Tarantino's KILL BILL

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running with scissorsrunning with scissors
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
apple has a teaser for KILL BILL - the 4th film by Quentin Tarantino on their <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers"; target="_blank">trailer site</a>. i'm a huge tarantino fan and i must say that ever since reading about this film a while back on <a href="http://www.aintitcoolnews.com"; target="_blank">aintitcoolnews.com</a>, i've been dying to see some footage. wow, the trailer does not disapoint. this is going to be one badass movie. anyone else interested in this flick?

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  • Reply 1 of 13
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    yeah, me.
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  • Reply 2 of 13
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
    &lt;META NAME="trailer_info" CONTENT="Kill Bill Uma Thurman is going to Kill Bill, in Quentin Tarantino's latest film about a former assassin betrayed by her boss Bill (David Carradine). Four years after surviving a bullet in the head, the bride (Thurman) emerges from a coma and swears revenge on her former master and his deadly squad of international assassins, played by Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox and Michael Madsen."&gt;



    ...Sounds ****in' good to me...Trailer rocks!



    This, The Matrix and Chow Yun Fat's <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/mgm/bulletproof_monk/"; target="_blank">Bulletproof Monk</a>...starting to be some kick-ass kung fu flicks coming...
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  • Reply 3 of 13
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    here i thought this was something about MS....
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  • Reply 4 of 13
    newnew Posts: 3,244member
    Anyone know anything about japanese swordfighting?
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  • Reply 5 of 13
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    you look good without a head.
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  • Reply 6 of 13
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    I looks like fun. However, in following the linkage I found the trailer for "25th Hour" which looks like it might be too good to be a Spike Lee project, perhaps he has finally (wisely) decided to shelve his poorly conceived politics and just make the good films that he is talented enough to produce.
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  • Reply 7 of 13
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,464member
    No one should be forced to see Uma Thurman fake as though she knows how to work a sword. My Gawg this movie is going to tank so freakin' reekin' bad I'm already red with embarrassment.



    Enough of the Matrix'y effects and spinning crap. There is no more "art" in Asian fighting. It's all this corny MTV style video edits and spinning bodies. Burn Hollywood Burn!
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  • Reply 8 of 13
    trevormtrevorm Posts: 841member
    Cant wait to see!!!!!!
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  • Reply 9 of 13
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    Uh, I watched the entire trailer thinking "is this a spoof of old martial arts movies, or is this real?".



    I can't be the only one...



    Or is Uma really going to swordfight 20 guys and win? Uh, OK.



    [ 01-04-2003: Message edited by: murbot ]</p>
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  • Reply 10 of 13
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    [quote]Originally posted by murbot:

    <strong>Uh, I watched the entire trailer thinking "is this a spoof of old martial arts movies, or is this real?".



    I can't be the only one...



    Or is Uma really going to swordfight 20 guys and win? Uh, OK.



    [ 01-04-2003: Message edited by: murbot ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    i thought the same. if this isn't some kind of joke, its going to be terrible. i really liked pulp and reservoir. those movies were sweet. this looks like tripe.
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  • Reply 11 of 13
    running with scissorsrunning with scissors Posts: 1,124member
    [quote]Originally posted by thuh Freak:

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    i thought the same. if this isn't some kind of joke, its going to be terrible. i really liked pulp and reservoir. those movies were sweet. this looks like tripe.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    have a little faith baby. have a little faith. if it was anyone but tarantino pulling the strings, i'd probably say the same thing. but come on, the guys a film and story telling genius. check out some of the articles written about it on aintitcool. even if you don't agree with the author, it may give you some insight into what tarantino is trying to do with this movie.
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  • Reply 12 of 13
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
    [quote]Originally posted by thuh Freak:

    <strong> i thought the same. if this isn't some kind of joke, its going to be terrible. i really liked pulp and reservoir. those movies were sweet. this looks like tripe.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I do not think QT is trying to raise the martial arts genre to another level here. QT has been an addict of martial arts films since he was working part-time in a video store. This seems to be a tongue n' cheek homage to them. Some things I noticed about all QT movies:



    1. Reservoir Dogs - Gangsters

    2. Pulp Fiction - Pulp Novels

    3. Jackie Brown - Black Expoitation Films/Elmore Leonard

    4. Kill Bill - Martial Arts



    All his favorite kinds of film genres...with a contemporary twist to them.



    Also noticed that Uma is wearing a yellow and black jumpsuit...







    ...that and David Carradine...all tongue n' cheek. Please, its entertainment not a thesis.



    By the way...the color stock in this film looks beautiful. Also QT is a perfectionist and he wouldn't let anything cheap or fake looking in his film unless it is intentional.



    [ 01-05-2003: Message edited by: Artman @_@ ]</p>
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  • Reply 13 of 13
    123123 Posts: 278member
    [quote]Originally posted by hmurchison:

    <strong>No one should be forced to see Uma Thurman fake as though she knows how to work a sword. My Gawg this movie is going to tank so freakin' reekin' bad I'm already red with embarrassment.



    Enough of the Matrix'y effects and spinning crap. There is no more "art" in Asian fighting. It's all this corny MTV style video edits and spinning bodies. Burn Hollywood Burn!</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I agree 100%. I still can't believe Tarantino is doing this, what a waste of talent! (I think Pulp Fiction was one of the best movies ever)



    From <a href="http://www.screenwritersutopia.com/script_reviews/kill_bill.html"; target="_blank">here</a> (script review, they haven't seen the movie):



    &gt;&gt;&gt;

    After Jackie Brown, from about 1998 to early 2000, Tarantino spent his time "gorging on film history and B-grade filmmakers." (As quoted in a September 2000 NY Times interview.) While reading that interview, I almost got the feeling that Tarantino had been on a sabbatical of sorts, exploring the history of movies and searching for a truer meaning to the art of filmmaking.

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    The story is a body count, practically everyone dies, and that?s fine. This is a B Kung Fu movie, and a B movie is all it aspires to be. Giving it the benefit of the doubt, it might end up being a really cool extension of Tarantino's passion for the genre.

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    &gt;&gt;&gt;

    Kill Bill is a self-indulgent wreck of a story. Something only a handful of directors could get away with. For the moment, Tarantino is among them. When I got to page 101 and realized I was only at the midway point of the script, and that the story had bored me beyond my wildest nightmares[...]

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    Kill Bill is evidence that Tarantino?s "gorging" on B films and filmmakers has had a deep and negative effect on his screenwriting, which is surprising. I think in his honorable effort to honor those movies he loves and grew up on, he does himself a disservice. Kill Bill will be a pretty good "B" flick, and that?s about it.

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    high expectations + bad script + way too many matrix effects = biggest disappointment ever!
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