Broken & Exploding Hearts! Kill Bill Volume 2 Movie Reaction!!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

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[@WUStLBear82]

David Carradine's reference to a Shaolin monk is quite funny, since he played a Shaolin monk in the TV series _Kung Fu_ . Daryl Hannah's screaming fit after her eye is plucked out is reminiscent of her death scene in _Blade Runner_ .

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

You are so right-thank you for pointing this out.

[@jansepulon]

That movie is unironically my favorite Romcom... the love relationship between Beatrix and Bill is very deep. They each understand the need for revenge, for an inevitable lethal outcome, but there's still some immortal love between them. I find it beautiful. It's easy to change the love into pure hatred and contempt when you're heartbroken. I'm not saying it's couple goals, but hey, they managed to keep something I didn't always manage with my own past relationships... Loved your reaction and your need of time to process it all rather than just drop a hasty rating

[@JMO_1976]

You say being buried alive, every breath brings you closer to death. Technically, every breath anyone takes, no matter where they are, brings them closer to death.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

lol this is true, but in that situation you are very aware of the few breaths you have left. Hopefully we have many more than that. 😅

[@Dylan_Platt]

Aaahhh, I totally understand why but you cut my very favorite moment in both movies -- the guy behind the counter on a slow night at the diner seeing The Bride, covered head to toe in grave dirt, walking intently across the road, into the diner, up to a seat, and calmly asking for a glass of water. Fantastic reaction.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

WELL, I can remedy that. Enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6mYln6jn9OWjJo

[@debbyemerson3877]

Awesome! My favorite scene as well and how cool of you to link that clip! 😎

[@Jonmad17]

It's a significantly more emotional movie than the first one. Volume 1 is enjoyable, but Volume 2 is the one that's stuck with me all these years.

[@garymussell6543]

Did you catch it? In the first movie, when Oh Ren says "Trix are for kids" it's a pun on Beatrix's name. Beatrix is also the name of the rabbit on the cereal box.

[@Dylan_Platt]

I like the implication that, because they say it together, the phrase was some kind of intimate reference if not an outright inside joke between Beatrix and O-Ren. They were coworkers for who knows how long, and could've been quite close. All speculative, of course, but it's fun to consider what the relationships were like between the assassins back when they were all more or less getting along.

[@ejtappan1802]

Sorry to contradict, but the Trix rabbit never had a name. However the Peter Rabbit stories were written by Beatrix Potter so the joke still works.

[@chrissmith6097]

Her last name is Kiddo. Trix are for kid[ddo]s. Kiddo is also slang or an affectionate nickname for a child

[@jasons_supra]

OMG THANK YOU I have NEVER understood that line until now

[@WolfHreda]

Fun bit of cultural knowledge: Pai Mei translates to White Eyebrows.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

🤣 perfect.

[@Oder_Aber]

I agree, this would work better as one single film, as it was intended by Tarantino. Thing is that hardly anyone would watch a 4-hour-film in theatres, so the producers demanded to cut it in half. Also, thumbs up for watching the credits!

[@1pknail]

There is a version that exists where it’s one movie but it’s hardly ever screened. It’s also edited a bit differently - for example, as I understand, it does not include the scene where Bill says her daughter is still alive. The audience would have not known until the end, just like Beatrix. They filmed that scene when the decision was made to split the movie, to give the audience a cliffhanger and something to come back to Vol. 2 for.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Ooh that would have been an excellent reveal at the very end. 👏

[@georgekellon2471]

BTW the hand she snatches Elle’s eye out, was the arm that Pei Mei said he owned. Justice!!!😉

[@michaelmcnair7624]

Holy CRAP....I didn't think of that!

[@charlieeckert4321]

There is a tie-in to Django Unchained. Paula Shultz was the wife of Dr. King Shultz, played by Christoph Waltz.

[@Smokie_666]

My favorite scene is where she is eating rice with Pai Mei. The way he scolds her when she puts down her chopsticks feels mean but I always believed he did so because he saw promise in her and was pushing her to overcome anything in her way, even the pain of eating rice with chopsticks. The smile he has when she begins to eat again is so satisfying and the closest to a compliment I think he would ever give. The same smile he gives while watching her train. He would never tell her this, just like the slightest of bows to the Shaolin monk, Pai Mei only gives the slightest hints of pride in his student.

[@a1stickleback]

I loved Volume 1, but it took me several years to enjoy Volume 2. Now I can't watch one without the other

[@MetastaticMaladies]

Pai Mai is a legendary figure in Kung fu and Chinese cinema, he’s shown up over a time line suggesting he’s immortal, he’s also as arrogant as he is strong, which I’m sure is obvious. The actor that plays Pai Mai fought against the character in a film, I forget which, so it’s a bit funny he’s playing Pai Mai here.

[@dennydowling2169]

Pai Mei never taught anyone the five-point exploding heart technique to anyone, so bill did not expect it could happen to him. That was a literal heartbreaker to Bill because it meant that Beatrix was perhaps loved by Pei Mai and vice versa. Esteban was played by Michal Parks who was also the officer who came to the massacre at the chapel. Thrae second officer was played by Michael's son James Parks) Michael was a case of Q using an actor from B movies and television because he saw talent in him that he felt was wasted in those vehicles and he wanted to give him a chance to show what he could do with the right Role and Director.)

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

I loved how Michael Parks played 2 different roles and delivered some of the greatest lines in the movie.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

That’s admirable of Tarantino.

[@anacarolmsc]

And that character/actor was in other Tarantino movies. Also, Pai Mei is played by the same guy who plays Johhny Mo of the Crazy 88, Gordon Liu

[@michaelmcnair7624]

FUN FACT: After some time shooting and heading home, on his way to the airport in Japan, Tarantino stopped at a store and heard The 5.6.7.8's playing over the store system. He asked the clerk who it was...he felt he would forget by the time he went home. So he brought the CD from them and contacted them later!

[@jimtatro6550]

The Pai Mei sequence might be my favorite QT segment ever, every time he flicks his beard I laugh no matter how many times I see it.😂

[@anacarolmsc]

Same, and Hanzo's too

[@tiphanieshaw2535]

Bless you for correctly pronouncing "tutelage," and take pride in knowing that puts you in a teeny tiny subclub of KB reactors. Also, fun facts... The production name for the fight between Beatrix and Elle was "the battle of the gargantuan blondes" and the hand that plucked Elle's eye was the one attached to the arm that Pai Mei claimed as his when he "interviewed" Beatrix.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

People don’t know how to pronounce tutelage? Huh. I have plenty of words I do mispronounce though, I’m sure. 😅. LOVE the production name you shared haha

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

To-teh-lag-eh Tutelage xD

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

I love the location where Budd lives, it looks beautiful! Looks like he regrets ever being an assassin and chose a harsh life to punish himself.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Love that idea!

[@jimhaggard7436]

Kill Bill Volume One is an homage to Kung Fu films of the 1970’s (for example 1973’s Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon) while Volume 2 is still an homage to those movies (Pei Mai), but also to “spaghetti westerns” of the 1960s. They were set in the American West, but filmed in Italy and played by Italian actors dubbed in American voices. They usually centered around revenge and had a musical score by Sergio Leone.

[@ofenomeno1381]

More like a homage to executioners from shaolin, or white lotus clan by having the priest in the movie, played by the person that fought him lol

[@ramy8207]

I forgot how good the music is in these. After I saw them I had the soundtrack in rotation for probably a year 😅

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I totally believe it! I’m very curious to see what approach Tarantino takes to the music in the more time period specific films.

[@GrubStLodger]

I went to a thing called Tarantino Live in which all the best songs from his films were performed along with recreations of the film.

[@LordVolkov]

"I would have jumped a motorcycle onto a speeding train..." To see this feat performed on film by a badass woman - Supercop (Police Story 3) Not sure if the line is a specific reference to Michelle Yeoh's stunt in Supercop, but it wouldn't surprise me.

[@gregbard]

Most people completely miss the fact that she is laughing on the bathroom floor at the end because "euphoria" is a side effect of the truth serum.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Valid! I have no ideas the effect of truth serum.

[@gregbard]

Bill tells us. @@CasualNerdReactions

[@ernesthakey3396]

​@@gregbardpossibly. But it was the next morning, that's a pretty long time for a side effect to kick in. Could simply be a mix of relief and sadness and joy all jumbled together.

[@gregbard]

No, I am pretty sure that Tarantino intended for that to be the interpretation, otherwise why would Bill even mention it? @@ernesthakey3396

[@classictowers668]

The reason in Kill Bill 1 to make part of the Crazy 88 fight in black and white was to avoid an NC17 rating. Tarantino was able to keep an R rating by making the bloodiest fight in BW and Kill Bill 1 now serves as a benchmark reference of exactly how bloody you can make an R rated movie.

[@st0n3p0ny]

I love how you were fully backing Budd's boss.

[@kellifranklin9872]

You have quickly become one of my very favorite reactors. I love your reactions and your commentary and you’re so funny and intelligent as well. I can’t wait to see what we watch next!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

You’re so kind, thank you. Coming up: As Good as it Gets, Office Space, Twister, Amelie, Grindhouse (planet terror + death proof), and Blast From the Past. :)

[@debbyemerson3877]

​@@CasualNerdReactions Well there we go, gotta subscribe now.

[@Guy8417]

Also, when she says she would have jumped a motorcycle onto a speeding train is kind of a shoutout to a Michelle Yeoh movie where she ACTUALLY jumped a motorcycle onto the top of a speeding train, no stuntwoman. And when she is laugh/crying on bathroom floor at the end confuses alot of folk, but you have to remember that Bill said the truth serum can cause euphoria and i think that is when it hit her, along with all the other emotions she was feeling.

[@MrEvers]

in the end it was a broken heart that killed Bill

[@WitchyShelbs]

I haven’t even finished watching this reaction yet and this is probably your best/funniest reaction yet. You are so wholesomely funny. I really appreciate you😊

[@CasualNerdReactions]

You’re kind, thank you!

[@the_nikster1]

I thoroughly enjoyed both of your reactions to Kill Bill. Volume 2 will always be my favorite, simply for the backstories and the dialogue. I've watched both movies back-to-back once and it was a unique experience, one that I enjoyed since I was able to appreciate Tarantino's original vision for the story. I agree that the pacing of Volume 2 is a bit slower but I loved that since Volume 1's pacing was so fast and there was so much fighting, you almost need the slower pace of Volume 2 to recover catch your breath. thanks for the reaction, Chris! 😃

[@TTM9691]

Chris, I never finish Kill Bill reactions, I always stop at the halfway point with both movies. I love the first halves of both, not so into the second. But I watched both of your reactions in their entirety! Only special reactors can keep me watching movies past where I usually bail (Full Metal Jacket is another). And it's great because it makes me rewatch those sections and re-evaluate them, and I enjoyed the second halves of both volumes, at least through your eyes! PS: The scene where Michael Madsen gets chewed out by his boss is one of my favorite of all Tarantino scenes, I don't know why that makes me laugh so much but happy to see it made your cut!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Thanks for such a kind comment, as always!

[@oscardiggs246]

This is the movie that made me realize that QT lives up to the hype.

[@tgfitzgerald]

Elle absolutely HATES her but I don't think the other members of the squad do. I think they were all very loyal to Bill and took it personal when Beatrice took off like that without telling him. But I believe they actually liked and definitely respected her and were mostly just acting under Bill's order. Except for Elle of couse, who hated her because Bill preferred her.

[@michaelmcnair7624]

FUN FACT: Not saying anything new to the old folks like me, but the very first thing that struck me was Tarantino using the old 70s TV show theme from "Ironside" whenever Kiddo flashed back to the church. Written by Quincy Jones.

[@Proteus2905]

26:25 I guess both laughing and crying. Must be all the tension of the revenge crusade falling off of her.

[@cliffchristie5865]

As you're a fan of the music (me too ) a nice companion piece to this is a KZbin video of Andre Rieu and Gheorghe Zamfir in concert with a live performance of "Lonely Shepherd" - as heard in part one of the movie.

[@wendydarling5790]

Just got to the part where she's buried and reminded me of a cool movie I want to recommend. It's called "Buried." Ryan Reynolds (who I never thought I was a fan of but he impressed me) wakes up mysteriously buried in a coffin and has to try to get out. If you're in the mood for something a bit dark, it's really interesting and entertaining.

[@michaelmcnair7624]

One thing that haunts me that I have not see anyone bring up, (but I am quite sure that someone has at some point...) The man who killed O Ren's father, from the very first time I saw the movie in the theater, I thought THAT was Bill at a younger age...the rings...the hair...which would give yet ANOTHER a crazy twist to the story.

[@HuntingViolets]

Tarantino has talked about doing a sequel where the daughter comes for Beatrix, but I don't know how likely that is at this point.

[@debbyemerson3877]

29:30 I'm glad you added "regret or relief" bc I was Not happy when you said love or hate. You obv didn't hate it and the callback was beautifully played ❤

[@lordwalker71]

Tarantino almost killed Uma in the driving scene, he wanted her to drive faster down the country road and she fought him on it because the car was not in good mechanical condition but he insisted and she ended up losing control and crashed into a tree.

[@dlweiss]

I personally REALLY prefer watching these movies in one long single viewing - because after the constant frenzied action and globetrotting of the first half, the quieter slower pace of the second half feels like a welcome breather, a chance for us to collect ourselves and ponder the deeper questions behind all the rage and bloodshed. When viewed on its own, I find the second film to be good, but a bit too languid and exposition-heavy. The first film helps balance all that out.

[@danholmesfilm]

Adore these films, may be up there in my top 3 ever. I understand they're not really the top 3 best films ever but personally they hit all my buttons just right.

[@johnnehrich9601]

Uma really kills it as President Ellen in Red, White, & Royal Blue.

[@LadySophiaVelaryon]

I'm claustrophobic, so the scene with her in the coffin freaked me out. ⚰️😱

[@maximillianosaben]

Chris should watch Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds. If the notion of being buried alive bothers you (which it certainly should), try getting through 85 minutes filmed inside a coffin. Even with Ryan Reynolds as company, it's darn rough.

[@HuntingViolets]

Waited for you to post part 2 to watch your reaction to part 1. I was really puzzled why you didn't do them in a row, but my patience has been rewarded. ;)

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I was so close to posting them back to back, but I realized I was scheduling beyond my capacity and I slowed down my releases a touch. Glad you feel rewarded for your patience. When I do Grindhouse the whole thing will com out in the same video.

[@HuntingViolets]

@@CasualNerdReactions I will have to watch _Grindhouse_ soon, then! Maybe after Christmas, though.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

It’s not posting until, I think 1/12 :) it was definitely an interesting introduction to an area of film I wasn’t familiar with 😅

[@PercyLeon1]

What’s interesting is the role was not write for David. David had a small roll. The role was written for Warren Beatty. Quentin really wanted him to play it. During a meeting Quentin and David traveled to Warren. He didn’t want to due. It wasn’t a fan of character. Warren told Quentin give it to David he would be great at it. Quentin now has to sell David who wasn’t a bill actor to the executive producer which was disgraced Harvey Weinstein. Harvey had no choice and just agreed to whatever Quentin wanted. ( all in David book)

[@n0tk0sher]

Her name was actually in the first part if you look carefully. It's printed on a plane ticket.

[@kylewestlake982]

1. I honestly don't think Bill would've bought Elle's story about Beatrix putting that Black Mamba in Budd's trailer. Beatrix is a warrior who fights her enemies face-to-face. Using a snake to kill her target is not her style. 2. I don't agree with Bill's stance on Superman. Clark Kent isn't a critique of the human race, he represents Superman's desire to be a part of it. He was brought to Earth by destiny, the hand of fate deal it's card. Had he not been found by the Kent's and raised as a human, he wouldn't have used to the values they taught him to be the hero he grew to be.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Both points make so much sense.

[@kylewestlake982]

@@CasualNerdReactions Thanks dude! Love your channel. Have you done Wolf of Wall Street yet? If not, DO IT! Also, if your in the spirit of the holidays, watch Krampus (2015) and Violent Night

[@davida.j.berner776]

I feel like the difference between the two parts is that Volume 2 can stand alone as a movie in its own right. It has a beginning, a middle and an end. Volume 1, on the other hand, is a series of spectacular set-pieces, but they don't form a coherent narrative on their own. It's very much a triumph of style over substance. In an interview at the time, I remember Uma Thurman indicating that the whole thing was originally meant to be a single film, but Tarantino decided to split it into two either during or after shooting. There was some suggestion that there was a dispute between her and Tarantino, because he had effectively got her to star in two films while only paying her for one! I have no idea if that's true, or if Thurman was just spinning a yarn, in order to drum up interest in the movie(s), but it would explain the difference in structure and pacing between Volume 1 and Volume 2.

[@couch.patati-patata]

That's a big thick torch she put in her mouth.

[@siwelify]

The pacing is the opposite of From Dusk Till Dawn which Tarantino wrote and Robert Rodriguez directed. Also the police officer who responds to the wedding murders is in both movies.

[@rubensalvador9422]

As members may have mentioned Tarantino initially intended this to be one movie. I think he split it because it was too long. He put it together in one film called Kill Bill: the Whole Bloody Affair. I believe you can find this edit on KZbin.

[@timcook6566]

There IS a Vol 3 in the works. I’ve seen a clip of it. It is indeed BB bs Cotton Mouth’s daughter when they are both grown up

[@BigGator5]

"And I rampaged. And I got bloody satisfaction. I've killed a hell of a lot of people to get to this point, but I have only one more. The last one. The one I'm driving to right now. The only one left. And when I arrive at my destination, I am gonna KILL BILL." Fun Fact: Like his character Bill, David Carradine was also a fan of collecting comic books. What Script Fact: The club owner hated Budd's hat, because writer and director Quentin Tarantino didn't like it when Michael Madsen appeared on the set wearing it. He tried to talk Michael out of it, but that didn't help. So Quentin got back with a little change in the script the next day, and Michael Madsen had to follow it. Lost In Translation Fact: Quentin Tarantino originally intended to only have Pai Mei's (Chia-Hui Liu) lips speaking Cantonese, while his voice would be in English, imitating a bad dub job. Tarantino was going to provide the voice himself. In the end, Tarantino abandoned this idea, and Chia-Hui Liu speaks in his own voice. Historical Fact: Pai Mei (Chia-Hui Liu) is based on Pak Mei, the originator of the "White Eyebrow" kung fu technique. According to legend, Pak Mei was one of the few Masters left following the decimation of the Buddhist temples. He later sold out other Masters to save his team and himself during an attack that they had mounted that subsequently went wrong. For this reason, Pak Mei Kung Fu has always been known as the "forbidden technique" and Pak Mei has been a villainous figure in Chinese folklore and film, for hundreds of years.

[@jenny_lee_87]

I just watched True Romance, the script is from Tarantino. There's at least 20 we'll known actors/actresses and loved the plot. I recommend it for your list.

[@yodieyuh]

Good ups. Original Pai Mei trilogy is Executioner's From Shaolin (1977), Abbot of Shaolin (1979), and Fist of the White Lotus (1980). Executioners and Fist are top notch Hong Kong/Taiwan kung-fu. Abbot is decent but not on the same level.

[@jorgesblog8017]

Hopefully you watch Inglorious Basterds next 👍

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Grindhouse is next from Tarantino, but Inglorious Basterds is winning a poll right now. Likely be around February 3rd for public release.

[@Guy8417]

how have i seen this movie a thousand times and JUST NOW realized that Sid Haig is the bartender at the strip club???

[@t0dd000]

It was a set of films I enjoyed. Very clever. But I'll only ever watch them once. Same with a couple of his other films.

[@greenpeasuit]

After you finish your Quinton experience, I hope you will check out "Sukiyaki Western Django". Not many react to it. Not a Tarantino film, but he does appear in it and the Director draws heavy inspiration from him. Imagine a Japanese feud told as a western. I will say no more.

[@Trendyflute]

The tone of the two volumes is quite different, and I'm glad for it. If Vol. 1's style persisted throughout I would have a lot less love for the Kill Bill movies. But Vol 2 slowing down, being more thoughtful, less cartooney makes a bigger impact on me while also elevating the first one in connection/contrast; as if the first one is the pleasure of engaging in on-screen violence and martial arts and revenge and visuals without the trappings of self-awareness, the second movie is filled with meditation on all the things the first movie didn't evaluate. Together it creates a compelling milieu, dancing on the knife edge between celebration and regret of violence.

[@danholmesfilm]

18:26 oh the irony

[@siwelify]

Watching Natural Born Killers ehich Tarrantino wrote but Oliver Stone directer is a nice one to follow up to this movie. There are dome visuals that call back to that movie, as well Bill referring to her as a Natural Born Killer.

[@noelkorf5018]

I need you to watch the film Ninja Assassin. It’s so underrated, has so much more than the title implies and no one has a reaction to it on KZbin.

[@LadySophiaVelaryon]

I enjoyed Volume 1 more than 2 but great storytelling, direction, cinematography, and of course the music.

[@MistrBlistr]

16:28 yes. Why yes she did.

[@davidedwards1705]

You must watch: "the village" & "The Happening.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I’ve seen most every M Night film. The Village would be so Vera to react to though!

[@rxtsec1]

2 to me is slightly better that part 1 Because of Budd (I love that he was potrayed as the weakest but could have killed her easily but didn't)I do I think part 1 is a more perfect movie meaning it blends everything (action, anime, drama, a cliffhanger, etc ..)

[@renlessard]

Part 1 was all style and action but I prefer part 2. Great story and dialog

[@salemoh9759]

I think we become a third movie the rage of the other daughter 😉

[@innercircle341]

Of course its one movie.

[@leeyaferguson9019]

🙏David❤

[@botz77]

I completely disagree with Bill's (Quentin's) take on Superman. Clark Kent is not a secret identity, that's who he is. He was Clark before he knew he was an alien or became Superman. Batman is Batman and Bruce Wayne is a fake person, but Clark is not.

[@shockingdocumentaries4255]

Beatrix didn’t mean to shot that woman in front of her daughter. She had sympathy for her that’s why she acknowledged that the little girl was going to try to kill her one day. If she was ruthless she would have killed the girl to avoid the trouble. Even the worst people pare always the absolute worse they can be. The reasons why Beatrix left don’t matter. Slavery is over. Bill doesn’t own. She has the right to live her own life. It’s amazing how many people don’t appreciate that Bill is a sadistic narcissist. A man having a dangerous tantrum because a woman left him is so prevalent, it’s rationalized and overlooked. The fact that he called himself a masochist will committing the sadistic act of revenge is one of the tells. He wanted to be seen as a victim while killing a bunch of innocent people. Including the pregnant woman he claimed to love, but didn’t care about her happiness. He just kept justifying and made it seem like it was Beatrix fault. Like she pulled the trigger and killed all those people.

[@leekebot1802]

Bill lied. I counted in the first movie, and not counting Oren herself, there were 88 of them.

[@JohnDoe-bz4yl]

This is how you write a strong female character! Not like Rey or captain Marvel

[@gggooding]

Tarantino took the bad lighting, clumsy jump cuts, rear projection, wire-fu, voice-over exposition, misplaced music, zoom-ins, etc...the cheap techniques of low-budget, "bad", *fun* movies made by amateurs in the 70's... and skillfully Andy-Warholed them into a tapestry of genuine art. But _unlike_ Andy Warhol...Tarantino isn't a pretentious bore *and* also _actually_ does the work. 🤗

[@HuntingViolets]

Who's masochistic?

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Bill, from what he says to Beatrix before he kills her.

[@HuntingViolets]

@@CasualNerdReactions Okay! I think Bill has drunk his own Kool-Aid, though. He seems to live more in the S (not for Superman) side. :)

[@helpmeImpoor5314]

He says it right before he kills her ...as in it's hurting him to kill her (because he loves her in his own f'd up way)

[@couch.patati-patata]

Less analyzing, more killing.