Comments on: Kill Bill? More like Kill Mitch… With Boredom… http://www.bananasontoast.org/2004/04/23/kill-bill-more-like-kill-mitch-with-boredom/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:43:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Coops http://www.bananasontoast.org/2004/04/23/kill-bill-more-like-kill-mitch-with-boredom/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Coops Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bananasontoast.org/?p=186#comment-146 Hmmm, not so sure I agree with you Mitch. Here's my commentary on your "points": 1) Vol 1: It was an action movie (agreed). Vol 2: In true Tarantino style, _explained_ the action that was given in the first installment. It gave us Beatrix's past, and how she became such a great warrior that we saw in the first film. Don't forget that Kill Bill was originally one film. Perhaps your expectations would have been properly fulfilled if this film hadn't been split into two parts; that way you would have had both your dose of action while also given an explanation. Too many films these days have too much action and no plot to hold them together (anoyone remember the latest Bond film??). If vol 2 was the same as vol 1 (in the "action department"), the film as a whole would have suffered severly. 2) I don't know how you can say that Vol 1 was both an action movie, and had a better plot than vol 2, while also saying vol 2 had plot holes. Is it not Tarantino's style to give an action sequence, only to explain it in greater detail later? How is it possible for Vol 1 - which set up the action elements for vol 2 to justify - to have no plot holes, when basically none of the plot was revealed? By the end of vol 1 the viewer doesn't even know the lead's actual name, let alone how she became proficient in martial arts, how she got pregnant, how the Texas slaughter happened, who Bill was, etc.? 3) What movie has a better soliloquy in which Bill explains his daughters first experience with death when she stepped on the goldfish? The way Bill described his views on Superhero's? The analogys he drew completely brought out the emotions experienced by Kiddo and himself, and summarized the plot in probably the most succinct way any movie I have seen has ever done. If you didn't like Kill Bill Vol. 2, I suggest you see the first movie again, then head straight to the cinema and experience the most amazing resolution of plot you will see for a long time. Hmmm, not so sure I agree with you Mitch. Here’s my commentary on your “points”:

1) Vol 1: It was an action movie (agreed).
Vol 2: In true Tarantino style, _explained_ the action that was given in the first installment. It gave us Beatrix’s past, and how she became such a great warrior that we saw in the first film. Don’t forget that Kill Bill was originally one film. Perhaps your expectations would have been properly fulfilled if this film hadn’t been split into two parts; that way you would have had both your dose of action while also given an explanation. Too many films these days have too much action and no plot to hold them together (anoyone remember the latest Bond film??). If vol 2 was the same as vol 1 (in the “action department”), the film as a whole would have suffered severly.

2) I don’t know how you can say that Vol 1 was both an action movie, and had a better plot than vol 2, while also saying vol 2 had plot holes. Is it not Tarantino’s style to give an action sequence, only to explain it in greater detail later? How is it possible for Vol 1 - which set up the action elements for vol 2 to justify - to have no plot holes, when basically none of the plot was revealed? By the end of vol 1 the viewer doesn’t even know the lead’s actual name, let alone how she became proficient in martial arts, how she got pregnant, how the Texas slaughter happened, who Bill was, etc.?

3) What movie has a better soliloquy in which Bill explains his daughters first experience with death when she stepped on the goldfish? The way Bill described his views on Superhero’s? The analogys he drew completely brought out the emotions experienced by Kiddo and himself, and summarized the plot in probably the most succinct way any movie I have seen has ever done.

If you didn’t like Kill Bill Vol. 2, I suggest you see the first movie again, then head straight to the cinema and experience the most amazing resolution of plot you will see for a long time.

]]> By: Greg http://www.bananasontoast.org/2004/04/23/kill-bill-more-like-kill-mitch-with-boredom/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Greg Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bananasontoast.org/?p=186#comment-147 I started watching No1 the other day...and thought "what the????" but by the sounds of it i may have to actually watch the whole thing. As for No2, i think i'll have to get through No1 first. :) I started watching No1 the other day…and thought “what the????” but by the sounds of it i may have to actually watch the whole thing.

As for No2, i think i’ll have to get through No1 first. :)

]]> By: jay http://www.bananasontoast.org/2004/04/23/kill-bill-more-like-kill-mitch-with-boredom/comment-page-1/#comment-148 jay Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bananasontoast.org/?p=186#comment-148 Mitch i'm afraid i have to disagree with you as well. as much as i luv ya, i completely disagree with you! Vol2 was awesome. Vol 1 was explaining everything, why it happened, where, who, the consequences of what was done, etc - but it left you wanting more and saying OMG I CANT WAIT FOR VOL2!! Vol2 left me completely satisfied with the story. It filled in the little parts that Vol1 left out, the exact parts that made you want more of it. It wrapped the story up in a neat little bundle of joy. And a happy ending. Which is ultimately what every movie needs. The twist of BB still being alive and thinking Kiddo/The Bride/Beatrix (not Beatrice :-p) was brilliantly done. Overall I think the entire movie was excellent. Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2 are by far my favourites now, along with another QT classic, Pulp Fiction, which I absolutely love! Mitch i’m afraid i have to disagree with you as well. as much as i luv ya, i completely disagree with you!
Vol2 was awesome. Vol 1 was explaining everything, why it happened, where, who, the consequences of what was done, etc - but it left you wanting more and saying OMG I CANT WAIT FOR VOL2!!
Vol2 left me completely satisfied with the story. It filled in the little parts that Vol1 left out, the exact parts that made you want more of it. It wrapped the story up in a neat little bundle of joy. And a happy ending. Which is ultimately what every movie needs.
The twist of BB still being alive and thinking Kiddo/The Bride/Beatrix (not Beatrice :-p) was brilliantly done.
Overall I think the entire movie was excellent. Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2 are by far my favourites now, along with another QT classic, Pulp Fiction, which I absolutely love!

]]> By: jay http://www.bananasontoast.org/2004/04/23/kill-bill-more-like-kill-mitch-with-boredom/comment-page-1/#comment-149 jay Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bananasontoast.org/?p=186#comment-149 My mistake - The twist of BB still being alive and thinking Kiddo/The Bride/Beatrix (not Beatrice :-p)was sleeping the whole time was brilliantly done. My mistake -

The twist of BB still being alive and thinking Kiddo/The Bride/Beatrix (not Beatrice :-p)was sleeping the whole time was brilliantly done.

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