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| TheBeast 1673th Post
 
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|  "Re(3):Kill Bill Vol. 2 is looking good..."
, posted Thu 15 Apr 22:48
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Wow. The critics were nicer to Vol.2 than Vol.1 I'm gonna go see this for sure.
I've seen the first one in theaters,and I really liked it. Don't think I'm not gonna bother buying the DVD until later though.
I had planned to from now on only to tell you to shut yer trap through word puzzles, but for this I make exception (mostly because I was having a hard time finding a way to say "Check Rotten Tomatoes Before You Speak" in pictures simple enough for you to understand):
When is 84% not "nice"?
Currently that's 1% less then KB2 (although all reviews are not in yet, you might have replied before any of the 7 bad came in and saw it at 100% so I don't know maybe I'm being TOO hard on you, but I doubt it)
In what Bizarro crazy world do you live in T.E. were critics/Miramax hated Kill Bill Vol.1? Critics loved it, Miramax had to have been happy... believe it or not most studios (especially Miramax that used to/occational still does specialize in smaller limited audience films) don't expect all films to open at No.1 and bring in a jabillion-zillion dollars they realize some movies play to smaller crowds and go for it.
I want to live in your world!!!!!
MAN! I can't believe how much critics are slamming Hellboy! It's terrific! They should stop playa hatin' and start appreciatin'!
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I MUST go see this movie right after school tomorrow >_<
If I don't see it before class on Saturday all hope is lost for me to not have it spoiled by the loud annoying moron in the front row.
Chill. >____< Go easy on Eric, he probably just express his honest opinions in a straight-forward fashion, though I do agree there's something wrong with that statement of being "nicer" too. Ultimately, critics's opinions, is after all, just a guide.
On topic: I think I belong to the minorities that didn't enjoy Kill Bill vol 1. But will still catch Vol 2 to see how things wrap up.
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| Nate
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| "Re(1):clowns to the left of me, jokers to the" , posted Fri 16 Apr 23:22
I greatly enjoyed it. I think it's definitely equal to Part 1. How can you judge the movies separately, anyway? They were originally one movie. To say one's worse than the other is just saying half the movie sucks, which is just really STUPID.
Anyway...the stuff I dug...
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Tarantino showed us that Elle Driver is an even crazier bitch than we thought she was in Part 1. All of her involvement in the film was great, but perhaps I'm just a little biased, as she's my favorite character.
Now that I think about it, this half of the movie was a lot more character-driven, rather than action-driven. Maybe that's why some people didn't like it as much who I've talked to.
The stuff that happened in the Elle/Bride fight was great. I heard Tarantino was going for a Jackass-inspired fight and it certainly came across that way. The whole scene was just brutal. I wasn't expecting the Bride to RIP THE OTHER EYEBALL OUT. Then again I'd also read some of the original script and that scene played out quite differently.
Budd should've gotten a little more development, but what there was still made me feel for the guy. I wish I knew what happened between him and Bill while the Bride was in her coma. What brought him to the point we see him at in Part 2?
The bit with the Bride's daughter was actually well-done, I think. I know a lot of people expected the kid to kill her, but that would've just been...I don't know what it would have been, just not good. And I'm sort of pleased that Tarantino didn't just give us what we expected in the Bill/Bride fight. I know it pissed some people off, but I think everyone was expecting some huge bloodbath and blah blah blah, but it didn't happen like that at all. There were really many moments like this where I suspected the obvious cliche situation would occur and yet Tarantino avoided it entirely.
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So, overall, I greatly enjoyed Kill Bill Part 2 and think it makes for a great conclusion to the first part, even if it's not as focused on fight scenes. What is there in the way of fighting is great anyway, so why whine about it?
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| Juke Joint Jezebel 2811th Post
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|  "Re(5):clowns to the left of me, jokers to the"
, posted Sat 17 Apr 14:01
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> beating Bill seemed waay to easy
i thought so at first, but then i looked back at the others. Vernita Green and O-Ren Ishii -- they both put up a huge fight, but still fell quickly. come to think of it, the longest fight was with Elle Driver, and that's because neither one had access to a weapon until the end
> How can you judge the movies separately, anyway?
i read somewhere a quote of Tarantino's. he said the first half was a lot like a kung fu movie (or something like that) and the second one was gonna be a "spaghetti western". i guess that's what threw me off. there were some other quotes of Tarantino's that made me think otherwise too, like saying (not an exact quote) "screw storyline. we already know that the Bride has been done wrong and she wants her revenge. that's all the storyline we need. i want this to be a grindhouse movie. women kicking ass and action." but he might've been referring to Volume 1 when he said it
> buried alive scene
yeah, that was pretty brutal. the scene reminded me a lot of the Blair Witch Project actually. being able to portray such a powerful mood without actually showing anything. so awesome. but the two things that kinda "ruined the mood" for me was that i already knew she was gonna get out somehow and face Bill, and the theater was as cold as fuck. i think if the theater was a little warmer, i could feel the Bride's pain, being stuck in that box with only a couple of minutes until she suffocates to death. man, the whole theater was in a roar of laughter when that guy was watching her come out of the cemetery with dust flying everywhere
> Random credit comments:
HAHA did anyone notice the Charles Bronson poster in Budd's trailer? i think i was the only person in the theater dying when that scene came up. cool poster though. i wish i had it :( anyways, later in the credits, it had "R.I.P. Charles Bronson" and a couple of other names i missed. very cool
> Samuel L. Jackson
man, that makes two of us. his name wasn't mentioned anywhere, except for the ending cast roll. i'm sure it was buried somewhere in the credits too
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Is there some inside joke I missed?
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| Undead Fred 1501th Post
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| "K-Billy's Super Sounds of the 70's" , posted Sun 18 Apr 04:24
I liked the second volume, but I'd really like to see them spliced together as a whole movie. I'm not talking about just clipping the credits off the first one and putting the two movies back-to-back, but shifting things around a little bit and releasing that. I'm thinking they may do it, because there's a "bootleg trailer" on the Vol. 1 DVD that's got a little of both movies in it... So, it will be awesome if they do that.
I think my favorite part in Vol. 2 was the Pai Mei chapter. The character was great, and the film quality and techniques straight out of old-school kung fu films were hilarious (sloppy zoom-in on someone's face GO!). The Elle fight was great, too. Now, it's time for the spoiler thing...
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I was also hoping for a little more fighting in this one... the first was so action-oriented that I expected three more big fights in this one, but I didn't get them. I was okay with that, but still a little disappointed. One or two parts kind of dragged on for me, though. That wedding chapel scene didn't build the tension that I assume it was supposed to build... I just got a little bored with it at one point.
The credits at the end were great. I mentioned the Goro Daimon thing to my friend while the credits were going. Heh heh.
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Oh yeah, has anyone seen the promo for Kill Bill 1 and 2 on TV? Uma must have killed a robot before fighting Gogo... she's covered in oil in one shot in the commercial. Heh heh.
I drew this at Paintchat after seeing Vol 2.
BLAGGO
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| DarkZero 719th Post
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| "Re(6):K-Billy's Super Sounds of the 70's" , posted Mon 19 Apr 00:28
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I'm sorry if someone mentioned this already. I'm just skimming the thread because it's very late, but I noticed the discussion of whether or not Elle Driver is still alive and I don't think anyone mentioned this.
If you stay past the beginning credits and into the next set, the set with The Bride driving down the road in black and white, the names of the DVAS members (or was it their actors? I forget) slowly appear. Each one is crossed out as it appears, with the exception of Elle Driver's. A big question mark appears over her name before they go on to the next one, inferring that she's probably still alive.
There's also an outtake at the very end of the credits. It's the scene from the House of Blue Leaves fight where The Bride rips one of Crazy 88's eyes out and holds it up. The crew cracks up, Uma Thurman cracks up, and then she yells, "Can we do that again?!"
And thanks to Ishmael for pointing out that bit about Bill's heart, which I hadn't noticed.
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| Undead Fred 1506th Post
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| "Re(6):K-Billy's Super Sounds of the 70's" , posted Mon 19 Apr 01:21
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nah bags. NONE of the friggen buttons (except for post/preview) work. I don't know why. I guess its cause I use a mac and a lot of internet stuff doesn't work on a mac.
blasted windows only web code.
BTW, this happens to other posters too. So, I'm not some freakish anomaly.
Well, I have to deal with this ancient computer at work with really really out-of-date browsers and stuff, so I have to add tags myself. Please keep this in mind- if you're going to spoil something in a movie and you're on a computer that won't let you use the buttons, then just put {spoiler} Rosebud is Citizen Kane's sled! {/spoiler} around a spoiler. Well, change {} to [] brackets when you type it. That way, you can talk about things and not have to worry about anyone getting angry because you put a spoiler in. There are other tags for links and bold text and so on, and if you want to use them and can't remember what they are, then there's a tags link in the upper-right corner of the window.
Anyway, back to the movie-
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Heh heh. I was driving out of the parking lot to the theater and I thought, "Man... I bet there's going to be a million BBS' out there with people arguing over whether or not Elle is really dead just because of that question mark." I thought the credits at the end were funny, and the question mark was great, too. I'm sure Tarantino threw that in just to mess with people. Heh heh.
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BLAGGO
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