It's like a japanese comic book put on film...with anime in a flashback. And nods to Bruce Lee And nods to Japanese Godzilla movies And it's....just....amazing.
PLus there are TWO direct Star Trek refrences in the movie!
The movie opens with text on the screen:
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Now that is a classy way to start a movie.
By far Tarintino's best movie to date...and it's just part one of two!
...and, of course, I got to see it with six others in a deserted movie theatre the night before it opens.
P.S.- I saw the new Return of The King and Matrix: Revolutions trailers with the movie.
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I will go and see it, though I sometimes get irritated with certain friends who blindly worship anything Tarantino and Rodriguez spits out, just as long as it's got their names on it. The same people who also think "Pirates of the Caribbean" was the best movie of the year.
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All the reviews I've read say it's crap. which nearly made me cry. I thought Tarantino could do no wrong, but apparently Kill Bill is just not worth the effort. If he'd stuck to the original idea and made one kick-ass movie it wouldn't be so bloaty apparently, but as i say this is merely the opinion of people I trust. I'll have to see it to make my own mind up, but yours is the first positive review I've seen.
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Ebert & Roeper gave it two thumbs up and I've read a lot of other positive reviews.
Personally, I can't wait to see it. I loves me the Martial Arts and Tarantino movies so this is truly the best of both worlds for me. And anything with a chick kicking ass I usually dig (Alias, Dark Angel, Crouching Tiger..., et al.)
The jumpsuit worn by Uma Thurmon is the same type as the one worn by Bruce Lee in "Enter the Dragon".
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My bad, you're right. Damn, there goes my appearance on "Beat the Geeks".
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I plan to see Kill Bill, but being broke kind of affects that. As it does a great many other things...
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Something to keep in mind: Dont go in planning to analize every plot aspect like we do a Trek episode if you want to enjoy the movie. Like in 60's matral arts movies, people lose LOTS of blood without immeadately passing out/ dying/ scraeaming endlessly.
Go in planning to watch a fun movie with lots of action and you'll really love it.
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quote:Originally posted by Axeman 3D: All the reviews I've read say it's crap.
In my experience, movies are pretty much the oppposite of what reciews say they are.. so it MUST be a good movie.. heh.
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As Ritten might have fucking deduced from the fucking Endagered Species Deregulation thread, I saw this fucking movie today. VERY intense. LOTS of blood. Some really cool stuff too. I felt like maybe it could have been funnier at a couple of points, but it definitely wasn't taking itself too seriously. A real hoot, and just some spectacular (and ridiculous (and spectacularly ridiculous)) fight scenes. Dirty, vicious, clever, hip and fun. Fucking fun, even.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Dont go in planning to analize every plot aspect like we do a Trek episode if you want to enjoy the movie.
"we"?
I'd also say "analyse", but I've given up trying to figure out which ones are stupid American spellings, and which ones are just stupid Americans spelling.
Wow, that almost works.
Anyway, good film. Fun. Not the sort of thing to make me declare Tarantino as my new god though, and behind Reservoir Dogs in overall quality. I also thought that the anime bit was more violent that the rest of it.
It was rated 18 over here though, which meant I finally got to enjoy a film without stupid annoying little brats running up and down the isle saying "Where is the Hulk?", "Where it the Terminator", "Where is Fucking Nemo"?
I also saw Fucking...er, Finding Nemo, and I'd say that's easily as good as Kill Bill. So there.
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I should spank all you spelling correctors with a katana.
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