Monday, November 03, 2003
Saturday Night at the Movie: Kill Bill Review
Kill Bill vol 1 is the 4th film from the infamous director Quentin Tarantino. It was a much anticipated film by the fans of Tarantino, but personally for me, I didn't even know about this film until they were promoting the film on TV.
So what can I say about this film, well it has VIOLENCE!!, Pure unadulterated violence. I think you must be a fan of the old HK/Japanese Martial Arts movies to really appreciate the violence and the lack of story line. Even before the actual movie started Tarantino really tried to re-create the feel and flow of the old Martial Arts films, by using the old "Run Shaw Productions" film introduction.
The basis of the story is about an ex-assassin who survived a murder attempt on her life and now after 4 years, she is back for revenge. The "big bad dude" is Bill (David Carradine). We don't actually see him in the first volume, but I am sure everyone knows the famous "Kung Fu" actor.
Although the fight scenes was great(since the fight choreographer for the movie is Yuen Woo Ping, the same choreographer for the matrix series), it is never the same a watching a real martial artist fighting. No matter how much an "Actor" tries to fight, they are never as smooth as a real Martial Artist. Uma Thurman, Lucy liu and Vivica fox are no martial artist. Their moves are so "angular" and uncomfortable. In any case the fight scene is still kick arse compare to DareDevil.
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Oh just remember a side story, during the preview, Freddy Vs Jason was on and there was a bunch of young girls sitting behind us. They were all talking about the preview and this is how it went:
[Girl 1]: Oh..I wonder what this movie(Freedy vs Jason) is about..
[Girl 2]: It's a sequel from two other horror movies.
[Girl 1]: Sequel to what movies??
Minute of silence..
[Girl 2]: emmm.. I think the movies are Freddy Krueger and Jason.
And I am thinking...YOU LOSERS!! You don't even know What movie it was !!
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Anyway back to the movie, if you are a Bruce Lee fan, you will be able to spot lots of scenes which are similar to the old Bruce Lee movies. So if you like the old 70s Martial arts film then you will love Kill Bill, where blood, gore and missing limbs are a norm.
So what can I say about this film, well it has VIOLENCE!!, Pure unadulterated violence. I think you must be a fan of the old HK/Japanese Martial Arts movies to really appreciate the violence and the lack of story line. Even before the actual movie started Tarantino really tried to re-create the feel and flow of the old Martial Arts films, by using the old "Run Shaw Productions" film introduction.
The basis of the story is about an ex-assassin who survived a murder attempt on her life and now after 4 years, she is back for revenge. The "big bad dude" is Bill (David Carradine). We don't actually see him in the first volume, but I am sure everyone knows the famous "Kung Fu" actor.
Although the fight scenes was great(since the fight choreographer for the movie is Yuen Woo Ping, the same choreographer for the matrix series), it is never the same a watching a real martial artist fighting. No matter how much an "Actor" tries to fight, they are never as smooth as a real Martial Artist. Uma Thurman, Lucy liu and Vivica fox are no martial artist. Their moves are so "angular" and uncomfortable. In any case the fight scene is still kick arse compare to DareDevil.
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Oh just remember a side story, during the preview, Freddy Vs Jason was on and there was a bunch of young girls sitting behind us. They were all talking about the preview and this is how it went:
[Girl 1]: Oh..I wonder what this movie(Freedy vs Jason) is about..
[Girl 2]: It's a sequel from two other horror movies.
[Girl 1]: Sequel to what movies??
Minute of silence..
[Girl 2]: emmm.. I think the movies are Freddy Krueger and Jason.
And I am thinking...YOU LOSERS!! You don't even know What movie it was !!
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Anyway back to the movie, if you are a Bruce Lee fan, you will be able to spot lots of scenes which are similar to the old Bruce Lee movies. So if you like the old 70s Martial arts film then you will love Kill Bill, where blood, gore and missing limbs are a norm.
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