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Kill Bill - Volumes 1 & 2 [Blu-ray] (Amazon.com Exclusive)

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An excellent blu-ray transfer for an awesome movie. The picture quality is one of the best video transfers on blu-ray and the audio is equally pleasing. Its a must own in the collection of best blu-ray titles. Not much on the extras side, but the Movie itself is worth it.

REGARDING THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR: First off, The Weinstein Company owns the rights to "The Whole Bloody Affair" when it arrives, so you can't fault Disney for releasing the one and only cut of this movie that they own. They do not, have not and will not have the ability to put out "The Whole Bloody Affair".

And if you're waiting for "The Whole Bloody Affair" I hope you have other things to occupy your time. "TWBA" was first mentioned in 2004, and it's since been four long years without literally ANY actual progress on the front of that cut surfacing. The cut is NOT yet finished. I think people are under the impression that foreign cuts of KB are "TWBA" and they are NOT. Quentin has NOT YET CUT "THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR" TOGETHER AT ALL. Every year he makes a promise that he's about to get to it, to no avail. I wouldn't say I'm actually skeptical it will ever come out (I'm sure Quentin wants to do it) but I'm not exactly holding my breath anymore either.

So, in conclusion: Not only is "The Whole Bloody Affair" NOT coming out tomorrow or something, but it's not likely to come out for quite a long time (especially with Quentin starting Inglorious Bastards), and when it does, it won't be through Buena Vista.

Thanks.

EDIT: In 2011, the completed "Whole Bloody Affair" did finally premiere at the New Beverly in Los Angeles for a week during programming selected by Tarantino (who owns a stake in the theater). There is still no release date for a home video version.

I think a lot of reviewers are forgetting the fact that Kill Bill vol 1 and 2 are great movies. $40 for two great movies in high def isn't a bad deal.

Back when this was released on DVD years ago people kept howling not to buy it because you should wait until The Whole Bloody Affair comes out. Well guess what, years later it still hasn't come out on any format. Stop holding your breath for it. Its supposed to be what, 5 hours long?

Also, these are the theatrical versions and i'm fine with that. I own the japanese versions and theres not much difference. Definitely not enough to miss out on owning such a great movie.

Harvey Weinstein has said SEVERAL times that The Whole Bloody Affair was only to be released in Japan. It actually did fairly poor sales wise overseas, which is one of the factors why they didn't release it over here. they were thinking about releasing it last fall in the us, but due to the train wreck of Grindhouse's theatrical and dvd releases they decided against it. this is not me saying this, this is the Weinstein company's official response to any inquiries of The Whole Bloody Affair. the demand is just too low right now. however, never say never. but as it stands right now, you will more than likely see Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction on Blu-ray before you see The Whole Bloody Affair in any form in the united states.

On a more positive note, this is an amazing film (or films depending on how you view Kill Bill). Every Tarantino film is special in its own way (even Death Proof, which is by far his weakest effort) and while this is not his best film (that honor belongs to Pulp Fiction) it is definately worth the purchase. I normally don't brag on Amazon, but this really is a fantastic offer for a blu-ray set. I look forward to this release.

Version: U.S.A / Miramax / Region A, B, C

Kill Bill Vol. 1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:50:43 (U.S Cut)
Movie size: 31,48 GB
Disc size: 36,01 GB
Average video bit rate: 30.06 Mbps

LPCM Audio English 4608 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 4608kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps

Subtitles: English SDH / Chinese / Japanese / French / Korean / Spanish
Number of chapters: 20

* The Making of KILL BILL Volume 1
* THE "5, 6, 7, 8'S" Musical Performances
* Tarantino Trailers: "Reservoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction," "Jackie Brown," "Kill Bill: Volume 1" bootleg trailer, Kill Bill" Volume 2 teaser.

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Kill Bill Vol. 2
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 2:16:57
Movie size: 38,50 GB
Disc size: 42,94 GB
Average video bit rate: 27.26 Mbps

LPCM Audio English 6912 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 6912kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps

Subtitles: English SDH / Chinese / Japanese / French / Korean / Spanish
Number of chapters: 20

* The Making of KILL BILL Volume 2
* Damoe Deleted Scene
* Chingon Musical Performance

Such a classic film, and it feels great to finally own it in the best possible format!

You should all by now know the general plot so I'll skip that. Its a revenge/homage/over the top flick written and directed by one of the most prolific and talented directors/writers in the world.

The Picture Quality of these Blu Ray Discs is outstanding. Every pore, fiber, bead of sweat, droplet (or pool) of blood, every pebble and just about every minute detail is clearly visible and visually striking. Since this is a Tarantino film, you can expect some grainy scenes (the intro to both volumes as well as the Pai Mai training scene come to mind, with the Pai Mai scene exibiting some strong grain and washed out colors, but they were filmed like that intentionally). There are also some pretty overblown colors, but this is how it was shown theatrically so its not an issue with the Blu Ray transfer. Great film like appearance and no sign of Digital Noise Reduction or Edge Enhancment.

The audio is outstanding. This WILL push your system to the limits, and then some!

The special features are bare and in standard definition...and this is my only complaint.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2 on Blu Ray come highly recommended. Truly a film lovers film.

There's no doubt that the picture and sound quality on Kill Bill Blu Ray is very good indeed, but it is still the cut version that has been released.
The sword fight in the restaurent is cut to black and white, also Uma Thurman removing Sophie Fatal's other arm with the Hanso sword has also been cut.
For this reason, I preffer the uncut Japanese version, because it hasn't allowed the censors to butcher the film.

Hey, people.

I absolutely LOVE this film(s)!!! Great movie(s), and I'm a huge QT fan! Just don't but this two pack!!! If you buy the individual discs, as of right now as I type this...buying them individually saves you $10.

Amazon?...hello? Someone asleep over there? Check your inventory, folks!

This review is not for the movies themselves, but for this combo deal. It really isn't one since it is being sold for about $37 plus shipping. Volumes 1 and 2 can be bought individually for about $14.50 each (total of $29) with free shipping on Amazon. The 2-pack doesn't get you any extra features or anything else.

Right off the bat, I'll start by saying that Amazon chose to be "less than honest" about this set when I bought it. They showed it as "NC-17", and said they "couldn't verify my information" when I submitted a correction after having received "R" versions.

That said, this set is decent, though I really expected a lot more from Blu-Ray.

The video transfer is incredibly sharp, albeit somewhat oversaturated... so you might want to back down the color on your display. Some will probably say that the saturation is intentional, but having seen this in the theater and on DVD, I'm going to go ahead and disagree.

As far as audio goes, Buena Vista was nice enough to give us uncompressed 5.1, though I'm incredibly disappointed that there was no DTS track, as it was indeed available when this movie was in theaters (so it's not like there would have been a ton of work involved in providing it, or that there wasn't enough space on the disc for it). That said, the uncompressed audio is better than average, though, much like the color, I'm reasonably sure an audio engineer was given instructions along the lines of "Make it thump more! This is Blu-Ray!", resulting in some unbalanced effects.

Don't buy this set if you're looking for extras. There really aren't any. You get a couple of songs by the 5,6,7,8's (the band playing at Charlie Brown's place) and some 480p trailers for other Tarantino movies.

If you already own the DVD set and have a decent upscaling DVD player, this Blu-Ray set isn't going to offer you very much more than you already have. But at the price Amazon's offering the set at, it isn't like you're getting ripped off. If you don't have these discs on DVD already, it's probably worth the extra money to get the Blu-Ray discs.