Kill Bill Volume 1
Wow, is all I can say. Everything here is done with perfection, kudos to Disney and Buena Vista. This BD format totally blows away my R2 DVD of Kill Bill out of the water! PQ is outstanding from the opening B&W scene to the finish. I love the vibrant colors -- from Black Mamba's red leather seats in her Pussy Wagon, to her cool Bruce Lee Yellow suit, to the black and white fight scenes which looked marvelous! PQ of Kill Bill now belongs way up there as my demo HD films with Avatar & I Robot. And if PQ is solid, SQ is heavenly! The sound truly immersed me in the middle of the action! Add to it the cool music of Tarantino. Extras are pretty much the same as my DVD.
Can't wait to watch Volume 2 tonight.
Nice!
It's a lot of fun watching Kill Bill, especially if you have some background knowledge about 1970s HK martial arts movies and Japanese chambara films.
But I've been holding back on Kill Bill BD for the longest time, since I'm not going to get a Kill Bill BD unless it's the Japanese cut, also known as "Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair".
The Japanese cut for
Vol. I is much, much better than the original cut. You get extended cuts of the anime portion and House of Blue Leaves battle; plus, the formerly black and white scenes in the House of Blue Leaves battle are in full color. Those black and white scenes were what I hated most about the original version of Vol. I, because the shift to monochrome didn't make sense and seemed out of place.
For
Vol. II, I think the original cut and the Japanese cut are the same.
The Japanese cut was released on DVD, but no BD version has been released so far.