What Makes Bill One Of The Most Terrifying Villains In Film History
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- čas přidán 29. 09. 2022
- Kill Bill Vol 1 and Vol 2 are probably at the top of Quinten Tarantino's filmography. The two movies staring Uma Thurman and David Carradine as Bill will forever be two of his crowning achievements. But other than The Bride's spectacular performance, one thing that really makes this movie great is the villain Bill. Though we don't see much of him in Vol 1, his presence is felt throughout the entirety of Kill Bill.
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I loved that after all that bloodshed, the main villain's death was internal. She literally broke his heart.
GOOD POINT!!!❤
This entire series should've gotten Oscar attention, especially for Carradine as Bill. Perfect casting, writing, directing, and acting.
How did it not?! Probably the political structure of hollywood i am guessing.
@@Fractal_blip Tarantino thinks its because he released the films in different years. Who knows?
Stop smoking crack
@@lonellfletcher imo, I and II could have won both of their respective years.
yeah...he was soo chrismatic :D
David Carradine was perfect casting as Bill, and their final confrontation in Vol. 2 is one of the best final acts in film history. There's clear hatred but also love for Bill in the eyes of The Bride, even as she watches him die.
I don't get it. I was sooo bored watching these stupid bs.
@@CordeliaWagner of course you were, rather things go BOOM BOOM all day like a child...
@@CordeliaWagner I sure belive that. 😂
Brilliant films. 🤩
@@CordeliaWagner go watch she hulk then it's more your speed
Love & light to David Carradine, and thanks and praises. He was a beautiful gift x
I love the fact that Pai Mei taught Beatrix that heart exploding technique he never taught anyone and Hattori Hanzo a legendary Swordmaker breaks his oath to help Beatrix, these are men of honour who will NEVER break their promises but do so for Beatrix x She must have something special in her soul, for them to do such a thing
No, I think Bill was something special. They just wanted him gone.
You know it’s funny. No one never mentions that after all the kill Bill videos this is the most hidden gem comments because they all mention how they will never break their promises. Are there teachings of something that is forbidden but yet they do every time I really wonder why they did it though. Other than the cliché, they’re doing this for the main character of the movie, but like I wonder if Quentin Tarantino had any hidden meaning behind it.
Hanzo stopped making blades because of the atrocities Bill committed with his work. Pai Mei found Beatrix to be his ideal student, quick on the uptake, sharp as a knife and after a bit of breaking, receptive to instruction.
It showed that Beatrix formed high respect and care for Pai Mei. Pai Mei taught Beatrix humbleness when he beat her. She became his successor, he passed on his heart exploding technique to her. Hattori Hanzo on the other hand was a teacher of Bill's and was ashamed of it, he wanted Bill dead so countless of people would live. Bill was already a fighter and a murderer when he came to Pai Mei. Pai Mei chose one successor.
One cool thing was that while Vol. 1 never revealed the villain’s face, it also never revealed the protagonist’s name.
Didn't Bill refer to her as Kiddo in Vol. 1? It is just that the movie makes you think Kiddo is a nickname.
@@billebrooks Yes he did but it was not a reveal, Kiddo is a pet name and not a common last name so yes, it remained a mystery
During the airport scene, where Uma flew to Okinawa, you can see her name on the boarding pass. :)
@SJP_1121 and if you look hard, every time her name is bleeped, the person is saying Beatrix Kiddo. We just don't know that's what we should be looking out for.
"I overreacted" says everything about Bill's character.
Bill was great.
Bill: When you didn't come back, I naturally assumed that Lisa Wong or somebody else had killed you.
Oh, and for the record, letting someone think that someone they love is dead when they're not is quite cruel.
I mourned you.... for three months.
And in the third month of mourning you, I tracked you down.
Now, I wasn't trying to track you down. I was trying to track down the fucking assholes who I thought killed you.
So, I find you.
And what do I find?
Not only are you not dead, you're getting married, to some fucking jerk, and you're pregnant. I... overreacted.
*dramatic pause*
Bride: You Overreacted!?
Bill : I'm a killer.
I'm a murdering bastard.
You know that.
And there are consequences to breaking the heart of a murdering bastard.
Okay
Amazing bit of dialogue 😅
And then I started loving movies!
Kill bill I overreacted
Then she says one of the most haunting lines.
“Could you? Of course you would, but I never thought you would ever do that to me?”
Thurman's "micro gestures" are apparent throughout and she tells a story just with her face. It was masterful acting on both their parts.
I really love the fact that in the iconic superman speech, he doesn't really understand superman. Sure, superman is an all-powerful alien man who is from space and you could argue clark kent is the real disguise. But... he is still clark kent. He was raised on earth, he's a normal dude besides the powers. He's not a hero out of obligation or a vow like spider-man or batman, he's a hero because he can be. He has the powers to save lives, and so he does. He chooses to be superman.
Talk about hitting the nai on the head. There was a short lived crime show with rufus sewell (I can't remember what it was called) but one episode had the killler be a child psychopath who was poisoning people with foxglove, at the end he is talking about how the character of Superman was based on Nietzche's idea of the Uper-mech "up up and away", and I though "No, you've gotten it ass backwards, superman's real power isn't flying or invulnerability, its that he CHOOSES, every day, to use those things to serve other people."
@@Me-wx1mt because the projection of small egos
Someone please connect it all to Tarantino's love for Shyamalan's Unbreakable
@@Bazookatone1 exactly. Bill understands Clark/Superman through the same lens that Lex Luthor does. As a villain might.
@@Me-wx1mt it is on purpose
"I overreacted." - Bill
Best line in every movie there was and ever will be.
Nothing scarier than someone who wields absolute power with the pettiness of a stroppy teenager. Bill is charming, clever and manipulative, but he's also deeply childish, and that immaturity is dangerous.
What makes Bill the greatest villain of all time, to me, is he is one of the most realistic. His ability to somewhat justify all of his abuses (in his own eyes), and still somehow maintain his "love" is something I experienced that I haven't seen portrayed so accurately before.
A thought I had when you mentioned that "so many of us have had Bills in our lives", combined with mentioning the anti-climax that his death is - in so many cases, while that "Bill" in each person's life may seem this unstoppable force that we're unlikely to prevail against, when you finally reach the end of that road, it's not really some grand final epic struggle to finish everything off - it IS anti-climactic, to the point where you later look back and go "wow, that's really all it took?" - the true struggle is getting to that final point.
Kill Bill Vol. 2 had such a satisfying ending that I feel like it doesn't need a follow-up. I guess you could do a revenge story with the little girl going after the Bride for killing her mom but I don't feel like it needs to be done.
I'm glad you addressed the Superman speech. It is apparent that Bill understands Clark/Superman through the lens of Lex Luthor. Another who could not understand how someone with god like powers could accept being a humble human being.
I think people also underestimate Beatrix as a hero because revenge stories tend to be seen as a personal thing. I.e., „the hero wants revenge for him or herself“ and this usually leads to some level of moral ambiguity.
But actually Bill‘s crime is so horrifically monstrous that there is really no other possible response to it. Once you see the entire churchfull of completely innocent people that got murdered for literally no reason, just because they happened to be acquainted with the Bride in her new life, hunting down and killing the people that did it actually becomes a pretty modest proposal. You gotta do it. There‘s no way you can let those people get away with it. Plus there‘s the fact that Beatrix inadvertently made those people into targets, which only raises the moral stakes.
It‘s actually only the presence of the child that turns the whole conflict back into a personal matter: as soon as B.B. comes into the story, the conflict becomes about the Bride rescuing her daughter and by extension, saving herself as well. The survival of her daughter means Beatrix can continue the redemption arc she had been on before the wedding-massacre. Now this is actually about her instead of just getting justice for all her dead friends, and notably it‘s about her being able to become better, rather than just killing more bad guys.
Honestly, I‘m pretty glad there was never a Vol. 3. any additional carnage would only ruin the whole redemption story.
For some reason just like the Bride I cried at the end when Bill said „you are my favourite person” right before his heart had exploded
Let us not forget that Bills hands being what is always in frame is reminiscent of a true dark and evil character...
Claw from Inspector Gadget
You didn't have to go there
Excellent observation
I know he loved her, and she loved him despite everything. No doubt. That's what makes the end so heartbreaking. You might love someone, but that doesn't mean you're going to be able to forgive them.
I disagree. Bill did not love Beatrix and I have my doubts about whether he loved his daughter. It is very likely that he can not love. When you truely love someone you care more about their happiness than your own, As painful as it would have been to let her go if he truely loved her he would have. I am sure he DESIRED her, and he MISSED her , but love? No.
Yep. They went from mentor/student to lovers to mortal enemies trying to kill each other… but he said she was his “favorite person.” _After_ she’d struck the killing blow, too! 😫💔💔💔
Your essays are so well-written and well-presented. You could half-ass these videos with the viewer base you have and clickbait the hell out of them, but you put insane effort into your content, huge props.
This means a lot - thank you!
True.
Kill Bill vol. 3 would be amazing, but I think Tarantino is done killing Bill. He'd have to have a really incredible story to tell before picking it back up, and personally I commend his integrity. The amount of money to be made by making Kill Bill into a sub par franchise is probably not peanuts.
Carradine is also dead
No it would ruin it
“Done Killing bill”😄😄
@@IncognitoSprax from what ive heard kill bill 3 would be about vernita greens daughter coming to kill beatrice anyway. Not that tarantino would be the kind of director to resurrect a dead character anyway
I once had the idea of a volume 3 using bills last 5 steps to the absolute max and have him redeem himself before he dies. Because it says he has 5 steps. So what if he gets in an electric wheelchair and continues to live and just never takes another step until absolutely necessary?
Bill’s intro is accompanied by Ennio Morricone’s ‘The Sundown’. A beautiful song that harbingers death.
Everyone was excellent in both volumes. I personally enjoyed Vol 1 more than 2 because there was more action, but the depth in story and characters were excellent in both.
I have to admit I preferred volume 1 for the Asia aesthetic. So much of it takes place in Japan, and I really enjoyed that. Hey, I like what I like.
Bill is one of my favorite villains. Very underrated. He has charisma. A code. A lot of redeeming qualities. The kind of villain you would root for in a strange way..
Personally, I think the Kill Bill series in general is a little bit underrated in the scope of Tarantino's work. People appreciate it, sure, but it's not held up in the same regard as Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs. Hell, it's not even as revered as Inglorious Basterds, a movie that for me at least has gone on to become a little bit OVERrated when people these days talk about their favorite Tarantino flicks that AREN'T Pulp Fiction.
Kill Bill 1 and 2 are such important films to me. Vol. 1 is probably one of my top 5 favorite films of all time. I just love it and seeing it with my dad in theaters when it came out was a great memory for me.
He made him not only a compelling bad guy but also a man with differrent layers..in the ending you see that he knows his time of redemption by dieying is upcoming...it also gave the opportunity to David Caradinne to shine in his best role ever...I really love this movie..favorite scenes are: the opening...Bill walking and end scene....whole monologue and fight...and him saying thinking: This is for me the final moment..how do I look? Tarantino made it...this is a masterpiece and it gets better by every look
David Carradine's performance was breathtaking.
🤣
RIP David Carradine
Now I agree we don't need a continuation. Maybe a prequel about Bill and how he rose to be such a terrifying villian
i still wonder, whether it's bill who killed o-ren ishii's parent in the anime scene... he wore this skull ring and had hattori hanzo's katana... in that case, why would o-ren ishii join the deadly viper assasination squad then?
@@hilman94 I thought she killed the guy that killed her parent. I thought that was her first kill.
@@jacquelinecallejas1390 you mean boss matsumoto? yes, he's the one who stabbed o-ren's mother, but if you watched the anime scene, after o-ren's father took down two of his henchmen, it's this guy who wore white suite that stabbed her father... and his hairstyle was similar to bill's also...
Great analysis. I think Bud's story has a lot to say as well, And the discussion between him and Bill is pretty deep. Hopefully youll analyze that too!
Thanks for the vid! I love these films.
Bill is that narcissist who never got his hands dirty but used everyone else to do his dirty work.
The way Beatrix offed Bill was true to Western style married to Easter style. A build of anticipation… then skillful strikes that end it all. I loved it.
what an amazing video about one of my favourite films and what a magnificent rating of the character. bill has this whole dark and mysterious aura around his persona.
so glad you broke down the superman speech
Bill is good. However, Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds is pretty terrifying compared to Bill.
I totally agree. The opening scene for Inglorious Basterds could be a short film on its own. Bone-chilling performance from Christoph Waltz - to the point that when he popped up in Django I didn't trust his character at all!
That's a bingo!
@@aribailey8405 I've got a theory about this! Beard=good character, no beard=bad guy. Theory holds in all films with the exception of Epic, which is animated.
Bill is a bog standard narcissist, albeit a very charismatic one. He just as much a cult leader as he is a badass assassin. He doesn't care what anyone else feels, good or bad, he just wants control. He still my personal favorite Tarantino villain. Gotta respect his sense of showmanship.
Hans Landa on the other hand is a psychological sadist. Just when you think you're safe, that's when he pulls the rug out from under you.
He lives to see the color fade from your face, the overwhelming dread rob you of the light in your eyes. He wants you to want him to kill you.
Anton Chigurh from No Country For Old Men, is equally as chilling.
I’ve been hoping Tarantino would make “Kill Bill Vol 3” since I was 10 years old. I don’t think it’s going to happen but if it does I’ll definitely be at the theater on opening night.
I think a whole lot of people will. Kill Bill is a very popular movie and a classic to be remembered.
Thank you for upload :)
5:55 I keep saying this when people criticize the speech. Bill is giving his impression of Superman, not a dissertation on comic lore. This is his reading of it based on his own outlook on life and the types of things he values. If he were face to face with Superman he would likely still assume that Superman was lying if he was told any differently by the hero himself. It's also the reason he raises BB in the manner he does and throws the very candid nature of how he discusses violent topics with her in Beatrix's face.
Excellent video. "Kill Bill" remains my favorite film from QT. An absolute masterpiece.
As much as people love Kill Bill, it's still a seriously underrated movie. I love your video and your examination of the Bill character. Very insightful. I'm gonna be talking about it on my channel. I think of him as a symbol, as I do all the other characters in the movie. Can't wait to dig into this. Thank you for your great work!
Have you ever considered doing a video on Amadeus? You always have interesting takes on movies and Amadeus is my favourite movie so it'd be cool to hear you talk about something related to that.
I second this. Amadeus is an absolutely amazing film!
In actuality the anti-climax is due to Uma being injured in the reckless car crash that Tarantino insisted she do rather than a stunt woman. She had to take several months to recover from the injury to her neck and knees. She actually couldn't do any fighting scenes because of the injury. Tarantino had to rewrite the ending because of her injuries. She has permanent damage. Do your research.
This is a phenomenal point.
But you don’t have to be a douche about it.
Thank you for reminding me how frigging EPIC films these are!!
Amazing video. Wow !! Thank you
The whole bloody affair is on my top 10 movies of all time! I love it so much!
A volume 3 would feel exactly like Matrix Resurrection. The story is finished. Leave it be. But I have to admit, it would be an awesome opportunity to call it Overkill Bill.
Kill Bride
I think I am going to spend my sunday watching Kill Bill 1&2. Thanks
It's such a random thing, but the bit of dialog i always remember is when he says,'Pai Mei taught you the five point exploding heart technique?' And she answers, 'of course he did.' Something about it spoke so much to the Bride's heart. And i think the idea of the ultimate killing technique being tied to the heart (love and attatchments) means something
I might be one of the fews qho preferred Volume 2 over Volume 1, but the love/hate shared between Bill and the bride was truly my favorite relationship in Tarantino's film (second to Django & the dentist). It's a tragic love story filled with resentment, but genuine hurt that makes this his best revenge stories.
We don't need a Vol 3. The two we have are perfect. And I've had a couple of Bills in my life wearing a mask of kindness and civility to hide the crueltyand violence. It felt good to see Bill get his comeuppance.
These 2 movies are so perfect they literally don't need anything added to them, and yet, I somehow crave more of this story. XD
You can definitely see QT talking about his mom and dad through Uma and Bill.
The calm and collected bad guys are almost always the most frightening. Thank you for the video.
God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
Analysis in perfection👌🏽
Because he knew what he was doing
💯💯💯👍
I just read the title and never in my life would i even think about that he would be the most Terrifying Villain in Film History ever.
A Kill Bill Vol. 3 featuring grown up BB and Nikkia Bell could be freaking epic, with Sofie Fatale as the new villain.
Oohhhhh that’s a great idea!
This concept intrigues me…🤔
Plus QT is probably one of the only people in modern Hollywood that has the money, power, clout, vision and balls to make a video like that-without immediately ruining it, by hamfisting the fashionable “woke” identity/sociopolitical rhetoric that’s currently destroying pop culture (and basically everything else).
😱💗
Great video.
Carradine's fight scene (deleted from the final cut) should've been left in. That's what I was looking for. (I also expected Pam Grier to fire a gun in "Jackie Brown"....which she did not. She screamed "Max! He has a gun!" instead.
Always struck me as interesting Bill feels that Vernita Greene is allowed to have a normal happy life with a family but The Bride isn't...
He hurt bride because they were dating and he was in a jealous rage
It wasn't about her wanting to live a normal life it's about her ghosting him and then getting married to another guy without explanation. I'm pretty sure regardless of any reason leaving an assassination group you gotta have a valid reason you can't just not show up this ain't Arby's
I’ve watched pulp fiction so many times I can’t count, yet until now I’ve never caught that line you just pointed out about Kane
great video Kiddo.
So good. So very good. The fan edit ‘the whole bloody affair’ is REALLY good.
I think Tarantino was highly inspired by Elmore Leonard's work to where those who are enemies have an unspoken respect between one another and therefore can carry on civilized conversations while holding a temporary truce without fighting or trying to kill each other.
I still feel vol 2 should've had more action to make the duology feel less front heavy
Fantastic video! Games vs Food pt. 2: post covideo?
Best duology of all time
Great video. I have a top ten list of underrated villains.
1. Johnny Ringo from Tombstone
2. Eric Qualan from Cliffhanger
3. Nino Brown from New Jack City
4. Cam'ron from Paid N Full
5. Bricktop from Snatch
6. Lil Z from City of God
7. Sgt Waters from A Soldier's Story
8. Col. Jessup from A Few Good Men
9. God from In Too Deep
10. Edward Norton from Primal Fear.
Can you do one on either one of these? These are my favorite villains from my favorite films
Kill Bill is Tarantino's best film
I don't know where he could make a kill bill vol 3 though. Unless it was a full prequel and not just flash backs. Everyone is dead except her and the vipers kid that she told she'd be waiting when she came for her revenge.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was titled Kill Bride Vol. 3
Hmm, well a lesser director might would do that these days but not QT I wouldn't think
I think something could be done with Cooperhead's daughter. Make her into the main character and going after the bride. But with Tarantino only doing one more movie I don't see it happening.
@@richardm5448 Tarantino apparently expressed the idea of doing a third movie, based on Copperhead's daughter going after the Beatrix (or possibly BB) when she grew up, as Beatrix had stated she'd be understanding and waiting for such an attack. I think he also had had an idea expanding on Cottonmouth's background and the anime section of the first movie.
@@doomusrlc yeah thats the general rumor that's been around for years. I could see him doing it but I don't think he will at this point.
Bill was killing w/kindness at the beginning & end.
In that first scene of volume 2 it becomes apparent that Beatrix and bill were lovers and so bill cares a great deal for her. Nevertheless he still carries out his plan to massacre the entire wedding rehearsal party.
But you see he doesn't actually care for her. When you care about someone, you do not think of your every move in terms of what good is it to you. When you care aboit someone, you think about what is good for them and find joy in doing things that make them happy.
Bill can't love anyone bc he doesn't understand humbleness, selflessness, compassion and love.
That is why he knows all there is about Superman, and still has no clue about his true nature.
He just doesn't understands it and what he doesn't understand he will try to bend to his will or destroy it.
There is no middle way.
That's why Beatrix Kiddo is his opposite.
She realised she was pregnant and suddenly was awestruck at the prospect of bringing their child into his world.
She suddenly realised she must avoid that at any cist.
And her crying in the bathroom of a motel whily BB watches "innocent" cartoons instead of violence infused action movies, is her realisation that even though Bill is dead and she is free from him, nothing she does will ever be able to erase the permanent evil he seeded into BB and herself.
That is the fight noone wants to make a movie about, bc there is no happy ending or epic final boss to defeat. It is a tortureous fight they both will have to endure for as long as they live. That is the true villany of Bill and tragedy of Beatrix Kiddo.
What makes a great villain is the obvious… his/her prowess for harm. What makes him/her one that is remembered and relatable is the one that shows human traits that are good. Like Bill parenting their child.
I love that movie so much
It'd be hard to bring Bill back as the actor is now dead and the story was tied up over 2 volumes. The only reason it wasn't 1 film is it was apparently too long so Tarantino extended it into a 2nd volume and expanded upon the world and characters.
At 4.38 replace with "..his cruelty is masked by a veneer of civility".....kindness is not superficial enough to be a veneer and is a part of ingrained nature and cannot have a mask. Civility is the veneer that may masquerade on demand.
Possibly my favorite villain. Masterful and underrated.
I saw everyone of these movies in theatre. I had become obsessed with who Bill was. Not just as who the actor was but what he was going to look and act like when we saw him finally.
What an awesome pair of films, I don't think a third is needed at all.
In his book The Kill Bill Diary, David Carradine tells his view about the character's development and how the movie was shot.
Bill's introduction is also tense because you know what's coming having watched the first film?
It's not actually 88 people, they just call themselves the "Crazy 88"
I think a reason why Kill Bill Vol 3 would be a clever film for Tarantino to make is because of his 10 movie rule. Since he counts KB vol 1 and vol 2 as one movie, a vol 3, even after he makes his next upcoming ‘the critic’ film would still abide by that rule.
Bill was wrong on his critique of Superman. Superman is who he is because he is Clark first and foremost.
They're the same person, he just puts some silly glasses on and everyone is like 😮
thats the point.gif
Vol 3 could be Nikki coming to kill Beatrix for revenge after watching her kill her mom. It’s already set up with Beatrix saying “I’ll be waiting”
Someday we'll be able to watch The Whole Bloody Affair
Just watched today Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction, (From Dusk til Dawn, I know that's a Robert Rodríguez film), so I guess what to watch next on my little Friday movie marathon.
While I did enjoy your critique of Bill, I still feel it’s an oversimplification. Bill being a villain with shades of being a psychopathic anti-hero when it comes to his relationship with the bride. While he definitely does use manipulation to accomplish his goals, it seems that Bill didn’t apply that necessarily to the Bride. So when she decides to leave and better herself, exactly like you said, he felt delighted and in his words, “overreacted”. Anyway. EXCELLENT VIDEO!
Kill Bill 3 should be announced. Great story!
I would love a movie about Bill
I watched kill bill when I was a kid and a movie having a third entry to complete a trilogy is always satisfying to me and wanted it for kill bill to have one but now I realized that it doesnt need anymore since the ending is perfect though I can only wish that the film was stretched into 3 volumes. part 1 is as is, part 2 is something new that is in between, the original part 2 would be the finale part 3. Lastly, vernetta greens daughter could be like a part of a mini episodes along with gogos twin and other interesting characters.
I'd like a video on Walt from Gran Torino
Not sure what the series will be...maybe "best damaged character" or something like that
Yes
I just love a woman who doesn't quit and gets her vengeance! A blu ray keeper!
I would love to see Kill Bride where Nikki comes to avenge her mother…!
Is it just me or is the channel uploading much more frequently now?
Yeah. Feels like it's almost daily. I thought I was the only one who noticed
This is my favorite Film. Ever. then, The Shinning…
What happend to the original voice for this channel?
I've always liked David Carradine. I used to watch Kung Fu back in the 70s and the updated show in the 90s. He played the humble but loveable Caine.
But this Kill Bill movie may be his best acting ever, to me.
But how could there be a part 3 without Carradine?
Well they don't call Bill the Snake Charmer for nothing.🐍
The idea for the movie was Uma Thurman's, and she took it to Tarantino and said can we make this and thankfully he said yes
Am I the only one who really wish they explored the Yuki Yubari plot?
Same