Excellent review as always. I prefer his 90s movies rather than the ones he made after Kill Bill. The reason he switched to black and white was to circumvent censorship. In the Japanese version the scene remains in color.
I'm not a big action fan but I adore both Kill Bill films. Those two and Yimou Zhang's films (namely Hero and Curse of the Golden Flower) are the few films from this genre I genuinely love.
The black and white cut in the middle of the Crazy 88 fight scene was used because the censors were saying there was too much blood in the movie- so he made one of the bloodier scenes black and white to appease them, so the movie didn't cop a harsher rating.
Steve Nunez I liked the first half, but I absolutely hated the ending. It left me depressed and disturbed, but not in a thought- provoking way. Not surprised that Maggie dislikes it
He had to switch to black and white in the crazy 88 scene to avoid getting an NC-17 rating. But it does end up being a cool effect. It also works well when he does it in Death Proof.
I saw the film on Netflix with my brother, younger sister and my younger sister's friend at my grandma's house. It was a great film. My favorite part of the film was when she spanked the last Crazy 88 member with her sword and made him run away. I found that hilarious! The film taught me that revenge causes more pain in your life. Killing the assassins won't bring her fiance and friends back.
As many commenters have pointed out, Tarantino did the anime sequence, the black&white sequence etc to keep an R rating. He also did this in Natural Born Killers. His career or movies can almost be summed up in, How much violence can I get away with? From the ear cutting in RD to head blown off in Pulp
Used to like Kill Bill Vol 1 when I first saw it. Naturally, I was a good deal younger. When I watch it now it just does't coax any interest from anymore. The whole movie appears like a huge comic book, and unfortunately it doesn't retain its edge with subsequent viewings. Part 2 does.
I'd like to see you write and direct one movie. You have an amazing knowledge of movies just like Quentin Tarantino does I'm pretty sure it would be really interesting I'm sure you will even learn a new respect for all film directors and writers
The biggest influence on the Kill Bill movies was the Japanese revenge movie Lady Snowblood. If you don't mind reading subtitles, Lady Snowblood is definitely worth watching.
Are you kidding? The part you dislike was actually the best part of the whole movie. With the beautiful soundtrack "The Lonely Sheperd" in the backround. Still gives me goosebumps to this day. Such a masterpiece... "I've done what I swore an oath to God twenty-eight years ago to never do again. I've created "something that kills people". And in that purpose, I was a success. I've done this because, philosophically, I'm sympathetic to your aim. I can tell you, with no ego, this is my finest sword. If, on your journey, you should encounter God, God will be cut!!
Tarantino is definitely a skilled and energetic director (of the ADHD variety), and he's influential, but I pretty much lost interest in him after "Jackie Brown". The "Kill Bill" series was kind of fun, but I really prefer the Asian filmmakers like Park chan-Wook and his revenge films, or Bong Joon-Ho, when it comes to the execution of cool, virtuosic violence. Tarentino was influenced by that group of Asian directors, along with every bad 70's movie he ever saw, but I think his characters are way more superficial. I've tried to watch "Inglorius Bastards", "Django Unchained", etc., but it just doesn't hold my interest all the way through. I'd love to see his influence wane.
Kill Bill was intended to be released as 1 whole film. The suits made him display it as 2 movies. Greedy guys that they are. I still feel if he had stuck to his guns and edited the movies down to 1 movie and put it that out it would have been even better.
the black and white part of volume 1 was because the dance team that portrayed the 88's didn't like the scene because of the blood. he proposed changing the scene in black and white and they were ok with it.
Anyone who prefers 2 to 1 is silly. Anyone who didn't get bored of Bills speach about superman or his anticlimactic death? This is tarantinos greatest movies regarding action.
I love the channel Can u rate the movie at the end plz? I can’t sense whether U like it or not in general. U do a great job talking about the qualities But u point out the negatives a lot which is good But at the end I can’t tell if u liked it or how much u liked it Love the channel tho
Instead of a movie it should be one of those photo- comics in National Lampoon. Also it's super slow. In any profession, a person gets known and 90% chance they start rolling downhill.
While I respect your opinion sir, I firmly believe that anyone who thinks Tarantino's pre-Jackie Brown work is better than his post-Jackie Brown work, is just mistaken. While PF and RD might have had the bigger impact, they just ARE NOT nearly as good as everything he made after. He peaked with the PHENOMENAL, Jackie Brown, and continued to make really good to great films. The first 2 are pretty good, not great.
I think the impact and influence of his first 2 features far outshine any merit they actually have. Both are good films, but they are surface examinations of the films they're paying homage too. Those are film about style, archetypes, and expectations of the type of film they are versus what we actually get. I think Jackie Brown is QT making a film about character, circumstance, and nuance while also playing with form (which is why its not only his best film but an amalgamation of what he loves and ideas he's also trying to push). Post Jackie Brown, QT sought to craft actual work that definitely referenced cinema through pastiche but were about deconstructing the given genre he was working in and getting to an underlying truth that wasn't available at that time. He tries similar things with PF and RD, but the subtext isn't there. Its the flash without the depth that's found in his later work. (because that flash is more apparent and LESS referencey, then ppl seem to think it has more relevancy). KB is about more than the sword fights, IG is about more than just WWII, and Django is more than just a blaxploitation western. You may not like them, but they're shooting for more underlying depth than anything he attempted his first 2 times in the director's seat.
Jackie Brown is his most underrated movie IMHO. I think it's great and it's probably one of the most underrated movies of the 90's due to it was his first movie after Pulp Fiction.
Hi, Don’t know if you accept requests, but if possible, I’d love to hear your views on the film, “The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh”. It’s not well known but it’s worth checking out. Thanks
I love the entire saga of the Kill Bill franchise. The first volume is night and day better in every single way shape and form from the second. The people who like to pretend that part 2 is better are just edgy teens that like to go against the grain. Part 1 is a masterpiece. Part 2 is a mess and I grow to dislike more and more each and every time.
Still hearing a loud "whooshing" wind sound at the start of your videos and the audio is very echoey because of the flat walls in the space you record in. Please consider purchasing a lavalier mic instead of just using the mic off the camera or even setting up a few blankets to deaden the sound. Not complaining, would just like to see you step up your production values a bit, it would make listening to your video reviews a lot more comfortable to watch/listen to (especially for those listening with headphones) Otherwise keep up the great work!
Great review! I know this doesn't have anything to do with the review; but I highly recommend you to watch A Nos Amours, great coming of age film. I think you'll find a soft spot for it. Also make a letterboxd account!!! ;)
I'm so with you. I feel as of late Tarantino has dipped in quality in terms of how tonally consistent his films are and what he's trying to achieve. Django is a film I really feel is weak just for being two different films that are disjointed: a cartoon itchy and scratchy ultra violent spaghetti western and an exploration of the antebellum south and the cruelty of slavery. Hateful Eight is good because it maintains a level of intense suspense while exploring the attitudes of a Post civil war America with its characters and how more divided a country is within its log cabin setting. As for Kill Bill as a whole, I see it as fluff. Hollow fluff with fun bits of dialogue and wonderfully choreographed action scenes but I feel it's Tarantino indulging in his own tastes and imitating rather than as you say, being inspired.
After watching pulp fiction, death proof,reservoir dogs ,Django unchained, once apon a time in hollywood and inglorious bustards. I can say with confidence this is the worst tarantino movie. It's just over the top violence that real tangible nature is just gone.
Damn... sometimes you can be so harsh and demanding on these works... when this films came out... I don't know if you saw it in the theater... it was amazing... it's definitely not perfect... but to dislike it in such of way for those reasons.... I dunno... but hey, it's all subjective
I need to rewatch the other films but I think this is my least favourite Tarantino film. It's so incoherent in style that it takes me out of the movie. It's more of a meta film. It would be OK if he went for a tounge in cheek approach but then he adds several scenes that are just brutal or extremely dramatic (when The Bride wakes up and thinks she has lost her baby) and it makes those scenes feel distasteful. There's nothing fun with children witnessing their parent being murdered.
Yeah it isnt supposed to be fun, it's a very tragic moment what the hell are you on about, calling those scenes fun. There is nothing fun about 88 people getting murdered and having their limbs chopped off nor is alot of other violence in his other movies from a particular lens supposed to be fun why aren't you complaining about that instead. Incoherent in style? It is very tonally consistent the only part I can see be different is the animation part but that is in accordance with the Asian style of cinema. Tarantino had always mixed tragedy with comedy from reservoir dogs, why is kill bill being called out for being distasteful?
@@lampad4549 It's distasteful in the same way it would be distasteful to put a slapstick scene in Shindler's List. Almost all the scenes in Kill Bill are fine on their own but together they become a mess. Like putting every food item you like on a pizza.
If u think it's a crap movie why tf address it. U don't think there's movies u like that people think are crap? I love kill Bill and all of tarantinos films for that matter.
First time I saw Vol. 1 with a packed audience.. it was amazing. Definitely one of the best theater experiences I've ever had.
Vol. 2 is definitely my preferred one as well. Vol. 1 has the spectacle, 2 has the story.
the number one is simply preparatory for the number 2
I personally preferred Vol 1. But Kill Bill both volumes combined is one of my all time favorite movies. love the music and action scenes.
Excellent review as always. I prefer his 90s movies rather than the ones he made after Kill Bill. The reason he switched to black and white was to circumvent censorship. In the Japanese version the scene remains in color.
saigokun that’s interesting in my review I’ve related the blk and white scenes to the snake references
I'm not a big action fan but I adore both Kill Bill films. Those two and Yimou Zhang's films (namely Hero and Curse of the Golden Flower) are the few films from this genre I genuinely love.
I believe he used the black and white sequence at the end of the film to avoid an NC-17.
The black and white cut in the middle of the Crazy 88 fight scene was used because the censors were saying there was too much blood in the movie- so he made one of the bloodier scenes black and white to appease them, so the movie didn't cop a harsher rating.
Whoa, not a Django fan? We gotta have a talk.
Steve Nunez I liked the first half, but I absolutely hated the ending. It left me depressed and disturbed, but not in a thought- provoking way. Not surprised that Maggie dislikes it
Steve Nunez loves that film
I actually agree with her. I am not a big Django fan, either.
He had to switch to black and white in the crazy 88 scene to avoid getting an NC-17 rating. But it does end up being a cool effect. It also works well when he does it in Death Proof.
Giacomo Delfin My memory fails me as to the region but back in the 2000's they did release an oversees version with the original full color.
The European version is also black and white, it is the Japanese version that is in color.
No problem, and usually you are right with regards to Europe, although it might vary from country to country here.
Kill Bill relies to much on pop culture references of older films without a unique story..... I'll stick to Lady Snowblood.
I saw the film on Netflix with my brother, younger sister and my younger sister's friend at my grandma's house. It was a great film. My favorite part of the film was when she spanked the last Crazy 88 member with her sword and made him run away. I found that hilarious! The film taught me that revenge causes more pain in your life. Killing the assassins won't bring her fiance and friends back.
As many commenters have pointed out, Tarantino did the anime sequence, the black&white sequence etc to keep an R rating. He also did this in Natural Born Killers. His career or movies can almost be summed up in, How much violence can I get away with? From the ear cutting in RD to head blown off in Pulp
Hattori Hanzo scene at the diner is my favorite. He was funny and she was cute. It worked for me.
Why don't you review any of tarkovskys films ?
I would like to see the Whole Bloody Affair. Jackie Brown is my favorite Tarantino, love the pacing & Pam Grier.
That is one cool jacket. I dig your style!
Used to like Kill Bill Vol 1 when I first saw it. Naturally, I was a good deal younger. When I watch it now it just does't coax any interest from anymore. The whole movie appears like a huge comic book, and unfortunately it doesn't retain its edge with subsequent viewings. Part 2 does.
I actually totally agree with you on this, sure it has cool fight scenes and shit. But Volume 2 is SO much better IMO
the number one is simply preparatory for the number 2
This and Vol. 2 are my favorite QT movies.
As a fan of kill bill I agree with everything you say about this movie. It’s true
I'd like to see you write and direct one movie. You have an amazing knowledge of movies just like Quentin Tarantino does I'm pretty sure it would be really interesting I'm sure you will even learn a new respect for all film directors and writers
Making a film definitely garnishes respect. Not easy that’s for sure.
Love the first film because of the action. The 2nd film is better but you have to be in the mood to see vol 2.
The biggest influence on the Kill Bill movies was the Japanese revenge movie Lady Snowblood. If you don't mind reading subtitles, Lady Snowblood is definitely worth watching.
I really believe it was possible for Vol 1 and 2 to be one film. Like a 2 hour and 20 runtime.
Great film. Felt Vol 1 was really well made. The stylistic violence reminded me of Natural Born Killers
Are you kidding? The part you dislike was actually the best part of the whole movie. With the beautiful soundtrack "The Lonely Sheperd" in the backround. Still gives me goosebumps to this day. Such a masterpiece...
"I've done what I swore an oath to God twenty-eight years ago to never do again. I've created "something that kills people". And in that purpose, I was a success. I've done this because, philosophically, I'm sympathetic to your aim. I can tell you, with no ego, this is my finest sword. If, on your journey, you should encounter God, God will be cut!!
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Tarantino is definitely a skilled and energetic director (of the ADHD variety), and he's influential, but I pretty much lost interest in him after "Jackie Brown". The "Kill Bill" series was kind of fun, but I really prefer the Asian filmmakers like Park chan-Wook and his revenge films, or Bong Joon-Ho, when it comes to the execution of cool, virtuosic violence. Tarentino was influenced by that group of Asian directors, along with every bad 70's movie he ever saw, but I think his characters are way more superficial. I've tried to watch "Inglorius Bastards", "Django Unchained", etc., but it just doesn't hold my interest all the way through. I'd love to see his influence wane.
Vol 1 had style, Vol 2 had substance
Kill Bill was intended to be released as 1 whole film. The suits made him display it as 2 movies. Greedy guys that they are. I still feel if he had stuck to his guns and edited the movies down to 1 movie and put it that out it would have been even better.
the black and white part of volume 1 was because the dance team that portrayed the 88's didn't like the scene because of the blood. he proposed changing the scene in black and white and they were ok with it.
Vol.2 is my favourite. As a spectacle Vol.1 is excellent, but Vol.2 provided a meaty story that was satisfying.
Both are almost even and like a 10/10 for me but Vol. 2 I find myself liking more I do agree
I love both Vol 1 and 2 in their own unique ways!!💪💪
Anyone who prefers 2 to 1 is silly.
Anyone who didn't get bored of Bills speach about superman or his anticlimactic death?
This is tarantinos greatest movies regarding action.
Fight me all day but this is the greatest movie of all time
I loved volume I way more then volume II
I love the channel Can u rate the movie at the end plz? I can’t sense whether U like it or not in general. U do a great job talking about the qualities But u point out the negatives a lot which is good But at the end I can’t tell if u liked it or how much u liked it Love the channel tho
Instead of a movie it should be one of those photo- comics in National Lampoon. Also it's super slow. In any profession, a person gets known and 90% chance they start rolling downhill.
3:19 Facts on the opening fight scene of this movie.
He used the black and white in the fight scene because it was too violent to see.
Do you like Jackie Brown? That's my favorite Tarantino.
I think Jackie Brown is his best and most mature film. It probably helps if you're older to relate to the two main characters..
While I respect your opinion sir, I firmly believe that anyone who thinks Tarantino's pre-Jackie Brown work is better than his post-Jackie Brown work, is just mistaken. While PF and RD might have had the bigger impact, they just ARE NOT nearly as good as everything he made after.
He peaked with the PHENOMENAL, Jackie Brown, and continued to make really good to great films. The first 2 are pretty good, not great.
I think the impact and influence of his first 2 features far outshine any merit they actually have. Both are good films, but they are surface examinations of the films they're paying homage too.
Those are film about style, archetypes, and expectations of the type of film they are versus what we actually get. I think Jackie Brown is QT making a film about character, circumstance, and nuance while also playing with form (which is why its not only his best film but an amalgamation of what he loves and ideas he's also trying to push).
Post Jackie Brown, QT sought to craft actual work that definitely referenced cinema through pastiche but were about deconstructing the given genre he was working in and getting to an underlying truth that wasn't available at that time. He tries similar things with PF and RD, but the subtext isn't there. Its the flash without the depth that's found in his later work. (because that flash is more apparent and LESS referencey, then ppl seem to think it has more relevancy).
KB is about more than the sword fights, IG is about more than just WWII, and Django is more than just a blaxploitation western. You may not like them, but they're shooting for more underlying depth than anything he attempted his first 2 times in the director's seat.
Jackie Brown is his most underrated movie IMHO. I think it's great and it's probably one of the most underrated movies of the 90's due to it was his first movie after Pulp Fiction.
Hi,
Don’t know if you accept requests, but if possible, I’d love to hear your views on the film, “The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh”.
It’s not well known but it’s worth checking out.
Thanks
I love the entire saga of the Kill Bill franchise. The first volume is night and day better in every single way shape and form from the second. The people who like to pretend that part 2 is better are just edgy teens that like to go against the grain. Part 1 is a masterpiece. Part 2 is a mess and I grow to dislike more and more each and every time.
Still hearing a loud "whooshing" wind sound at the start of your videos and the audio is very echoey because of the flat walls in the space you record in. Please consider purchasing a lavalier mic instead of just using the mic off the camera or even setting up a few blankets to deaden the sound. Not complaining, would just like to see you step up your production values a bit, it would make listening to your video reviews a lot more comfortable to watch/listen to (especially for those listening with headphones) Otherwise keep up the great work!
Great review! I know this doesn't have anything to do with the review; but I highly recommend you to watch A Nos Amours, great coming of age film. I think you'll find a soft spot for it. Also make a letterboxd account!!! ;)
Who are Quentin Tarantino fans here ??😍♥️♥️👍
my favourite QT films are *Reservoir Dogs & Pulp fiction*
Please comment your favourite films of QT ?
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Kill Bill: Vol. 1.
Please do a death proof review, that's my favorite one
I will eventually for sure. Can't reveal all my Tarantino cards at once though. haha
deepfocuslens alright :) thanks
I'm so with you. I feel as of late Tarantino has dipped in quality in terms of how tonally consistent his films are and what he's trying to achieve. Django is a film I really feel is weak just for being two different films that are disjointed: a cartoon itchy and scratchy ultra violent spaghetti western and an exploration of the antebellum south and the cruelty of slavery. Hateful Eight is good because it maintains a level of intense suspense while exploring the attitudes of a Post civil war America with its characters and how more divided a country is within its log cabin setting.
As for Kill Bill as a whole, I see it as fluff. Hollow fluff with fun bits of dialogue and wonderfully choreographed action scenes but I feel it's Tarantino indulging in his own tastes and imitating rather than as you say, being inspired.
Just watched Kill Bill and Death Proof back to back after many years, and I'll be damned. Death Proof aged better.
Yeah, I think I'd probably agree.
After watching pulp fiction, death proof,reservoir dogs ,Django unchained, once apon a time in hollywood and inglorious bustards. I can say with confidence this is the worst tarantino movie. It's just over the top violence that real tangible nature is just gone.
Damn... sometimes you can be so harsh and demanding on these works... when this films came out... I don't know if you saw it in the theater... it was amazing... it's definitely not perfect... but to dislike it in such of way for those reasons.... I dunno... but hey, it's all subjective
hey lotrmr :) can you please review the killing of a sacred deer? i believe you will love it.
Kill bill vol 1 is one of the greatest movies of all time i remember my dad tell me about fight between her in the 16 year old girl😂😂😂😂
Just go and watch pulp fiction
I need to rewatch the other films but I think this is my least favourite Tarantino film. It's so incoherent in style that it takes me out of the movie. It's more of a meta film. It would be OK if he went for a tounge in cheek approach but then he adds several scenes that are just brutal or extremely dramatic (when The Bride wakes up and thinks she has lost her baby) and it makes those scenes feel distasteful. There's nothing fun with children witnessing their parent being murdered.
Yeah it isnt supposed to be fun, it's a very tragic moment what the hell are you on about, calling those scenes fun. There is nothing fun about 88 people getting murdered and having their limbs chopped off nor is alot of other violence in his other movies from a particular lens supposed to be fun why aren't you complaining about that instead.
Incoherent in style? It is very tonally consistent the only part I can see be different is the animation part but that is in accordance with the Asian style of cinema.
Tarantino had always mixed tragedy with comedy from reservoir dogs, why is kill bill being called out for being distasteful?
@@lampad4549 It's distasteful in the same way it would be distasteful to put a slapstick scene in Shindler's List. Almost all the scenes in Kill Bill are fine on their own but together they become a mess. Like putting every food item you like on a pizza.
Review Dredd (2012) please.
good review i love both kill bill movies
can you review reservoir dogs
This can't be a real thing.
Tarantino is the king of self indulgence
Few films not all.
How did I not see your resemblance to Uma before?
Yeah she's much prettier. ; )
I'm a fan of Quentin Tarantino's non-gay movies. Also, I can watch Kill Bill over and over again; it just screams awesomeness.
Loved this movie when I first saw it, but watching it now, it jus seems obnoxious and immature
I'll never understand why people think this crap movie is good.
Because it is.
If u think it's a crap movie why tf address it. U don't think there's movies u like that people think are crap? I love kill Bill and all of tarantinos films for that matter.
@@bryanrizzo9377 Turns out there are very few movies I think are actually good. I don't watch movies or even TV anymore.
Kill bill 2 is crap