I have often said that Tarantino is not the legendary god of film some make him out to be. At the same time I don’t dislike the guy, but his unique stylized film making is not for everyone and I find he is about 50/50 for me. Sometimes I love his stuff, other times I could care less.
Likely my favourite of his films is Kill Bill. Contained in two volumes (as opposed to sequels) the film came back to back. Well now Tarantino is talking about returning to the franchise for a third chapter.
“The Bride will fight again,” Tarantino said on Parla con Me to loud cheers from the studio audience. Tarantino first unleashed a yellow-tracksuited, sword-wielding Uma Thurman as the assassin out to dispatch her former boss in Kill Bill: Vol 1 in 2003, followed by Vol 2 in 2004. The films, which have grossed more than $330m (£208m) worldwide, also revived the career of the late David Carradine.
“I think me and Uma needed a 10-year break,” he explained. “I love the character and I think she deserved 10 years of peace. She deserved 10 years with her child, Bibi. But after 10 years something will happen that makes her fight again.”
I understand the desire to call it Volume 3. But in reality it should be Kill Bill 2 since the first two were one uninterupted story with an interuption. Which is why they called them Volume and not 1 & 2. This new story will be 10 years later, and hardly a direct continuation of the same story. This will be a new story.
SpolilerBut then can you call it Kill Bill? Will her new adversary also be named Bill? I hope to hell they don’t say he survived. Aside from having to recast Bill (Caradine passed away earlier this year) it would take away from the epic journey that the Bride had to take to face him.
So I am very much looking forward to a Kill Bill Volume 3 or whatever they choose to name it.
