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on 7/12/2009
0_o This is the studios fault! haha..
on 7/24/2009
wow i'm really not sure about this one
on 7/29/2009
Vol. 2 is more cerebral but the excellence of the first part is unmatched.
on 8/2/2009
Volume 1 was all about the action. Volume 2 was all about the talking. Volume 1 wins!
on 8/3/2009
I wasn´t invested in the characters in Vol. 1, and so didn´t really care whether or not The Bride finds Bill. Vol. 2 gives us more information on The Bride, her life before the mascre and so I became invested in the characters and to where the story led them. I did enjoy the action in Vol. 1, and the revalation at the end was pretty awesome. Vol. 2 was just the better film...IMO
on 8/6/2009
Wat a match?? Lol..
on 8/9/2009
I honestly wished they had cut out the first 30 mins or so of Kill Bill 2 and made it all one film. Kill Bill 1 on it's own without the resolution of the second film, is a great film. Kill Bill 2 however, is not. KB1 gets my vote.
on 8/10/2009
Thinking back, I am forced to choose Kill Bill, Vol. 1, because I thought the scenes with Pei Mei dragged just a little bit. Also, Vol. 1 has the fight at The House of Blue Leaves.
on 8/11/2009
The first Movie was free to have fun without the need to tidy it up. The story is better defined, it's more fun to rewatch and it looks better. It's more appealing in every way.
on 8/15/2009
You know, I was not fond of Kill Bill. I felt that it was one good movie spread too thinly over two chapters. There are great moments, and too much dang filler. My favorite sequence was the scene where the Bride was buried alive; I apparently suffer from some claustrophobia, and that scene made my skin crawl. It's in Vol. 2, so Vol. 2 will get my vote. For one scene.
I hated them both, but I hated VOL. 2 slightly less.
on 8/16/2009
Vol. 1 was the better. Although I did like Darryl Hannah getting her other eye plucked out.
on 8/19/2009
1 has the crazy 88 scene. nuff said.
on 8/20/2009
Kill Bill 1 was the more complete movie, despite not having the ultimate resolution. It also had far better action scenes, which is the only reason I watched them in the first place.
on 8/24/2009
Vol 1 was cooler and Vol 2 was more emotional. Vol 1 had that crazy 88 battle scene so Vol 1 wins!! BTW, I'm still waiting for Quentin to release the Kill Bill special edition DVD
on 8/26/2009
holy crap
on 8/29/2009
Its one story you darn hollywood studios, you!!!!!!!!!!! Picking Vol. 1 out of neccesity.
on 8/30/2009
I agree with a lot of you guys. These two movies should be seen as a whole. As Vol. 2 picks up where the first volume lefts off, it doesn't really have a beginning. So that absolutely makes Vol. 1 the more complete one of the two. It is true that Vol. 2 offers more background information about several characters, but it still wouldn't clarify anything to anyone who hasn't watch the first movie. Tough choice, but I vote for Kill Bill Vol. 1.
on 9/5/2009
Vol. 2 was a stronger film for me. I love both, and saw each several times in the theatre. But David Carridine rocked my world and 2 was just too good.
GOOD GOD
on 9/12/2009
I really love the Western feel of the second one, and I got to say that it trumps the anime/samurai feel of the first. The first one is great mind you, but the second one seems to also have just more character development, which I like.
on 9/30/2009
I usually catch flak for preferring VOl. 2, but I'm always on the side of character development and great themes, which I get just a bit more in the second half. Plus, I love QT's dialogue.
on 10/7/2009
Vol. 2 was better. Don't know exactly why, but I liked it more. The characters gained more depth, and the story resolved itself... Don't know, it's just better.
on 10/25/2009
Both volumes are great, but since the House of Blue Leaves sequence is in 1, that one wins.
on 11/1/2009
Volume one is definitely better, if only for the fight between Uma and Lucy's minions.
Volume 1. Volume 2 while still a fantastic film, dragged in places. Oh, and I loved Basterds, so don't say I don't appreciate the man's dialogue :P. But I can't help but wonder how it would have felt as one film..
on 11/20/2009
Ooh snap.
on 11/22/2009
AHHHHHHHHHHH
on 11/25/2009
Comes down to whether you like the action or the dialogue. I prefer the dialogue. Nothing in Vol. 1 compares to the opening exchange between Bill and the Bride in Vol. 2. Some of QTs best writing and blocking, even if it is ripping off Leone. And I actually think the best fight scene is between Elle and the Bride, also in Vol. 2. Vol. 2 all the way.
on 11/26/2009
Reasons vol. 1 wins: 1. The 2 minute tracking shot in the house of blue leaves scene that follows The Bride through the whole building, turns around to follow Charlie Brown (who, oddly, is played by the dude who wrote Ichi the killer) back to the top floor, and then switches off to Sophie Fatale to go back to the bathroom where Thurman is changing suits. Probably the most audacious and logistically complex thing QT's ever shot. Plus it's all set to The 5.6.7.8.'s, how cool is that? 2. It's a throwback to my favorite period of Japanese filmmaking; the late 60s into the 70s, when legitimately talented filmmakers like Seijun Suzuki, Koji Wakamatsu, Norifumi Suzuki, and Kinji Misumi decided not to spend their time making period epics and deeply metaphorical introspective dramas, but rather mad-ass exploitation movies that mixed extreme violence and softcore pornography. QT is one of the few directors left that has the talent and the willingness to pull this sort of thing off, and that makes Vol. 1 a little more special to me. 3. This could also be said of Vol. 2 (particularly as it has Samuel L. and most of Carradine's role), but everyone involved in this movie is awesome. Uma Thurman is awesome. Sonny Chiba is awesome. The 5.6.7.8s are awesome. Rza did the score. Katsuhito Ishii did the anime segment. Jun Kunimura, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu, all cool. I think Tarantino has a long list of all the people he's ever thought was cool, and his entire career as a filmmaker is essentially an excuse to meet these people and cast them in movies so other people can see how cool they are. That said, Vol. 2 is also completely brilliant, and I don't think I'd ever watch just one without the other. In fact, taken as one movie Kill Bill is probably my favorite Tarantino film.
on 12/6/2009
I'd have to go with Vol 1 just for the crazy 88.
on 12/8/2009
Two halves of the same whole. It's like choosing your favorite side of a lucky coin. While Vol 2 has its moments and a satisfying conclusion, the gonzo verve and redonculous vision of Vol. 1 is not to be beat. I mean, anime for crying out loud! Who does that?!
on 12/10/2009
Vol. 1 for the epic sword fight.
on 12/19/2009
Oh, holy crap. Vol 1 has the awesome story of O-ren and the 88. But Vol 2 is so damn *satisfying*.
on 12/24/2009
i can't choose
on 12/27/2009
Vol.2 wins but only because Vol.1 perfectly set it up with all of the backstory and general plot. Plus the three best scenes of the movies (The Coffin, The Final Act with Bill, The Fight with Daryl Hannah) were in vol. 2. The crazy 88 fight was fun but overall it wasn't as engaging or built up to like the above scenes. In Vol.2 David Carradine as Bill, my favorite Tarantino character of all time, you sympathize with at the end when in usual revenge plot lines its the oppisite. *Ahem* Vol.2 FTW
The crazy 88 show down is one of my favorite movie moments ever. Kill Bill Vol 1.
on 12/28/2009
Neither film could really exist without the other.
two hideous terds that should not be regarded as films
on 12/31/2009
They're both technically one movie, but I'll probably choose the more action-packed Vol. 1 over Vol. 2. But this is subject to change.
on 1/1/2010
WOW this is one of the toughest decisions i've had on flickchart. I'll go with volume 2 due to one of the best fights in cinema history: the Bride vs Elle Driver
Quentin Tarantino made these movies as one, but because of their length they had to be split into two. So they're pretty much the same movie. It's just like comparing two halves of a flick, it doesn't make sense.
on 1/10/2010
If Kill Bill was one movie it would probably be my "greatest of all time". Just reading the other comments makes my brain go to war with itself. Everyone has valid arguments but when you add it all up (cruel tutelage, the scene between budd and elle driver, the wedding chapel scene, beatrice vs. elle, and finally the ending featuring some great speeches by Bill) - Kill Bill Vol. 2 walks away the winner.
on 2/8/2010
I loved Vol. 2, along with everyone else, for the brilliant close-quarters sword fight with Daryl Hannah, the claustrophobic awesomeness of the coffin scene, and the unexpectedly brilliant ending; but even with all of these, Vol. 1 is my favorite. It has the GREATEST sword fight sequence of ALL TIME, and the anime sequence was pure inspired genius, like taking speed and reading a manga.
on 2/18/2010
i actually watched again back to back last saturday. I gotta go with the first one, both are great and together they would have been perfect, but since they decided to separate them and make twice the money (who could blame them right?), i go for Volume 1
on 2/23/2010
Kill Bill 1 has the best action sequences and it's beyond cool.
on 3/8/2010
Volume 1 was a satisfying enough ride, but, honestly, over-stylized. Volume 2 was the more grounded of the two and works on every level, whereas Volume 1 had little more to speak of than its action.
on 3/24/2010
Not only does Kill Bill Vol. 1 have better action, acting, and villains, it's just a more complete movie.
on 3/26/2010
i'd have to go with volume 1, if only because it totally blew my mind the first time i watched it. I was expecting to like it, but to change my view of movies? i wasn't planning on that. vol. 2 took some time to grow on me, and i think didn't have as much of an impact due to the fact that i hadn't seen many kung-fu or spahgetti westerns up to then. THAT has been quickly fixed.
on 4/5/2010
V1 had wayyyyy more moments of pure, unbridled entertainment (esp the O-Ren Ishii intro). V2 was... boring, no?
on 4/14/2010
You people are comparing a movie with itself. You're retarded!
on 4/18/2010
I have to go with V.1. After a two movie build up the actually killing of Bill was a bit anticlimactic. On the other hand, I really like Michael Madsen's character. Very similar in the action vs. cerebral change found in Matrix: Reloaded vs Matrix: Revolutions.
on 4/27/2010
I just watched both parts again, and I stand by Vol. 2 as the best. The action is not as kinetic as Vol. 1 but what's there works, plus, it has the best dialogue and character development.
on 7/7/2010
I feel like we should all just lobby for them to replace each separate film with "The Whole Bloody Affair". With both in my top 10, keeping them together for my own sanity is hell!
on 8/1/2010
Haha! can you really separate the 2 even?! I think that Vol. 1 is more stimulating visually, but I think Vol. 2 has better dialogue...hmmm....
on 8/23/2010
love both of these, they have some of the most entertaining, funny and violent scenes i have seen. and i agree that they are really one film, obviously neither would work without the other. but i have to give to vol.2 for better supporting cast (Carradine and Msdsen especially) and the Pai Mei scene!
on 11/9/2010
I liked "Kill Bill Vol.2" better. I especially loved the fight between Elle and the Bride.
on 11/21/2010
Volume 1 was better. I thought the 2nd volume didnt have the same punch as the first.
on 12/7/2010
To be honest I think I liked the second one better than the first. When Uma Thurman goes to find Bill and her daughter is there playing with fake guns, that was the most sentimental plot twist Tarantino could have possibly incorporated. Pure genius. The first one was still quite good, I don't usually like anime but I thought that anime scene was a nice touch. Apart from that the first one was ludicrously violent, and I do believe there is a point where too much blood is liable to be counted as a mark against a film. Just look at Sweeny Todd. One thing I did enjoy throughly that I saw in both these movies is the unpredictability of each situation. Many times when these killers confront each other it's leisurely, casual, and then BAM! somebody shoots at somebody. After watching enough Quentin Tarantino movies you begin to understand that in each scene you never know who is going to exploit an opportunity to kill somebody else. It catches you off balance and I think that is brilliant cinema. I love them both, but for now I'm going with Kill Bill Vol. 2
on 1/20/2011
Vol. 2
Vol. 1 all the way. Would love to see the original cut with both parts edited together...
I can't choose but I think Kill Bill Vol. 1 for now but that is subject to change
on 3/14/2011
Loved Vol. 2 but it was a little, just a little too talky for me, so I will pick Vol. 1 which I also loved.
on 3/18/2011
Love both, and consider them the same movie really. But thinking of them as standalone and not just one long awesome movie, I'd choose 1, it was the most entertaining! 2 was too, and I loved the non stop dialog but still.
on 3/31/2011
Okay so this isn't really a choice we should have to make since Tarantino wrote Kill Bill .. not 1 and 2... I kind of feel that way about LOTR too --- it's one movie broken up into 3... hard for me to choose between them... I do think Pulp Fiction is still above both of these 2... maybe his best -- I might choose these 2 right over Basterds though... didn't like Jackie Brown much at all --- Dogs is in there ... True Romance & From Dusk til Dawn plus Grindhouse were all fun rides... but I might have liked vol 2 a little better be cause the title gets done hehe and it seems even harder for her if that's possible...
on 4/26/2011
Part 1's action sequences are the heart of what makes Tarantino great. His character development has always been slightly flawed, even with Carradine owning the screen. Part 1 I think is truer to the film's intent and thus gets the win.
on 5/11/2011
The second one drags a bit in parts. First one is nonstop action. Both in my top 50, though.
two great movies, but the first part really have it all, including the awesome final battle scene, the second one just dont give justice to the first one, although its a great movie.
on 7/15/2011
i liked the old karate guy, and i also liked the little chinese girl that can kick ass. i liked both, the first one is better.
on 8/4/2011
Vol. 1 is great and amazing, and so is Vol. 2. Though I gotta go with the first one by a hair only because of the Crazy 88.
on 8/5/2011
I've never had to answer this question until today.
on 8/13/2011
This is one of those life-deciding moments, huh..
on 8/27/2011
This is a popular question? Vol. 1 is flawless. Vol. 2 is disappointing. The first wins for sure.
on 9/14/2011
Beginning of the second volume is the one of the best scenes i've ever seen.
on 9/24/2011
The fight with Gordon Liu and the crazy 88's easily makes Kill Bill Vol. 1 the better movie.
on 11/5/2011
the first one was alright, the second was mediocre, and they're both overrated
As a whole, they work together, but separately, Vol. 1 has a much more coherent plot and more accessible action, while Vol. 2 has more character development. My vote goes to Vol.1
on Dec 21
Is this a joke? volume 1 easy.
