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Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, Julie DreyfusDirector: Quentin Tarantino
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
... and this is a film best seen again and again!!
Having been a fan of Quentin Tarantino's unrivalled style and utterly unique films, i knew Kill Bill would be a great one to watch. After, i knew it was an unbelievable, powerful and brutal work of art!
Tarantino teams up again with Uma Thurman, (who played a great part in Pulp Fiction...THAT dance with Travolta...) to make KILL BILL, a tale of bloody revenge. You know the rest.
The 'roaring rampage of revenge' is not only a charismatic and vivicious film, but has such a great sense of style that it's one of those timeless movies you can watch over and over again, and i believe it will become a classic in years to come.
Uma Thurmans portrayal of the Bride (HINT; to know her real name revealed in the second film, look at her plane tickets!!!) is a great performance, with the other characters including Lucy Lui, Daryl Hannah,Michael Madsen, Vivaca Fox, Sonny Chiba and David Carrandine (well, in theory) contributing to the violence and brillaince of the film. True, it is an ultra-violent film, but not senslessly. In some scenes, it's reverted to black and white or even anime to minimise the gore, but instead of removing anything, it only adds to the unique-ness, all-round fun and style of the film. The black and white echoes the martial arts films of the seventies and the anime is just for some fun (as well as a lot of blood!).
In short, some people love it, some people hate it, others just think its unnecessarily bloody, but my thoughts, and the thoughts of everyone else whos given it good reviews, is that KILL BILL is Tarantino's best yet film, is brutal, slyly funny, powerful and thought-provoking, and is essential to any film collection!
Having been a fan of Quentin Tarantino's unrivalled style and utterly unique films, i knew Kill Bill would be a great one to watch. After, i knew it was an unbelievable, powerful and brutal work of art!
Tarantino teams up again with Uma Thurman, (who played a great part in Pulp Fiction...THAT dance with Travolta...) to make KILL BILL, a tale of bloody revenge. You know the rest.
The 'roaring rampage of revenge' is not only a charismatic and vivicious film, but has such a great sense of style that it's one of those timeless movies you can watch over and over again, and i believe it will become a classic in years to come.
Uma Thurmans portrayal of the Bride (HINT; to know her real name revealed in the second film, look at her plane tickets!!!) is a great performance, with the other characters including Lucy Lui, Daryl Hannah,Michael Madsen, Vivaca Fox, Sonny Chiba and David Carrandine (well, in theory) contributing to the violence and brillaince of the film. True, it is an ultra-violent film, but not senslessly. In some scenes, it's reverted to black and white or even anime to minimise the gore, but instead of removing anything, it only adds to the unique-ness, all-round fun and style of the film. The black and white echoes the martial arts films of the seventies and the anime is just for some fun (as well as a lot of blood!).
In short, some people love it, some people hate it, others just think its unnecessarily bloody, but my thoughts, and the thoughts of everyone else whos given it good reviews, is that KILL BILL is Tarantino's best yet film, is brutal, slyly funny, powerful and thought-provoking, and is essential to any film collection!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I loved this film when I first saw it as a teenager, and couldn't quite put into words just why I found it so empowering. With retrospect, the reason is this: it was one of the first action films (if not the first film) I'd seen with so many strong, powerful female characters.
A female assassin, referred to as The Bride (Uma Thurman), is attacked and left for dead on her wedding day by the Deadly Viper Assasination Squad, led by the mysterious Bill (David Carradine). Four years later, she wakes up from a coma looking for revenge. Throughout the course of the film, she relentlessly takes out the minions who ruined her life - Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox), Sofie Fatale (Julie Dreyfus) and O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu). The film ends with The Bride moving towards the assassination of her ultimate target, Bill.
One positive aspect of this film for me is the abundance of women in strong, pivotal roles in this film. As well as the Bride, the assassin squad is comprised of three women and only one man. Ex-DiVAS assassin O-Ren Ishi-i's bodyguard, Gogo, is female, as is her lawyer and best friend, Sofie Fatale. All of them are forces to be reckoned with. The utter dominance of women in, of all things, an action movie is a very rare thing and should be welcomed with open arms.
As well as being physically strong, the Bride is also mentally strong, embodying typically male characteristics such as decisiveness, resourcefulness, determination, good judgment and tolerance of pain, as opposed to sexual submission, ineptness, and an act-now-think-later aggression so often seen in female action heroines.
Another positive aspect of this film is that the women involved are not over-sexualised. They wore long, loose-fitting kimonos, androgynous gangster suits, hospital gowns, black jumpsuits, jeans, yellow tracksuits and school uniforms, but nothing which would reduce them to sex-symbol status.
Those of you who are particularly squeamish may want to give this film a miss, as certain scenes make for rather uncomfortable viewing. However, if you can see past the gore, this film a definite must-see - it buzzes with energy and visual exuberance, with impressive fight sequences. I highly recommend this film, particularly if you need an antidote to the mind-numbing awfulness of other "girl-power" films such as Charlie's Angels.
In Blu Ray the quality filmmaking is best showcased - everything is crystal clear, and has a much greater impact than the regular DVD version. I highly recommend watching this film in Blu Ray.
A female assassin, referred to as The Bride (Uma Thurman), is attacked and left for dead on her wedding day by the Deadly Viper Assasination Squad, led by the mysterious Bill (David Carradine). Four years later, she wakes up from a coma looking for revenge. Throughout the course of the film, she relentlessly takes out the minions who ruined her life - Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox), Sofie Fatale (Julie Dreyfus) and O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu). The film ends with The Bride moving towards the assassination of her ultimate target, Bill.
One positive aspect of this film for me is the abundance of women in strong, pivotal roles in this film. As well as the Bride, the assassin squad is comprised of three women and only one man. Ex-DiVAS assassin O-Ren Ishi-i's bodyguard, Gogo, is female, as is her lawyer and best friend, Sofie Fatale. All of them are forces to be reckoned with. The utter dominance of women in, of all things, an action movie is a very rare thing and should be welcomed with open arms.
As well as being physically strong, the Bride is also mentally strong, embodying typically male characteristics such as decisiveness, resourcefulness, determination, good judgment and tolerance of pain, as opposed to sexual submission, ineptness, and an act-now-think-later aggression so often seen in female action heroines.
Another positive aspect of this film is that the women involved are not over-sexualised. They wore long, loose-fitting kimonos, androgynous gangster suits, hospital gowns, black jumpsuits, jeans, yellow tracksuits and school uniforms, but nothing which would reduce them to sex-symbol status.
Those of you who are particularly squeamish may want to give this film a miss, as certain scenes make for rather uncomfortable viewing. However, if you can see past the gore, this film a definite must-see - it buzzes with energy and visual exuberance, with impressive fight sequences. I highly recommend this film, particularly if you need an antidote to the mind-numbing awfulness of other "girl-power" films such as Charlie's Angels.
In Blu Ray the quality filmmaking is best showcased - everything is crystal clear, and has a much greater impact than the regular DVD version. I highly recommend watching this film in Blu Ray.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Okay, there is absolutely no need to tell any more about Vol. 1's plot unless you've just jumped down here without looking at the top reviews. Anyway, 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 triangularly 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 still will be shaking their heads in a mix of emotions somewhere between sheer horror and pure hilarity. One scene within the climactic battle scene was even purposely put into black and white in order to keep an R rating. Overseas in countries used to that level of ferocious death, like Japan in particular, it was shown in full bloody color, while if seen over here by our children's minds the entire project would've had an NC-17. It's truly a shame when true art can't be expressed to the world in its full glory (or whatever you'd personally want to call it). Another problem about the film is the cutoff in the middle of the script. Howard Stern said that he would've loved to see it in its complete four-hour length, and even though salivating can be good I'm a little tired of waiting after this many months.
Still, despite the little concerns, this is a fantastic movie. And yet, 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. Uma Thurman's already been nominated for a Golden Globe in this. Hopefully she'll win and when the next installment (which will completely outdo the first, I already cheated and looked at the screenplay) comes around I'll be the first in the theater for the midnight showing. And oh yeah, buy the DVD.
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ground breaking film
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Oh My God!!!
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Don't buy it!
Don't buy it!
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Great movie, great bluray transfer!
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tedious
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