Vol 1 is a gorgeous film . It brings the flash and style setting up the story.. But vol 2 is the substance.. you get to the meaningful characters.. Elle, Bill and Budd are given much more depth.. Plus the beautiful southwestern inspired Western score that Robert Rodriguez composed for $1 is fantastic.
So this was written and began production as one movie, not two. However, during filming they began to realize that there was just too much content to be included in just one film so it ended up being split into the two volumes. They were released in theaters about six months apart. The two volumes do have a different feel to them, but together they make arguably Taratino's greatest work.
@@Snyper-if3kt I've always wondered about that though ..I love the split. The first feels like a Japanese movie.. The second while still having those characters feels more like a gritty modern Western.. which is reflected in the visuals.. The score . The feel.. not sure how I feel about "the whole bloody affair" but am looking to the 4k upgrade that I hear is coming for the holidays.
Jen said certain music was familiar to her in Chapter 5. I don’t know exactly what it was other than it was music that played between upcoming attractions at movie theaters during the 1970s.
The trumpet 🎺 music on herway to Tokyo Jenny is the theme tune to the Bruce Lee 60’s series The Green Hornet 🐝, the yellow tracksuit is also a reference to Bruce Lee as he wore something similar in one of his movies 🎥 also
Gogo's weapon is a very modern looking meteor hammer, an ancient Chinese weapon consisting of a length of rope or chain with a weight in one or both ends. As Gogo demonstrates, it relies on the body to give it momentum, rather than a lever arm such as on a flail. When seeing the film for the first time, I recognized the actress Chiaki Kuriyama immediately from the 2000 film Battle Royale.
Actually the origins of this movie is from a Japanese film entitled "Lady Snowblood." The music when Uma Thurman and Viveca Fox meet is from the tv show "Ironside." The song Daryl Hannah whistles is from the movie "Twisted Nerve." The music when Uma is in the wheelchair is from the movie "Truck Turner." And "The Blood Splattered Bride" is a Spanish film from 1972. Just thought you should know.
The music during her flight which you liked, I believe is from the 1960s TV show "The Green Hornet", in which Bruce Lee is a co-star. Tarantino has great appreciation for Bruce Lee. In fact, the yellow track suit she wore during the O'Ren club fight scene is an homage to Bruce lee's track suit from his movies.
Correct, the yellow tracksuit & Onitsuka Tiger were an homage to Lee’s iconic outfit from Game of Death. In fact they were reissued to celebrate the release of the film. Also, Johnny Mo was played by Gordon Liu who’s an icon of kung fu films from the 70s & 80s. Liu starred in ‘The 36 Chambers of Shaolin’ along with many other films. Interestingly Wu Tang Clan sampled that film for their legendary debut album ‘Enter the 36 Chambers’…….& RZA from Wu Tang was also responsible for the Kill Bill soundtrack.
You believe correctly, it was indeed from The Green Hornet with Bruce Li as Kato. Btw, the siren sounding theme when she comes across an enemy is the theme from the 60s TV show Ironside.
The ratings agency were going to make this movie NC-17 because of the blood and gore, so QT has said that he animated the scene of O-Ren’s history, and made the scene in the tea house black and white. Also, Hattori Honzo was acted by a man named, Sonny Chiba, who was a very big actor in Japan in the ‘50’s, ‘60’s, and ’70’s doing mainly samurai movies.
Your comment about it not being completely based in reality is spot on, like the whole second part is essentially one big homage to old Hong Kong Kung Fu movies, down to the bride's yellow tracksuit being basically the same as an iconic outfit Bruce Lee wore in one of his movies.
Go go Yubari uses a "meteorite projectile". This is the most difficult discipline in all of Kung Fu. Children engaged in this projectile learn to use it from early childhood and only in middle age they can own it at an average level.
I LOVE Vol.1 the most also.Watched so many samurai and kung-fu films growing up in my neighborhood we as kids would storm outta the houses kicking and screaming,while doing kung-fu moves on each other. LOL. We had so much fun as kids. LOL.
Jen, the famous "walking down the hallway"-shot song was actually from the soundtrack of an (pretty good in itself) Japanese Yakuza movie franchise called "Battles Without Honor and Humanity". In fact, most of the soundtrack to Kill Bill are songs from other movies and tv-shows. The choice fits, as Kill Bill itself is Tarantinos "mash-up homage" to a lot of his favourite movies and tv-shows.
Can't believe it's 20 years since these came out. Uma is 53 now, in these she is 33. Insane... I kind of wondered why she never got a role this big again. But judging from her private life she probably was all set from the money she made and concentrated on being a mom, especially considering that she turned single mom a year after the Vol 2. came out and Maya was just 2 at that time.
@@samsonau8205 I believe Tarantino said around the time vol 2 came out that he wanted to do a sequel when the kid grew up, but he wanted the same time to pass in the real world before he made it. So the character would be in her mid/late 20's now, which would be perfect. He keeps saying his next movie "The Movie Critic" will be his last film (writing books, tv shows etc are still on the table, just not film), so another entry into the Kill Bill world is probably not going to happen. It would be really cool though.
I took a month cruise in China and Japan in 2006 and listened to this sound track almost exclusively. It’s cool to hear the songs and remember my trip.
For my money this is Tarantino's greatest accomplishment in terms of filmmaking/cinematography. We get miniatures, snap zooms, the silhouette fight, the duel with Oren in the snow, split screens, wire work, an anime interlude, and of course the gore, he and his crew were doing the absolute most they could
What is not to love about the movie. Quintin T. does great work in this empowering woman and showing a STRONG female character. Jens reacting to all the 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸is priceless as always. Going to be a fun part 2.
Sonny Chiba, who played a somewhat less rogue-like Hattori Hanzo, is known for his plethora of extremely violent action films. He's the Japanese equivalent of the 'Death Wish' Charles Bronson.
Mark 6:06. Seeing Daryl Hannah in this type of role is better appreciated because she's playing against type! So have you seen, "Summer Lovers"? "Splash"? "Clan of the Cave Bear"? "Blade Runner"? She is in a Steve Martin movie set in a fire department house, based on "Cyrano de Bergerac". She's the love interest. There's a "Splash Too!" so named because of the new cast, but the characters are the same. John Ritter's widow replaced Daryl as the mermaid.
Some minor trivia: - The original choice to play Bill was Warren Beatty or Kevin Costner - Also, in the Anime sequence where O-Ren's family is slaughtered by Boss Yakamoto, the man who killed O-Ren's dad is Bill. So Bill killed O-Ren's family and then employed her to take over organized crime in Japan.
Oh and speaking of film history, there’s a reason why samurai films and western films feel so similar. The films in Japan were heavily influenced by Hollywood’s westerns and then they sort of influenced each other. Hell, the Magnificent 7 is just a remake of a Kurosawa flick. Then later we had Italian westerns really pushing the limits and simultaneously stuff like Lone Wolf and Cub were also doing craaazy stuff.
Fun fact: The first case of revenge being metaphorically referred to as “food with a preferred serving temperature to feed to an enemy, as well as to oneself,” to be a metaphor that revenge must be cold blooded, without pity or remorse, but comes with a price. It’s a disappointing “victory” that lets you down and doesn’t heal your pain. Like the Mr. Miyagi quote, “If seek revenge, first start by digging two gave,” emphasizing the price of revenge. This quote actually originated in the English translation “And then revenge is very good eaten cold, as the vulgar say,” from an 1846 translation of French author Eugène Sue's “Mathilde: Mémoires d'une Jeune Femme.” Later, in ST II: TWOK, Khan Noonien Sing (Ricardo Montalban) quoted that the Klingons had coined the expression “Revenge is a dish best served cold,” but as we see in ST VI: TUDC, Klingons were well known for claiming property over great Earth authors’ quotes, like “TaH Pagh TaHbe,” (To be, or not to be.) General Chang, Klingon Defense Force General, and criminal. “You have not read Shakespeare until you’ve read him in the original Klingon.” Chancellor of the Klingon High Council Gorkon.
0:10 The beginning of this was a montage of Americana outdoor drive in theater movie intros that I grew up seeing countless times in my childhood through my teens. Until they were torn down making way for shopping malls.
I found it interesting that famous TV themes were played in this movie. When Uma caught up with one of the victims, the theme from Ironside was played, and when Lucy Lu's character was in the motorcade, the theme from The Green Hornet was played. Both shows before your time. Both great 60's themes.
Gheorghe Zamfir and James Last - Einsamer Hirte / The Lonely Shepherd... a fantastic piece of pan flute music right there. I completely agree. - Great reaction, Jen.
The song where O-ren and her whole crew walk in slow motion to battle ______ is called "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity" and was very popular that year, and used in quite a few films. One being Team America World Police, and other that I'm currently forgetting. Great oiece of music.
there’s a full version with both movies combined called Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, it has the black-and-white parts in color, and has some deleted scenes inserted, i don’t know who made it but it’s freakin awesome
Oshii's anime backstory scene was done by Studio I.G, one of the bigger and more well established anime studios, and probably most famous for the Ghost In the Shell adaptations (except for the recent netflix one). If you ever start doing anime films the first GitS will be a must-watch.
The one that gets me in this movie is Elle is played by the same actress who played the mermaids in "Splash"... Darryl Hannah. Also... the tune she whistles in the hospital was used in the movie "Hannah" which I think you would also like.
I saw this movie in a bar that "used" to be a movie theatre. i.e. it was a movie theatre. They yanked out all the seats, and put tiny tables everywhere so you could set your drinks down and called it a bar. It was awesome. People were yelling at the screen, screaming one liners where everyone laughed. There was a 15 minute intro that, literally, was pulled straight out 70s black Americana... Foxy Brown/Shaft era. it was great.
So glad you saw this after your Star Trek journey began, and you got to catch the "old Klingon proverb" reference to Wrath of Khan. Tarantino is a big fan of the franchise (he even dabbled in potentially doing a film a few years ago), and Wrath of Khan is one of Tarantino's favorite films ever. Ricardo Montalban was even supposed to be in Kill Bill, although that turned into a whole drama in and of itself, haha.
Flight of the Bumblebee is the song with the trumpet solo. It was also used as the theme song for the Green Hornet TV show with Bruce Lee who dressed in a black suit and mask. Also Bruce wore a gold suit with black stripes and fought guys on motorcycles in his movie Game Of Death. Etc. Then QT questions Bruce in Once Upon A Time?
A colleague of mine was using the whistled tune at 5:59 as a ringtone on his phone. We work in restoring old buildings, and it was highly unnerving to hear it out of the blue while creeping through the attic of a church.
Mark 14:26. Sarah Michelle Gellar! She saw these movies before she went to Japan. She thought that she could carry her purchased sword out in public as Uma's character in this movie does. She learned the hard way, that it isn't allowed! 😁
@jenmurrayxo ! Oh, okay. I want to be helpful to you and your channel. I experimented with not marking anything. It seems to encourage random strangers to reply to me or to add to what I've written. That's very annoying, by the way.
Every time I watch your reactions you always make me laugh hard at a one liner. Tonight was, "stab him in his wiener." Too much! Greta reaction to a great music. One thing I love about Tarantino movies is the placement of amazing songs that fit so well with the scene. And I can tell you love it too. See you at the edition of Kill Bill. Part 2 is going to knock your socks off.
That music you've heard before, and asked if it's from this movie, IT IS! Tarantino was actually once asked, of all the influences Kill Bill has had on other movies and pop culture, which is his favorite. It was THIS SONG getting so popular in pop culture. The song is... Battle Without Honor or Humanity • Tomoyasu Hotei
I think that both of these together are my favorite Tarantino movies. Impossible to say which I like more as they are both so different but amazing. Absolutely love the music in this one. The music in the beginning of the O-ren fight is one of my favorite songs of all time. So so good. Absolutely loved your reaction to it! Brought me right back to watching it in the theatre for the first time. Really happy you liked it! I hope you enjoy the second as well! Keep up the great reactions! I think you’re quickly becoming my favorite react channel. Such great variety of movies and shows!
Howdy, Jen! 🤠 This is yet another long movie that was split into two parts to make it more suitable for the movie theaters and their audiences. I hope that you reacted to it as such! 😎👍
I disagree...I feel like they were deliberately made separately because, despite having the plot and characters in common, the style and genre of the two parts is wildly different.
@jean-paulaudette9246 ! Huh? I'm repeating what QT has said in interviews, et cetera! What's there to disagree about? I didn't express an opinion! So what if the two parts are different, as you described? The first and second "Back to the Future" movies were made simultaneously, but to save time. Maybe that's what you're thinking of? The first two "Superman" movies with CR were also made back to back, but they knew to show them as two movies, if I recall right. But "Kill Bill" is not the first movie that was ever made as it was. 🤔
All of the music in this film (and most of Tarantino’s) films is pre-existing tracks. Under pressure during a TV interview, QT admitted that he doesn’t like having a composer come in and write new music, because he doesn’t like the idea of giving someone else that amount of power over one of his movies. He finally let Robert Rodriguez write music for Death Proof and then Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight.
I'm glad to see that you think Lucy Liu is beautiful! I find so many people that just don't see it. You might be interested in watching the 2 Charlie's Angels movies that she co- starred in with Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore. It's a very fun over the top take off of the old TV series.
So glad you’re watching this. This is one of my favorite movies, part 2 included as they were meant to be one long film. There’s so many homages to early Chinese cinema and Kung fu, and the protagonist is a complete and total bad ass. It’s so damn good!
So many Easter eggs hidden in this movie. One of my favorites is what is on the bottom of her shoes when fighting the Crazy 88s. It's only visible for a second when she walks across the glass floor and they film from below.
Sonny Chiba as Hattori Hanzo the 100th is a reference to a Japanese show in the 80’s called Shadow Warriors (Kage no Gundan) where Chiba would play a descendant of Hanzo each series with the first one starting with Hanzo III. Here he is the 99th son of the Hanzo clan.
"Bill" is played by David Carradine. Older viewers will remember him as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk traveling through the American Old West.
After completing 'Kill Bill,' I recommend diving into Vivica A Fox's filmography. Set It Off, Soul Food, Two Can Play That Game, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, or Idle Hands. ❤
As much as I love some of the O-Ren stuff, volume II is definitely my favorite half. Incidentally, the genius behind the music in this movie is RZA from the Wu Tang Clan.
Hi YahHH !! 👊 I couldn't resist i had to come in with that one .😅 this is Tarantino's blood soaked tribute to Martial arts films both Samurai films and Hong Kong kung fu flicks what better way to serve up vengence as the opening Klingon proverb tells you . Definitely visceral over the top MAYHEM And as someone who has studied Martial Arts plus worked on B movies as well this was a thrill to watch So grateful to catch this reaction from JEN CHEERS .
Hey Jen, the bald guy with the domino mask who is the leader of the Crazy 88 is a famous martial arts actor named Gordon Liu. He was basically THE martial arts actor after Bruce Lee died. You would love Gordon Liu movies. That's where that 70s intro at the beginning comes from. They're Shaw Bros movies. They're specific martial arts films from Hong Kong that this film homages heavily. So look up some Shaw Bros. 8 Diagram Pole Fighter is a huge recommended! Edit: Wu Tang Clan's whole martial arts persona is taken from Shaw Bros movies and RZA does the soundtrack for Kill Bill.
@@kerry-j4m Possibly one day. I used to rent lots of old martial arts movies on VHS and LaserDisc (my friend’s dad had a laser disc player). We found lots of obscure Hong Kong imports at a little video store outside Seattle. These days, it’s all different. I guess maybe they can be streamed? I haven’t thought about it, to be honest.
Did you know that the house of blue leaves scene was turned black and white (and scenes cropped) in US and European markets to make it less graphic and in the Asian versions it’s in colour and uncensored? There is also a complete cut of vol 1&2 combined called the whole bloody affair (I think) but it definitely exists and was shown at Cannes in 2004
There are basically two worlds in the Tarantino-verse. The "real" world of films like Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Bastards, and the "reel" world which are movies that characters from those movies watch. The key is Sheriff Earl McGraw. Anytime you see him, it's a fictional film in the Tarantino-verse.
Hatori Hanso is played by Sonny Chiba, who is referenced in Tarantino’s True Romance, directed by the late, great Tony Scott, Ridley’s brother. At the beginning of TR, Christian Slater invites Patricia Arquette to a kung fu triple feature starring the real life Hong Kong action hero.
I know Tarantino started writing Kill Bill after Pulp Fiction, but it really feels like something he would have come up with in his 20s while he was still working at that video store. Feels like one day, he binged on Shaw Brothers and Sonny Chiba martial arts movies, then put on some spaghetti westerns as a cool down. And I always liked that he’d pull out some lesser known Ennio Morricone music. Guy scored hundreds of movies and it’s selling him short that most folks just think about the Eastwood/Sergio Leone movies.
I think in 50 years, this is gonna be a film that's still talked about in the same breath as the Man with No Name trilogy. At least I hope so. It's so unique and stylized.
13:36 The guy playing Hattori Hanzo here is Sonny Chiba, an absolute legend in martial-arts films, specifically Japanese Karate films in the 70s like "The Street Fighter." Gordon Liu, a Hong Kong Kung-Fu film legend, is also in the Kill Bill films playing a character that's basically the same character from some of his old movies, only in those films the character Pai Mei was the bad guy and Gordon Liu played the hero that defeated him. Uma's yellow jumpsuit is an homage to Bruce Lee who wore something similar in "Game of Death." Tarantino is a huge fan of old martial-arts flicks.
The "5-6-7-8's" are a real band. Quentin was looking for authentic bands in this region of Japan and heard about an "All female band who play Beach Boys songs while bare foot" and searched them out.
Kill Bill 1 & 2 are just a real homage to 1970s & 1980s Hong Kong cinema. Tarantino even cast the legendary Gordon Liu in the role of Johnny Mo, leader of the Crazy 88 in Kill Bill Pt1. Liu's first break was with Chang's Film Company (a Shaw Brothers subsidiary operating in Taiwan) acting small parts for such films as 5 Shaolin Masters, Shaolin Martial Arts, and 4 Assassins. He starred in Challenge of the Masters (1976), as the folk hero Wong Fei Hung, and was featured in Executioners From Shaolin (1977) before starring in his signature role as Shaolin hero San Te in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Liu reappears in Part 2 as a different character…one with some awesome facial hair!! The soundtrack was organized, and mostly produced and orchestrated by RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan, who’s stunning debut album ‘Enter The 36 Chambers’ heavily sampled classic kung fu films. Also, the yellow jumpsuit & Onitsuka Tiger shoes are a nod to the same outfit worn by Bruce Lee in Game of Death.
You mentioned the man who did the dollar trilogy having something to do with this movie's music Ennio Morriconi was the man who did the music for all those wonderful movies. His last movie was Tarantino's The Hateful Eight and he received his one and only Oscar for that score.
The weapon Gogo uses is a modernized variant of a meteor hammer, an ancient Chinese flail. It's devastating and almost impossible to defend against, but it also requires a ridiculous amount of training to use effectively. Even the tiniest mistake can kill or seriously maim an untrained user.
I joined your Patreon for Star Trek and was so happy to see these as well! Anybody who hasn’t join her Patreon is not only missing out on the fun full length reaction for Kill Bill but everything else. Also, watching these in the theater was fun!
Good reaction, keep it up. At 18:47 that music was from an old TV show called Green Hornet (1966-1967), and it was created before Adam West's Batman's years (1966-1968). Both series had a crossover show as well. The Green Hornet was also America's first time watching Bruce Lee as Kato before his movies, all recommended. And if you really want movies and a popular show to really keep you busy with fighting, The Karate Kid movies and Cobra Kia. You are definitely missing out.
Sorry, but that whistling factoid is completely incorrect. It is actually from Bernard Herrman's score for the movie, Twisted Nerve, from the '60s. Peter Lorre's whistling in M was The Hall of the Mountain King, a movment from Grieg's Peer Gynt suite.
I love Lucy Liu/Cottonmouth and her message to the Board of Directors...the prejudice amongst different cultures is interesting and her telling them to not discuss her heritage is so badass. The fight in the winter garden and the death of O-ren Ishii is my favorite...or at least on equal standing with the chapter "Elle and I." Also, if no one has said it already, Bill is played by David Carradine who portrayed "Caine/Grasshopper" in the '70s television series Kung Fu.
Which Volume is your fav?
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Vol. 2 is my favorite, but I enjoy the whole bloody affair.
Vol 1 is a gorgeous film . It brings the flash and style setting up the story.. But vol 2 is the substance.. you get to the meaningful characters.. Elle, Bill and Budd are given much more depth.. Plus the beautiful southwestern inspired Western score that Robert Rodriguez composed for $1 is fantastic.
So this was written and began production as one movie, not two. However, during filming they began to realize that there was just too much content to be included in just one film so it ended up being split into the two volumes. They were released in theaters about six months apart.
The two volumes do have a different feel to them, but together they make arguably Taratino's greatest work.
I think of them of yin and yang. You need both, but I prefer 2.
@@Snyper-if3kt I've always wondered about that though ..I love the split. The first feels like a Japanese movie.. The second while still having those characters feels more like a gritty modern Western.. which is reflected in the visuals.. The score . The feel.. not sure how I feel about "the whole bloody affair" but am looking to the 4k upgrade that I hear is coming for the holidays.
The music in this movie is SO GOOD and the fight sequence with O-Ren in the snow with fountain going up and down in the silence. It's brilliant.
Pretty frames galore.
26:41 being my wallpaper for a few years. This movie is gorgeous in so many ways.
I saw it as a perfect allegory for blood loss without actually showing too much gore to ruin the scenery.
The Oren fight is one of my favorite sequences in all of film
Jen said certain music was familiar to her in Chapter 5. I don’t know exactly what it was other than it was music that played between upcoming attractions at movie theaters during the 1970s.
Another one of Tarantino’s greatest films. An absolute classic, Uma Thurman is a badass in this and I can’t wait for your reaction to Volume 2.
I agree.I REALLY love this film.Wonder how long it took to film that-GRAND-fight scene at the club,very memorable.
See Shogun Assassin - the flick that THIS one pretty much IMITATES (with the violence and gore anyway).
@@kerry-j4mI Looked This Movie Up And The Article Said That The Fight Sequence Was Scheduled For 2 Weeks ; But , It Morphed Into 8 Weeks. 🤓🙂
The trumpet 🎺 music on herway to Tokyo Jenny is the theme tune to the Bruce Lee 60’s series The Green Hornet 🐝, the yellow tracksuit is also a reference to Bruce Lee as he wore something similar in one of his movies 🎥 also
The music that is high pitched and goes back and forth was used in the TV show Ironsides with Raymond Burr.
The movie you’re referencing is Game of Death, featuring Bruce Lee’s iconic fight against Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
@@lynnkain Ironsides
@@kerry-j4m_Ironside,_ singular. I call that bit of the score the “rage sirens”
@@donsample1002 Rage sirens ??? Pretty funny. LOL.
The entire Hattori Hanzo sequence, from the bar to the presenting of the sword, is so beautiful.
Gogo's weapon is a very modern looking meteor hammer, an ancient Chinese weapon consisting of a length of rope or chain with a weight in one or both ends. As Gogo demonstrates, it relies on the body to give it momentum, rather than a lever arm such as on a flail. When seeing the film for the first time, I recognized the actress Chiaki Kuriyama immediately from the 2000 film Battle Royale.
Late to the party but, I suppose a western version would be called a Morning Star, but I think they typically had longer spikes.
Actually the origins of this movie is from a Japanese film entitled "Lady Snowblood." The music when Uma Thurman and Viveca Fox meet is from the tv show "Ironside." The song Daryl Hannah whistles is from the movie "Twisted Nerve." The music when Uma is in the wheelchair is from the movie "Truck Turner." And "The Blood Splattered Bride" is a Spanish film from 1972. Just thought you should know.
Thanks for the info.
and of course the music when she’s on the motorcycle is the theme from The Green Hornet 👍
Actually, I think the only relation to Lady Snowblood is the fight in the snow with O-Ren, which is an obvious homage to that movie.
The music during her flight which you liked, I believe is from the 1960s TV show "The Green Hornet", in which Bruce Lee is a co-star. Tarantino has great appreciation for Bruce Lee. In fact, the yellow track suit she wore during the O'Ren club fight scene is an homage to Bruce lee's track suit from his movies.
One Bruce Lee movie in particular “Game of Death”
Correct, the yellow tracksuit & Onitsuka Tiger were an homage to Lee’s iconic outfit from Game of Death. In fact they were reissued to celebrate the release of the film.
Also, Johnny Mo was played by Gordon Liu who’s an icon of kung fu films from the 70s & 80s. Liu starred in ‘The 36 Chambers of Shaolin’ along with many other films. Interestingly Wu Tang Clan sampled that film for their legendary debut album ‘Enter the 36 Chambers’…….& RZA from Wu Tang was also responsible for the Kill Bill soundtrack.
You believe correctly, it was indeed from The Green Hornet with Bruce Li as Kato. Btw, the siren sounding theme when she comes across an enemy is the theme from the 60s TV show Ironside.
That’s funny because in once upon a time in Hollywood he embarrassed Bruce Lee
The guy playing Hatori Hanzo is a very famous japanese actor. Those swords were all his personal collection.
The ratings agency were going to make this movie NC-17 because of the blood and gore, so QT has said that he animated the scene of O-Ren’s history, and made the scene in the tea house black and white.
Also, Hattori Honzo was acted by a man named, Sonny Chiba, who was a very big actor in Japan in the ‘50’s, ‘60’s, and ’70’s doing mainly samurai movies.
Your comment about it not being completely based in reality is spot on, like the whole second part is essentially one big homage to old Hong Kong Kung Fu movies, down to the bride's yellow tracksuit being basically the same as an iconic outfit Bruce Lee wore in one of his movies.
Go go Yubari uses a "meteorite projectile". This is the most difficult discipline in all of Kung Fu. Children engaged in this projectile learn to use it from early childhood and only in middle age they can own it at an average level.
@@владимирмазепа-у3н The only thing missing from the film is the Flying Guillotine.
I love how stylish and goofy Tarantinos movies are. Instant classics
Fun fact : Hattori Hanzo (Sonny Chiba) has a son who is also an actor. He most recently was cast as Zoro in One Piece.
This film, and Vol.2, is quintessential Tarantino. No one does it better. And the music is amazing. I love Vol.1 the most.
I LOVE Vol.1 the most also.Watched so many samurai and kung-fu films growing up in my neighborhood we as kids would storm outta the houses kicking and screaming,while doing kung-fu moves on each other. LOL. We had so much fun as kids. LOL.
Jen, the famous "walking down the hallway"-shot song was actually from the soundtrack of an (pretty good in itself) Japanese Yakuza movie franchise called "Battles Without Honor and Humanity". In fact, most of the soundtrack to Kill Bill are songs from other movies and tv-shows. The choice fits, as Kill Bill itself is Tarantinos "mash-up homage" to a lot of his favourite movies and tv-shows.
That is the tightest piece of music in the movie
Can't believe it's 20 years since these came out. Uma is 53 now, in these she is 33. Insane...
I kind of wondered why she never got a role this big again. But judging from her private life she probably was all set from the money she made and concentrated on being a mom, especially considering that she turned single mom a year after the Vol 2. came out and Maya was just 2 at that time.
Perfect age for Kill Bill 3, revenge of the kid.
@@samsonau8205 I believe Tarantino said around the time vol 2 came out that he wanted to do a sequel when the kid grew up, but he wanted the same time to pass in the real world before he made it. So the character would be in her mid/late 20's now, which would be perfect. He keeps saying his next movie "The Movie Critic" will be his last film (writing books, tv shows etc are still on the table, just not film), so another entry into the Kill Bill world is probably not going to happen. It would be really cool though.
Silly rabbit... HERE WE GO!! 😂😂😂
- Thanks, Jen!
I'm impressed that you made a connection to the Pilot story from Pulp Fiction, not a lot of react channels have noticed this!
It was even less rectangular looking!
I love that you know Lucy Liu from Ally McBeal, that's still what I associate her with even though she's been in countless movies since then!
The fight between The BRIDE and The Crazy 88's is epic!
Trumpet solo, was the theme to the late 60's TV show, "The Green Hornet".
Gheorghe Zamfir's haunting melody from "The Lonely Shepard" is used so brilliantly in this film. Excellent sound track!!!
I took a month cruise in China and Japan in 2006 and listened to this sound track almost exclusively. It’s cool to hear the songs and remember my trip.
I love when Jen nerds out to music. It’s fricken adorable.
For my money this is Tarantino's greatest accomplishment in terms of filmmaking/cinematography. We get miniatures, snap zooms, the silhouette fight, the duel with Oren in the snow, split screens, wire work, an anime interlude, and of course the gore, he and his crew were doing the absolute most they could
Mark 0:36. Uma! Oh wow, that's right! She has two characters in a shared universe created by QT! 😮
What is not to love about the movie. Quintin T. does great work in this empowering woman and showing a STRONG female character. Jens reacting to all the 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸is priceless as always. Going to be a fun part 2.
Kill Bill was my first Tarantino movie. Fell in love with his style instantly.
The song when O Ren and her group are walking is from a 70's Japanese film.
Sonny Chiba, who played a somewhat less rogue-like Hattori Hanzo, is known for his plethora of extremely violent action films. He's the Japanese equivalent of the 'Death Wish' Charles Bronson.
Mark 6:06. Seeing Daryl Hannah in this type of role is better appreciated because she's playing against type! So have you seen, "Summer Lovers"? "Splash"? "Clan of the Cave Bear"? "Blade Runner"? She is in a Steve Martin movie set in a fire department house, based on "Cyrano de Bergerac". She's the love interest. There's a "Splash Too!" so named because of the new cast, but the characters are the same. John Ritter's widow replaced Daryl as the mermaid.
The way the full and bits of soundtrack and score, complement every scene perfectly.
Some minor trivia:
- The original choice to play Bill was Warren Beatty or Kevin Costner
- Also, in the Anime sequence where O-Ren's family is slaughtered by Boss Yakamoto, the man who killed O-Ren's dad is Bill. So Bill killed O-Ren's family and then employed her to take over organized crime in Japan.
I think if any movie could ever be said to have a "perfect soundtrack," it’s definitely _'Kill Bill Vol. 1'_ 💛
Oh and speaking of film history, there’s a reason why samurai films and western films feel so similar. The films in Japan were heavily influenced by Hollywood’s westerns and then they sort of influenced each other. Hell, the Magnificent 7 is just a remake of a Kurosawa flick. Then later we had Italian westerns really pushing the limits and simultaneously stuff like Lone Wolf and Cub were also doing craaazy stuff.
Fun fact: The first case of revenge being metaphorically referred to as “food with a preferred serving temperature to feed to an enemy, as well as to oneself,” to be a metaphor that revenge must be cold blooded, without pity or remorse, but comes with a price. It’s a disappointing “victory” that lets you down and doesn’t heal your pain. Like the Mr. Miyagi quote, “If seek revenge, first start by digging two gave,” emphasizing the price of revenge. This quote actually originated in the English translation “And then revenge is very good eaten cold, as the vulgar say,” from an 1846 translation of French author Eugène Sue's “Mathilde: Mémoires d'une Jeune Femme.” Later, in ST II: TWOK, Khan Noonien Sing (Ricardo Montalban) quoted that the Klingons had coined the expression “Revenge is a dish best served cold,” but as we see in ST VI: TUDC, Klingons were well known for claiming property over great Earth authors’ quotes, like “TaH Pagh TaHbe,” (To be, or not to be.) General Chang, Klingon Defense Force General, and criminal. “You have not read Shakespeare until you’ve read him in the original Klingon.” Chancellor of the Klingon High Council Gorkon.
Great video 👍 Jen. Props to the editor; cutting through all that violence and music to get a RUclips friendly video couldn’t have been an easy job
Yes he did an amazing job!!
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The beginning of this was a montage of Americana outdoor drive in theater movie intros that I grew up seeing countless times in my childhood through my teens. Until they were torn down making way for shopping malls.
The trumpet like the 'flight of the bumble bee' is the theme music to the 60s TV show 'The Green Hornet'.
I found it interesting that famous TV themes were played in this movie. When Uma caught up with one of the victims, the theme from Ironside was played, and when Lucy Lu's character was in the motorcade, the theme from The Green Hornet was played. Both shows before your time. Both great 60's themes.
The Green Hornet co-starred Bruce Lee, who needs no introduction anywhere to this day, and is why *****ix is wearing the yellow outfit.
Gheorghe Zamfir and James Last - Einsamer Hirte / The Lonely Shepherd... a fantastic piece of pan flute music right there. I completely agree. - Great reaction, Jen.
The "spraying" is a homage from the Lone Wolf and Cub series. (Watch Shogun Assassin, referenced in Kill Bill Vol II).
The song where O-ren and her whole crew walk in slow motion to battle ______ is called "Battle Without Honor Or Humanity" and was very popular that year, and used in quite a few films. One being Team America World Police, and other that I'm currently forgetting. Great oiece of music.
there’s a full version with both movies combined called Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, it has the black-and-white parts in color, and has some deleted scenes inserted, i don’t know who made it but it’s freakin awesome
Oshii's anime backstory scene was done by Studio I.G, one of the bigger and more well established anime studios, and probably most famous for the Ghost In the Shell adaptations (except for the recent netflix one). If you ever start doing anime films the first GitS will be a must-watch.
The one that gets me in this movie is Elle is played by the same actress who played the mermaids in "Splash"... Darryl Hannah. Also... the tune she whistles in the hospital was used in the movie "Hannah" which I think you would also like.
I saw this movie in a bar that "used" to be a movie theatre. i.e. it was a movie theatre. They yanked out all the seats, and put tiny tables everywhere so you could set your drinks down and called it a bar. It was awesome. People were yelling at the screen, screaming one liners where everyone laughed. There was a 15 minute intro that, literally, was pulled straight out 70s black Americana... Foxy Brown/Shaft era. it was great.
The music is by Rza.., producer and MC from the legendary hip hop group the Wu Tang Clan
So glad you saw this after your Star Trek journey began, and you got to catch the "old Klingon proverb" reference to Wrath of Khan. Tarantino is a big fan of the franchise (he even dabbled in potentially doing a film a few years ago), and Wrath of Khan is one of Tarantino's favorite films ever. Ricardo Montalban was even supposed to be in Kill Bill, although that turned into a whole drama in and of itself, haha.
Flight of the Bumblebee is the song with the trumpet solo. It was also used as the theme song for the Green Hornet TV show with Bruce Lee who dressed in a black suit and mask. Also Bruce wore a gold suit with black stripes and fought guys on motorcycles in his movie Game Of Death. Etc.
Then QT questions Bruce in Once Upon A Time?
A colleague of mine was using the whistled tune at 5:59 as a ringtone on his phone. We work in restoring old buildings, and it was highly unnerving to hear it out of the blue while creeping through the attic of a church.
Mark 14:26. Sarah Michelle Gellar! She saw these movies before she went to Japan. She thought that she could carry her purchased sword out in public as Uma's character in this movie does. She learned the hard way, that it isn't allowed! 😁
Hey it actually helps my channel if you just put 14:26 with no period. Then it becomes a link people can click
@jenmurrayxo ! Oh, okay. I want to be helpful to you and your channel. I experimented with not marking anything. It seems to encourage random strangers to reply to me or to add to what I've written. That's very annoying, by the way.
Every time I watch your reactions you always make me laugh hard at a one liner. Tonight was, "stab him in his wiener." Too much! Greta reaction to a great music. One thing I love about Tarantino movies is the placement of amazing songs that fit so well with the scene. And I can tell you love it too. See you at the edition of Kill Bill. Part 2 is going to knock your socks off.
That music you've heard before, and asked if it's from this movie, IT IS! Tarantino was actually once asked, of all the influences Kill Bill has had on other movies and pop culture, which is his favorite. It was THIS SONG getting so popular in pop culture. The song is...
Battle Without Honor or Humanity • Tomoyasu Hotei
I think that both of these together are my favorite Tarantino movies. Impossible to say which I like more as they are both so different but amazing. Absolutely love the music in this one. The music in the beginning of the O-ren fight is one of my favorite songs of all time. So so good.
Absolutely loved your reaction to it! Brought me right back to watching it in the theatre for the first time. Really happy you liked it! I hope you enjoy the second as well! Keep up the great reactions! I think you’re quickly becoming my favorite react channel. Such great variety of movies and shows!
Howdy, Jen! 🤠 This is yet another long movie that was split into two parts to make it more suitable for the movie theaters and their audiences. I hope that you reacted to it as such! 😎👍
I disagree...I feel like they were deliberately made separately because, despite having the plot and characters in common, the style and genre of the two parts is wildly different.
@jean-paulaudette9246 ! Huh? I'm repeating what QT has said in interviews, et cetera! What's there to disagree about? I didn't express an opinion! So what if the two parts are different, as you described?
The first and second "Back to the Future" movies were made simultaneously, but to save time. Maybe that's what you're thinking of?
The first two "Superman" movies with CR were also made back to back, but they knew to show them as two movies, if I recall right.
But "Kill Bill" is not the first movie that was ever made as it was. 🤔
All of the music in this film (and most of Tarantino’s) films is pre-existing tracks. Under pressure during a TV interview, QT admitted that he doesn’t like having a composer come in and write new music, because he doesn’t like the idea of giving someone else that amount of power over one of his movies. He finally let Robert Rodriguez write music for Death Proof and then Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight.
I'm glad to see that you think Lucy Liu is beautiful! I find so many people that just don't see it. You might be interested in watching the 2 Charlie's Angels movies that she co- starred in with Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore. It's a very fun over the top take off of the old TV series.
She’s a total babe.
I think she's gorgeous
She's also excellent in the TV series Elementary, a modern Sherlock Holmes adaptation, as Dr. Joan Watson.
I second this. Really charming, full of energy, and the chemistry between the leading three are just top-notch.
Would like a reaction to her in an unrated film "Lucky Number Slevin".
So glad you’re watching this. This is one of my favorite movies, part 2 included as they were meant to be one long film. There’s so many homages to early Chinese cinema and Kung fu, and the protagonist is a complete and total bad ass. It’s so damn good!
I love how he uses music from classic TV shows in his movies such as The Green Hornet and Ironsides.
So many Easter eggs hidden in this movie. One of my favorites is what is on the bottom of her shoes when fighting the Crazy 88s. It's only visible for a second when she walks across the glass floor and they film from below.
One of the most unique soundtracks in any movie....I had it for a while. Used to listen to it in my cab.......
"A lot of them are still alive. They're just without a limb"
...she ''disarmed'' them. :D
You know "Flight of the Bumble Bee." Awesome 😊
Sonny Chiba as Hattori Hanzo the 100th is a reference to a Japanese show in the 80’s called Shadow Warriors (Kage no Gundan) where Chiba would play a descendant of Hanzo each series with the first one starting with Hanzo III. Here he is the 99th son of the Hanzo clan.
"Bill" is played by David Carradine. Older viewers will remember him as the star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu, playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk traveling through the American Old West.
After completing 'Kill Bill,' I recommend diving into Vivica A Fox's filmography. Set It Off, Soul Food, Two Can Play That Game, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, or Idle Hands. ❤
ANOTHER FUN FACT: Before fighting the Bride, O-Ren says she won't last five minutes. The entire fight lasts for four minutes and fifty-nine seconds.
19:36 - This movie is the originator of that meme...a group of badasses slow-mo walking to that particular song.
That was The Green Hornet theme by Al Hirt used in the 60's TV show.
It's also my ringtone :) ... greatest song ever
The wand chooses the wizard.... That would be cool though!! It's cool to see all the references you find. I really liked this reaction video. 😊
As much as I love some of the O-Ren stuff, volume II is definitely my favorite half.
Incidentally, the genius behind the music in this movie is RZA from the Wu Tang Clan.
Hi YahHH !! 👊 I couldn't resist i had to come in with that one .😅 this is Tarantino's blood soaked tribute to Martial arts films both Samurai films and Hong Kong kung fu flicks what better way to serve up vengence as the opening Klingon proverb tells you .
Definitely visceral over the top MAYHEM And as someone who has studied Martial Arts plus worked on B movies as well this was a thrill to watch
So grateful to catch this reaction from JEN
CHEERS .
Hey Jen, the bald guy with the domino mask who is the leader of the Crazy 88 is a famous martial arts actor named Gordon Liu. He was basically THE martial arts actor after Bruce Lee died. You would love Gordon Liu movies. That's where that 70s intro at the beginning comes from. They're Shaw Bros movies. They're specific martial arts films from Hong Kong that this film homages heavily. So look up some Shaw Bros. 8 Diagram Pole Fighter is a huge recommended!
Edit: Wu Tang Clan's whole martial arts persona is taken from Shaw Bros movies and RZA does the soundtrack for Kill Bill.
Definitely a contender for my favorite Tarantino movie. I love all the contrasting styles. And I especially love Sonny Chiba as Hattori Hanzo.
Have you seen any of his-Streetfighter-films ???
@@kerry-j4m Yes, but it’s been 30 years.
@@maxducoudray Did you like them ??? Will you watch them again ???? Just curious.
@@kerry-j4m Possibly one day. I used to rent lots of old martial arts movies on VHS and LaserDisc (my friend’s dad had a laser disc player). We found lots of obscure Hong Kong imports at a little video store outside Seattle. These days, it’s all different. I guess maybe they can be streamed? I haven’t thought about it, to be honest.
Did you know that the house of blue leaves scene was turned black and white (and scenes cropped) in US and European markets to make it less graphic and in the Asian versions it’s in colour and uncensored?
There is also a complete cut of vol 1&2 combined called the whole bloody affair (I think) but it definitely exists and was shown at Cannes in 2004
This film is pretty much perfection. Sooooo stylish, and one of the best scores that's ever been assembled.
There are basically two worlds in the Tarantino-verse. The "real" world of films like Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Bastards, and the "reel" world which are movies that characters from those movies watch. The key is Sheriff Earl McGraw. Anytime you see him, it's a fictional film in the Tarantino-verse.
Hatori Hanso is played by Sonny Chiba, who is referenced in Tarantino’s True Romance, directed by the late, great Tony Scott, Ridley’s brother. At the beginning of TR, Christian Slater invites Patricia Arquette to a kung fu triple feature starring the real life Hong Kong action hero.
I know Tarantino started writing Kill Bill after Pulp Fiction, but it really feels like something he would have come up with in his 20s while he was still working at that video store. Feels like one day, he binged on Shaw Brothers and Sonny Chiba martial arts movies, then put on some spaghetti westerns as a cool down. And I always liked that he’d pull out some lesser known Ennio Morricone music. Guy scored hundreds of movies and it’s selling him short that most folks just think about the Eastwood/Sergio Leone movies.
Jen looking all innocent and bopping along to the music "Oooh ye know I love a Sniper!" 😂👏
Love it. So many references and homages that either inspired me to watch more films or just revel in the glory of it all.
I think in 50 years, this is gonna be a film that's still talked about in the same breath as the Man with No Name trilogy. At least I hope so. It's so unique and stylized.
13:36 The guy playing Hattori Hanzo here is Sonny Chiba, an absolute legend in martial-arts films, specifically Japanese Karate films in the 70s like "The Street Fighter." Gordon Liu, a Hong Kong Kung-Fu film legend, is also in the Kill Bill films playing a character that's basically the same character from some of his old movies, only in those films the character Pai Mei was the bad guy and Gordon Liu played the hero that defeated him. Uma's yellow jumpsuit is an homage to Bruce Lee who wore something similar in "Game of Death."
Tarantino is a huge fan of old martial-arts flicks.
" oooh you know I love a snipe "
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The "5-6-7-8's" are a real band. Quentin was looking for authentic bands in this region of Japan and heard about an "All female band who play Beach Boys songs while bare foot" and searched them out.
Awesome movie! I watched this a dozen times on the big screen and Volume 2 is right up there.
Good reaction Jen. I'm not usually a Tarantino fan, but Kill Bill is an exception. He really outdid himself on these two.
Kill Bill 1 & 2 are just a real homage to 1970s & 1980s Hong Kong cinema.
Tarantino even cast the legendary Gordon Liu in the role of Johnny Mo, leader of the Crazy 88 in Kill Bill Pt1.
Liu's first break was with Chang's Film Company (a Shaw Brothers subsidiary operating in Taiwan) acting small parts for such films as 5 Shaolin Masters, Shaolin Martial Arts, and 4 Assassins. He starred in Challenge of the Masters (1976), as the folk hero Wong Fei Hung, and was featured in Executioners From Shaolin (1977) before starring in his signature role as Shaolin hero San Te in The 36th Chamber of Shaolin.
Liu reappears in Part 2 as a different character…one with some awesome facial hair!!
The soundtrack was organized, and mostly produced and orchestrated by RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan, who’s stunning debut album ‘Enter The 36 Chambers’ heavily sampled classic kung fu films.
Also, the yellow jumpsuit & Onitsuka Tiger shoes are a nod to the same outfit worn by Bruce Lee in Game of Death.
You mentioned the man who did the dollar trilogy having something to do with this movie's music
Ennio Morriconi was the man who did the music for all those wonderful movies. His last movie was Tarantino's The Hateful Eight and he received his one and only Oscar for that score.
The Flight of the Bumblebee inspired music was the theme from an old TV show called the Green Hornet.
The weapon Gogo uses is a modernized variant of a meteor hammer, an ancient Chinese flail. It's devastating and almost impossible to defend against, but it also requires a ridiculous amount of training to use effectively. Even the tiniest mistake can kill or seriously maim an untrained user.
The actress who played Gogo was also in another famous film...Battle Royale.
I joined your Patreon for Star Trek and was so happy to see these as well! Anybody who hasn’t join her Patreon is not only missing out on the fun full length reaction for Kill Bill but everything else.
Also, watching these in the theater was fun!
Ayy, that's a great pitch! Seconded
Actually, sake is best at 97.5°. That's why Hanzo is so pleased at the "warm sake" order! "This American woman understands about sake!"
Good reaction, keep it up. At 18:47 that music was from an old TV show called Green Hornet (1966-1967), and it was created before Adam West's Batman's years (1966-1968). Both series had a crossover show as well. The Green Hornet was also America's first time watching Bruce Lee as Kato before his movies, all recommended.
And if you really want movies and a popular show to really keep you busy with fighting, The Karate Kid movies and Cobra Kia. You are definitely missing out.
Sorry, but that whistling factoid is completely incorrect. It is actually from Bernard Herrman's score for the movie, Twisted Nerve, from the '60s. Peter Lorre's whistling in M was The Hall of the Mountain King, a movment from Grieg's Peer Gynt suite.
@videoteamone yeah you're right, my bad. I deleted however M does have a whistle and is still bucketlist viewing.
That theme when Oren is walking with her crew and when Beatrix is getting ready for battle (with the clicking or clapping sound) are still bangers.
I love Lucy Liu/Cottonmouth and her message to the Board of Directors...the prejudice amongst different cultures is interesting and her telling them to not discuss her heritage is so badass. The fight in the winter garden and the death of O-ren Ishii is my favorite...or at least on equal standing with the chapter "Elle and I." Also, if no one has said it already, Bill is played by David Carradine who portrayed "Caine/Grasshopper" in the '70s television series Kung Fu.
Thanks, Jen. I waited for part 2 so that I could enjoy them in immediate succession.
The little things, like not muting nor butchering the audio during the O-Ren duel is one of the reasons I stay subbed.