Kill
Bill, Volume 1 (2003)
A Miramax
Picture
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman (The Bride),
Vivica A. Fox (Vernita Green), Lucy Liu (O-Ren
Ishii), Daryl Hannah (Elle Driver), Julie Dreyfus
(Sophie Fatale), Chiaki Kuriyama (Go-Go),
Sonny Chiba (Hattori Hanso)
Running Time: 1 hour, 51 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Official
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 DVD
Technical Specs:
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio Options: DD 5.1, DTS 5.1, French too!
Subtitles: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
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SPECIAL
FEATURES
Making of Kill Bill, Volume 1
Musical Performances by the 5,6,7,8's
Movie Trailers from all of Quentin Tarantino's movies, including
Kill Bill, Volume 2
This was a disappointing number of special features. I've
heard rumors that there will be numerous special editions
in the future. Lame if you ask me. Let's just get it right
the first time, shall we?
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"The Price You Pay.....is I Collect
Your Fucking Head!!!!!!!!"
<sigh> Could I love this movie
any more? Probably not. Kill Bill Volume 1 has reached the
pinnacle of Hobie-love and is forever enshrined in the Hobie
Top 10. Others may drop in and others may drop out (so long,
Moulin Rouge! - okay, just kidding), but Kill Bill Volume
1 (or 2 - or we'll just combine them so they only take one
slot) will stay.
Why, you ask? There's action, to start.
And not just explosions.....wait, there ARE no explosions
in this movie. Well, there's dirty low-down cat fighting in
a suburban house to start with. The introduction to this movie,
after the shockingly violent head shot (it must just be me
- I talk about this to others and it doesn't affect them like
me. I can barely watch that scene) is a wham bam booyah slap
across the head as The Bride and Vernita Green go at it. From
fireplace pokers to frying pans and knifes, dayum. So now
your heart is thoroughly pumping. You then get some backstory
like The Bride waking up from her 4-year coma and then her
voyage to Okinawa to get the ultimate in Japanese Steel. But
this is really so you don't have a heartattack because you
need to get ready for the Bride's visit to Tokyo, Japan to
take care of some unfinished business.
That business would be a Miss O-Ren
Ishii.She is one of the 5 who made the Bride's wedding day
a big ol' mess, and while cinematically she's #2 to be fought,
she was actually the first one that the Bride went after.
Something about the fact that O-Ren wasn't hiding from anything
as she is the head of the Japanese Underworld. And oh, you
can't deny her authority, especially after you witness her
little board meeting, which is perhaps one of my favorite
scenes ever. I even tweaked one of the tracks on the soundtrack
so I could get her voice as my windows log off. Nice!
So the Showdown at the House of Blue
Leaves. Wow. This is literally the last half of the movie.
And it needed every single bit of that time as there is so
much to take in. Some serious carnage is dealt out. There
are the Crazy 88, Crazy Go Go, and of course the showdown
between O-Ren and The Bride. <sigh> You gotta see it
for yourself to enjoy it.
And that's what's in Kill Bill, Volume
1. There is of course the surprising cliffhanger that gives
a bit of set up for Volume 2, and then the reminder that The
Bride has three more to go: Budd, Elle Driver (I LOVED this
part of Kill Bill, Vol 2), and of course, Bill. The DVD is
minimal, but looks and sounds great. As I mentioned before,
there is a rumor of an ultimate set, possibly combining the
two volumes, a completely colorized version of Volume 1, or
one with more footage, or possibly a version that does each.
I myself will be hard pressed to buy another edition.
Scenes to Remember:
The entire Showdown at House of Blue Leaves; Elle Driver's
visit to the Hospital; Vernita's surprise
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