Kill Bill Volume 1, The Review

First, let me get my opinion-filled review out of the way.
Holy SHIT that movie kicked so much ass that it fucking HURT. Quentin Tarantino once again proves that he is the <b>BEST</b> director ever. This two-part masterpiece has proven, with only the first part, that it is better than all of his previous movies. He is by far the best director ever.
K, that’s done. Now on to the real review.
No spoilers, either.

The movie as a whole is very well put together, and Tarantino’s directing style from Reservior Dogs and Pulp Fiction (IE the skipping around in the plot) is blatantly evident, and well used once again.
The effects, as far as they go, are beautifully done. None of the action involving actors is computer animated coughmatrixcough. The blood is a nuance to samurai animes, where it sprays inhumanly amounts all over the place. There are katanas. Many of them, and they’re used gracefully. Many improvisations are made throughout the movie, as is what happens with many of Tarentino’s movies. There is not one hint of matrix-esque fighting in it, except for during the anime sequence, and, even there, it is shortlived.
Yes, there is an anime sequence in the movie. Yes, it is very well drawn and animated. The anime sequence itself lasts a good 20-30 minutes. I may be wrong, but that’s about what it seemed.
The music. Ahhhh yes the music. Once again, Tarantino has chosen music that fits the movie perfectly. There is soft, orchestral parts, trumpet-filled scores with acoustic guitar accompaniment, and even techno.
The dialogue is well-written, witty, and funny.
Tarantino makes many nuances to things, as mentioned before, such as Samurai anime, bruce lee movies, and spaghetti western (to be in part 2).
That’s about all I can say without giving away the story.
I definitely recommend this movie to anyone without a weak stomach (Bucket after bucket of blood abound), and a love for Tarantino’s other works.

Edit: This moving had work started on it during the shooting of Pulp Fiction. Uma had mentioned something to Tarentino about a movie involving swords. Lots of them. Hence Butch using the katana on Zed’s friend.

The thing about reviews like this is that they set people’s standards impossibly high, causing them to be dissapointed after they see the movie.

I thought the movie would be exceptionally good, and it delivered just that. There were no lulls in it that I could find.

Woo, I have something to see sometime next week.

Public opinion is a joke. As are reviews like that.

Will hopefully be seeing soon. Like, within the day. BITTORRENT ROCKS!

One question though, what happens at the end? Does it just suddenly go off and display TO BE CONTINUED or does it have a more well-structed cut-off point?

It has an ending reminiscent of the ending of the first LotR. If you don’t mind a bit of a spoiler:

Bill says “Does she [uma therman] know that her baby is still alive?” And it fades to the credits.

I saw Kill Bill and Pirates of the Carribean last Night, I can say that both are pretty good movies. Johnny Depp is my new idol.

Kill Bill is phenomenal. As long as you don’t mind a very excessive amount of blood and gore. And I do mean excessive, there were points where even I flinched. Otherwise every other aspect of the movie is simply amazing, and will be even more amazing once the second volume is released in February. Go see this.

Better or worse than Pulp Fiction?

It’s all a matter of opinion. Personally, I think it’s much better.

Originally posted by Lunes Cabarach
Public opinion is a joke. As are reviews like that.

Great attitude ya got there!

Sounds pretty sweet, and resivoir dogs is one of my all time favorites, so looks like i’ll go see this.

There is some much violence in that movie, it’s funny. The blood physics are mostly why. I don’t think the human body has the amount of blood that shoots around from people in the movie :mwahaha: . The Japanese culture parts are done really well too. I have a new quote in my sig now to because of it.

That movie looks superb. Sadly I have not enough time to see it.
:too bad;

God, Tarantino rocks so much

When you’re talking about the gory, bloody violence level, I’m assuming there’s significantly more of it in Kill Bill than in Pulp Fiction. Could you give an example of a movie that has a comparative amount of this stuff?

(I’d sort of like to see it, but I have a feeling that the bloody stuff will turn me off.)

<img SRC=“http://www.rpgclassics.com/subsites/twistedrpg/images/hero/rirseneo.gif”> I may mention this on the chat last night, but I will say this again. Kill Bill is a great movie which you should see right now. By the way Vicki, the only other movie I can think of with that much violence is Total Recall.

Originally posted by Lunes Cabarach
Public opinion is a joke. As are reviews like that.

I blame public schools for you being an ass. Right Lunes?

Originally posted by Rirse
<img SRC=“http://www.rpgclassics.com/subsites/twistedrpg/images/hero/rirseneo.gif”> I may mention this on the chat last night, but I will say this again. Kill Bill is a great movie which you should see right now. By the way Vicki, the only other movie I can think of with that much violence is Total Recall.

Total recall doesn’t even COMPARE to Kill Bill.
Vicki: It’s more gory than any war movie is.

Originally posted by Steve
Total recall doesn’t even COMPARE to Kill Bill.
Vicki: It’s more gory than any war movie is.

<img src=“http://cala.nulani.net/images/calacat.gif”>I haven’t seen KB yet, but what about Saving Private Ryan or Black Hawk Down?