CookieMonster said:

Gotta love that band! They have one of the coolest names ever!

JediMaster said:

Then go to the thread I made for them in the other forum!

i normally net flix my dvds but

in the case of killbill vol 1


i make an exception

CookieMonster said:

Most definitely!!!

shausler said:

Don't blame ya!!!!
[This message was edited Tue Apr 20 7:30:06 2004 by JediMaster]

I saw Vol. 1 on DVD last Friday, then saw Vol. 2 on Saturday. So, for me, the experience was pretty unbroken.

I dug both, but found Vol. 2 to be -- as folks have said -- so much more character-driven. I liked both films a lot, but I felt Q was trying to wow us with technique in the first. So, some of its gimmickry got a little tiresome for some people (though, I dug it all).

Vol. 2 was the bomb. The characters were memorable. Bill's "father" had me in stitches with his jokes one second, and recoiling in horror the next.

Q's pretentious writing seemed to work this time, too. (Bill's Superman ramble, for example, was obviously self-aware -- to the point that a woman a few rows behind me complained LOUDLY -- but it worked).

variety and depth is what sequels should be all about

hollywood is so one demensional and predictalbe that

when something inovative and mind bendingly creative hits the puples

your like



yea baby







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[This message was edited Tue Apr 20 7:41:24 2004 by shausler]

ThreadBare said:

KBv2 really clicked for me with the character-driven development. I think that, in some ways, it was his plan all along to throw all the technique at us first time around, and then deliver a "softer" film for the second half. Definitely had quite an impact this way, rather than giving us more of the same.

shausler said:

Too true!! A sequel should build upon what was established in the previous film, rather than just rehash. Too many sequels are just like cheap remakes of the first film.

Just watched the Japanese version of Volume 1 (which is uncut and supposedly exclusive to Japan) and it was pretty cool...
The big showdown at the end in full colour not that Black & White crap and you get to see what happens to Sofie's other arm instead of just hearing her pant a bit in the theatre version... Nice...

Neversin.

Neversin said:

Wow! What happens to her other arm????

Vol.2

I LOVE that whole Superman speech!!!

it was a good film.....but way too long.....i actually fell asleep during the whole flashback scene.....

i understand the reason why quentin went for the ending..a mindfuck versus a physical fight... but theres something in the back of my nugget that would have prefered a killer kick arse fight...

sosgemini said:

I know what you mean.....

but I loved the end...something about it was just...well, honest.

Sweeny79 said:

yup...and thats why im so confused..kill bill 2 is not an easy swallow.....yet, unlike dogville, i didnt walk away thinking about what i experienced...quentin directs pure candy..... his ending was so calculated, yet it didnt have a payoff...

id much prefer being screwed with no lube by the likes of lars van trier then enjoy a very surface only type film like kill bill2...at least bill1 had a sense of fun....

I shied away from Vol 1, cut I'm kind of an extreme-violence phobe, but I finally rented it, and I gotta say...pretty damn brillant stuff, and the violence wasn't nearly as disturbing as, say, Die Hard 2, which was just pure, vile popcorn violence. QT does have that vision thing, where he sees the tragedy and the comedy and the beauty in it all. The only thing that would have made it better: Lucy Lawless instead of Uma. She's just not that great to me. But I'm pretty psyched to see part 2, definitely.

MendesCity said:

Lucy is a man....It wouldnt have worked..Not with the whole "bride" thang..not to mention other important factors in the plot...

actually, for me...the main reason why i recommend and enjoyed this film; the chemistry between uma and david carradine..if these two kats dont get oscar nods, well.....im shooting oprah!!

oprah...uma....uma..oprah...

sosgemini said:

well i'm hoping they do get oscar nods but if they don't, can i help you kill Oprah?

I absolutely adored Volume 2.. wow! Brilliant.

Diva...

Byron said:

Byron!!!

I wore your top... or I should say my top (but you know what I mean) today, hehe...

Comfy!

Diva said:

That made me smile...

ThreadBare said:

Nothing spectacular or anything you just SEE it get chopped off when she's in the trunk of the car instead of her faceshot with Bill that leaves you guessing IF it gets chopped off like in the theatre version...
And the big fight with the "Crazy 88", that's in B&W in the theatre version but on the Japanese DVD in full colour and a couple of seconds longer, has been edited a little differently with some added footage...
And that Klingon proverb at the start of the movie has been replaced by a "dedicated to..." text...

Neversin.

Neversin said:

Thanks.

I think I'll treat myself to this later today... this or Envy.

AzureStarr said:

whats envy?

sosgemini said:

Ben Stiller and Jack Black star as Tim and Nick, best friends, neighbors and co-workers, whose equal footing is suddenly tripped up when one of Nick's harebrained get-rich-quick schemes actually succeeds: Vapoorizer, a spray that literally makes dog poop, or any other kind for that matter, evaporate into thin air -- to where exactly is anyone's guess. Tim, who had scoffed at Nick's idea and passed on an opportunity to get in on the deal, can only watch as Nick's fortune -- and Tim's own envy -- grow to equally outrageous proportions. When the flames of jealousy are fanned by an oddball drifter (Christopher Walken) who imposes himself into the situation, Tim's life careens wildly out of control ... taking Nick's with it.

Hmmm... I guess I won't be seeing Envy, so Kill Bill 2 it is. Envy was supposed to be out yesterday... it isn't listed as showing.



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[This message was edited Sat Apr 24 9:10:52 2004 by AzureStarr]

thanks...now i remember it.....it doesnt look like it would be funny..but you know it is with jack black in it...

Have to say that I loved Volume 2.
Very different to Volume 1, and both were great in different ways.

Which reminds me, I watched Volume 1 again just before seeing Volume 2, and I noticed that
there's an Ice Cream van that drives past when the Bride pulls up outside Vernita Green's house.
Now if you've read the original script you'll know the significance of this... but as far as I was
aware the "Yuki's Revenge" chapter had been scrapped prior to filming, and the character of
Yuki had been dropped completely from the movie, with all her remaining scenes being
attributed to Go-Go. But if this is the case, then why the Ice Cream van?

Diva said:

I agree.

I'm serious when I say that I'm struggling to think of a film that I've enjoyed more. It was THAT good!!

Tarrantino is the master as far as I'm concerned. He makes real FILMS.

Fuck I loved this masterpiece.

p.s doesnt Tarrrantino have the best "bit" actors. How fucking good is that little twerp that helped Bud dig the grave or the Mexican pimp father figure dude. Pure movie frickin magic!!!