Kill Bill: Volume One

ShanghaiOrange · October 16, 2003, 09:18:35 AM

I thought it was a scene from Kill Bill because the VIOLENCE is so GRAPHIC. ;)

EL__SCORCHO · October 16, 2003, 04:38:57 PM

I just saw this movie, HOLY SHIT, WHAT A KICK ASS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!! It fucking rocked! First of all, this is how violent films should be made. Let the blood run and the heads fly motherfucker! woo hoo! I'm not even a huge fan of violent films, but I was jumping and cheering in the theater every time Uma Thurman kicked someone's ass.

This film was awesome from the opening credits. Man, QT sure knows how to use music. The way he used music from the time Uma walked into the japonese bar/restaurant place was awesome. And the way the music stop and cut to the sound of that water thing during the bride and O-Ren's battle sequence was just fucking great.

The only tiny little thing i didn't love was the sonny chiba sequence. As much as I liked the music during the entire film I think it went a little overboard with cheesiness when Uma looks at the swords. I liked how he spelled "Bill" on the glass, but there was just too musch of chiba in that sequence. Oh, but who cares.

I feel this was QT's first movie were he shines as a director. In his previous films his scripts were just too damned good and he just kind of stood back and let the script and the performances take over (good choice). But in this one, he was just telling the story like it out to be told. IN YOUR FACE style. Really great. Kept me in it the entire time. Made me grin, made me laugh, made me squirm.

Fuck yeah, QT rules! Let the heads roll in Kill Bill Vol 2! Can't wait.

cine · October 16, 2003, 04:45:47 PM

I wish Tarantino would get an Oscar nod for Best Director...

nix · October 16, 2003, 05:55:14 PM

I would litteraly shit myself if Q got an oscar nod for this film. My guess: next to impossible. However, it could be nominated (and should win) for sound. I think the gleefully violent nature of the movie might keep it from getting any nominations (even for things it really, really deserves like cinematography, editing, and the aformentioned sound).

Fight Club (imho) deserved nominations in the above categories as well, but got snubbed on everything but sound, which is why I think KB might get the same obligitory nomination.

Finn · October 16, 2003, 05:58:45 PM

I think it'd be awesome if the movie got multiple Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Director. But according to Uma Thurman, it's too violent for the Academy to appreciate it in that way.

cine · October 16, 2003, 08:37:18 PM

I'm glad Uma is around to confirm these things for us.....

bonanzataz · October 16, 2003, 08:41:05 PM

good editing is just something i don't notice in movies, but i'll say! this movie had killer editing and if it doesn't win an academy award for it, then the academy is just completely insane.

oakmanc234 · October 17, 2003, 12:09:30 AM

I just saw it......it was fuckin awesome. First off, the absloutely packed cinema I saw it in was soooo loud, the opening gun shot scared the living fuck outta me! I knew it was coming and when it came (BANG.) I felt like I had just been shot, almost like I had to look down to see the wound on me! Damn that was cold. But it that 'Yeah, QT like a motherfucker' way.

I'm now glad it was cut in two because I'm not ready for the second half. I still have to get over this one! Uma was brilliant, soooooo good. The range she shows (just in this one!) was staggering. Though the anime sequence was a bit too long, I liked it. Nasty and OTT as shit (like the whole film). This was the first time I've ever liked Lucy Lui. Man she kicked ass. Dissapointed about the lack of Madsen but the second one is supposed to compensate. And how cool was the sillouette (sp?) fight?!

What else do I need to say? It ruled. I have to admit though, call me a pussy but I was pretty intimidated by the film for the most part, its a real sledgehammer. But thats just another reason for me to love it more.

Looking forward to seeing Bill bite it......

SHAFTR · October 17, 2003, 02:20:05 AM

Quote from: SydneyI think it'd be awesome if the movie got multiple Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Director. But according to Uma Thurman, it's too violent for the Academy to appreciate it in that way.

Sometimes the academy makes bold moves (Midnight Cowboy), this is a popular film by a respected director so it could get some nods. Not for best Film but definitely for best director.

I just saw this again and I was just as impressed as the first time. It still stayed fresh and not a single scene seemed 'long'. My roommate who went with thought the excessive blood was a poor choice and the dialogue seemed force but I think it works in the context of the movie and the movies it is trying to pay homage too.

I own the soundtrack and while it is good, it isn't as good as how the soundtrack sounds in the context of the film.

This might be my favorite Tarantino film.

brockly · October 17, 2003, 02:48:28 AM

Just saw it. Christ, unbelelievable. Fucking excellent. Matrix morons made me worry for nothing...... whatevs..... Kill Bill is easily one of the most enjoyable films I've ever seen at the theatre, after PDL ofcourse.

Oh, and the soundtrack:

cine · October 17, 2003, 07:29:20 AM

Quote from: Brock LandersKill Bill is easily one of the most enjoyable films I've ever seen at the theatre, after PDL ofcourse.

I'm disappointed that not nearly enough people mentioned Lost In Translation instead of PDL... clearly no offense to PDL because for LIT, I said it was one of the best theatre experiences for me since PDL...

coffeebeetle · October 17, 2003, 07:52:45 AM

Quote from: Cinephile
Quote from: Brock LandersKill Bill is easily one of the most enjoyable films I've ever seen at the theatre, after PDL ofcourse.
I'm disappointed that not nearly enough people mentioned Lost In Translation instead of PDL... clearly no offense to PDL because for LIT, I said it was one of the best theatre experiences for me since PDL...

LIT better be up for an Oscar.....or at least gived it to Murray (or hell, even Johannssen....)

Alethia · October 17, 2003, 10:10:13 AM

Quote from: Cinephile
Quote from: Brock LandersKill Bill is easily one of the most enjoyable films I've ever seen at the theatre, after PDL ofcourse.
I'm disappointed that not nearly enough people mentioned Lost In Translation instead of PDL... clearly no offense to PDL because for LIT, I said it was one of the best theatre experiences for me since PDL...

i havent yet said it, but i should have.....

brockly · October 17, 2003, 05:03:37 PM

Quote from: Cinephile
Quote from: Brock LandersKill Bill is easily one of the most enjoyable films I've ever seen at the theatre, after PDL ofcourse.
I'm disappointed that not nearly enough people mentioned Lost In Translation instead of PDL... clearly no offense to PDL because for LIT, I said it was one of the best theatre experiences for me since PDL...

Lost In Translation hasn't come out in Australia yet. :x I'm pretty excited about it though.

btw, did anyone get the idea during the long tracking shots in the House of Blue Leaves scene, before the fighting begins, when the 5.6.7.8's are playing, that QT has really been inspired by PTA. I know that we've seen long tracking shots from Tarantino before, like when Vincent is walking though JRS's, but they aren't the kind of shots where we are following one character, then get caught up with another chacter who takes us to another room where we see another character and so on. They weren't really Scorsese style either, they were more Anderson style. Don't know if anyone else will agree, but I just thought I'd mention it. The shots were fucking great. For me, that was probably the most enjoyable part of the film. I'm a sucker for long shots.

Has this been mentioned before?

mister mister · October 18, 2003, 12:29:39 AM

I saw Kill Bill last night, spontaneously. I didn't really think much about how violent it was going to be - I hadn't read the script or anything, so it was all pretty amazing to sit there, not know anything about the film, and just experience it.

I think someone has said about how each shot is so concentrated on - there was something interesting in all of the shots. I really liked the comic sort of dialogue too (with the saki thing etc). That seedy looking vaseline tub the Buck had was another sort of gross out humour thing that you dont know whether to laugh at or not.

I don't think anyone in the cinema knew what they were in for - on account of we sat through 10 minutes of Intolerable Cruelty without knowing they had put on the wrong film. I kind of wondered why Geoffrey Rush was in Kill Bill.. haha. It sort of put everyone in a giggle fest until Uma got a shot to the head, where I certainly jumped.

Did anyone think the most violent scenes were in the anime sequence? It's almost like that's what Tarantino wished he could have done with actors. The part where o-ren ishii is under the bed and we see the blood settling into the mattress, and then when it breaks through and drips onto her face is utterly devastating.

There was one part that I really liked - When o-ren ishii and uma are getting ready to fight, and she slowly slips off her white thongs into the snow, I think that looks great. Then when she started walking towards uma and this beat started playing. I mean the soundtrack was awesome.