Have to go see Volume II now, since I've seen the first one. Its sort of a retro-1970's style kung-fu movie, with a bit of a parody twist. I was remarkably impressed, although it may be a bit gory for the faint of heart, its still a pretty decent film.
Anyone seen volume II yet?
Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :
My son rented Vol. 1 this wkend and then went to see Vol. 2 last nite......LOVED it!!! ...but then he's going to UTA 1st year and then UT Austin & majoring in film.....(no rude comments, please.....he has an uncle & 3 cousins who are aTm)
Heyyyy....btw.....Freebird's ROCKS!!!!! mmmmmmmm.....yummy!!!
Posted by el ess1 (Member # 1544) on :
Never got into "hop n chop" movies myself. Although the spoof factor is high in the Kill Bill series, from what I hear, so tongue-in-cheek movies are a bit more tolerable.
And Millie, you say you have several family members that are ATM's? Good...I need a loan... Posted by cytruffle (Member # 1733) on :
quote:Originally posted by el ess1: And Millie, you say you have several family members that are ATM's? Good...I need a loan...
LMAO!!! That's how they spell it in Aggieland....so I'm told.....
...actually, my ex is VP over Corporate Security for Bank of America, so I guess he could qualify as one....see if YOU can get any cash outta him!!! Posted by biSScuit (Member # 2030) on :
Saw volume 2 a week ago. I wouldn't call it a sequel...it's the same movie! Quentin Tarantino filmed them both as one continuous movie, but of course the "powers that be" convinced him into splitting it so people would have to pay the price of two movies to see one. That being said, Volume 2 wasn't nearly as graphic nor action packed, but had more story line to it. If you were to watch them in one sitting, it'd flow together well, but 98% of the action would be near the beginning.
Posted by Bill Mason (Member # 1807) on :
I really enjoyed these movies. I saw Vol I last year. I bought the DVD for Vol I as well, and watched it bfore I saw Vol II on opening night.
Apparently, Uma Thurman worked really hard in her role. She took a whole bunch of lessons and trained daily for the action parts.
On the other hand, David Carredine said this was no big deal for him. He essentially showed up at the sets and played himself. He also said his wardrobe for the movies came entirely from his closets at home. The costumers showed up at his place, combed throuigh his closets and that was his wardrobe.
Others have noted that it is really one long movie. THis is true and you should not even attempt to see Vol II until you have seen Vol I. If you don't Vol II will make absolutely NO sense.
Posted by blkragss02 (Member # 1801) on :
It was pretty good
Posted by Sizzle (Member # 503) on :
I did not enjoy Vol 2 nearly as much as the first film. I wonder if he reordered the scenes when he was asked to split up the movie? Normally, you'd think he'd of split the action and slow moving parts up over the coarse of the film. Instead, we get one movie that's high octaine and another that is slow moving.
Posted by twobratSS (Member # 2180) on :
I haven't seen Volume 2 yet, but when I rented Volume 1, I was expecting a LOT of blood and guts. It was gory, but to me it was more like a 70's gory, not 2004 (if that makes sense). For example (and this is just IMHO), when they DID have appendages cut off, it always looked like red water spewing out of a sprinkler...not true to life blood and guts, so it wasn't so bad...
All in all, a pretty cool movie. I can't wait to rent Volume 2 (Missi won't watch movies like that, so I have to wait to rent it.).
Posted by Ronin (Member # 1357) on :
I saw both and enjoyed them.
Posted by CamaroSCG (Member # 1591) on :
I also saw vol 1 this weekend. I'll probably wait for vol 2 to rent, no hurry.
Posted by Krista (Member # 1904) on :
got to see Vol I last week and looking forward to seeing II in the theater this Fri.
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