Kill Bill: Vol. 1

[Vanilla]

Review/Discuss

[Travod]

Much better than Vol. 2, though that is good too. Best chapter... I don't know, I love the fight in the beginning.

[fmpro]

QT at his best. Great stylish movie..8/10

[rockNrollaDIM]

People are always saying one is better than the other, but I don't know, they're basically the same film. #1 is more of a samurai style and #2 is more of a western. But both are awesome.

[baumer]

Hated it. 0/10

[lab276]

I know. One thing you said in your review, is that they used B/W for no reason (or something like that), it's apparently a thing they did in those sorts of films when they were too violent and bloody. Having it in B/W softens it a bit. It's just another part of the homage.

[baumer]

My issue with is it that it crossed too many lines to be an homage. It's a blatant rip off of too many films. There's not one single original thought in that film.

[CoolioD1]

Epic awesome. A+++++. Better than the second. I loved the anime sequence thingy.

Edited November 10, 2015 by CoolioD1

[Hatebox]

Liked it upon first watch but it has little replay value. The relentless tongue in cheek tone gets wearisome. Congratulations, QT, you like Asian cinema. And the less said about number 2 the better.

[FTF]

My issue with is it that it crossed too many lines to be an homage. It's a blatant rip off of too many films. There's not one single original thought in that film.

You really need to expand on that. Also, what's your thought on KB2, and both viewed as a whole? Personally, I love both KB's and as a whole it's an amazing movie. Edited February 26, 2012 by FTF

[baumer]

My original review FTF:

Kill Bill is a fraud. Terrible, terrible movie! SPOILERS

Spoilers within this post. Enter at your own risk!

I just got back from the noon showing of Kill Bill in which the theater was half full (for a noon showing, that is huge. The theater is one of the bigger ones at the Queensway in Toronto, so it will do well this weekend). What I witnessed in that 100 minutes in the theater can only be described as Tarantino's flipping of the bird to all of us as he looks in the mirror and congratulates himself on being the smartest man in the world. Straight up, Kill Bill is one of the biggest disappointments I have seen in my life. After masterpieces like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction and other greats like True Romance, you would think that Kill Bill would live up to those lofty expectations bestowed upon it by virtue and name recognition alone. But not only has Tarantino told us all to **** off, he he has done it while laughing in our faces.

Kill Bill has all of Tarantino's quirky and weird trademarks in it. And it contains strange techniques that at first you think is simply an homage to a film genre. But in reality, what QT did here was get too cute and at the expense of artistic integrity. What we are left with is more Matrix style garbage, a 10 minute anime introduction to Lucy Lui's character, black and white photography for no reason and the bleeping out of the bride's name just because he can. All of this is looked at as being brilliant by the critics and those in similar circles because Tarantino has a free pass right now. His films have enamoured critics for 10 years now and this one is no different even though it is a shadow of the opulence that we are used to from him. To sum it up, this film is all style and has no substance. The style is there, but for what purpose? Why does he choose to do the things that he does? Is it just because he can? Or is it because he thinks he is so much more clever than the rest of us? You guys thought Matrix Reloaded was pretentious, this film might as well be the Architect meets Socrates meets Locke, meets Rouseau meets Japanese smart guy meets Marx. That is how it comes across. Pretentious doesn't even begin to describe it. There is even a blatant rip off of the burly brawl in this film right down to beings jumping up a flight of steps to come and meet the heroine.

I knew I was in trouble five minutes into the film when it just didn't feel right. You know how in Pulp you just knew you were in for something special? You just felt it with the dialogue, the acting, the soundtrack and everything that encompassed the film. Well Kill Bill has the opposite feel to it. None of that magic is present and it is just a bunch of people getting sliced and diced and maimed. There is no snappy dialogue and that is what QT is good at. Tarantino is a lyrical genius and he abandons that here and goes Wachowski Brothers on us and it just doesn't work.

I despised this film with every fibre of my body and it left me in a p***ed off and foul mood. Shame on you QT. Shame on you for starting to believe everything that was said about you. Now wipe that stupid smile off your face and go clean Harvey's shoes and polish his golf clubs. There is a lot of sychophantic baloney going on here and I thought you were bigger than that.

[rockNrollaDIM]

Kill Bill is amazing. End. Of. Story.

[acsc1312]

Pretty good, not a masterpiece as some make it out to be. The beginning fight and end fights were amazing though.B+

[A Marvel Fanboy]

B+

[IndustriousAngel]

my review: see vol.2

[Plain Old Tele]

You know, I kinda agree with baumer here. I thought it was mostly a disappointment: wildly over-indulgent, way too long, all sorts of pacing issues... in fact, I was so turned off by it i loat any interest in KB part 2 (which I've still never seen).

[baumer]

You know, I kinda agree with baumer here. I thought it was mostly a disappointment: wildly over-indulgent, way too long, all sorts of pacing issues... in fact, I was so turned off by it i loat any interest in KB part 2 (which I've still never seen).

 

KB2 is better but when you realize that they are all one film just split into two, it really doesn't make it that much better at all.

[fishstick]

Incredible movie. Performances, cinematogrpahy, fight choerography, music, homage to various geners, quotable lines. QT at his finest. My fave scene transition is from the gleefull carnage of the House of Blue Leaves to the snow filled garden duel between The Bride and O`Ren. A thing of beauty if there was ever one.

 

Plus, this has a kick ass animated sequence and "My name`s Buck and I`m here to fuck!"

 

Plus, I absolutely adore that QT movies have characters who speak foriegn languages so we hear Japanese hee and Chinese in KB Vol 2 as well as French, German and Italian in IB and German in DU.

Edited February 24, 2013 by fishnets

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Love this movie, has the best action scenes of the decade. The story is great and cinematography was amazing. I loved this movie

9.5/10 

[baumer]

The collective circle jerk for this film makes me want to kill babies.