Inglorious Basterds. I decided to watch kill Bill movies. When I finish vol 1, I was amazed how thrilling this film was. Gory over the top action sequences, dialogues, anime, universe all these made vol 1 amazing for me. Also I liked the self-aware nature of this film. Today I just finished vol 2. I am disappointed as I was expecting something same as vol 1. There was only 1 action sequences and it relied more on dialogues which made it boring for me. It's not that I don't like dialogue heavy movies, I love Godfather movies which relies heavily on dialogues. It's just that my expectations were something else. Also I find the confrontation between Bill and The Bride underwhelming. That's my opinion about Vol 2. Still I would like to hear your opinion regarding this movie.
One of his most important films, of course, is Kill Bill which - though divided into two volumes - the director considers to be one work. But which of the two parts is better? Here are 5 reasons why Kill Bill Vol. 1 is better than Vol. 2 (and 5 reasons why Vol. 2 is superior).
The first thing I had to think about when writing this review is whether to treat the films separately or as two parts of a whole. For those readers have yet to dive into Kill Bill, the first volume is only 111 minutes, while Volume Two is much longer at 137 minutes. Officially they were released a year apart from each other and have distinctly different pacing and styles, but still tell the same story. Because of the unusual nature of the Kill Bill story, I will tackle each part individually and then evaluate the piece as a whole.
Inspired by samurai and yakuza movies, with a touch of spaghetti westerns, the revenge film Kill Bill: Vol. 1 was released in 2003 and featured Uma Thurman in an amazing performance as The Bride. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 was released in 2004 and was met with critical and financial acclaim. The Bride's quest to kill the rest of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad ended with a stunning revelation: her daughter B.B, who she assumed died after being shot in the head at her wedding, is alive and was actually raised by Bill (played by the late great David Carradine). The Bride ultimately did kill Bill, fleeing to begin a new life with B.B. That was 18 years ago.
While Kill Bill: Vol. 2 essentially concluded The Bride's quest, Tarantino has spoken fondly of a possible third film ever since that second volume's release. With discussions still being had, and time ticking away as Tarantino enters his 60s and looks to make his final film, there's a lot of information which suggests that Kill Bill: Vol. 3 is happening and what it would look like. Here's everything we know about the possible film.
There is some indication for a possible third installment in the sword-wielding Bride's story of vengeance, tracing back to the original film. The Bride kills Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox) in front of her daughter Nikki Bell (Ambrosia Kelley) in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and welcomes her to pursue revenge, which screams for loose ends to be closed up. As The Bride says, It was not my intention to do this in front of you. For that I'm sorry. But you can take my word for it, your mother had it comin'. When you grow up, if you still feel raw about it, I'll be waiting."
Uma Thurman most recently spoke about the possibilities of a third Kill Bill film, and deflated some expectations when she said that, "I don't see it as immediately on the horizon. That being said, Tarantino hasn't officially chosen any title for his tenth and final film, so Kill Bill is still in the running. Again, though, a third volume doesn't necessarily mean it will be the filmmaker's last project, as it count be counted within the single title of Kill Bill. So who knows, if not in the next few years, we could see an octagenarian Tarantino and Thurman returning to the tale of The Bride in 2050.
In the film the El Passo Mansion residence of Jeffery Epstein and his wife is raided by the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad and Jeffery Epstein, his wife, liasion and two students other then Beatrix are killed by remaining Vipers Bill, Nox and Chingo (Ness and Jeanine having been already killed by Beatrix).
That has already been the reaction of some critics to Kill Bill Vol. 1. With geysers of blood and a death count in the dirty dozens, with torsos sliced sideways and lengthwise, with a tongue yanked to Tex Avery cartoon length and a 20-minute battle that boasts enough mangled bodies to keep a MASH unit busy for months, Quentin Tarantino's first film in six years tests both the rating board's tolerance (somehow, the movie got an R) and the viewer's stomach. The carnage is artfully arranged, but, some will ask, isn't there too much of it? Does it have a larger meaning? Do you have to be a moral moron to admire Kill Bill? No, no and no. The movie the tale of the Bride, a reformed hitwoman (steely, implacable Uma Thurman) who is left for dead by her ex-colleagues and resolves to kill them all is really about the motion, the emotion, the very movieness of movies. Released in two parts, like many a Shaw Bros. thriller of Hong Kong's golden past, Kill Bill is an effusion of movie love by the prime nerd-curator and hip creator of cult action films. Kill Bill is his thank-you note to the Hong Kong kung-fu epics, Japan's yakuza gangster dramas and '70s Italian westerns and horror films that shaped his sensibility.
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CNN.com: Latest News By next semester, some grad student will be writing a thesis on the B-movie influences on this A+ film. Scholars will note Kill Bill's throbbing samples of music from Asian and Italian action cinema. They will itemize the guest shots by the old films' icons (Sonny Chiba, Gordon Liu) and parse the stunt direction by Hong Kong master Yuen Wo-ping. They will speculate that Ishii, the name of the gang boss played with silky gravity by Lucy Liu, is Tarantino's nod to two cult directors: Teruo Ishii, who did some prime yakuza films in the '60s and made the Joy of Torture sadomasterpieces, and Takashi Ishii, whose girl-on-a-revenge-tear Black Angel films were released as Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. A series of interlocked, chronologically jumbled fights, Kill Bill plays like a nonstop compilation of, say, Jackie Chan's best fights (pow! wow! ow!) or NFL players' most gruesome injuries (Joe Theisman! Frank Gifford! Darryl Stingley!). Yet this is no mere homicidal homage. Tarantino may make a fool of himself on Jay Leno's couch, but he is a stylist of ferocious skill and audacity. So Kill Bill both re-creates the old films which, after all, represent some of the purest, most cinematic ingenuity ever and expands them into a daring new dimension. Daring, in part, because of the tone, at once playful and dead serious. The movie begins with the Shaw Bros. fanfare, switches to a cheesy, scratchy OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION sign, then offers "Revenge is a dish best served cold. --old Klingon proverb." (In other words, Warning to audiences: We will have fun. You will get wet.) But there's no kidding in the Bride's plan or demeanor; Thurman's laser stare could find Saddam and kill Osama. The showdowns with her main adversaries Ishii and Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox)--are no laughing matter either. These are women who respect one another's skill, treachery and dedication to a job well done. And if you want character motivation for dastardly deeds, attend to the brilliantly designed anime-style flashback of Ishii as a child, seeing her parents massacred and taking her revenge, first on the murderer, then on the world. It's a character so rich, Kill Bill could as easily have been about her. There's a daring, exhilarating spirit to the fights too. These are gory production numbers, immediate but also abstract studies in what the body can achieve and endure. And because Tarantino mostly eschewed digital effects and had his performers do the stunts, you get figuratively sprayed by the sweat all that slick terpsichore generates. Even the arcs of blood have the propulsion of crimson choreography. In this sense, Kill Bill is the greatest dance film since West Side Story. Kill Bill Vol. 2 comes out in February, and the interlude is a good idea. After bathing in Vol. 1's balletic blood and bustle, you may need four months to catch your breath.