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Egbok
| Sunday, November 16, 2003 - 1:50 am
I loved this movie! Of course, I like anything by Quentin, but this one is going to be my all-time favorite. Uma was absolutely wonderful in this film...wowza!! Lucy...she's so cool and I like her acting style. And the young girl who played YoGo...new talent on the horizon. I'm looking forward to Part 2...and I just can't wait.
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Squaredsc
| Monday, November 17, 2003 - 8:58 am
me too ms eggie but i actually haven't liked a few of his previous movies and that almost kept me from seeing this one. i wonder when the 2nd one will be out.
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Blacksheep
Member
12-08-2003
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 1:12 pm
Recently rewatched this film (1st time was at the drive-in which followed Scary Movie 3, and took me about 30 mins into Kill Bill to get the 'spoof' mentality out of my mind, the scenes with Uma & Vivica in the kitchen I kept laughing internally at Uma's lines having to consciously remind myself it's not supposed to be funny! - it was a tad irritating - bleepin' spoof films!) I'll say up front that the 2nd viewing was much better than my first experience! I'm a bit of a Tarantino fan, in the respect that I really like the style he puts into his films - I think Kill Bill is one of his better films in this regard. The use of climatic score and intro to characters was incredible, it really enveloped the "feel" of the film, can I emphasis how much I liked the score! Also love the use of sequence manipulation and incorporated animation as well as the fight scenes, though you definitely have to be able to handle lots of gushing blood (thought that was funny how severed bodyparts became fountains - yeah I have a warped sense of humor). Thought the acting by Uma was superb, I've always liked the majority of the roles she's played - and definitely looking forward to Vol. 2 **Kill Bill vol.2 release has been postponed until April 16, 2004
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Melfie1222
Member
09-14-2002
| Friday, January 30, 2004 - 9:41 pm
I miss the drive-in! Thanks for the update Blacksheep, I have been wondering about Volume 2. I loved the music for this one so much I bought the CD, and I almost never buy movie CD's. It doesn't have all of the music from the movie, and some parts that worked really well in the film (that whistling song from the scene with Daryl Hannah in the hospital) are just kind of strange or even annoying to me on the CD... but there is still plenty of good stuff on there.
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 3:40 pm
I saw this movie and I did not enjoy any parts of it. It was over-hyped and far overrated. If anyone is a martial art film fan this movie was crap on a stick in comparison. If I wanted to see the same movies in all the Shaw Bros. films, I'd actually rent it instead of watching a half baked imiation even if it's supposed to pay homage to those films. There weren't any fight scenes that I hadn't seen any most major martial arts films, which bothered me. Okay yeah pay homage but don't lift an exact fight scene from their movies and call it a masterpiece. Please I felt I wasted my time and money on this flick and i won't be watching Kill Bill 2. Uma as an assassin with a sword, yeah she was believeable..just as she was in Paycheck. This movie was not Tarantino's best work, it was his most commerical, hyped (even by him on dateline). If it was just a 4star A+++ movie why is part 2 being delayed? Hmm could it be it didn't make as much cash as they thought or hoped. For Kill Bill vol 2, I'd say wait for video if at all.
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Blacksheep
Member
10-18-2003
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 11:49 am
Mssilhouette ~ From what I've read vol. 2 has been pushed back to the release of vol. 1 on DVD/Rental. Vol. 1 didn't do too poorly at the box office, with a budget of $55million after 7 weeks at the box office it grossed near $70million, yeah not a huge winner, but not a loser either by industry standards. Tarantino is Tarantino, either you like his films or not - all his films are homages to a degree and a bit off kilter, so I can understand why some people really do not like this film and other do.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 5:14 pm
I'm a huge martial arts fan and I loved Kill Bill. Thanks for the info Blacksheep, I can't wait.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 9:23 am
Just an FYI about Quentin and his homeage mix. I never knew him, as he's a few years younger than me, but he went to the same high school as me and we grew up in the same neighborhood. A lot of his early films paid homeage to our local town either by words spoken by the actors or simply by the location where the the scene was filmed. I always found it fun to catch these moments and know the reference. I look forward to seeing Kill Bill, Vol. 2 when it gets released.
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Mssilhouette
Member
07-11-2001
| Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 4:47 am
I'm sorry but why push the movie back for a DVD release. Seems easier to pus the DVD release upward so both would be fresh in the mind. Anyhoo, I like Quentin's films just not this one. Again, it's not the homage I had a problem with just the crappy way he did it. Oh well can't love every thing flickering on the sliver screen.
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Bluebug
Member
01-05-2004
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 8:36 pm
Does anyone know when vol.1 comes out on dvd?
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 11:19 pm
Bluebug, from what I've seen... April 13th.
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Bluebug
Member
01-05-2004
| Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 8:44 am
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! I just got Kill Bill!!!!!!!!!!!
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, April 26, 2004 - 2:28 pm
I just watched Kill Bill 1 and I am SO glad I didn't go see it in the theater. I hated it. I really knew I probably wouldn't like it from the previews. I'm not a martial arts fan and I thought the previews looked stupid. I adore Tarantino so this is a huge disappointment. I own Res Dogs and P Fiction. Both are excellent films. This film lacked any kind of witty dialogue. The violence was cartoonish -- and I guess that's the point, but it was lost on me. How many limbs can we watch spray blood before it's a bore? I can see why people admire this film. His use of music and visuals is impressive. There is just too much boy-with-a-new-limb-spraying-toy here and not enough story. I don't understand the praise for Uma's acting -- I didn't see any acting, just her staring, scowling, and holding a sword. Since this was a cliff-hanger I will have to watch part 2 when it comes out on DVD. Ugh, I dread the thought. 
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Bluebug
Member
01-05-2004
| Monday, April 26, 2004 - 3:57 pm
You should see 2. Although I loved vol. 1 you might like 2 better because it has more of his famous dialouge.
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, April 26, 2004 - 7:52 pm
Brenda, ditto what Bluebug said, I bet you will like 2 better, but it sounds like you might think anything is an improvement . And I think that "new-limb-spraying-toy", lol, was pretty much on the shelf for Vol. 2, not that there aren't still a few bloody scenes.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, April 26, 2004 - 8:31 pm
I will rent part 2. I had actually thought about seeing it in the theater, but after part 1 was so gross I decided against it. I will see it eventually because I have to find out what happened to the daughter. I really hope Tarantino got the martial arts thing out of his system and goes back to his old style.
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Ocean_islands
Member
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 9:41 am
I love this movie. Yes, it is meaningless, bloody, stylish, whacked-out, and without much (if any) real emotion. It was also a laugh. But I still liked it -- I guess because I like Tarantino's audaciousness, I think it's a refreshing change from so much of the blowhard, fake, and sentimental emotionalism in Hollywood films.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 6:28 pm
Brenda, ITA with you. I hated this movie and I like QT.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 7:57 am
Finally got to see this last night. Loved it. It was a Tarantino through and through.
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Sweetbabygirl
Member
08-31-2002
| Friday, May 14, 2004 - 1:12 am
I thought it was great!! If I were into women, Uma's picture would be all over my wall. Loved the songs by the 5,6,7,8's....I'm still humming the Woo-Hoo song, and Frank threatens to kill me if I keep it up, lol!!
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 5:50 pm
Lol,those songs were driving me up a wall!!!! I just watched it,what a rockin' movie!!!! I love Tarantino's sense of humor and style. The swordfight on the dance floor was hilarious!
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