Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
My history with Kill Bill is an odd one. I watched The Origin of O-Ren Ishii when I was about 12, thinking it was just some weird animated thing. At the time, I only knew of Pokémon and Princess Mononoke as anime. Anyway, that short stuck with me for a long, long time. I don’t think it was until my late teens when I actually watched Kill Bill for the first time and was blown away by it. I think I gave it a 10/10. I then waited a year and watched the second one and didn’t like it as much. David Carradine is kind of cringe as Bill, I am not going to lie. I think I gave the second movie a 7/10. Some years later, I showed my friend the first movie and we both enjoyed it, but I noticed some things I didn’t like, and I feared I had aged out of it, so I gave it a 9/10.
Here we are now, and I fear the same is true. I know a lot of things were changed in this, but I don’t think any of the changes were that good except for a specific plot twist where we learn it at the same time as “The Bride.” I don’t like the addition of color to the Crazy 88 fight, and I don’t like basically any change as far as I can remember. The only exception is the addition to The Origin of O-Ren Ishii—I ate that up real quick and was glad it was added. The rest of the movie felt way too padded, though.
What else is there to say other than the fact that I really do think I don’t like this as much as I used to? The movie is kind of a meme at this point, and I can’t take anything besides the fights seriously. But then the fights use the Wilhelm scream multiple times and even bowling pins as sound effects. I have no idea why they censor The Bride’s name in the worst way possible, and there’s no way someone can regain the use of their muscles like that in 13 hours. Oh well, I still like some of Tarantino’s other works.
Perhaps I need to rewatch the other two soon and make up my mind. I still like this, but it just felt like meeting a long-lost friend and realizing they were always immature. It’s not to say that friend sucks—you just outgrew them. I hope I can learn to reconnect with that friend, because they are still cool.
Oh yeah, I know what was missing… Paul Dano!!!
Here we are now, and I fear the same is true. I know a lot of things were changed in this, but I don’t think any of the changes were that good except for a specific plot twist where we learn it at the same time as “The Bride.” I don’t like the addition of color to the Crazy 88 fight, and I don’t like basically any change as far as I can remember. The only exception is the addition to The Origin of O-Ren Ishii—I ate that up real quick and was glad it was added. The rest of the movie felt way too padded, though.
What else is there to say other than the fact that I really do think I don’t like this as much as I used to? The movie is kind of a meme at this point, and I can’t take anything besides the fights seriously. But then the fights use the Wilhelm scream multiple times and even bowling pins as sound effects. I have no idea why they censor The Bride’s name in the worst way possible, and there’s no way someone can regain the use of their muscles like that in 13 hours. Oh well, I still like some of Tarantino’s other works.
Perhaps I need to rewatch the other two soon and make up my mind. I still like this, but it just felt like meeting a long-lost friend and realizing they were always immature. It’s not to say that friend sucks—you just outgrew them. I hope I can learn to reconnect with that friend, because they are still cool.
Oh yeah, I know what was missing… Paul Dano!!!
Mini Review: History with Kill Bill is odd. At 12, saw Origin of O-Ren Ishii, thinking it was just some random anime, and it stuck with me. In my late teens, I finally watched Kill Bill and loved it—10/10. A year later, I saw Vol. 2, but Carradine as Bill felt cringe, so 7/10. Rewatching Vol. 1 with a friend years later, dropped it to 9/10. Now, I feel I’ve aged out. The changes don’t work, fights feel padded, and silly sound effects ruin tension. Still, Tarantino has other works I enjoy. Missing Paul Dano!
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