Kill Bill - Vol. 1 Reviews

a stylish effort but disgraceful profiteering!

Kill Bill is an visually impressive film, and clearly displays Tarantino's impeccable taste for influential cinema. The jury is still out on whether Tarantino is adept at ripping off various genres or providing a flawless homage. In any case, let's hope a few of his fans hunt down the source of his inspiration.

The main flaw of Kill Bill is an unforgivable decision to release the film in two parts. I suspect this is disgraceful profiteering on the part of Miramax.

What could have been a genuinely accomplished film is flawed but an unexpected and illogical halt in story (to pick up in Kill Bill 2). Whatever you think of Tarantino, his films are never boring. The audience would have sat down for the entire movie and he should have let them. Can you imagine Scorcese releasing Casino Part 1 and Part 2, or Lord of the Rings as six movies? Tarantino should have stuck to his original plan. Then again, now there's twice the box office, twice the DVD sales, twice the album sales etc.

Sadly, in my humble opinion, this obvious gain has halved Taratino's ability to deliver a masterpiece.

Style over content

The excellence and commercial success of Tarantino’s first two films have allowed him to indulge in his early video store fantasies.

Kill Bill is a testament to good mix of simple story (basic revenge) and all the things an individual loves about film. The director’s fondness for Manga, cheesy martial arts, superhuman samurai, music, era costumes and 70s cool are abundantly obvious all the way through each fighting set piece in Kill Bill.

For someone who writes real dialogue (up there with the Coen Brothers for humour for gripping down-the pub-conversations) there is precious little of note in Kill Bill. Once one has seen past the visual content (conversions to Manga and the street fighter-esque changes from city to city capture are notable) and marvelled at how someone has successfully merged a collage of film styles and techniques, Kill Bill is a pretty vacuous film; certainly not on a sophistication par with Dogs nor as eminently re-watchable as Fiction.

It reminded me of that it tries to 'borrow' from, unsuccessfully, too much. Bruce Lee fighting his way up the tower in Game of Death will always be better than sword fight after sword fight. And Shogun Assassin would beat it in a straight, well ....sword fight.

Looks great but I don't think I need to see it again. Watch it satisfy curiosity but its too predictable to be vintage Tarantino.

Now where’s that Reservoir Dogs DVD…

A grindhouse spectacular

Tarantino's most recent BIG project was Kill Bill, a two-hour epic of blood and hate. From the opening credits to the final cliffhanger, this flick has Tarantino written all over Uma Thurman's triangular-shaped forehead. He's resurrected his trademarks like the jumpy time-sequence, very deep morals found only between the lines, crime bosses, that kooky dialogue we've all come to know and love, and even some newer tricks have come out of his sleeve like the amazing anime sequence and homage to even more obscure film genres we've never heard of.

There is, of course the issue of violence and gore associated with this film. Anybody who can laugh at Monty Python's infamous Black Knight scene can cope with it but even so, some will be shaking their heads in a mix of emotions somewhere between sheer horror and pure hilarity.

There is a certain magic about it that's almost impossible to explain. From the deep benevolent yearning to pick up The Bride and cuddle her with her bloody teeth, to the way you can truly relate to those times when hate has surged through your body like a powder keg as it does hers: you can feel this movie. Not in a Braveheart sort of way with naught but bagpipes to carry the emotion, but in a true and real way.

this bitch bites!!

mrs therman slices all limbs heads you name it she slices the fight scene with the 66ers is breathtaking i was litterally stunned with the chrography (sorry cant spell that) of this film definatly one for the lads this film sit back and ready 2 be amazed at what the slow motion button on your remote makes everything that bit more intresting a truly legend of a film have 2 rent the next one to see if she kills bill (of cause she will).

Slightly less enjoyable than the other films although set to have a cult following in its own right. As a purist I felt that Kill Bill 1 was too incredible with the fight scenes and the fact that the comatose star managed to escape certain a rape.

With the other films there was always a hint of "this could be realistic" however horrific. Reservoir Dogs being an example.

Kill Bill is almost a spoof of the great Tarrentino which, if you watch it as a rediculous, nonsensical film with the standard gratuitous violence then you will like Kill Bill.

I liked it, and it may grow on me BUT watch with an open mind