Originally posted by D43M0NKill Bill Volume 2?
I'm just crazy about this movie!
For my first good high school report card, I recieved my first R18+ DVD (which is pretty cool for a 14 year old) and watched three times in on night. Needless to say, this movie is Kill Bill.
Anyone else like it?
I saw both the first and second in the theatre. I could have lived without seeing them...but they were pretty funny.
Originally posted by D43M0NI like 1 better than 2.
Volume 1....number two I have to save up for myself...I can buy it without a parent or guardian.
Somehow I think the ratings are twisted; Volume 2 has a heap of stuff that Kill Bill Vol.1 didn't have, yet was rated lower....anyone got a reason for this?
Originally posted by D43M0NVolume 2 was probably rated lower because it had that heap of stuff. Vol.1's simplicity and swagger were such that it was really something new and exciting, whereas Vol.2, while quirky, stepped back from the cutting edge somewhat and gave us more typical Tarantino. Vol.2 was certainly a very good film, but it wasn't as original as 1. in my opinion, and didn't have the same impact. Since they're such different films though I'd say it's largely a matter of taste as to which you prefer.
Volume 1....number two I have to save up for myself...I can buy it without a parent or guardian.
Somehow I think the ratings are twisted; Volume 2 has a heap of stuff that Kill Bill Vol.1 didn't have, yet was rated lower....anyone got a reason for this?
Being a huge fan of kung-fu movies, I can say that I enjoyed both of the movies but I think that Tarantino went a little overboard with all the referencing and what-not. The best kung-fu movies, like the most recent "Hero" released here in the U.S., usually are very original while still following the same kung-fu formula. Not many people have seen lots of kung-fu movies, so to them Tarantino's KB movies are very fresh and modern, but I honestly saw them both as just one long obsessed-fan letter to a genre that really is better where it originated, in China and Japan. Kung-fu movies are not to be over-done and exploited the way he did them. Even expensive kung-fu flicks like the two most recent American releases, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and again "Hero", make sure not to exploit their roots and stick to true kung-fu form. But hey, give Tarantino credit for trying I suppose. I have nothing against complex movies at all, but I think in this case if he had kept it more simple, it would have been a better movie. But then again, he's never been a simple filmmaker anyway. 😉
-Kev
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Originally posted by seraphimvultureHave you ever seen "Iron Monkey" - v cool kung foo film! - make sure you watch it in chinese with subtitles though as the english dubbing is atrocious!
Being a huge fan of kung-fu movies, I can say that I enjoyed both of the movies but I think that Tarantino went a little overboard with all the referencing and what-not. The best kung-fu movies, like the most recent "Hero" released here in the U.S., usually are very original while still following the same kung-fu formula. Not many people have seen ...[text shortened]... ve been a better movie. But then again, he's never been a simple filmmaker anyway. 😉
-Kev
Originally posted by iamatigerI did, and yes I enjoyed it very much. It seems that only the expensive kung-fu movies get released here in America, but I certainly love how popular Jet Li is becoming over here. Just hoping he won't go down Jackie Chan's path and end up doing something like The Medallion or The Tuxedo!
Have you ever seen "Iron Monkey" - v cool kung foo film! - make sure you watch it in chinese with subtitles though as the english dubbing is atrocious!
I urge anyone who is looking for a break from all these boring, plain movies out nowadays to go see Hero. This is one of the best kung-fu flicks I have seen in probably five years and the fight sequences are almost hypnotic!
-Kev
Originally posted by kirksey957That's a bit "Look at me, the Alpha and Omega", isn't it?
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Originally posted by Brother EdwinI still don't see why; gore seems to count more than adult themes nowadays. Slasher movies get higher ratings than any movie that involves a paedophile, or something like drug use...look at Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.
The reason V1 is a 18 might be because it has a pedophile in it, it could be because it actually shows innocent people die, because it glamorises violence more than volume2. That bit about her being used as a whore whale she was in a coma.
Just listening to the Soundtrack song, Battle Without Honour or Humanity, the song off the teaser trailer...best song ever.
Originally posted by D43M0NYou are absolutely wrong. Ratings nowadays are much more flexible with violence than with sex. A film like The Dreamers that was released last year instantly received a NC-17 rating for its nudity and such, and the movie is by far not the most erotic movie I have ever seen, yet almost every film nowadays involves violence to some extent. The most violent film ever I think is The Passion of The Christ, and I have probably seen about a thousand movies, even violent kung-fu movies, and yet this film only received an R rating. Some say it was for its religious content but these rating-organizations are specifically told to not take things such as religion and personal issues into effect when making their decisions. Sex and drug-use are punished much more than violence. MUCH more.
I still don't see why; gore seems to count more than adult themes nowadays. Slasher movies get higher ratings than any movie that involves a paedophile, or something like drug use...look at Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.
Just listening to the Soundtrack song, Battle Without Honour or Humanity, the song off the teaser trailer...best song ever.
-Kev