TalkU2 Movie Club no. 5 - Kill Bill vol. 2 (2004 - Q. Tarantino)

OK, let’s meet Bill now.

Confession: I've never seen it so this will be new for me

I like Vol 1 a little better than Vol 2, but 2 is still a great movie.

The movie does a great job explaining the back story of the Bride and what led to her revenge against the Bill and the rest of the gang. The look of Vol 1 is better though, with Vol 2 being set in the desert it is a lot less colourful than Vol 1.

The Dude abides

8/10

WARNING SPOILERS
I prefer vol.2 to vol.1 but i think most people like the action driven vol.1 more whereas this is the one that fleshes out the story.  V1 has the amazingly overblown fight scene with the Crazy 88's (think that's right) and the showdown with Lucy Liu's character and in V2 the fighting is more emotional where the Bride has to look within in order to escape being buried alive and then the ultimate showdown with Bill himself which has hardly any fighting at all.  I think the ending is perfect the way it is.  After the over the top fighting sequences that came before, the final 'fight' is the opposite and while allowing the audience a chance to breathe, highlights the relationship that came before with Bill and shows how emotional it is for the Bride to finally face him again along with the shocking reunion with her child.  It wouldn't be suitable for her to brutally chop to pieces Bill who is the father of her child while the child is sleeping in the next room, so he's given the easy way out.  Bill throughout the two films almost seems to want the Bride to get her revenge after all she's been through but he won't give it to her easily- she has to earn it.
Bill's brother, Bud, is a favorite character of mine and he finally gets some proper screentime, and his fractured relationship with Bill adds another layer of depth to Bill's personal and business relations.

This is the one film of QT's that screams for a sequel and one is set up perfectly.  I don't think I'd change a thing about this film.

Having watched both films back-to-back, I must I also give a slight edge to Vol. 2

I gave Vol 1 a rating of 9. So let’s say Vol 2 gets a 9.1. 


Question for you all: having a hard time finding on streaming platforms the next film in his filmography, Death Proof, which I haven’t seen. Should we skip it and dive straight into Inglorious Basterds?

Having watched both films back-to-back, I must I also give a slight edge to Vol. 2

I gave Vol 1 a rating of 9. So let’s say Vol 2 gets a 9.1. 


Question for you all: having a hard time finding on streaming platforms the next film in his filmography, Death Proof, which I haven’t seen. Should we skip it and dive straight into Inglorious Basterds?

No- its his most divisive film and should be discussed and not passed over.

Quote from: MPare1966 on October 06, 2024, 08:46:54 AM

Having watched both films back-to-back, I must I also give a slight edge to Vol. 2

I gave Vol 1 a rating of 9. So let’s say Vol 2 gets a 9.1. 


Question for you all: having a hard time finding on streaming platforms the next film in his filmography, Death Proof, which I haven’t seen. Should we skip it and dive straight into Inglorious Basterds?

No- its his most divisive film and should be discussed and not passed over.

As long as I don’t have to re-watch it…

Quote from: Shank on October 07, 2024, 01:16:24 PM

Quote from: MPare1966 on October 06, 2024, 08:46:54 AM

Having watched both films back-to-back, I must I also give a slight edge to Vol. 2

I gave Vol 1 a rating of 9. So let’s say Vol 2 gets a 9.1. 


Question for you all: having a hard time finding on streaming platforms the next film in his filmography, Death Proof, which I haven’t seen. Should we skip it and dive straight into Inglorious Basterds?

No- its his most divisive film and should be discussed and not passed over.

As long as I don’t have to re-watch it…

I'm seeing it streaming for free on Tubi and Prime

Quote from: So Cruel on October 07, 2024, 03:30:47 PM

Quote from: Shank on October 07, 2024, 01:16:24 PM

Quote from: MPare1966 on October 06, 2024, 08:46:54 AM

Having watched both films back-to-back, I must I also give a slight edge to Vol. 2

I gave Vol 1 a rating of 9. So let’s say Vol 2 gets a 9.1. 


Question for you all: having a hard time finding on streaming platforms the next film in his filmography, Death Proof, which I haven’t seen. Should we skip it and dive straight into Inglorious Basterds?

No- its his most divisive film and should be discussed and not passed over.

As long as I don’t have to re-watch it…

I'm seeing it streaming for free on Tubi and Prime

Different reality in Canada, but I’ll manage to figure something out.

There were surprisingly only two members commenting on KBV2 so we already have that for who will comment on DP.

There were surprisingly only two members commenting on KBV2 so we already have that for who will comment on DP.

I will leave KB2 open for a few more days before putting up the next one

For me the trouble, if it is trouble, is that Kill Bill is one big film in my opinion.  It happened to be released in two pieces.  There really is nothing I can say that I did not already say about Volume I.  Neither are my favourite Tarantino stuff by any stretch of the imagination, but I can appreciate what he was doing (when I have it explained to me; the references and such).

Rupert has finally chipped in.

Will set up the next one later on.