This movie ages so well, you cant believe the awards shows ignored it. Thurman was deserving of an Oscar for this role. All supporting characters played to perfection. Q.T.'s finest hour, both 1 & 2.
It is. Especially Tarantino's astounding craftsmanship to create a REAL strong female character. In the same manner, he created Django as an astounding anti-racist movie. Everything that modern Hollywood constantly fails.
I read that the reason she did not get the Oscar was because it was a 2 part movie. And as entries go, by the time submitted, it was not finished? QT said this scene was an homage to an older movie. Almost identical to it when she runs past the divider..
After watching this scene so many times, i still cannot get over Lucy Liu's beauty serenity and and gentle poised movements, yet the lurking deadlyness of it all. This scene is trule mesmerizing
That's why I love Japanese stories dating back to the samurais era...the way they fight...with respect and such coordination and gentle style plus more. .it really amazing Mua💯🫶 The style. Their sweet movements is a real typical Samurai STYLE...AND EVEN IN JAPAN THEY STILL PRACTICE SAMURAI WAYS BUT NOT TO KILL..BUT TO LEARN THEIR HISTORY....LIKE GEISHAS...CANT BE COMPATE WITH THE LADIES OF THE NIGHT HERE IN USA... TO BE RESPECTFUL...GEISHAS FOLLOW RULES...A SEXY TECHNIQUE TO ATTRACT MEN BACK THEN AND STILL KNOW...WITHOUT SHIWING SKIN...THE WAY THEY PRACTICE THE TEA CEREMONY TO PLEASE MEN...THATS FIR ME...CLASSIC AND SEXY.
Even without subtitles you can feel the strength of the words, the dialogues and of course the wind blowing, the snow falling and that sound of fountain again and again. This scene is a Masterpiece.
The contrast of the white snow against red blood, the black hair flying against the white snow makes this scene so palpable...Tarantino is a genius director
@@stellamarisvillarreal3712meiko kaji - shura no hana, from the soundtrack of lady snowblood. the film where Quentin Tarantino drew inspiration from for Lucy Liu's character :)
@@psychandson6337 Pai mei only taught Uma, hand to hand combat styles, not fighting with blades, she alrdy knew about that, he did also make her wielding arm strong since, it belonged to Pai mei, he also understood that Uma wasnt gonna use her ability to do more harm then what her revenge needed, thats why she got to learn the pai meis secret moves
Lucy is all over it, and the symbolism of when Uma hits her leg and she hobbles off then the water fountain pours out as so does Lucy's life flows, great correlation
What I love about this scene is how frightened Uma Thurman looks. It goes against every action movie staple as that's not the face of someone who knows they're going to win.
@asava17 That "extra" was revenge on the people she once worked with who left her for dead, and the baby she thought she lost and her friends...That's what kept her going, that's what gave her the slight edge.
@@xemnas9098that’s true I agree. However we also have to take note that even before those atrocities that they have done to Beatrix she already was an exceptional warrior to begin with. Pai Mei could have seen something in her, enough for her to be worthy of being his student. And the one who inherited the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique. Plus, Bill loves her. And yes when they did those things, that made her become unstoppable.
B really chose to kill O-Ren first to send a message to the other assassins. That no matter how skilled and protected you are with money and gangs, she will still get to finish you.
This fight was probably Beatriz least favorite because she and O-Ren had the closest relationship. You could even say, O-Ren apologized for taking part in her beating/"execution" when she apologized for ridiculing her. You can feel they cared about each other but it had to end this way....
@@venusfoo9667I don’t think she cared as much having to kill Vernita as much she did O’Ren. B and Vernita did seem really mutual like they were in good terms when they were in the deadly vipers, but in the end she told Vern’s daughter she had it coming. With O’Ren, you got a mutual respect until the end, even with her narrating the whole thing.
@@revengeofbcraig5755 Vernita is not a dignified warrior, first as Uma said she paraided her kid in order to get the sympthy, then tricked Uma by saying they would fight mid night, then used a gun .
@@mingsun6159 We don’t know exactly how Vernita was in her assassin days but we somehow know how everyone else was (Buck, O-Ren, Elle) but I don’t think trying to pleading to B not to kill her because of her daughter shows how she was as a warrior because things could’ve changed like how B finding out she was pregnant with BB changed everything for her just made her quit being an assassin on the spot.
You only see the significance once you've seen the whole story, but O-Ren was the only one Beatrix was visibly afraid of. She didn't show that much caution or wariness for anyone else on her list. Not even Bill. She single-handedly faced down a literal army with nothing but grim resolve on her face. But a single O-Ren set her on her back foot. Adds such a later of tension to the whole scene. This scene is all-time-cinema great.
Adding onto this old comment, not only is it implied O-Ren and Beatrix used to be friends (with how much B knows about O's past, and their "Trix are for kids" back and forth in-joke), O-Ren understands what it means to have lost everything and only have revenge. She knows the place that kind of determination comes from, and Beatrix respects that O-Ren has been to where she is now more than any of the other DiVAS
@@CobaltKitty Divas! I agree totally. Whereas the animosity with Elle was palpable every moment. And O-ren apologizes for making fun of her! Not for cutting her, or killing her husband, or siccing an army on her. For mocking her. Business is business but you don't talk like that to someone you respect.
She wasn't so much afraid off O-ren, but she had already been tired and injured by fighting soo many people. O-ren was starting from an uninjured and well rested state. So regardless of how good B was, she was at a disadvantage. Her saving grace with the Hanzo sword, because with a normal sword, she wouldn't have even got that far. Why? Because any normal sword would have literally been dull at that point. When you're cutting flesh and bone, even a large well made sword can go dull after just a few dozen slashes. You'll even notice it dulling after just several slashes. Top that off with constant sword vs sword friction, and you get even more blade dulling and chipping. That's why the Hanzo sword is soo coveted, it's like a magical item that stays perfectly sharp no matter what, making it an invaluable tool that gives you that extra advantage. We even see at a few points in the large fights where B literally shears the sharp edge off another sword, although it's easy to miss. That's how powerful a Hanzo sword is in the right hands. Now of course that doesn't mean enemies are completely disarmed by having a dulled sword, but it's certainly a disadvantage. It can mean the difference between a surface cut or being cut in half.
To be honest I have only Watched snippets of this movie and I just don’t get the masterpiece part. I consider myself a movie buff but I don’t see the brilliance the masterpiece the goosebumps. Unless it’s in the campy-ness of the style it’s filmed in.
This is one of my favorite duel scenes in any film. Previously, O-Ren draws a shorter knife when Beatrix defeats Gogo. She knows Beatrix is the greater warrior and is considering seppuku, or ritual suicide, rather than letting Beatrix kill her. She sticks her knife in a wood railing and abandons it when the Crazy 88 arrive, deciding that she will fight to the death if Beatrix is still alive after facing her private army. In this scene, the camera at 1:02 mirrors its previous angle when she draws her weapon, but emphasizes the slower draw of a much longer weapon. It's clear she now intends to fight. She fights Beatrix asymmetrically, using her katana offensively and her scabbard as a parrying tool and blunt secondary weapon. Usually in a sporting duel, warriors would use the same tools, but since this is to the death they each just fight how they prefer. This dual-wielding style doesn't work out for her, though. Just a few seconds into their opening exchange, Beatrix makes a powerful swing and slices a foot or so of her scabbard clean off. You can see O-Ren stop and think for several seconds, realizing that her shield is useless. It kept her opponent at a bit of range, but would just get her killed if it couldn't stop her opponent's blade. Previously, she had called Beatrix a liar when she said her sword was made by Hattori Hanzo, but this display of insane sharpness and power gives her reason to suspect that the sword is as incredible as Beatrix claimed. To her credit, she doesn't panic. She tosses away the broken scabbard and switches to a two-handed grip of her sword. Katanas, by design, can be swung more powerfully with both hands, so O-Ren is putting her full faith and power into her weapon. The intense disco music lasts until O-Ren cuts Beatrix during their second exchange, beyond which point the music goes silent and we can instead her her ragged breathing. O-Ren insults Beatrix at this point, and Beatrix replies politely but defiantly. In their third exchange, Beatrix gives O-Ren a comparably serious wound, such that they are both bleeding badly and comparably disadvantaged. Sensing the danger she's in, O-Ren takes the opportunity to apologize, and address her opponent with mutual respect. Finally, in their fourth exchange, Beatrix kills O-Ren with a brutal slash to the head. The whole fight is a beautifully choreographed dance of mutual desperation. Both fighters are pushed to their limits, but Beatrix perseveres due to both her unbreaking will, and the Okinawan katana she took pains to acquire. IMHO, O-Ren is the most dangerous person she faces before Bill.
It's a great movie fight but it's definitely not on The Duelist level for duels or even The Deluge for fights... a fencer would rip through them just like Portuguese sailors (not even soliders or swordmasters/duelists) using Smallswords did to the Samurai. Smallswords are perfect for 1v1 fights over all other swords... it's why military officers usually had a "dress" sword with a Smallsword blade with a regulation hilt but kept the standard Saber blade with a regulation hilt for actual combat use.
"Ain't no one badder then a double dose of rock salt to the tits." - Budd It depends on what you consider dangerous. A good trap can be more dangerous then a hundred men.
@@brettzforeman Yeah well Elle was right about one thing. Budd bushwacked the shit out of Beatrice. He knew better then to cross blades it a person who's revenge had the personal stamp of Hattori Hanzo himself. And honestly ORen was a coward. She let all her men fight Beatrice first to wear her down and then decided to throw down after there were was no one left to throw at her. I will say the fight was well shot and choreographed and very memorable. But if we are talking most dangerous Deadly Viper only Budd managed to defeat Beatrice. Had he "Performed the coup de grace with a rock." He would have killed her clean.
Actually, I don't know that the shorter weapon was her considering suicide, considering that was Gogo's knife. She pulled it out earlier when Bea was almost discovered and you can tell it was Gogo's with the childish beads wrapped around the scabbard, what I don't know is why Gogo left it with O'ren rather than carrying it into her fight with Bea as a back-up weapon.
Which is why ORen needed to kill her before she got up again. It makes O Ren look dumb and over rated. O Ren was supposed to be some badass assassin above almost all others there is no way O ren would allow her to get up again knowing how dangorous that could be. ended up costing her her life and she looks weak and stupid now
I'm pretty sure that the only reason O-ren did as well as she did was because Beatrice had had to fight her way through a couple dozen assassins including Gogo.
This was such an exquisite fight. Lucy Liu is such a bad ass. Epic. Her movements, poise, expressions, movements with the sword....yes!!! Uma Thurman!!! Yesssss!!! What a power match. I noticed so much influence from The Crow in her movement...especially that wingspan.... Incredible poetry. Bravo!! #LightsCameraCatharsis!
I think after all these years What I start to observe is the expression on uma Thurman's face She genuinely didn't want to kill any of them She had to..
It’s incredibly peaceful for a death scene all I hear in the fountain flow, it’s set in a Japanese garden, which are meant to be tranquil, so for the setting to be done in this environment was brilliant
Beatrix was just on another level...she was very tired and injured after fighting the crazy 88 and Gogo ( she spit blood after getting hit in the chest by her iron ball, meaning the hit caused damage to her internal organs), yet she still came out on top..
@GaribaldiBiscuit Yeah, and what I especially like about this scene is how scared Oren looks when Uma gets back up after being cut. It's almost as if Oren under-estimated the fact that Beatrix had been shot in the head and, on top of surviving that, had completed Pai Mei's training program (hence he taught her the eye-ball gouge!). Uma was the true warrior in this movie, but I will admit that Oren is pretty badass and her fucked-up past turned her into a sadistically dangerous sword-fighter.
Oren should have been nervous before that. After all, Beatrix had just dispatched GoGo and the Crazy 88 by herself. Left behind a pile of mismatched body parts in the process.
The accuracy of the song playi n during the entire secne is a masterpiece. The little movments slowley climaxing with the soundtrack is hands down the best i have watched. Trantino should have one oscars just for this scene alone not even talking about.the entire movie that was brliiant.
Everything about this movie is pure art! Just watched this masterpiece again last night for how many time I lost count. Kill Bill is by far my most favourite movie of all time❤❤❤❤❤
Well, if you believe in Mickey mouse. I can think of 5 better theatrical duel scenes in 8 seconds, with at least some real fencing involved. Ridley Scott's the Duel, Rob Roy, Mask of Zorro, Achilles vs. Hector, Kurosawa's Rashomon. Here you are. 8 seconds net.
Μια απο τις καλυτερες σκηνες της πραγματικα..."αξεχαστης"και της πιο..."αξεπεραστης'ταινιας που μας εδωσε ποτε ο περιφημος σκηνοθετης που ακουσει στο ονομα...Κουεντιν Ταραντινο:...ΚILL BILL...Απολαυστε την σκηνη παρακαλω.Ευχαριστω...
Since Tarrantino adores the old school films and Western movies I think it is no coinsidence that the the sound of the the little ramp in the well reminds of the squeaking wind mill in Once upon a time in the West - just great!!
@5:25 the way the frame cuts off Orens forehead. The look in her eyes as she realizes she is about to die and the framing foreshadowing exactly the way it’ll happen. Perfect.
Tarantino should have been given some sort of lifetime achievement award for his selection of the music/songs in these two movies. The intro to a disco version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood????" How the hell did he come up with that!?!?
I love this movie special way. I have such deep feelings watching it.. All job is done pretty good - music, actors, chapters, scenes, everything is in a top.
@@kellyvaters1689 that's correct. it would've been a river of blood going down to her foot plus the arterial blood has a much higher pressure, si it would've also sprayed all over her kimono, not just dripped down her leg...what we saw was clearly not a wound to an artery.
This is one of the most famous Movies in history.. Dont think its underrated ^^ Nearly everyone knows it Ive seen all of his Movies and in my opinion its right behind PF
What breaks my heart, is how these women were sexually harassed by Weinstein, and abused by Tarantino to protect his monster of a mentor. Absolutely DESTROYED Uma and her career, and gave her PTSD after her biggest success 🤦♀️
She got as well several million dollars in paychecks. An actress, if molested, can walk away and reject the pressure. If she gives in to the offered intercourse and takes the money, it's just an exchange qui pro quo. Literally any worker gets abusive behaviour from their bosses. It's rare the contrary. I had to quit my job more than once. And I am not a woman. But if you stay, perform the blow job, get the part and the millions, then you cannot say you have been raped. All you can say is it did not taste good. You took the money, it's square and even. Soldiers on the frontline gets PTSD. Do not dare comparing highly paid prostitution with losing your limbs while defending your country for 15 dollars / hour. Any honest woman would have refused to perform what requested and just walked away. Enough with this woke absurd victimism. Exploited women are in Somalia, Iran, Afghanistan. In America, it's just overpaid, entitled, privileged drama queens. Often, as we have seen in court recently, they are the real abusers.
I agree!! Every women in this movies career suffered due to Harvey and they played AMAZING!! Literally Uma, Lucy and Daryl fucking outshined the male stars and carried the movie and made it what it was. Shit, even Vivica was memorable and they only appeared in the beginning
@snicker576 yeah. She was in a car accident because of him, and almsot died. Besides he blamed Roman Polanski victim of a rape 13 year old girl saying she wanted to have it. And he hang out with Harvey
Ultra violent action classic, created by Tarantino, which surpasses most of it's genre. Uma Thurman is on fire. The background score just added to the mood. The unrealistic fight scene of one against hundreds is phenomenal.
@diddymuck Watch the Tarantino interviews. He didn't steal anything - the entire point of the film is that literally everything is a reference to another classic (or less than classic!) film. Tarantino's the biggest film nerd in history & he specifically wanted to pay homage to all the films he grew up with. Hatori Hanzo is actually a character from a japanese TV show and if I remember right that's the same actor in the film playing him!! There's a world of difference between theft and homage.
@@brianmerritt5410 I take your point, but no, homage isn't stealing, it's a small reference to pay thanks to the people whose work influenced this new work. There's no attempt or intention to pass it off as an original idea, in fact, the very point of homage is to be a signal to anyone that knows that this intentionally there to make you think of someone the creator admires. If it were stealing it would be like leaving an IOU behind with all your contact info on it. All creative endeavours are derivative, we all stand on the shoulders of giants, as the saying goes. Homage is no more than a tip of the hat to those that came before. I'll admit, there's a big grey area around Fair Use of which homage is a part, but there's FAR better discussions on this all over RUclips, so I'll let the experts take it from here...
Her Japanese has a super thick American accent. Can just about make it what she’s saying. Good movie though, but Japanese are a bit bewildered by the Japan scenes.
Its a shirasaya, used to contain the blade for storage. Not for fighting. The fact that she is using a sword with a slippery handle and no guard implies that she is very good with her swordplay
@@thisisme2476 also I love the fact that she could have just run away while Beatrix is busy with the guards, but being someone who had her revenge, Oren knew she deserved to die at the end and she kinda accepted her fate.
@@user-ft3ul5lp6z Indeed. No one would use a blade without a guard unless the one using it had perfected the art of swordplay. A true testament to how skilled and deadly she was
@niwersa Black Mamba was (black mamba) for a reason. she was the strongest. watch the movie but pay attention this time. and dont just judge by who you like more. really pay attention. i know all the blood and fun can distract you, but its IS possible to hear what the people are saying. i promise!
This movie ages so well, you cant believe the awards shows ignored it. Thurman was deserving of an Oscar for this role. All supporting characters played to perfection. Q.T.'s finest hour, both 1 & 2.
It is. Especially Tarantino's astounding craftsmanship to create a REAL strong female character. In the same manner, he created Django as an astounding anti-racist movie. Everything that modern Hollywood constantly fails.
Brilliant movie, never gets old
Its a good action movie, thats all. QT is overated.
I read that the reason she did not get the Oscar was because it was a 2 part movie. And as entries go, by the time submitted, it was not finished? QT said this scene was an homage to an older movie. Almost identical to it when she runs past the divider..
Hollywood didnt like him thats why it was snubbed
After watching this scene so many times, i still cannot get over Lucy Liu's beauty serenity and and gentle poised movements, yet the lurking deadlyness of it all. This scene is trule mesmerizing
😂😂😂😂😂😂WhatcA Comment You Rock.
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That's why I love Japanese stories dating back to the samurais era...the way they fight...with respect and such coordination and gentle style plus more.
.it really amazing Mua💯🫶
The style.
Their sweet movements is a real typical Samurai STYLE...AND EVEN IN JAPAN THEY STILL PRACTICE SAMURAI WAYS BUT NOT TO KILL..BUT TO LEARN THEIR HISTORY....LIKE GEISHAS...CANT BE COMPATE WITH THE LADIES OF THE NIGHT HERE IN USA... TO BE RESPECTFUL...GEISHAS FOLLOW RULES...A SEXY TECHNIQUE TO ATTRACT MEN BACK THEN AND STILL KNOW...WITHOUT SHIWING SKIN...THE WAY THEY PRACTICE THE TEA CEREMONY TO PLEASE MEN...THATS FIR ME...CLASSIC AND SEXY.
She was a stone cold killer....
Like a snake.
Even without subtitles you can feel the strength of the words, the dialogues and of course the wind blowing, the snow falling and that sound of fountain again and again. This scene is a Masterpiece.
Opino igual. Sabes como se llama la cancion que ponen al final después de matar a su enemiga ?
@@stellamarisvillarreal3712The Flower of Carnage
Duel at Ganryu Island was an influence on this scene
The contrast of the white snow against red blood, the black hair flying against the white snow makes this scene so palpable...Tarantino is a genius director
The song that plays at the end of this scene is literally from lady snowblood 2: song of vengeance
I cant stress this enough but the soundtrack for this movie is DIVINE
Como se llama la música final que ejecuta la banda sonora después que muere Lucy ?
@@stellamarisvillarreal3712no one knows
@@stellamarisvillarreal3712I don’t know, but it’s Enka genre.
@@stellamarisvillarreal3712meiko kaji - shura no hana, from the soundtrack of lady snowblood. the film where Quentin Tarantino drew inspiration from for Lucy Liu's character :)
And i still do wonder why Vol.2 BGM is so gross with the same genius creator!!!!
When this movie came out I thought we were going to see a new era of fun story telling in movies. It turned out to be a diamond in the rough.
“Silly caucasian girl likes to play with samurai swords.”
She failed to realize that girl was trained by and became the best student of Pai Mei.
Pai Mei didn't teach her an exquisite art of samurai sword, because it's good only for japanese fat-heads!
what nailed her fate, was the the fact uma had japanese hanzo-steel
No what did it was pai mei making her a master of the sword and making that wielding arm strong. @Elchupanibres
@@psychandson6337 Pai mei only taught Uma, hand to hand combat styles, not fighting with blades, she alrdy knew about that, he did also make her wielding arm strong since, it belonged to Pai mei, he also understood that Uma wasnt gonna use her ability to do more harm then what her revenge needed, thats why she got to learn the pai meis secret moves
I thought all the Deadly Vipers (including Bill) trained under Pai Mei.
Lucy is all over it, and the symbolism of when Uma hits her leg and she hobbles off then the water fountain pours out as so does Lucy's life flows, great correlation
They didn’t do any of that it was just an accident that the little gay water thing did it.
Oh c'mon...
@@SoundOfFreedom35silent please
You'll find less stretches before a marathon.
😂 a cinema analyst over here eh..
What I love about this scene is how frightened Uma Thurman looks. It goes against every action movie staple as that's not the face of someone who knows they're going to win.
It’s fear. It’s respect. She knows she’s fighting an equal and doesn’t know how it will end. And it’s sadness. Oren was her friend at one point.
@asava17 it’s interesting to rewatch. It seems the other Vipers suppressed their emotions and Beatrix is the only one who used it as strength.
It goes with every anime staple
@asava17 That "extra" was revenge on the people she once worked with who left her for dead, and the baby she thought she lost and her friends...That's what kept her going, that's what gave her the slight edge.
@@xemnas9098that’s true I agree. However we also have to take note that even before those atrocities that they have done to Beatrix she already was an exceptional warrior to begin with. Pai Mei could have seen something in her, enough for her to be worthy of being his student. And the one who inherited the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique. Plus, Bill loves her. And yes when they did those things, that made her become unstoppable.
B really chose to kill O-Ren first to send a message to the other assassins. That no matter how skilled and protected you are with money and gangs, she will still get to finish you.
that to, plus it would make it hard to get to the others if Orin's resources and global connections were intact.
Yes and also she stated in the movie that O ren was the easiest to find
You're forgetting the lady that has a kid lol
To be fair she went to the strongest opponent first.
If she went for lesser, they would have awareness, making O-Ren more prepared to face her off.
@@RealXylonthe strongest opponent was Bill. O-Ren was just easier to find.
For some reason, I found that hollowed out bamboo sound when it filled with water very soothing.
This fight was probably Beatriz least favorite because she and O-Ren had the closest relationship. You could even say, O-Ren apologized for taking part in her beating/"execution" when she apologized for ridiculing her. You can feel they cared about each other but it had to end this way....
I’d say her least was actually vernita because her daughter was there I think her favorite was watching Elle without her eyes though 😂
@@venusfoo9667I get the feeling no one really like Ellie except Bill.
@@venusfoo9667I don’t think she cared as much having to kill Vernita as much she did O’Ren. B and Vernita did seem really mutual like they were in good terms when they were in the deadly vipers, but in the end she told Vern’s daughter she had it coming. With O’Ren, you got a mutual respect until the end, even with her narrating the whole thing.
@@revengeofbcraig5755 Vernita is not a dignified warrior, first as Uma said she paraided her kid in order to get the sympthy, then tricked Uma by saying they would fight mid night, then used a gun .
@@mingsun6159 We don’t know exactly how Vernita was in her assassin days but we somehow know how everyone else was (Buck, O-Ren, Elle) but I don’t think trying to pleading to B not to kill her because of her daughter shows how she was as a warrior because things could’ve changed like how B finding out she was pregnant with BB changed everything for her just made her quit being an assassin on the spot.
You only see the significance once you've seen the whole story, but O-Ren was the only one Beatrix was visibly afraid of. She didn't show that much caution or wariness for anyone else on her list. Not even Bill. She single-handedly faced down a literal army with nothing but grim resolve on her face. But a single O-Ren set her on her back foot. Adds such a later of tension to the whole scene. This scene is all-time-cinema great.
This and also the fact that it’s implied that Beatrix and O-Ren were friends, and how they didn’t want to kill each other.
Oh man. Good summary.
Adding onto this old comment, not only is it implied O-Ren and Beatrix used to be friends (with how much B knows about O's past, and their "Trix are for kids" back and forth in-joke), O-Ren understands what it means to have lost everything and only have revenge. She knows the place that kind of determination comes from, and Beatrix respects that O-Ren has been to where she is now more than any of the other DiVAS
@@CobaltKitty Divas! I agree totally. Whereas the animosity with Elle was palpable every moment. And O-ren apologizes for making fun of her! Not for cutting her, or killing her husband, or siccing an army on her. For mocking her. Business is business but you don't talk like that to someone you respect.
She wasn't so much afraid off O-ren, but she had already been tired and injured by fighting soo many people. O-ren was starting from an uninjured and well rested state. So regardless of how good B was, she was at a disadvantage. Her saving grace with the Hanzo sword, because with a normal sword, she wouldn't have even got that far. Why? Because any normal sword would have literally been dull at that point. When you're cutting flesh and bone, even a large well made sword can go dull after just a few dozen slashes. You'll even notice it dulling after just several slashes. Top that off with constant sword vs sword friction, and you get even more blade dulling and chipping. That's why the Hanzo sword is soo coveted, it's like a magical item that stays perfectly sharp no matter what, making it an invaluable tool that gives you that extra advantage. We even see at a few points in the large fights where B literally shears the sharp edge off another sword, although it's easy to miss. That's how powerful a Hanzo sword is in the right hands. Now of course that doesn't mean enemies are completely disarmed by having a dulled sword, but it's certainly a disadvantage. It can mean the difference between a surface cut or being cut in half.
2023 ... Im still feeling goosebumps every time I see this scene ... Its a MasterPiece ... 🤩😍
no it sucks cause oren lost and didn't kill her when she could have. she let her back up thats a mistake
NO CAT FIGHT HERE…I STILL WISH O’REN WOULD HAVE STABBED HER ASS WHILE SHE WAS ON THE GROUND AFTER SLICING HER BACK OPEN!
To be honest I have only Watched snippets of this movie and I just don’t get the masterpiece part. I consider myself a movie buff but I don’t see the brilliance the masterpiece the goosebumps. Unless it’s in the campy-ness of the style it’s filmed in.
… with the slight exception you don‘t see their breath in this stone cold winter night. 😊
This is one of my favorite duel scenes in any film.
Previously, O-Ren draws a shorter knife when Beatrix defeats Gogo. She knows Beatrix is the greater warrior and is considering seppuku, or ritual suicide, rather than letting Beatrix kill her. She sticks her knife in a wood railing and abandons it when the Crazy 88 arrive, deciding that she will fight to the death if Beatrix is still alive after facing her private army.
In this scene, the camera at 1:02 mirrors its previous angle when she draws her weapon, but emphasizes the slower draw of a much longer weapon. It's clear she now intends to fight.
She fights Beatrix asymmetrically, using her katana offensively and her scabbard as a parrying tool and blunt secondary weapon. Usually in a sporting duel, warriors would use the same tools, but since this is to the death they each just fight how they prefer.
This dual-wielding style doesn't work out for her, though. Just a few seconds into their opening exchange, Beatrix makes a powerful swing and slices a foot or so of her scabbard clean off. You can see O-Ren stop and think for several seconds, realizing that her shield is useless. It kept her opponent at a bit of range, but would just get her killed if it couldn't stop her opponent's blade. Previously, she had called Beatrix a liar when she said her sword was made by Hattori Hanzo, but this display of insane sharpness and power gives her reason to suspect that the sword is as incredible as Beatrix claimed.
To her credit, she doesn't panic. She tosses away the broken scabbard and switches to a two-handed grip of her sword. Katanas, by design, can be swung more powerfully with both hands, so O-Ren is putting her full faith and power into her weapon.
The intense disco music lasts until O-Ren cuts Beatrix during their second exchange, beyond which point the music goes silent and we can instead her her ragged breathing. O-Ren insults Beatrix at this point, and Beatrix replies politely but defiantly. In their third exchange, Beatrix gives O-Ren a comparably serious wound, such that they are both bleeding badly and comparably disadvantaged. Sensing the danger she's in, O-Ren takes the opportunity to apologize, and address her opponent with mutual respect.
Finally, in their fourth exchange, Beatrix kills O-Ren with a brutal slash to the head. The whole fight is a beautifully choreographed dance of mutual desperation. Both fighters are pushed to their limits, but Beatrix perseveres due to both her unbreaking will, and the Okinawan katana she took pains to acquire. IMHO, O-Ren is the most dangerous person she faces before Bill.
It's a great movie fight but it's definitely not on The Duelist level for duels or even The Deluge for fights... a fencer would rip through them just like Portuguese sailors (not even soliders or swordmasters/duelists) using Smallswords did to the Samurai. Smallswords are perfect for 1v1 fights over all other swords... it's why military officers usually had a "dress" sword with a Smallsword blade with a regulation hilt but kept the standard Saber blade with a regulation hilt for actual combat use.
"Ain't no one badder then a double dose of rock salt to the tits." - Budd
It depends on what you consider dangerous. A good trap can be more dangerous then a hundred men.
@@the_sixxness Very well said. Budd was the cleverest and most patient of the Deadly Vipers. Sadly, his weakness was trusting the wrong person.
@@brettzforeman Yeah well Elle was right about one thing. Budd bushwacked the shit out of Beatrice. He knew better then to cross blades it a person who's revenge had the personal stamp of Hattori Hanzo himself. And honestly ORen was a coward. She let all her men fight Beatrice first to wear her down and then decided to throw down after there were was no one left to throw at her. I will say the fight was well shot and choreographed and very memorable. But if we are talking most dangerous Deadly Viper only Budd managed to defeat Beatrice. Had he "Performed the coup de grace with a rock." He would have killed her clean.
Actually, I don't know that the shorter weapon was her considering suicide, considering that was Gogo's knife. She pulled it out earlier when Bea was almost discovered and you can tell it was Gogo's with the childish beads wrapped around the scabbard, what I don't know is why Gogo left it with O'ren rather than carrying it into her fight with Bea as a back-up weapon.
When Beatrix asked her if she’s ready and she said “yeah.” 😢
Same volume 2 when bill asked how do I look “ she said you are ready “
She said yeah like an American love it
The moment Beatrix stood up, O-Ren knew it was over! and fear was in her eyes.
Which is why ORen needed to kill her before she got up again. It makes O Ren look dumb and over rated. O Ren was supposed to be some badass assassin above almost all others there is no way O ren would allow her to get up again knowing how dangorous that could be. ended up costing her her life and she looks weak and stupid now
@@mikekinsella2822muchos de sus oponentes la respetaban.
I have watched this scene dozens of times and I am still mesmerized
100 percent right
M too
I'm pretty sure that the only reason O-ren did as well as she did was because Beatrice had had to fight her way through a couple dozen assassins including Gogo.
And it was O-Ren, not Beatrix who didn't last five minutes.
Only a genius could create this - a cruel uncompromising fight with a peaceful and totally relaxing nature scene in the background!
Genius is a word much over used. Einstein sure. Tarantino....i hate to say it but.... Sure :)
No this movie is bad. When the cocaine does the thinking remembering when you masturbated to schlock movies.
Harakiri
It's a riff off the climax of a Japanese revenge film, Lady Snowblood. Damned good one, though, and Tarantino was open about his source.
…And a Tango as soundtrack
When a girl kicks off her shoes you know you’re in trouble.
I think she kicked off her shoes for another reason…
Bit hard to fight in clogs
1:17. I like how the position of the camera makes Uma's sword look short but makes Lucy's sword look really long.
Every frame a painting. This is an amazing scene.
What I love about this is that the bride was at half health and still beat her in under five minutes
Kendo duels last 5 seconds, no more. Cuts are unsurvivable. Most of the times, far less than 5 seconds is all it takes.
Ok?
it is already intimidating all the gangs were slaughtered.
Greatest swordfight/music combination ever.
This was such an exquisite fight. Lucy Liu is such a bad ass. Epic. Her movements, poise, expressions, movements with the sword....yes!!!
Uma Thurman!!! Yesssss!!! What a power match. I noticed so much influence from The Crow in her movement...especially that wingspan....
Incredible poetry.
Bravo!!
#LightsCameraCatharsis!
Sabes el nombre de la canción que se oye cuando mata a lucy ?
I think after all these years
What I start to observe is the expression on uma Thurman's face
She genuinely didn't want to kill any of them
She had to..
It’s incredibly peaceful for a death scene all I hear in the fountain flow, it’s set in a Japanese garden, which are meant to be tranquil, so for the setting to be done in this environment was brilliant
Beatrix was just on another level...she was very tired and injured after fighting the crazy 88 and Gogo ( she spit blood after getting hit in the chest by her iron ball, meaning the hit caused damage to her internal organs), yet she still came out on top..
because oren lets her up when she should have killed her but its also a movie and no human could spill that much blood and be able to fight
Its called plot armor for a reason 😂
The practical sets and effects and thoughtful score is why films like this will always be superior
This entire series is pure artwork.
When you tell your barber "just a little off the top".
stop repeating the same joke man
@@purezatan1814You get me? The same jokes just won’t CUT it
@GaribaldiBiscuit Yeah, and what I especially like about this scene is how scared Oren looks when Uma gets back up after being cut. It's almost as if Oren under-estimated the fact that Beatrix had been shot in the head and, on top of surviving that, had completed Pai Mei's training program (hence he taught her the eye-ball gouge!). Uma was the true warrior in this movie, but I will admit that Oren is pretty badass and her fucked-up past turned her into a sadistically dangerous sword-fighter.
O Ren could have finished her off when Beatrix fell to the ground, instead he started talking...
Oren should have been nervous before that. After all, Beatrix had just dispatched GoGo and the Crazy 88 by herself. Left behind a pile of mismatched body parts in the process.
The five point palm exploding heart technique
The accuracy of the song playi n during the entire secne is a masterpiece. The little movments slowley climaxing with the soundtrack is hands down the best i have watched. Trantino should have one oscars just for this scene alone not even talking about.the entire movie that was brliiant.
Everything about this movie is pure art! Just watched this masterpiece again last night for how many time I lost count. Kill Bill is by far my most favourite movie of all time❤❤❤❤❤
Nobody cares
@@sidhu139Kay there. Get back to your call center.
Truly......what an incredible scene, what magnificent cinema, what art!
What music!!!
Scotty-P Jeez! Calm down
@@sidhu139 No.
One of the best duel scene with one of the best soundtracks of films history
Well, if you believe in Mickey mouse.
I can think of 5 better theatrical duel scenes in 8 seconds, with at least some real fencing involved.
Ridley Scott's the Duel, Rob Roy, Mask of Zorro, Achilles vs. Hector, Kurosawa's Rashomon.
Here you are. 8 seconds net.
@@ilmaiook
Μια απο τις καλυτερες σκηνες της πραγματικα..."αξεχαστης"και της πιο..."αξεπεραστης'ταινιας που μας εδωσε ποτε ο περιφημος σκηνοθετης που ακουσει στο ονομα...Κουεντιν Ταραντινο:...ΚILL BILL...Απολαυστε την σκηνη παρακαλω.Ευχαριστω...
Tarantino sin ti , ya no existe este cine magistral .
Dentro de esta temática , eres el mejor .
Música ,dirección ! The best man !
No se aún que es lo más épico de esta escena. El escenario, la pelea, la música, las katanas, el diálogo….. pero que joya!!!
Back when people knew how to write a good female lead.
Back when people weren't running to rotten tomatoes to review bomb a female lead movie before it's release
Yeah they don't make em like this anymore
Since Tarrantino adores the old school films and Western movies I think it is no coinsidence that the the sound of the the little ramp in the well reminds of the squeaking wind mill in Once upon a time in the West - just great!!
Excellent observation!😊
@5:25 the way the frame cuts off Orens forehead. The look in her eyes as she realizes she is about to die and the framing foreshadowing exactly the way it’ll happen. Perfect.
Tarantino should have been given some sort of lifetime achievement award for his selection of the music/songs in these two movies.
The intro to a disco version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood????"
How the hell did he come up with that!?!?
🎯
and she apologize for ridiculing her..what a great scene!
THAT WAS SO RAW TO ME!
I love this movie special way. I have such deep feelings watching it.. All job is done pretty good - music, actors, chapters, scenes, everything is in a top.
Now THESE are strong female characters. QT is one of the best to ever do it.
One of the best sword fights ever...
the shot of o-ren rising above from her attack whilst the bride is literally shaking in her stance makes this scene for me every time
1:33, Lucy looked so beautiful & lethal.
O-Ren knew she was already dead, because Kiddo got her in the Femoral Artery.
I always thought that a severed femoral artery left you with maybe thirty seconds before the blood loss finished you.
@@kellyvaters1689 that's correct. it would've been a river of blood going down to her foot plus the arterial blood has a much higher pressure, si it would've also sprayed all over her kimono, not just dripped down her leg...what we saw was clearly not a wound to an artery.
@@kellyvaters16897-8 minutes to total blood loss. Loss of consciousness well before.
Anyone who uses kiddo for an adult is immediately annoying
@@randompersonn4it’s her surname
When I first watched it, I was in disbelief that she blew her wig off like that 😂
This is one of the most famous Movies in history.. Dont think its underrated ^^
Nearly everyone knows it
Ive seen all of his Movies and in my opinion its right behind PF
Hot chicks, samurai swords AND a Kick Ass Song!!! Tarantino Is a MF Geníus
Most beautiful fight scene ever ! Outstanding...
Subtitles would have been nice🤦♂️
Masterful use of music!
What breaks my heart, is how these women were sexually harassed by Weinstein, and abused by Tarantino to protect his monster of a mentor. Absolutely DESTROYED Uma and her career, and gave her PTSD after her biggest success 🤦♀️
She got as well several million dollars in paychecks.
An actress, if molested, can walk away and reject the pressure.
If she gives in to the offered intercourse and takes the money, it's just an exchange qui pro quo.
Literally any worker gets abusive behaviour from their bosses. It's rare the contrary.
I had to quit my job more than once. And I am not a woman.
But if you stay, perform the blow job, get the part and the millions, then you cannot say you have been raped.
All you can say is it did not taste good.
You took the money, it's square and even.
Soldiers on the frontline gets PTSD.
Do not dare comparing highly paid prostitution with losing your limbs while defending your country for 15 dollars / hour.
Any honest woman would have refused to perform what requested and just walked away.
Enough with this woke absurd victimism.
Exploited women are in Somalia, Iran, Afghanistan.
In America, it's just overpaid, entitled, privileged drama queens.
Often, as we have seen in court recently, they are the real abusers.
I agree!! Every women in this movies career suffered due to Harvey and they played AMAZING!! Literally Uma, Lucy and Daryl fucking outshined the male stars and carried the movie and made it what it was. Shit, even Vivica was memorable and they only appeared in the beginning
What? Tarantino didn't protect him or abuse anyone
@snicker576 yeah. She was in a car accident because of him, and almsot died. Besides he blamed Roman Polanski victim of a rape 13 year old girl saying she wanted to have it. And he hang out with Harvey
Wow. I did not know that 😢 I hope they find healing
I don't know why I still find it amazing that she was the 1st person to die on Kiddo's kill list, but we don't see her death until much later.
If she used that sword on Vernita Green, there would be too much commotion. For the neighborhood, and the household. But it would be quick.
When O Ren acknowledges The Bride's Hanzo sword is Awesome. ✨
Ultra violent action classic, created by Tarantino, which surpasses most of it's genre. Uma Thurman is on fire. The background score just added to the mood. The unrealistic fight scene of one against hundreds is phenomenal.
Lucy Liu made a classic entrance she stepped up like the final boss in a video game 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@diddymuck Watch the Tarantino interviews. He didn't steal anything - the entire point of the film is that literally everything is a reference to another classic (or less than classic!) film. Tarantino's the biggest film nerd in history & he specifically wanted to pay homage to all the films he grew up with. Hatori Hanzo is actually a character from a japanese TV show and if I remember right that's the same actor in the film playing him!!
There's a world of difference between theft and homage.
If you call plagarism an homage, it isn't stealing?
@@brianmerritt5410 I take your point, but no, homage isn't stealing, it's a small reference to pay thanks to the people whose work influenced this new work. There's no attempt or intention to pass it off as an original idea, in fact, the very point of homage is to be a signal to anyone that knows that this intentionally there to make you think of someone the creator admires. If it were stealing it would be like leaving an IOU behind with all your contact info on it. All creative endeavours are derivative, we all stand on the shoulders of giants, as the saying goes. Homage is no more than a tip of the hat to those that came before. I'll admit, there's a big grey area around Fair Use of which homage is a part, but there's FAR better discussions on this all over RUclips, so I'll let the experts take it from here...
@drumdmc I'm actually impressed that you replied this comment 14 years later
Really love when the song The Flower Of Carnage was played at Oren's death.
This scene is FUCKING AWESOME beyond most other shit in the world.
Me hace gracia como expresas lo que te hace sentir está escena 🤣
I cannot stop watching this because the bride and oren fight is the best part that i keep seeing!
Spettacolare il modo in cui Oren sfodera la spada!!!!
This movie is AMAZING!
Kill Bill fez parte da minha infância. ❤
The music with that scene just brilliant!
When you don't like the cut and you tell the barber.
No matter how many times I watch this scene and I know how it ends, it is still utterly mesmerizing
One of the best battle music ever
The Music really amp the fight! ❤❤❤❤❤
Her Japanese has a super thick American accent. Can just about make it what she’s saying. Good movie though, but Japanese are a bit bewildered by the Japan scenes.
This gonna be amazing show 🤩 America vs Japan some says characters
The original inspiration for Kill Bill was Lady Snowblood, and Lady Snowblood, Love Song of Vengence. Worth watching.
The Japanese song, the music background , are so so soothing to listen to, so at peace 😘😘
What's the song name
@@ALPHAANDOMEGA1998Meiko Kaji - Shura no Hana
Обожаю смотреть все фильмы Квентина Тарантино,он потрясающий талантливый режиссер!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Мне понравилось, кроме насмешек, поведение брюнетки: почти уважение к противнику.
Noticed that Lucy's sword does not have a hilt guard.
Is that normal?
Yo también quiero saber porque!
Its a shirasaya, used to contain the blade for storage. Not for fighting. The fact that she is using a sword with a slippery handle and no guard implies that she is very good with her swordplay
@@user-ft3ul5lp6z
Ah, thank you.
Makes her that much more scarier
@@thisisme2476 also I love the fact that she could have just run away while Beatrix is busy with the guards, but being someone who had her revenge, Oren knew she deserved to die at the end and she kinda accepted her fate.
@@user-ft3ul5lp6z Indeed. No one would use a blade without a guard unless the one using it had perfected the art of swordplay. A true testament to how skilled and deadly she was
This entire fight scene is an art
Great movie!! Like all Tarantino's works!
I love this movie they all should come back they are such great actors...
Esse filme é uma obra de arte. Simplesmente extraordinário.
this scene is everything ❤
I swear I fall in love with O-ren every TIME she hits that pose @1:32. Mercy.
She was the only one who asked for forgiveness and it was accepted.
😢
such a great movie/movies!
sick, diwali riddim
I think Lucy is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen
that’s sweet
Get out more.
I love the ‘ hurts doesn’t it ‘ face they share before she applogizes
ルーシーの囁く日本語が本当に上手。そして着物が凄く似合う美人。タランティーノが描きたかった『日本』がここに詰まっているんだろうな～👍
Really like the waterfall well thingy
Нет, это шикарно ❤
Да,иэто шикарно❤
I bet the guy who played the music score thought "Either this will be used as a showdown finale, or for a seedy porn film"
@niwersa Black Mamba was (black mamba) for a reason. she was the strongest. watch the movie but pay attention this time. and dont just judge by who you like more. really pay attention. i know all the blood and fun can distract you, but its IS possible to hear what the people are saying. i promise!
Thanks for this. I'm a woman who sometimes backlides w/ having more clothes.
Genial,espectacular, CINE DE VERDAD !!!!!!!
This scene is absolute cinematic perfection.