Kill Bill: Vol. 1 4K UHD

Kill Bill is what is hailed as the much anticipated "4th film by quinton tarintino". If you don't know who quinton tarintino is, then I feel sorry for you. For the rest of us I need only mention the titles "Resevoir Dogs", "Pulp Fiction", And "Jackie Brown" and then you will understand the anticipation this new film has for us big time QT fans.So as the long-awaited 4th film, we find Tarintino taking a new dirtection... firslty, this is Kill Bill vol 1, with Vol 2 having just been released in theaters as of this writing. Seeing the first volume immediatley shows us that what QT had blanned was large, stylish, and visionary! The fact that The lead star Umma Thurman actually particiapted in much of the conceptual work behind the film only serves to further display why this film came together so brilliantly.Kill Bill, as it's appropriatley called is a tale of revenge at it's most basic. Umma Thurman Plays an ex Assassin, who was betrayed at her wedding by her former boss. The plot throughout the movie leaves some gaps to be further explored in the next film, but plenty of detail and background is given to all the characters throughout the course of the movie (a trademark of tarintino is brilliant character depth). Once comming out of a comma, "The Bride" as she is called (we never get to hear her name in the movie - it is bleeped out!) goes on a path of vengence that will leave a thick trail of blood in it's wake.Harking back to old martial arts films of the 70's the mood is sometimes made to feel corny intentionally. Oddly enough not only didnt this bother me, it made the movie more fun and more enjoyable. What's amazing is QTs abillity to switch moods in the film from being epicly dramatic, and almost philisophical in nature (like many old sammuri movies); to being goofy, and corny and almost poking fun at itself. Also we are treated to scenes that have wild western feels, as well as refrences to other old genres. The film is filled with LOTS to dwell on and think about.Beyond that we have QT's typical directorial excellence. Vissually, Kill BIll is probably one of the finest works I've ever seen. The movie has more style, flair, and wit than almost any other I can think of. QT just has a way of always finding some new place to put the camera... some new trick to use that u werent expecting. An entire 10 -15 minute scene in the movie is fully animated in japanese style! The use of black and white and other little artistic ideas of QT make this movie an absolute pleasure to watch. If nothing else this has to be one of the most creative and unique films you'll ever see.Finally, this is QTs first attempt at making an action orientated film. The fight scenes are really well done, and in the climactic battle we see umma thurman single handedly fight 60 plus men (all with sammuri swords) - and slaughter them all! Even the first time through, I had to watch that scene twice! QT also has a way of bringing the action together with many moments that are (typical to his style) nothing more than witty diologue.IN the end, some people wont like this movie just because it's too "wierd" for them, or just not their kind of film. Those who dont like QTs style are likely to not be impressed. But for me, and many others, Kill Bill Vol one was an AMAZING movie, on many levels at once. The variety of themes, the amazing visual style, and the excellent audio (thanks to the RZA from Wu Tang Clan who produced the soundtrack)... this movie really surprised me by just HOW good it was.

I purchased this disk to replace a DVD disk that was old. This 4K version is beautiful. One of the best movies put out the year it was released.

The 4k is amazing 10stars they did a A++++ job on this 4k transfer they did an even better job on the audio this 4k have the best audio I have heard on a transfer yet I always say if you mess up the audio you mess up the movie it self the audio allows you to feel the movie I give this 4k transfer 10 stars and A++++ rating you just hear everything it is crisp and clear clean audio I recommend anyone to add this to their collection

This won't be a movie review. You've either already seen it, or, if not, you can scroll through other posts here and read all about it. I also wanted to be clear that this is in regards to the 4K release, as Amazon, in it's infinite wisdom (eye-roll emoji here) puts every review for every iteration of a movie all together. (As an aside: Would you people who leave one-star reviews because the mailman was a day late, or your DVD case had a dent just stop, please? Your complaint can be registered elsewhere without bringing down the star ratings other customers might pay attention to.) Anyway, back to the movie. I ordered parts 1 and 2, having only ever owning the movies on DVD. I never upgraded to blu-ray. The 4K is mind-blowing! The colors pop, the black & white sequences are sharp as h*ll, and I don't think it's looked this good since it was initially in the cinema. If, like me, you have a version you've had for several years, and wanna step things up, grab the two on 4K. You will not be disappointed.

What an AMAZING 4K restoration!I was gradually giving up on 4K restorations of old movies/anime since 1) they usually look slightly darker than original blu rays on a calibrated TV and 2) usually have exactly the same audio track quality.Watched Kill Bill Vol 1 yesterday and man! From the start I was shocked by how good the opening song “Bang Bang” sounded - just right! I couldn’t believe it sounded so good before, so when I finished the movie I put in the blu ray disk and yes - muffled bass, ruined minds and highs, awful. All other songs sounded fantastic on 4K disk (it has a variable audio rate vs fixed for blu ray by the way). I then compared the picture quality of the two and I could NEVER say that 4K disk looks darker or brighter than each scene demanded; on the contrary blu ray scenes look washed out in comparison, but 4K was always right on the spot. What impressed me even more and I don’t know how they achieved it, but motion looks amazing on 4K Dolby vision disk and like blurred nonsense in comparison on blu ray - and this is given that I have exactly the same motion processing settings for both modes on my LG OLED TV.

Great movie, transfer is good but not incredibleThis is a 2K upscale which is a perfect explanation for the transfer.Better than blu-ray, not as good as a native 4K transfer. I can see Arrow Films doing a transfer in 2 to 3 yearsUltimately this is better than any blu-ray out there but if we measure versus other movies of the same area, it lacks slightly.Still an incredible movie but may be a tough purchase for those owning the blu-ray.