Kill Bill - Volumes 1 & 2 [Blu-ray] (Amazon.com Exclusive)

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Kill Bill: Volume 1
Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Vol. 1, is trash for connoisseurs. From his opening gambit (including a "Shaw-Scope" logo and gaudy '70s-vintage "Our Feature Presentation" title card) to his cliffhanger finale (a teasing lead-in to 2004's Vol. 2), Tarantino pays loving tribute to grindhouse cinema, specifically the Hong Kong action flicks and spaghetti Westerns that fill his fervent brain--and this frequently breathtaking movie--with enough cinematic references and cleverly pilfered soundtrack cues to send cinephiles running for their reference books. Everything old is new again in Tarantino's humor-laced vision: he steals from the best while injecting his own oft-copied, never-duplicated style into what is, quite simply, a revenge flick, beginning with the near-murder of the Bride (Uma Thurman), pregnant on her wedding day and left for dead by the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (or DiVAS)--including Lucy Liu and the unseen David Carradine (as Bill)--who become targets for the Bride's lethal vengeance. Culminating in an ultraviolent, ultra-stylized tour-de-force showdown, Tarantino's fourth film is either brilliantly (and brutally) innovative or one of the most blatant acts of plagiarism ever conceived. Either way, it's hyperkinetic eye-candy from a passionate film-lover who clearly knows what he's doing. --Jeff Shannon

Kill Bill: Volume 2
"The Bride" (Uma Thurman) gets her satisfaction--and so do we--in Quentin Tarantino's "roaring rampage of revenge," Kill Bill: Volume 2. Where Vol. 1 was a hyper-kinetic tribute to the Asian chop-socky grindhouse flicks that have been thoroughly cross-referenced in Tarantino's film-loving brain, Vol. 2--not a sequel, but Part Two of a breathtakingly cinematic epic--is Tarantino's contemporary martial-arts Western, fueled by iconic images, music, and themes lifted from any source that Tarantino holds dear, from the action-packed cheapies of William Witney (one of several filmmakers Tarantino gratefully honors in the closing credits) to the spaghetti epics of Sergio Leone. Tarantino doesn't copy so much as elevate the genres he loves, and the entirety of Kill Bill is clearly the product of a singular artistic vision, even as it careens from one influence to another. Violence erupts with dynamic impact, but unlike Vol. 1, this slower grand finale revels in Tarantino's trademark dialogue and loopy longueurs, reviving the career of David Carradine (who plays Bill for what he is: a snake charmer), and giving Thurman's Bride an outlet for maternal love and well-earned happiness. Has any actress endured so much for the sake of a unique collaboration? As the credits remind us, "The Bride" was jointly created by "Q&U," and she's become an unforgettable heroine in a pair of delirious movie-movies (Vol. 3 awaits, some 15 years hence) that Tarantino fans will study and love for decades to come. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews: Read 35 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars

1 Movie for the Price of Two!!! July 13, 2008
64 out of 150 found this review helpful

10/06/08 :::Note:::: When I wrote this review the cost per disk was 29.99 or $59.98 for the set!!! Since I wrote the review the price has dropped. So for all those people telling me "it's only $40.00" that's now, when I wrote the review it was $60.00.

In an act of shameless gouging Kill Bill will be released, yet again, as two films. Never mind that they are not an original and a squeal but one film cut in two, never mind that Tarantino promised and swore a complete release was coming, never mind we all spent $40 on the two DVD's before, never mind that the Blu-Ray 50Gig disk can hold all four hours on a single disk. Forget all that, this is ripping off the consumer as a fine art.

No issue that blu-ray has the quality and sound, or that a theatrical version shouldn't be available. But, this was shot and edited to be one film, not two. We paid twice to see it in the theater, twice to own it on dvd, now twice for blu-ray?

Why would we do that? There's no reason not to release this together, rather it be the four-hour edit or both films on one disk or at least in one case for a lower price.

Sorry, but I'll wait until the discount comes or the "whole bloody affair" get's taken care of.

1 out of 5 stars

Release the whole thing! July 25, 2008
37 out of 91 found this review helpful

Enough of this.
Release the whole thing as a extended edition. One movie, lots of extras, uncut, at a fair price. Then I'll buy it.
Couldn't agree more with the review of All access.

5 out of 5 stars

Finally Kill Bill on Blu-ray August 30, 2008
15 out of 17 found this review helpful

I think a lot of reviewers are forgetting the fact that Kill Bill vol 1 and 2 are great movies. $40 for two great movies in high def isn't a bad deal.

Back when this was released on DVD years ago people kept howling not to buy it because you should wait until The Whole Bloody Affair comes out. Well guess what, years later it still hasn't come out on any format. Stop holding your breath for it. Its supposed to be what, 5 hours long?

Also, these are the theatrical versions and i'm fine with that. I own the japanese versions and theres not much difference. Definitely not enough to miss out on owning such a great movie.

4 out of 5 stars

From the horses mouth September 3, 2008
15 out of 20 found this review helpful

Harvey Weinstein has said SEVERAL times that The Whole Bloody Affair was only to be released in Japan. It actually did fairly poor sales wise overseas, which is one of the factors why they didn't release it over here. they were thinking about releasing it last fall in the us, but due to the train wreck of Grindhouse's theatrical and dvd releases they decided against it. this is not me saying this, this is the Weinstein company's official response to any inquiries of The Whole Bloody Affair. the demand is just too low right now. however, never say never. but as it stands right now, you will more than likely see Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction on Blu-ray before you see The Whole Bloody Affair in any form in the united states.

On a more positive note, this is an amazing film (or films depending on how you view Kill Bill). Every Tarantino film is special in its own way (even Death Proof, which is by far his weakest effort) and while this is not his best film (that honor belongs to Pulp Fiction) it is definately worth the purchase. I normally don't brag on Amazon, but this really is a fantastic offer for a blu-ray set. I look forward to this release.

5 out of 5 stars

uh looks like both blu-rays for 39.99 July 23, 2008
14 out of 26 found this review helpful

not sure what the complaints are for 20 bucks a disk for blu-ray? that's pretty decent.

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