[quote]One week? What the fuck. I have to wait 3,5 weeks till I get a copy.[/quote]
The DVD will be released at the 13th of April. We have the 2nd of April. So I have to wait one week and then cd-wow.net will put the DVD in my letterbox. 
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The DVD will be released at the 13th of April. We have the 2nd of April. So I have to wait one week and then cd-wow.net will put the DVD in my letterbox. [/quote]
Lucky Bastard
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Lucky Bastard[/quote]
Why? This is the normal american release date! Were are you from?
The Digital Bits review was decent, but some parts of it left me dry.
The comment âKill Bill is good, and all together neat, but itâs not âcinemaâ.â left me scratching my head. If Kill Bill isnât cinema Iâm curious to know what exactly IS his definition of cinema? Kill Bill is a brilliant work of cinema becuase itâs direction is to emphasis the process and structure of the films it pays homage too. Great cinema should NEVER be defined by a set criteria. The criteria should be what the film is trying to accomplish.
Another comment the reviewer made that hit sour was "The film is almost ungradeable in terms of review, because itâs really just a silly exploitation film."
By saying itâs just a silly exploitation film to me that means the films that Kill Bill pays homage too are ALSO silly. To me thatâs a diss on Baby Cart Samurai films, Yakuza films, Shaw Brothers films, Blaxploitation films, anime, etc. The reviewer obviously thinks exploitation films are beneath him or else he wouldnât have made that comment.
Some people just donât get the joy a very good kung fu film can offer! A film doesnât always have to include deep meanings. Kill Bill for me is just a good movie which you see to have a great time. Itâs so entertaining. There are also really cool witty quotes which is good to memorise. Iâm looking forward to getting this DVD and watch it till I learn all dialogues by heart!
Whoever wrote that review is a retard with a degree.
He probably is if you consider that he calls âidiotsâ whoever loved this movie and supports that it was the best movie heâd ever seen! Well I loved it. I donât really know if it my FAVOURITE movie of ALL TIME, but it certainly is the best movie Iâve seen in 2003 and among the first 5 in my âFav movieâ list. That means that Iâm one of the biggest idiots in the world!
Oh and I would like to ask a question about DTS in the KB DVD. Iâm a complete ignorant in all these audio/visual technology jargon and stuff, so I would like to ask you about DTS and Dolby digital.
In both the DVD reviews, the sound of the DVD is said to be of a high quality, because it is using technologies like DTS and Dolby Digital. Does that mean that I will have to get a 5.1 sound system and plug it to my TV, or will the TV speakers prove to be enough to make me fully enjoy the sound in the movie? Fortunately, I have a 5.1 sound system connected to my pc and whatever the answer is, I wonât have to buy any new equipment! ;D. I should also say that I hate watching DVDs on my computer so advising me just to watch it on pc and shut the hell up is not a brilliant idea!
Thanx in advance and sorry if Iâm asking silly questions. Itâs just that I prefer spending my time watching amazing movies like KB!
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Why? This is the normal american release date! Were are you from?[/quote]
The Netherlands, and its coming out on 28 april.
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Each to his ownâŠ
Personally i wouldnât really buy a barebones DVD even if i loved the film. Kill Bill is an exception of courseâŠ
I really loved Mulholland Drive, but the DVD was so shit that i just hire it every now and then. I mean, the thing didnât even have fucking chapters![/quote]
David Lynch doesnât believe in chapters. thatâs why.
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I think i read somewhere that Lynch didnt want chapters on the movie because he envisioned it as one whole story, not a story made up of chapters and such.[/quote]
I kinda figured thatâs why he did it, but it was annoying as FUCK when I sat on the skip chapter button. Even when youâre skipping ahead at 32x normal speed, it takes forever.
We should get the rental copies in on Tuesday, so from one Kill Bill fan to another, Iâll tell you how it is.
How are you guys getting it a week early again? ???
[quote]How are you guys getting it a week early again? ĂâĂ ???[/quote]
I think many rental outlets get them sometime earlier than the actual release date. Even if you pre-order it from major online stores, there's a big chance you're gonna receive it before April 13th.
Uh⊠this is not true at all. ĂâĂ Yes, rental copies are shipped earlier to the stores but usually the customers can only get them a day or so early (if itâs a small time store)⊠never a week. ĂâĂ Now, if he works for them or owns the store, I can understand that.
There is a reason why all movies and CDs and what not are released on Tuesdays and thatâs to make things easier for, basically, everyone involved (movie company, retailers, customers). ĂâĂ Simply said, itâs highly doubtful places like Amazon and online retailers will have it delievered to you a full week early. In fact, if anything, itâll get to you a day or so late since they usually ship stuff out on the release date.
[quote]Uh⊠this is not true at all. ĂâĂ Yes, rental copies are shipped earlier to the stores but usually the customers can only get them a day or so early (if itâs a small time store)⊠never a week. ĂâĂ Now, if he works for them or owns the store, I can understand that.
There is a reason why all movies and CDs and what not are released on Tuesdays and thatâs to make things easier for, basically, everyone involved (movie company, retailers, customers). ĂâĂ Simply said, itâs highly doubtful places like Amazon and online retailers will have it delievered to you a full week early. ĂâĂ In fact, if anything, itâll get to you a day or so late since they usually ship stuff out on the release date.[/quote]
I can speak from experience. When I ordered the LOTR: Two Towers dvd from Amazon, I received it some days earlier. And I rented Matrix Revolutions last WednsdayâŠits scheduled release date is April 6th. (btw, I rented it just to see how crappy it really is.)
Every Tuesday, rental chains get the rental and retail copies of movies up to two weeks before their release. Unless thereâs a shipment problem, they always show up a week before their release. The employees are allowed to rent them as we get them in.
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I think i read somewhere that Lynch didnt want chapters on the movie because he envisioned it as one whole story, not a story made up of chapters and such.[/quote]
yaeh thats right.
yeah the dvd.ign review wasnt that great. they usually have good reviews too. the guy reviewing it took it too seriously
More reviews:
Blu-ray Authority - Blu-ray Authority
http://www.thedigitalreview.com/for...hp?threadid=707
http://www.dvdtown.com/review/Kill_...ea898556b0b7367
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Hereâs a Kill Bill fanâs thoughts on the DVD:
Movie: Well, you know. 10/10 and all that.
Picture: Yeah, the color on the Vernita scene is wrong; there is a lack of the surreal-looking suburban quality that made it so eye-popping, but nothing truly awful. I donât really see how anybody who hasnât seen it more than 10 times would even notice it. Other than that, the transfer is spot-on, very faithful to the original.
Sound: I could only use the Dolby, but there were a couple places where certain sounds should have been given priority in the mix (like when Bride starts narrating Origin of O-Ren, the sound doesnât change drastically into an almost slide-show mono like it did in the theater and on my DVD rip, the truckerâs scream doesnât come out especially strong from the right side speakers), but it really doesnât make a huge difference. The thuds and crunches in the Vernita scene sound especially great.
Extras: The extras arenât as bad as you think, and in my opinion, totally warrant shelling out the twenty dollars (of course, in addition to the movie).
The 5678s stuff isnât just some lame live footage; their performances take place WITHIN the chronology of the House of Blue Leaves scene. So for certain musical cues, you can see O-Ren and co. walking up the stairs, and when actual footage from the film can be used, they used that. Itâs actually really cool.
The documentary, at least Iâm pretty sure, isnât some lame, uninsightful MTV-produced shit because they werenât using fuck-awful music in the process. It looks like the documentary was actually produced by Miramax, and the interviews with Quentin, Uma, Lucy, and Vivica shed a lot of light on the casting process and how this whole movie came into fruition. Itâs filled with great production shots, Volume 2 footage, and even scenes from some of his bigger influences like Kage No Gundan and Lady Snowblood.
Also, it seems like a lot of work was put into the animated menus. When you first pop in the DVD, you hear Twisted Nerve playing, with some Kanji scrolling down the screen, then the menu gets slit, and all this blood trickles down into a sweet animated menu that shows Origin of O-Ren, completely planned out to cues from Battle Without Honor or Humanity. When you press play, you see O-Renâs sniper bullet going through the ambassadorâs brain and splat the movie on the screen. When you click Set-Up, you see a syringe of âsweet dreamsâ or whatever its called, get injected into the menu, and a single drop of blood takes you down to the Set-Up area. When you select special features, a flying hatchet leads you there. Nothing really special, but it does make the DVD feel like a special edition and not some cheap-ass we-want-your-money-and-you-get-shit barebones DVD menu.
I think this DVD makes waiting out for the two-volume edition, whenever that comes out, a whole lot easier