED AS THE MOST VIOLENT MOVIE EVER MADE IN AN AMERICAN STUDIO, THIS IS VERY CLEVER, VERY ENTERTAINING, AND IT'S SO SO GOOD THAT YOU CAN NEVER THINK OF TAKING YOUR EYES OFF OF IT! YOU GOTTA GIVE IT UP TO QUENTIN TARENTINO. FIRST, HE BLESSED US WITH THE INTRIGUING ''RESERVOIR DOGS''. THEN, HE CAME BACK WITH THE COOL, BUT SOMETIMES OVERRATED ''PULP FICTION''. THEN, HE RETURNED WITH ''JACKIE BROWN'', HIS MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED MOVIE TO DATE. AND NOW, HE COMES BACK WITH THIS, HIS GREATEST MOVIE EVER. EVEN PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES CAN GET INTO THIS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, OVER 200 GALLONS OF FAKE BLOOD WAS USED IN THIS MOVIE! A DEFINITE GEM FROM QUENTIN TARENTINO. GO AND BUY THIS AS SOON AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS OUT ON THIS MOVIE! BE SURE TO GET DOWN TO YOUR LOCAL THEATRE TO CHECK OUT THE SEQUEL!
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Summary: Excellent Film, but See It on the Big Screen
Review: With "Kill Bill, Volume One," Quentin Tarantino, whose near-miss "Jackie Brown" deserves more audience acclaim than it gets, finally manages to make a bonafide film, as opposed to bloody, low-budget romps like the vastly overrated "Pulp Fiction" and the better but stagey "Reservoir Dogs." Here, he confidently frames scenes, uses music and dialogue to maximum effect, and knows when to back off and let his actors carry scenes that are truly cinematic (even if they, too, seem lifted from "Thunderball," "Goldfinger," and any number of martial arts movies and 60s westerns). Of course, those of us old enough to recall that American television pretty much churned out watered-down versions of this stuff every week may wonder what the fuss is all about and why the heck it takes so long to make it, but compared to most so-called films today, "Kill Bill, Volume One" shows a level of competence that is generally lacking. The plot--if there is one--is simple: An assassin known here only as "The Bride" (played with exceptional vigor by Amazonian Uma Thurman) seeks revenge against her former comrades, whose death squad turns her wedding rehearsal into a massacre. Their leader--the enigmatic "Bill"--is voiced by 70s favorite David Carradine with gravelly menace, reminding us that too many great actors (including Sonny Chiba and Gordon Liu) have to suffer through lousy roles before finding their mark. Refusing to abandon his patchwork approach to story-telling, Tarantino nonetheless keeps the pace of his film high-octane, even in more thoughtful moments, bridging the otherwise disjointed elements nicely, and it is to his credit that each scene is charged with emotional electricity--and enough action to satisfy even the most jaded of moviegoers. Though "Kill Bill, Volume Two" features much more and better character development, not much in the sequel comes close to eclipsing the sheer adrenaline of this film's climax--nor the sheer beauty of being transformed, the way film should, from one environment to the next, here with just the sliding of a paper door. It's also to Tarantino's credit that the film loses something in the transfer from large to small screen, something rare in contemporary movies, which generally seem like big TV shows. His vision is such pure cinema that my only real gripe is that on the small screen we can't quite savor it the same way.
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Summary: Great, but not his Best
Review: If you like Quentin, you are most likely going to enjoy his masterfully directed revenge flick. It is my favorite movie of the year, and the storyline is thrilling. His cinematography is mind-blowing, switching to black and white, and anime in two segments of the film. Uma Thurman does a great job acting as The Bride, who is left for dead (but thankfully not) at her wedding. The movie is based on her revenge against Vernita Greene (Vivica A. Fox) and Oren Ishi-ii (Lucy Liu), two members of 4 in the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. They're boss Bill (David Carradine) is heard and barely seen in the movie, which unveils more mystery of this two part flick. Quentin uses great music from The RZA and this movie relates to 70's grindhouse films. Quentin uses his technique of chopped up story telling which is fascinating to watch unfold. And for the movie buffs out there, Tarantino pays numerous homages to previous movies with one-liners and certain scenes. This is not a "Pulp Fiction" or "Resevoir Dogs", but it is a tribute to old kung-fu movies and spaghetti westerns. This movie is a terrific film and Uma is one ass kicking chick.
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Summary: Kill Bill...amazing
Review: Kill Bill is awesome. Taratino brings some great cinematics to the screen and sets the foundations for what I consider one of the greatest two part movies to ever be created. Although I was a little stunned after the first movie, watching the second one in theaters made this movie so much better, and I realized the story could not have been portrayed in any mother way. Quentin is simply a cinematic genius
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Summary: Revenge is a dish, best served cold
Review: Ok, so anyone who wishes to call themselves a cinefan is familiar with Quentin Tarantino's movies. And everyone awaited so long for his next big movie.
And that's it. Kill Bill has a simple but yet complicated, at the same time, scenario.
It's about a woman, with the code name "Black Mamba" (Uma Thurman) who used to be an assasin, and a high-class member of an organized assasins' team (whose leader was Bill), but decided to leave them , so that she could get married and lead a normal life. Of course, that was out of the question for Bill, who sent her former colleagues and friends, in her wedding, to destroy her marriage and kill her. She is pregnant at the time of her marriage to Bill's child.
After the assasination of the whole church, she manages to survive out of plain luck. She remains in coma for a long long
time and then... she wakes up, ready to take revenge for her colleagues almost-lethal "visit" in her marriage, that costed her her child. So she practices just so that she can destroy them and of course... KILL BILL. Kill Bill is not an ordinary movie (after all, Quentin's movies are all about surprises!). It's a mixture of Japanese kung-fu movies (that Tarantino adores) with the American adventure movie style.It's story is more or less, a liberating action : REVENGE!!
The direction is awsome.you won't get bored watching the movie ,no matter what. The music is great (in my country Kill Bill's soundtrack has sold more that 150,000 copies) and Uma Thurman is lethaly beautigul (and I mean that literally) See the movie. As I am writing these lines Kill Bill Vol. 2 has already hit the movie theaters and is going really well, both ticket and critic wise. A MUST SEE
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Summary: Kill Bill Volume 1 Was "Great!"
Review: All I have to say is "Watch the Kill Bill Vol. 1 Uncut Version as well." The uncut is only offered in Asia and Europe, and it's by far more intensive action. More footage of blood and action was added to the theatre version. I like the Theatre version but the real version is showing his artistic directing.
P.S. No Black and White during the Action Part of the Movie.
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