Customer Reviews

Kill Bill - Volume 1 [UMD for PSP]

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Actually there are two subtitles, full english captioning and just the translated subtitles, the modes are Subtitle Off, Engligh 1, and English 2.

And the aspect ratio is actually letterboxed in 2.35:1 instead of the standard PSP widescreen, so I don't know what is being misprepresented. I've heard more people complain that it is in its original widescreen and not formatted to fill the PSP screen (Spider-Man 2 for example actually was cropped from 2.35:1 down to the PSP's screen size).

This is a great UMD, it has great looking animated menus, it actually HAS a scene selection menu, and it has extras too, a Making Of video and music videos. Compared to the rest of the UMD pack this disc is a feature packed jewel.

Shop around and find a good price, its not hard, with a brand new format that is just getting off the ground I don't think $20 is highway robbery. I remember the days when DVDs cost a lot more than they do today, once the market picks up steam and PSPs become more prevalent prices will go ever lower.

I picked Kill Bill up today and I love it. The transfer is flawless, the action is so crisp and clean on PSP its just beautiful, even in the middle of the craziest action, no artifacting in sight. The audio is excellent as well. I can copy movies onto a memory stick but they won't hold a candle to this in terms of anything.

This is very well done UMD: nice animated menus, subtitles, scene selections, a "Making Of" video as well as some music videos by the 5,6,7,8's. An excellent addition to your PSP collection!

"Kill Bill" was either a disaster-in-the-making or a one of a kind hit -- a sprawling revenge flick that had to be cut in two and released separately. But director Quentin Tarantino serves up entertainingly mindless gore and twisted thrills in "Kill Bill Volume 1," a salute to homages.

Tragedy strikes the Bride (Uma Thurman) on her wedding day: The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (DiVAS) attacks and slaughters the guests, the groom, and wounds the very pregnant Bride herself. Her former boss/lover Bill (David Carradine) finishes the bloodbath by shooting the Bride in the head. But despite his efforts, she isn't dead.

A few years later, the Bride wakes to find that she has been in a coma for a few years, and has been being used as a sex toy for rent. After recovering enough to move, the Bride gets a sword sharp enough to "cut God," and goes on a revenge spree against the people who wrecked her life and killed her baby, including Cottonmouth (Vivica A. Fox) and the deadly O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu).

Don't expect cinematic art in "Kill Bill Volume 1." If anything, this is cinematic pop art, a loving tribute to cheesy martial-arts flicks and westerns. Tarantino even inserts a stretch of anime detailing O-Ren's background. It's pure Tarantino, untainted by typical directing methods and immensely entertaining if you switch off your critical faculties, refrain from asking "How the heck could that happen?"

"Kill Bill" isn't for the weak of stomach; over 450 gallons of fake blood are used in both movies. But the blood usage is more "Monty Python" than "Braveheart"; it's so over-the-top that it's silly and sick rather than disturbing. So is the violence -- hacking dozens of people down without getting so much as a scrape is impossible, but it's sure fun to watch.

Tarantino throws out more one-liners than just about any other filmmaker around. The absurd "Trix is for kids" line aside, there are a number of great lines like "Those of you lucky enough to have your lives take them with you. However, leave the limbs you've lost. They belong to me now." The script teems with impossibilities, but they seem plausible enough in this alternate reality that Tarantino has cooked up. Call it Tarantinoland.

Uma Thurman, with her yellow tracksuit and katana, rules the screen as the Bride. Despite the Bride cutting down people by the dozen, it's impossible not to appreciate her. And the best supporting performances come from Liu as the ruthless O-Ren, Carradine in a brief but intense appearance, and the wonderful, underrated Chiaki Kuriyama as evil schoolgirl Go-Go Yubari.

It's silly, it's creepy, it's gaudy, and somehow it's vastly entertaining. Tarantino's special triumph in "Kill Bill Volume 1" is to somehow rope his vast store of movie homages into a gory, action-packed storyline, and one that is, at the very least, hard to forget.

Loved the Kill Bill movies and watch them from time to time when I fly. The PSP is great for that and this UMD is the full movie with everything as it was at the theater.

Crazy awesome movie. The action was great. Music well thought out for scenes and was the type of movie where i was pulled in right away.
But just keep in mind there is a Vol 2.

Got this movie for the wife and she is very happy with it. I would recommend anybody who has a PSP and likes this move to get it.

Corey

This review is for; Kill Bill - Volume 1 [UMD for PSP]

If I only had one choice of movie to get for my PSP it would definitely be "Kill Bill"! Selection of UMD movies is very scarce, hard to find and are sometimes expensive due to limited availability. Although there are a good number of other movie titles available on UMD (such as "Enter the Dragon", & "The Matrix"), I really think most of them aren't so good or are "hit and miss" selections. As of 12-16-08, it is uncertain and rather bleak about the future of UMD titles that are going to be available for 2009 and beyond. A new PSP without a UMD drive will be released in the future.

The "Kill Bill" volume one is a very good movie to get on UMD, is enjoyable with multiple viewings and is one of the few UMD movies with special features. Not much special features. Just a couple. One is the making of "Kill Bill" (22 minutes) which is your standard cast, crew interviews mixed with some film and behind-the scenes footage. The other feature is a six minute music video by 5, 6, 7 & 8 (four Asian females dressed in beige dresses) singing the song "Woo-Hoo". Of course if you get "Kill Bill" volume one, you probably be obligated to get volume two like I did. Volume two has only a few deleted scenes as the only special feature on that UMD.

It looks and works great on the PSP, but my only complaint is that there is only two subtitle modes: All off, or all English on. In the DVD version there was an option to translate (display) only the Japanese words and not the English ones. Otherwise, a good buy if you want a great movie on the go.

First of all, Amazon's product feedback feature is not the place to praise or berate Sony or UMDs in general. Please stop bringing down the rating of this specific release just because you want to whine about the decisions Sony has made for distributing movies for the PSP. There are plenty of other forums for that. People are coming here to decide whether to purchase this title and couldn't care less about your opinions outside of that.

After that rant, I'll keep this review short: The video quality is stunning. The soundtrack is clear and crisp (although stereo only). The valuable extras from the DVD are all here (only missing the trailers.. who cares?). This is a solid UMD release. If you can wait, certainly the price will drop, but if you can't $21 isn't unreasonable for what you get here, early adopter.

In my opinion, this is the UMD movie to get today.

Kill Bill - Volume 1 (UMD Mini For PSP) was a great movie for the PSP.