Kill Bill Vol. 2

Seen the movie yesterday.
I loved the first one, and went to see it 3 times. Part II really differs from the first one. More dialogue indeed, but also a lot more humour. It was very surprising to see such a lot of character development in this second part. I didn't expect to see Bill until the very end for example, but his whole story is being told. Very surprising, and good movie.

Music as allways was brilliant, as well as some very elegant camera shots. If you like good movies, go and see this one!

The things you described were my main beef with part two, I liked the first half (Vol.1), But the way he decide to end it just kinda got to me... If you know what I mean.

I'd say the main difference between Vol 1 and 2 is not that, as most reviewers have pointed out, that the first is in the style of a martial arts anime movie and the latter is in the style of a western (not entirely true). Rather, while the former at times seemed like a bunch of set peices and obsucre homages strung together, the latter is a more complete film. With a plot and charachters and everything.

Vol 2 itself is almost flawless up to and including the fight in the trailer. Sadly the last couple of scenes are too ponderous and ridiculous to bring the whole thing to a satisfactory conclusion. The short sword fight between the Bride and Bill at the end, for example, felt like parody (a trap that the rest of the film avoided falling into). And why oh why does tarantino have to put so many close up shots of bare feet into his films? It really grosses me out, it does.

"Vol 2 itself is almost flawless up to and including the fight in the trailer. Sadly the last couple of scenes are too ponderous and ridiculous to bring the whole thing to a satisfactory conclusion."

And that ruined the whole flick for me. Well, That and Pai-Mei (however the hell you spell it). I really expected more from the second half... I was let down. Oh well! Atleast I have Big Fish on DVD!!!

For me Pai-Mei was one of the highlights!!!
I really loved this character. Is it possible to go over the top any further? Brilliant.

Also the final fight. Really good. Such an anticlimax. I really like this idea of such a short fight.

But I can imagine it's not everybody's cup of tea :)

I just saw 'Kill Bill' and although I liked it, I can understand why so many people hated it.

The movie is just quite simply Quentin Tarantino's homage to all those Kung-Fu, and Anime flicks from the 70s and 80s. It's full of silly, dumb and cheesy cliches, but Tarantino reinvents them in such a great way that it makes the movie good. So unless you're into Asian cinema, I wouldn't recommend you to watch 'Kill Bill'. But, if you're a fan of all those extremely violent Kung-Fu and Anime movies, then 'Kill Bill' is for you.

My guess is that 'Kill Bill' is probably the best 'B-movie' ever.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Mr.Jingles79 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I just saw 'Kill Bill' and although I liked it, I can understand why so many people hated it.

The movie is just quite simply Quentin Tarantino's homage to all those Kung-Fu, and Anime flicks from the 70s and 80s. It's full of silly, dumb and cheesy cliches, but Tarantino reinvents them in such a great way that it makes the movie good. So unless you're into Asian cinema, I wouldn't recommend you to watch 'Kill Bill'. But, if you're a fan of all those extremely violent Kung-Fu and Anime movies, then 'Kill Bill' is for you.

My guess is that 'Kill Bill' is probably the best 'B-movie' ever.[/QUOTE]

Couldn't agree more!

Very impressed!!

Tarantino doesn't really fall short often does he? Jackie Brown's not his best but I thought this was a good return to form!

having grown up watching the same "grindcore" movies from the 70's and early 80's I thought kill bill 1 was great. dumb, cliched but stylishly fun, esp the spot the references, kill bill 2 woulda appealed to those who enjoyed the 70's series "Kung Fu" and its obvious source "The silent flute", KB2 worked on a more philosophical level..plus great pai mai sequence lifted from snake in eagles shadow and one kick ass fight between bea and elle sooooo, I look foward to the 5 hour edit which tarantino has apparently done for the fall/autumn. I noticed William's early post about "Hero" good movie,great fighting and wire work, maggie cheung and tony leung rock too in this movie , plus a nice return from zhang zhiyi as leung's acolyte ...there are 2 versions 90 mins and 2 hours, don't know which one will make the cut, the mood is similar to crouching tiger at times, fab soundtrack too.....