Topic: Kill Bill Review

[Erik Bethke]

Kill Bill

Review by Erik Bethke

Quentin Terantino is a brilliant filmmaker who knows not only where we are today but steps on his gas and teases and eggs us on to keep up with his muscle car downhill an un-light mountain-side.  To lighten the mood and put us in ease ? the copious arterial flows bring the darkly comedic relief.

That is the first point must make, Kill Bill would be so much harder to watch if it didn?t sever so many limbs, and spray so much blood.  Quentin keeps us surfing on the grimmest edge of reality and with unnerving sophistication and safely reigns in our sanity when it gets too much ? think of all of the feet missing their legs.

The intimate mixing of crass Americana such as the Pussy Wagon and the garish mobile phone beads on the pommels show how masterfully in touch Quentin is with every walk of life.

There are many critics who say, ?great action flick, quite fun ? but too bloody?. These guys miss so much.  QT was offering a profound act of generosity as if an artist furiously sketching with broad strokes QT showed us so many new tools of future film.  It will take people years to fully appreciate how much he has given.

I can only imagine seeing the blue-light reflection on QT?s eyes as thousands and thousands of movies burned passed his retinas as he rented the drivel Hollywood shoveled into the sheep of Americana.

Fueled by this burn-out QT tears off the scabs of old rotten soars and tries to show us how to have with light and sound and play with our minds.  The sheer number of surprises in this movie probably exceed the entire surprise package the rest of the box office will turn out until part 2.

Oh and for sex appeal, it cannot be underestimated the casting skill in GoGo from here skyward seeing eyes, to her silken-soft thighs barely covered by the school girl skirt, to the oversized banana nose that provides the critical flaw in this insane beauty ? she stole my gaze over Lucy Lui by a wide margin.

Am I a fan-boy of QT?  Yes I am ? bring it on baby.

-Erik
 

[Toasty0]

Damn, I'd love to chew this one with you Erik, but I happen to be impressed with this man's talent. I still enjoy *reading" Pulp Fiction. As a script it has some of the same witty banter not seen since the days of Ben Hecht and Billy Wilder.

Count me in as a QT fan.  

[Dogmatix!]

Since the birth of my first child a about 19 months ago, I rarely get out to movies.  Before that, I used to go see one or two EVERY weekend.


I've been to see Kill Bill: Volume I twice!


I can't wait for the DVD.  I can't wait for the next installment, Volume II.


Cool review, Erik...



 

[Dash Jones]

I've never seen a QT film.  I now know that he's made Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.  What else has he made and why should I see them overall.  

Truthfully.  Interesting review by the way, just never watched any films by him.  I've heard of him though, and of the movie Kill Bill: Part I.

There's going to be a part 2?  Or is the "Part I" in the title a part of the charm of the movie as a whole?

[Toasty0]

 

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Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed) (voice) .... Pei Mei


Little Nicky (2000) .... Deacon


Jackie Brown (1997) (voice) (uncredited) .... Answering Machine Voice
Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair (1996) (VG) .... Jack Cavello
Girl 6 (1996) .... Q.T.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Richard Gecko
Four Rooms (1995) .... Chester (segment "The Man from Hollywood")
Desperado (1995) .... Pick-up Guy
Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) .... Johnny Destiny
Coriolis Effect, The (1994) (voice) .... Panhandle Slim
... aka Kisses in the Dark (1994) (USA)
Pulp Fiction (1994) .... Jimmie
Somebody to Love (1994) .... Bartender
Sleep with Me (1994) .... Sid
Eddie Presley (1993) .... Hospital Orderly
Reservoir Dogs (1992) .... Mr. Brown


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) .... Clarence Pool





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Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
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Writer - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Inglorious Bastards (2005) (announced)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed)


Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) (character The Bride) (as Q) (written by)


Jackie Brown (1997) (written by)
Curdled (1996) (news report)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Four Rooms (1995) (written by) (segment "The Man From Hollywood")
Pulp Fiction (1994) (screenplay) (stories)
Natural Born Killers (1994) (story)
True Romance (1993) (written by)
Reservoir Dogs (1992) (written by)


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)





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Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
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Producer - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed) (producer)


From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) (V) (executive producer)


From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V) (executive producer)
God Said, 'Ha!' (1998) (executive producer)
Curdled (1996) (executive producer)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) (executive producer)
Four Rooms (1995) (executive producer)
Killing Zoe (1994) (executive producer)
... aka Killing Zoe (1994) (France)
Siunin Wong Fei-hung tsi titmalau (1993) (producer) (2001 release)
... aka Iron Monkey (1993) (USA)
... aka Iron Monkey: The Young Wong Fei Hong (1993)
... aka Shao nian Huang Fei-Hong zhi tie ma liu (1993) (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Past Midnight (1992) (associate producer)


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) (producer)





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Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
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Director - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Inglorious Bastards (2005) (announced)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed)


Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)


Jackie Brown (1997)
Four Rooms (1995) (segment "The Man from Hollywood")
Pulp Fiction (1994)
"ER" (1994) TV Series (episode "Motherhood")
Reservoir Dogs (1992)


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)
 
 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/  

[Falaris]

Didn't know about 'my best friends' birthday', there. What w

As for the 'classic' QT movies, that's Reservoir dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Kill Bill.

There is some connection between Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction; I think the guy that runs out in Reservoir Dogs is travolta's character in Pulp Fiction... even though it, in Reservoir, sounds like he didn't make it.

All those four movies are brilliant, brutal movies.

If you like tarantino's films, you might want to see 'Way of the Gun'. It has a similar drive, although it's more a 'normal' movie. Neither was it a box office hit.. and if you like that, you might like 'Hard Eight', another good, anonymous movie, although that's not an action movie.

 

[Erik Bethke]

Kill Bill

Review by Erik Bethke

Quentin Terantino is a brilliant filmmaker who knows not only where we are today but steps on his gas and teases and eggs us on to keep up with his muscle car downhill an un-light mountain-side.  To lighten the mood and put us in ease ? the copious arterial flows bring the darkly comedic relief.

That is the first point must make, Kill Bill would be so much harder to watch if it didn?t sever so many limbs, and spray so much blood.  Quentin keeps us surfing on the grimmest edge of reality and with unnerving sophistication and safely reigns in our sanity when it gets too much ? think of all of the feet missing their legs.

The intimate mixing of crass Americana such as the Pussy Wagon and the garish mobile phone beads on the pommels show how masterfully in touch Quentin is with every walk of life.

There are many critics who say, ?great action flick, quite fun ? but too bloody?. These guys miss so much.  QT was offering a profound act of generosity as if an artist furiously sketching with broad strokes QT showed us so many new tools of future film.  It will take people years to fully appreciate how much he has given.

I can only imagine seeing the blue-light reflection on QT?s eyes as thousands and thousands of movies burned passed his retinas as he rented the drivel Hollywood shoveled into the sheep of Americana.

Fueled by this burn-out QT tears off the scabs of old rotten soars and tries to show us how to have with light and sound and play with our minds.  The sheer number of surprises in this movie probably exceed the entire surprise package the rest of the box office will turn out until part 2.

Oh and for sex appeal, it cannot be underestimated the casting skill in GoGo from here skyward seeing eyes, to her silken-soft thighs barely covered by the school girl skirt, to the oversized banana nose that provides the critical flaw in this insane beauty ? she stole my gaze over Lucy Lui by a wide margin.

Am I a fan-boy of QT?  Yes I am ? bring it on baby.

-Erik
 

[Toasty0]

Damn, I'd love to chew this one with you Erik, but I happen to be impressed with this man's talent. I still enjoy *reading" Pulp Fiction. As a script it has some of the same witty banter not seen since the days of Ben Hecht and Billy Wilder.

Count me in as a QT fan.  

[Dogmatix!]

Since the birth of my first child a about 19 months ago, I rarely get out to movies.  Before that, I used to go see one or two EVERY weekend.


I've been to see Kill Bill: Volume I twice!


I can't wait for the DVD.  I can't wait for the next installment, Volume II.


Cool review, Erik...



 

[Dash Jones]

I've never seen a QT film.  I now know that he's made Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.  What else has he made and why should I see them overall.  

Truthfully.  Interesting review by the way, just never watched any films by him.  I've heard of him though, and of the movie Kill Bill: Part I.

There's going to be a part 2?  Or is the "Part I" in the title a part of the charm of the movie as a whole?

[Toasty0]

 

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Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
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Actor - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed) (voice) .... Pei Mei


Little Nicky (2000) .... Deacon


Jackie Brown (1997) (voice) (uncredited) .... Answering Machine Voice
Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair (1996) (VG) .... Jack Cavello
Girl 6 (1996) .... Q.T.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Richard Gecko
Four Rooms (1995) .... Chester (segment "The Man from Hollywood")
Desperado (1995) .... Pick-up Guy
Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) .... Johnny Destiny
Coriolis Effect, The (1994) (voice) .... Panhandle Slim
... aka Kisses in the Dark (1994) (USA)
Pulp Fiction (1994) .... Jimmie
Somebody to Love (1994) .... Bartender
Sleep with Me (1994) .... Sid
Eddie Presley (1993) .... Hospital Orderly
Reservoir Dogs (1992) .... Mr. Brown


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) .... Clarence Pool





--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Writer - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Inglorious Bastards (2005) (announced)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed)


Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) (character The Bride) (as Q) (written by)


Jackie Brown (1997) (written by)
Curdled (1996) (news report)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Four Rooms (1995) (written by) (segment "The Man From Hollywood")
Pulp Fiction (1994) (screenplay) (stories)
Natural Born Killers (1994) (story)
True Romance (1993) (written by)
Reservoir Dogs (1992) (written by)


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)





--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Producer - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed) (producer)


From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) (V) (executive producer)


From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V) (executive producer)
God Said, 'Ha!' (1998) (executive producer)
Curdled (1996) (executive producer)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) (executive producer)
Four Rooms (1995) (executive producer)
Killing Zoe (1994) (executive producer)
... aka Killing Zoe (1994) (France)
Siunin Wong Fei-hung tsi titmalau (1993) (producer) (2001 release)
... aka Iron Monkey (1993) (USA)
... aka Iron Monkey: The Young Wong Fei Hong (1993)
... aka Shao nian Huang Fei-Hong zhi tie ma liu (1993) (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Past Midnight (1992) (associate producer)


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) (producer)





--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Director - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Inglorious Bastards (2005) (announced)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed)


Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)


Jackie Brown (1997)
Four Rooms (1995) (segment "The Man from Hollywood")
Pulp Fiction (1994)
"ER" (1994) TV Series (episode "Motherhood")
Reservoir Dogs (1992)


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)
 
 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/  

[Falaris]

Didn't know about 'my best friends' birthday', there. What w

As for the 'classic' QT movies, that's Reservoir dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Kill Bill.

There is some connection between Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction; I think the guy that runs out in Reservoir Dogs is travolta's character in Pulp Fiction... even though it, in Reservoir, sounds like he didn't make it.

All those four movies are brilliant, brutal movies.

If you like tarantino's films, you might want to see 'Way of the Gun'. It has a similar drive, although it's more a 'normal' movie. Neither was it a box office hit.. and if you like that, you might like 'Hard Eight', another good, anonymous movie, although that's not an action movie.

 

[Erik Bethke]

Kill Bill

Review by Erik Bethke

Quentin Terantino is a brilliant filmmaker who knows not only where we are today but steps on his gas and teases and eggs us on to keep up with his muscle car downhill an un-light mountain-side.  To lighten the mood and put us in ease ? the copious arterial flows bring the darkly comedic relief.

That is the first point must make, Kill Bill would be so much harder to watch if it didn?t sever so many limbs, and spray so much blood.  Quentin keeps us surfing on the grimmest edge of reality and with unnerving sophistication and safely reigns in our sanity when it gets too much ? think of all of the feet missing their legs.

The intimate mixing of crass Americana such as the Pussy Wagon and the garish mobile phone beads on the pommels show how masterfully in touch Quentin is with every walk of life.

There are many critics who say, ?great action flick, quite fun ? but too bloody?. These guys miss so much.  QT was offering a profound act of generosity as if an artist furiously sketching with broad strokes QT showed us so many new tools of future film.  It will take people years to fully appreciate how much he has given.

I can only imagine seeing the blue-light reflection on QT?s eyes as thousands and thousands of movies burned passed his retinas as he rented the drivel Hollywood shoveled into the sheep of Americana.

Fueled by this burn-out QT tears off the scabs of old rotten soars and tries to show us how to have with light and sound and play with our minds.  The sheer number of surprises in this movie probably exceed the entire surprise package the rest of the box office will turn out until part 2.

Oh and for sex appeal, it cannot be underestimated the casting skill in GoGo from here skyward seeing eyes, to her silken-soft thighs barely covered by the school girl skirt, to the oversized banana nose that provides the critical flaw in this insane beauty ? she stole my gaze over Lucy Lui by a wide margin.

Am I a fan-boy of QT?  Yes I am ? bring it on baby.

-Erik
 

[Toasty0]

Damn, I'd love to chew this one with you Erik, but I happen to be impressed with this man's talent. I still enjoy *reading" Pulp Fiction. As a script it has some of the same witty banter not seen since the days of Ben Hecht and Billy Wilder.

Count me in as a QT fan.  

[Dogmatix!]

Since the birth of my first child a about 19 months ago, I rarely get out to movies.  Before that, I used to go see one or two EVERY weekend.


I've been to see Kill Bill: Volume I twice!


I can't wait for the DVD.  I can't wait for the next installment, Volume II.


Cool review, Erik...



 

[Dash Jones]

I've never seen a QT film.  I now know that he's made Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.  What else has he made and why should I see them overall.  

Truthfully.  Interesting review by the way, just never watched any films by him.  I've heard of him though, and of the movie Kill Bill: Part I.

There's going to be a part 2?  Or is the "Part I" in the title a part of the charm of the movie as a whole?

[Toasty0]

 

Quentin Tarantino    
   
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Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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In January of 1991 a film titled Reservoir Dogs (1992) hit the Sundance Film festival... (show more)
Sometimes Credited As:
Q  
 Quentin Tarantino  
 Amazon.com
 
 Video  
 DVD  
 Soundtrack  
Also available:
   Auctions
   Memorabilia
   Books
   All Products

 
 
 
 
 
 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Actor - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed) (voice) .... Pei Mei


Little Nicky (2000) .... Deacon


Jackie Brown (1997) (voice) (uncredited) .... Answering Machine Voice
Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair (1996) (VG) .... Jack Cavello
Girl 6 (1996) .... Q.T.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Richard Gecko
Four Rooms (1995) .... Chester (segment "The Man from Hollywood")
Desperado (1995) .... Pick-up Guy
Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) .... Johnny Destiny
Coriolis Effect, The (1994) (voice) .... Panhandle Slim
... aka Kisses in the Dark (1994) (USA)
Pulp Fiction (1994) .... Jimmie
Somebody to Love (1994) .... Bartender
Sleep with Me (1994) .... Sid
Eddie Presley (1993) .... Hospital Orderly
Reservoir Dogs (1992) .... Mr. Brown


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) .... Clarence Pool





--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Writer - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Inglorious Bastards (2005) (announced)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed)


Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) (character The Bride) (as Q) (written by)


Jackie Brown (1997) (written by)
Curdled (1996) (news report)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Four Rooms (1995) (written by) (segment "The Man From Hollywood")
Pulp Fiction (1994) (screenplay) (stories)
Natural Born Killers (1994) (story)
True Romance (1993) (written by)
Reservoir Dogs (1992) (written by)


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)





--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Producer - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed) (producer)


From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000) (V) (executive producer)


From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V) (executive producer)
God Said, 'Ha!' (1998) (executive producer)
Curdled (1996) (executive producer)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) (executive producer)
Four Rooms (1995) (executive producer)
Killing Zoe (1994) (executive producer)
... aka Killing Zoe (1994) (France)
Siunin Wong Fei-hung tsi titmalau (1993) (producer) (2001 release)
... aka Iron Monkey (1993) (USA)
... aka Iron Monkey: The Young Wong Fei Hong (1993)
... aka Shao nian Huang Fei-Hong zhi tie ma liu (1993) (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Past Midnight (1992) (associate producer)


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) (producer)





--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Filmography as: Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Notable TV Guest Appearances
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Director - filmography
(In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s)

Inglorious Bastards (2005) (announced)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) (completed)


Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)


Jackie Brown (1997)
Four Rooms (1995) (segment "The Man from Hollywood")
Pulp Fiction (1994)
"ER" (1994) TV Series (episode "Motherhood")
Reservoir Dogs (1992)


My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)
 
 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/  

[Falaris]

Didn't know about 'my best friends' birthday', there. What w

As for the 'classic' QT movies, that's Reservoir dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Kill Bill.

There is some connection between Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction; I think the guy that runs out in Reservoir Dogs is travolta's character in Pulp Fiction... even though it, in Reservoir, sounds like he didn't make it.

All those four movies are brilliant, brutal movies.

If you like tarantino's films, you might want to see 'Way of the Gun'. It has a similar drive, although it's more a 'normal' movie. Neither was it a box office hit.. and if you like that, you might like 'Hard Eight', another good, anonymous movie, although that's not an action movie.