Kill Bill: Volume One

[pete]

I just read that takeshi kitano thought the movie was worthless and said the only reason Japanese people went to see it was to see how ridiculous it was.  That was before I saw it for the third time in the theater just now (second run theater down the street), and I can kinda see that--so much of the dialogues were in Japanese, written by an American, so QT's idea of badass lines uttered in Japanese is probably pretty goofy (just as them kungfu movies' subtitles are goofy.)  Similar things are said about films like Crouching Tiger.

[ElPandaRoyal]

I just read that takeshi kitano thought the movie was worthless and said the only reason Japanese people went to see it was to see how ridiculous it was.  That was before I saw it for the third time in the theater just now (second run theater down the street), and I can kinda see that--so much of the dialogues were in Japanese, written by an American, so QT's idea of badass lines uttered in Japanese is probably pretty goofy (just as them kungfu movies' subtitles are goofy.)  Similar things are said about films like Crouching Tiger.

Or maybe Kitano is just pissed because Zatoichi isn't getting the recognition it was supposed to have. I couldn't see it because it seems like no one else saw it. When I got the time to go and see it in the theater, it was gone, replaced by some other film (it didn't last two weeks...). I bet I'd like it, though...

[pete]

I'm sorry man.  I heard it was pretty good.

[modage]

Tarantino: I Like To Upset Audiences
Source: imdb gossip column

Maverick filmmaker Quentin Tarantino likes to play sadistic games with his willing audience - because he knows how much they enjoy being tortured by him. The Kill Bill director prides himself on shocking viewers of his movies, and claims he has a sadomasochistic relationship with his audience, which keeps both parties interested. The 40-year-old says, "I like f***ing with your emotions, and I like it when it's done to me. That's my thing. You're gonna laugh, you're gonna laugh, you're gonna laugh, until you're gonna stop laughing. You're gonna stop laughing, you're gonna stop laughing, you're gonna stop laughing until boom you're gonna laugh again. The audience and the director, it's an S&M relationship and the audience is the M. It's exciting. When you go out and have pie afterwards, you've got some s*** to talk about. You went to the movies that night."

[kotte]

When you go out and have pie afterwards, you've got some s*** to talk about.

He obviously wrote True Romance...

[brockly]

He also likes to upset us in other ways.

Just found out that I officially have to wait until June to see Vol. 2 on the big screen. Now, this is good and bad, in my case. Bad because, well, I'm not gonna see it for 2 fucking months after you cunts have :x. Good because I'll be 18 at the beginning of June so I won't have to pull some manoeuvre in order to see it, and I can just go as many times as I please without having doubts about getting in at the back of my mind. Still, 2 months.

[Julius Orange]

"You're gonna laugh, you're gonna laugh, you're gonna laugh, until you're gonna stop laughing. You're gonna stop laughing, you're gonna stop laughing, you're gonna stop laughing until boom you're gonna laugh again."

Why did he make me read all that? I could have been giving back to the community.

[analogzombie]

Good because I'll be 18 at the beginning of June so I won't have to pull some manoeuvre in order to see it, and I can just go as many times as I please without having doubts about getting in at the back of my mind.

Wow! I didn't know Australia was so fascist! I know they say you gotta be 18 and all in the US but I would say they ID 1 in every 100 kids.So they really enforce that age restriction thing over there huh? damm the man!

[Alethia]

actually dude, at the big mall near me they enforce it like a motherfucker.  they ID everyone.....you cant go in with someone if u r underage unless they r over 21...its easy to sneak in for me cuz i look alot older than I am but still its a pain for some people

[brockly]

When I first saw Vol. 1, I was IDed 4 times before going in. I was using someone elses ID though, thank god it passed. After a month or so, however, I wasn't IDed at all. Kill Bill is still playing at the theatre near me, and pretty much anyone can get in without any hassle.

[analogzombie]

Jeez, I dunno, the whole idea of carding someone to see a non-porn film seems really, really wrong to me. Maybe it's just where I live. I've always thought of the PG-13 and R rating as more of a warning. Like "If you have kids or don't think your kids should see sex/violence, then don't let them come." It just seems so absolutely silly to actually deny entry to someone b/c of a non NC-17 or X rating. I mean, sure if someone is 10 and trying to get into an R movie, well sure. But if someone if a teenager!? weird the only time I had anything like that happen to me was when i was about 16 and Starship Troopers came out. I went with and friend and his brother who was about 13 at the time. They didn't deny us entry they just made us read some disclaimer about how the film wasn't like Star Wars and that it was very bloody. at any rate I still saw it and wasn't IDed.

[SHAFTR]

http://www.killbill2.net/music.php?vo=2

Music in the film that wasn't on the cd.

[Finn]

Cool!

[pete]

ah the swordsroom song was not BY Lily Chouchou, Lily Chou-Chou is a made-up character in a Japanese movie that came out two years ago called "All About Lily Chou-Chou", a fictitious pop idol.  To say the song was by Lily Chou-Chou is like saying "That Thing You Do" is by the Wonders or "Tomorrow" is by Annie.

[Pubrick]

who was it by then