Kill Bill Vol 1

[Signs515]

I know this isn't horror but I figured this would be a good place to get some opinions on this movie. I have never seen this but I really enjoy Tarantino movies, could anyone tell me a little about it?

[Dreaming Girl]

I love it.

It's alot flashier than his previous movies. More or less a homage to Asian cinema.

[Arioch]

im a huge Tarantino fan, but the previews didnt look that good, and im soo tired of the whole women fighting women, charlies angels thing i just couldnt pay to see it. Im currently downloading it tho. Ill let you know how it is when i watch it.

[Dr.Kelvinstein]

Two and a half hours of Tarantino trying to convince you how cool he is. One of the best dialogue writers in Hollywood making a movie with almost no dialogue. And anyone with the right crew and choreographer can make a karate fight look good---hell, they all look the same post-Matrix, anyway. And Tarantino doesn't know a subject from an object; he has a charcter say "whom" just becaue it sounds more inteligent, not because it's grammatically correct. It was in subtitles, though, and I bet it's cleaned up in the vid realease (like the dangling booms throughout the theatrical Sling Blade).

Michael Parks was funny, and I liked the Navajo Joe reference. The P-wagon was just trying waaaaay too hard. Stephen King had fun ripping the movie apart in his Entertainment Weekly article, which was more interesting than the movie.

[sleepaway]

I was soooo looking forward to Kill Bill, the Fango articles amde it look amazing and VERY gory! Pity that when I actually saw it all the gore is either cut around or is out altogether! But don't get me wrong I still really liked the movie but I think it had some incorrect marketing. It has some excellent sets, fights and music and Uma just oozes cool. Still looking forward to Vol. 2.

[nightbreed]

yeah i felt this movie was overrated. i mean granted it did have its moments but at the end of the day pulp fiction is lightyears better.

[bwind22]

Originally posted by sleepaway
I was soooo looking forward to Kill Bill, the Fango articles amde it look amazing and VERY gory! Pity that when I actually saw it all the gore is either cut around or is out altogether! But don't get me wrong I still really liked the movie but I think it had some incorrect marketing. It has some excellent sets, fights and music and Uma just oozes cool. Still looking forward to Vol. 2.


I thought Kill Bill was gory as hell for a movie of that genre. Not only that, the fight scenes are wicked. #2 will kick ass! I can't wait!

[paramour]

...i liked it.

...paramour.

[Shadowstar]

Wouldn't this go in the General forum instead of horror?

It was ok, I'm not really into action secret spy type movies. But Terrentino is a lovely director.

[abbycomix]

kill bill vol. 1 is my fave by him so far, but then I'm not a huge fan of his. I thought the performances were awesome.

[Vodstok]

Ugh... Tarantino has his moments, and i even own true romance and pulp fiction, but most of his movies are overwhelmed with useless dialogue.

Plus, he recyles conversations:

True Romance:
Do I look like a blonde with big tits and an ass that tastes like french vanilla ice cream (rinse, repeat)
Then why are you trying to fuck me?

Pulp Fiction:
Does MArcellas Wallace Look like a bitch? (rinse and repeat again)
Then why are you trying to fuck him?

This conversation is repeated AGAIN in pulp fuiction when they go to (guess who?) Quentin Tarantino's place.

I'm not saying he is a poor writer or director (actor....maybe), but i dont understand all of the hype. Maybe i would be making movies now, too, if i had dropped out during my freshman year...:rolleyes:

[Signs515]

I don't think there is anyone close though that writes as good of dialogue as him.

[Vodstok]

it is interesting dialogue, but "good" dialogue drives the plot foward. His is just pointless conversation.

[mictlan]

The dialogue is just his schtick. It's what he uses to draw audiences in and make them laugh.

I love all of his films but thought that Kill Bill was the most insubstantial. Tarantino is someone who is talented enough to make a Great American Movie. I keep hoping he will really do it but he just keeps dicking around. Don't get me wrong - Kill Bill was great, and I'm happy that I can see a kung-fu movie on the big screen with a big cast and a big budget.

It's disappointing.

Hopefully if he keeps dicking around with genre films he'll at least get around to making a horror film. Imagine him doing a faithful remake of Shirley Jackson's 'the Haunting of Hill House.'