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• The BEST film of 2004 (better than vol 1) posted on 30 Aug 2009

  *spoilers warning* I originally saw Vol 1 on DVD, loved it and saw vol 2 on opening night. I also received vol 2 on DVD the day it came out and I stand firmly by the belief of what Tarantino said. "vol 1 has the questions, vol 2 has the answers." This is so true. After viewing 1, your head is dizzy. But volume 2 fills all those gaping holes like The Bride's name, the location of Bill, the fate of her daughter, and the other 2 she needs to get rid of and exactly how did that Massacre at Two Pines happen? I will not say what the best part, but look for the subtle references to what lies in store for The Bride and what kind of man Bill is. The characters are well-developed, the screenplay moves at a good pace, and the ending is awesome. I just wish it was longer. One last thing to add: David Carradine is worthy of an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor and Uma as Best Actress.

• cool and sharp, very sharp - but too long posted on 30 Aug 2009

  "And... The hat. That ffffffucking hat. How many times haven't I told you, don't wear that fffucking hat here? How many?" - "The customers wear hats." - "Yeah well I'm not the boss of the customers, I'm the boss of you. And I'm tellin' you to leave that sh*t kicker hat at home!"When I saw the first Kill Bill, I said to myself this is something new. But what can you expect from a cineast like Tarantino right? However I thought the fighting scenes were too long and the dialogues could have been much better. That's what the second volume was all about: more spaghetti western, less Shaolin monkey sh*t. And this was mainly because Michael Madsen en Daryl Hannah had a huge roll in it in comparison to volume 1. Also there was lots of funny stuff in it, f.e. the dialogue in the beginning between Michael Madsen and Larry Bishop, the Pai Mai priest ... One thing bothered me in a "gargantuan" way: the pauses between every spoken line, especially by Carradine. They were simply too long and that's why I rated this movie 7 instead of 8. Other than that great flick!

• I did not like the 1st one, and this one was even worse. posted on 30 Aug 2009

  I am not a fan of the kill bill movies, but i could handle the first one and say it was cool.But Kill Bill Vol. 2 was pretty bad, it had some very stupid scenes that just blew me away with how stupid they were.And the end of the movie was terrible, you think there will be a big fight between her and bill, it last about 20 seconds.And scenes with uma and her daughter were really bad, out scenes of her training were even worse.I can respect cool movies being made like a clockwork orange, but kill bill just can not do it.A very highly overrated film that i hope people Will someday see how bad it is.I guess people just can not see where great plot comes in to a movie.

• A nice wrap up to the chaos of the first one. posted on 26 Aug 2009

  I enjoyed the first one somewhat. Good cast, and Tarentino quirky with over the top villains but a surplus of the red stuff. I went to Vol 2 expecting more of the same and was very surprised. Reduced splatter, plot and actions explained! This really does elevate the total package to near excellence. I could see people who were put off by Vol 1 not seeing 2 at all. That is a real shame, but these were not originally conceived as two separate movies, and the slaughterhouse action of Vol 1, while way too heavy handed, was meant to be tempered by the slower paced exposition of Vol 2. A solid 8 but allow enough time to watch both halves.

• Bloated & Boring posted on 20 Aug 2009

  When I first heard about Kill Bill, it sounded like a filler project, a fun exercise in which Tarrantino cold pay homage, riff and rip-off his favourite genre pics. If this had been true, I might have enjoyed this film (for it really does not not deserve to be listed as 2 films) and would not have this sense of disappointment and sadness at an obviously talented filmmaker being allowed to indulge himself so completely in what is in reality, a very, very slim premise for a a 247 min film. I can understand why the Weinsteins wanted 2 films, because it is good business, but surely Producer Lawrence Bender, should have stepped in and questioned the motivations of his Director and suggested some much-needed pruning of his "epic".Whilst I wasn't blown away by Volume 1, I enjoyed its trashy homage to the Grindhouse pictures clearly dear to its Director's heart and I was intrigued to see how he would weave the Spaghetti western genre into Volume 2. Spaghetti Western!!! To even mention this film in the same breath a Leone et al. is the funniest thing I have heard in years. Believe me. this is no Western, this is no cool, revenge flick, this is simply an exercise in style that runs out of steam way before the inevitable denouement.There are scenes in this film that go nowhere, dialogue that meanders and ultimately bores and action that whilst wonderfully choreographed (esp Vol... 1), has no real excitement or genuine sense of danger. The much-anticipated Pai Mei training was dull dull dull and I honestly wondered if I had experienced a micro sleep during this part, as I felt the whole sequence was under-developed and incomplete.There are however, some wonderful moments in these films, but the poor editing and bloated direction means you have to wait and wait for so long for them to happen, that you begin to question whether you're really that interested in these shallow characters anyway. The characters in this films are supposedly the epitome of iconic cool, but they are like the sets of Old Hollywood westerns, well-dressed facades, with nothing behind, but the desert.A disappointment on every level.

• vol.2 the western posted on 20 Aug 2009

  Okay I admit that I loved vol.1, and that I was disappointed with vol.2 but you have to appreciate that as a separate film it is different than the first thus feeling less of a rip off (Take the "Boogeyman" sequel for instance). The first was an eastern action-adventure and the second - an all out spaghetti western. Sure I would love to see a complete one volume version where all the action is more evenly paced (maybe the dvd version). I would recommend this but I would also warn that it is not as fast paced as the first. On a lighter note there is some really funny bits (especially with Pei Mei) and the fight scenes (as short as they are) are still quite watchable complete with a suitable ending. There are still some questions unanswered, but hey that might be resolved in vol. 3?

• A Bloody Tale of Revenge, a pure Masterpiece posted on 20 Aug 2009

  Kill Bill (Vol. 1 and 2) is one of the best movies based on Revenge i have ever seen. volume 1 is the intense action, most of it is based on her telling you who her first 2 victims are, and how complicated it will be to reach one of them, the Queen of the Tokyo Underworld, O-ren ishii which is the big part of the beginning, the first half of the story. and it is violent. most of it so cartoonishly made, you can tell one person cannot do the things she does to the army of 4 dozen the "Crazy 88's" and the blood that gushes is too much for one body to hold. so it isn't for the faint of heart, and whoever dislikes many body parts being taken off.Volume 2 had much more dialogue and was much better done, with more then one main battle, the Chapter called "Elle and I" and the final chapter where you learn why the bride left, and what bill truly thought of the whole situation. it closes the HUGE gap that Vol. 1 left open.this one also has strong violence, only a couple scenes are really violent.This is one of the Greatest movies i have ever seen, and i hope it is your favorite too

• Above all else, don't take this too seriously posted on 20 Aug 2009

  OK, one thing people really don't get about KB1&2 is that it's not meant to be taken seriously. One woman who wrote on this film complained about how blood spurting out is not realistic. This is because these films are more of a tribute to the old Kung Fu films, camera styles, gore, costumes, etc. Scene's are pinched from odd films and recreated. This is Tarintino's homage to those films, don't see this as some highly original film, because it's been done before, in more ways than one.This film is good, if you're knowledgeable (SP) enough to appreciate it.

• Terrific, Moody, Slow-Burning Spaghetti Western Conclusion To Kill Bill Saga posted on 18 Aug 2009

  The Kill Bill saga concludes as The Bride continues her rampage of revenge, targeting the three remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad - El Paso cowboy Budd, one-eyed swordswoman Elle Driver and the enigmatic Bill himself.Kill Bill Volume 2 is a great follow-up to the first movie, but also a different kind of film with a very different pace and mood. Where its precursor is fast, frenetic and action-packed, this movie is much more mellow and contemplative and its relatively few kung-fu scenes are short and snappy. What I enjoyed most is that we finally get to see the great Carradine strut his stuff as Bill, the baddest hombre in the west. Despite the change of pace, Tarantino is as inventive as ever with his film grammar, using filters galore, old-style telephoto zooms, a great blackout scene (when The Bride is buried alive) lots of wild overhead shots and all his usual wacky music cues - there is a particularly beautiful shot which uses an Ennio Morricone cue from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly to introduce Carradine (playing his flute from the TV show Kung Fu). The performances are all terrific again - Thurman manages to keep her performance dead straight amongst a gallery of nutcases, Madsen and Hannah shine and Liu and Parks are both great playing different characters to the ones they play in the first movie. Tarantino has succeeded in making a tremendous double-barrelled kung-fu classic.

• not as good as vol 1 posted on 14 Aug 2009

  me being a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino I was looking forward to seeing Kill Bill vol 1. It was great. Not one of his best, but still great. Now I've been anticipating vol 2 for months after it was delayed to april. It goes straight into the action, with a little introduction at the wedding, this being the first time I'd seen Bill's face.
  Generally this isn't as violent as vol 1, apart from one scene when the Bride is fighting Elle, but their is much more of a story. Vol 2 concentrates more on the love story between Bill and the Bride (whose name you also find out)and also you see where the Bride got all of her skills (the Pai Mei scene is very good). I was a bit dissapointed with the ending (though I'm sure we all know what happens at the end)I thought it could have happened a bit better, and Bill compares the Bride to Superman, which is just plain strange, but that's Tarantino for you. A bit of dissapointment after vol 1, but still a good film with some generally good scenes in it but not one Tarantino's best.

• Don't take your guns to town... posted on 12 Aug 2009

  An highly entertaining piece of cinema. Borrowing from every great action movie of note in the past four decades this film delivers from front to back leaving just enough unsaid to truly give the characters enough mystery for some great mythology. Remember how you thought Bobba Fett was the coolest? That's because you didn't really know jack about him...If volume one was about action, volume two is about suspense and muted emotion. Drawing the audience in with gritty exchanges and gruesome action the movie takes a different kind of turn when Bill and the Bride finally come face to face.Great film with an interesting but dangerous nearing flat ending. The plot is running on the rim when it finally screeches to a halt with a satisfying spin out. An oddly delicate if uneven ending that recalls the final piano note from the Beatles "Day in the life" in that after a crescendo of mayhem your left with an open ended story and moral questions left unanswered.This film will be even better if it is ever cut together and viewed as one entire piece. I felt that cutting this movie in half was a bad (and greedy) Harvey Wienstein idea and really creates something lopsided. However despite the slashing, it is an epic without a doubt and will stand up to the sands of time. It could take it's place in the pantheon of great even near perfect action films. 9.5/10

• A lot of hype, but nothing impressive posted on 12 Aug 2009

  As a Tarantino fan myself, I have been thoroughly disappointed with this series. Perhaps it was all the hype. Perhaps it was pre-expectations. Regardless, I feel that this film falls well below what it could have been.The cinematography is great. The dirt getting thrown on you in the coffin really puts you 6 feet under with Uma. There are countless other scenes that grab you the same way.But where it lacked the most, was the hook. It took me about 4 days to watch the thing the entire way through. I'd watch 20 min of it, get bored, turn it off, and go do something else, or go to bed. The next night, I'd pick up where I left off. If a movie is fully grabbing me, I will watch the whole thing all the way through. Bill just didn't have that effect on me.Rating: 6

• Eric Forrester knows kung fu in a spaghetti western set posted on 12 Aug 2009

  I'm one of those persons who watched vol 1 with my jaw wide open. The killing spree in the end of the movie was something which I never had seen before. Even though people get sliced, cut and decapitated the katana massacre was't exaggerated nor gross.I believe I represent a typical QT fan and from this point of view KB2 was a disappointment. Not a big one but still. First of all the flick is way too long. There are couple of scenes which have very little/none to do with the plot and they are somewhat loose from the rest of the movie. If QT hadn't cut the story in half, these scenes probably would have not been included.Secondly the dialogue is surprisingly dull. This issue was also somewhat included in vol 1 but it wasn't that noteworthy 'cause the movie had lots of action and little speech. This movie is the opposite. It wouldn't bother me if the dialogue was good but this time it's incredibly far from the level which we have been used to in QT movies. Mostly it's just merely meaningless chit chat.But the movie isn't actually that bad. The cast is good and acting is quite excellent. David Carradine steals every scene he appears in. Daryl Hannah is also good (losing the only working eye and getting blinded in a trailer in the middle of a desert, that's just sad. That poor bitch).If KB1 was Pulp Fiction then KB2 is more like Jackie Brown. In my opinion, the films would've worked better if they were both in one properly cut.

• Unanswered questions posted on 10 Aug 2009

  Warning: very serious spoilers Well, now I've seen both halves, and as I suspected we wouldn't, we are given no answer to how the baby is retrieved from the Bride's supposedly dead body, without any trace of this being apparently visible to the law officers. This also brings up a major continuity error: she flees as soon as she is pregnant, Bill traces her three months later, yet she is evidently near term when the massacre takes place - where did half a year go? And there are more questions: how did Bill know she was coming, when the last he'd heard, from Elle Driver, was that she was buried? Are we to suppose that Elle Driver, even in her agony, warned him? (And what happened to Elle anyway? She was blinded, but not not killed) And were Elle and the other assassins so blindly obedient to Bill that they were ready to beat up and kill her and some perfectly innocent people - and why did he want them to, when he could have had the Bride taken out by other assassin methods)? And why did they disperse afterwards, one to become an ordinary mother, one the boss of the yakuza, and one (Elle) who knows what? So, though the acting is good (Uma Thurman's is great), this is even less satisfactory than Vol. 1, in my opinion. The fighting scenes are much more scrappy, less "artful" than in 1, and the most interest is generated by how the Bride gets out of her bonds and her coffin - which is actually reasonably plausible, if one accepts that her body was not searched.

• QT's best since Pulp Fiction! posted on 06 Aug 2009

  I know that it is rare to have a sequel that is absolutely better than the first film. Many feel that Spider-Man 2 is better than the first. The same goes for The Empire Strikes Back being better than Star Wars, and Godfather 2 being better than The Godfather. And the reason why these films are viewed as superior efforts over their original counterparts is simple............these sequels have their own identity. They have their own story to tell. And that is exactly what makes Kill Bill Volume 2 better than Volume 1. True. It does continue from Volume 1. True, the theme for both movies is the same......revenge! But Volume 2 is not in any way shape or form like Volume 1. It possesses more depth than the first film had. And the dialog in volume 2 is the best I have seen in a film since Fargo (and that is saying a lot.). But what really sets this film above Volume 1 is due to one person............David Carradine as Bill.I loved how you never saw Bill's face in the first movie. This strategy only built up the anticipation for when you do finally see him.....which doesn't take long once Volume 2 begins. But how we first see Bill is where the tone of this film is set. He is calmly playing his windpipe, and once he turns to look at The Bride, he commands your attention from here on out. What really struck from his first five or so minutes on screen was how Carradine displays sadness, happiness, and anger all wrapped in one. We know that Bill is gonna kill her, but the way Carradine portrays it, you suddenly find yourself wondering if he really will. You also get the feeling that Bill does not want to kill her, yet he knows that he has to because (in his eyes) she betrayed him. I loved the final lines they shared at the church, where she asks him how she looks. He touches her and looks at her like he is a proud father, and tells her she looks like she is ready. That is powerful, and what is really great is how these two lines come up near the end of the film. Truly masterful.Uma is solid as The Bride, and she shows why she is one of the best actresses in Hollywood today. She never gets the credit she deserves, and my hope is that these two films will give her that credit. Before these films came out, I had my doubts as to if she could pull off a performance like this. I'm glad to say that she proved me wrong. She is The Bride, and I don't think anyone else could have played her better.My only gripe with this film comes down to some believability issues. I won't go into any details, but you'll know what I am talking about. Still, these are minor gripes that do not take away from the movies "greatness".All in all, this is QT's best work since Pulp Fiction. I only hope he doesn't take another six years to make another film.

• Great film, b-movie and chop-socky lovers will go crazy for it! posted on 04 Aug 2009

  This is a great and satisfying conclusion to Tarantino's spaghetti western kung-fu, B-movie extravaganza. The film continues where we left Uma, having killed off Lucy Liu and Vivaca Fox. Now she has Michael Madsen, Darryl Hannah and David Carridine left to obliterate.Much like the last episode this is super cool and very violent. Tarantino takes great delight in referencing the genres he loves and referencing movies in this from Drunken Master to Blade Runner. The 2nd part is far less visceral and less action packed, giving us more story concerning the Bride and we also get more insight into Bill. This installment really has something going for it with the more central appearances for both Madsen and Carradine as Bill. Madsen is excellent and once again Tarantino gets the best from him. This is a great role for him as Budd. Budd initially seems like a beaten down, shell of a man who has no inspiration left in him and in many ways regrets what he did to the Bride. He seems as if he will just kneel before this angel of death and take his punishment, that is until he gets a taste for the kill again and finds he can enjoy torturing her, he becomes invigorated by violence. Carradine rocks as Bill. This is the best thing I have seen from him, he is excellent here. Carradine rules the film when he is on screen. Darryl Hannah has rarely been as good in a role that really pushes and kicks the ass of the image of the cutesy and loveable girl next door she was most famous for in the 80's. Uma Thurman is once again brilliant, sexy, and tough. This part really allows her to stretch as an actress and episode 2 gives the depth to the character to move the Bride to the next level from the first part. I am not the only one who feels that Thurman should get an Oscar nomination for her part in Kill Bill 2.This is a satisfying conclusion to a great and refreshing story. I can't wait to watch them together as a whole. ****1/2

• The most boring movie of the last 2 (or more) years posted on 02 Aug 2009

  I'm a huge movie fan and see about 5 to 10 movies a week of which 1 or 2 in the movie theatre.Part 1 of this movie was entertaining at the most. The dialogues were nice and at same occasions excellent and the action was good, but not worth the good critics the movie has got.Now with part 2 I was even more disappointed than part 1. Once again this part was talked about of being the best movie ever made, but it was so boring that I almost fell asleep in the theatre (and that is only the first time that happened). Tarantino tries to make more of a story, but it is like 13 in a dozen. Take 10 movies at random from the videostore and changes are that 5 of them will have a similar story. The dialogues were interesting at their best. One nice thing was the music. That is one of Tarantino's strong points to select excellent music with the scenes in his movies.This was definitely the most boring movie I saw in the cinema the last 2 years.

• Well played Mr. Tarantino posted on 27 Jul 2009

  This film compliments the first with all the questions that were left unanswered at the ending surmise of Vol. 1. Not to mention such an ill fated and disappointing movie but it seemed that Tarantino put the action first, with the plot second - the opposite of sadly disappointing Matrix. For those that do not like the added dialogue and history behind these characters, I say that you are weren't appreciating what many movies are about... namely PLOT. You were here for the eye candy, blood spraying/action scenes that you got from the first volume, or possibly just an over zealous film buff that expects every film they see by Tarantino to be nothing short of amazing with unsurmountable originality.I found this film funny, sad, shocking, thrilling, and exciting all throughout the movie whereas I didn't quite get all those emotions in the first. I think a movie that can exert so many emotions and keep you wanting more is definitely a good movie. With that said I was more than pleased, and recommend anyone who liked the first to see this one.

• Easily One of the Best Movies of 2004 posted on 27 Jul 2009

  Less violence, more character - Volume 2 goes where most movie dare not tread - character development and slow-moving dialogue with a superb David Carradine in a Best-Supporting Actor performance working with an amazing script and subtle complex series of acting and expressional, mysterious, ominous wit. Uma Thurman explodes onto the screen with full facial exposure in black and white as well as color. The plot-twists abound, the world is turned upside down in both silence and loud crashing drama, in pitch darkness and blazing heated fury.The old style Western movie music, the samurai Japanese style genre, the humor, the violence all are blended, folded and fused into a perfect piece of cinema that throws the whole direction of Volume One into another dimension. This powerfully emotional, sometimes funny drama, action, mystery, martial arts genre bursts through into a new creative, cinematic experience. Unleashed from the prior expectations and assumption of Volume 1, this movie both irritates, frustrates and re-directs its focus into another world of "Kill Bill" with its refocused emphasis and toned down sword play and more cerebral manifestation of dialogue and careful, singular artistry of martial arts.Nine out of Ten StarsOscar nominations for Kill Bill Volume 2 (best picture) Quentin Tarantino (best director & writing) Uma Thurman (best actor & writing) David Carradine (bestsupporting male performance) Michael Madsen (best supporting male performance) Robert Richardson (best cinematography) and Oscar nominations for sound and film editing

• Tarantino is a genius. posted on 27 Jul 2009

  Kill Bill Volume 2 shows the continuation of the Bride's (Uma Thurman) quest to kill Bill (David Carradine) as well as the rest of his deadly viper assasination squad: Budd (Michael Madsen) and Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah). The movie has great cinematic style as it harkens back to the '70's Kung fu flicks as well as many of the elements prevalent in the spaghetti westerns. Tarantino seems to draw the best out of the actors that he directs witness the return of David Carradine. He also has a unique storytelling style that never seems to lose steam or viewer interest. The fight choreograhpy while not as prevalent as Volume 1 is still masterful and a wonder to watch. The music, which was done by the RZA of the Wu Tang Clan, is awesome and helps to create the kung fu atmosphere.