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50 Most Rewatchable Movie Scenes - 25. Kill Bill Volume 1 - The Crazy 88 Sword Jubilee

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YouTube - The Bride vs The Crazy 88 Fight

Is it two movies or is it one? Will volume 3 ever come out? However you feel about Kill Bill and Quentin Tarantino, this is one of the finest fight scenes to come out. They had to make a part of it black and white to avoid the NC-17. The lead fighter was the actual trainer. Feels like they couldn't top the scene when Black Mamba finally faces off against O-Ren. O-Ren has quite the backstory build up, QT even adds more to her backstory in the new The Whole Bloody Affair version. But for whatever reasons, she doesn't put up much of a fight to conclude V1. Everything prior to it though is revenge city.

My last Tarantino movie scene on this list. I often have a hard time ranking his filmography. It changes daily. At times I think Reservoir Dogs is my favorite, sometimes it's Django, sometimes it's Inglourious, sometimes it's Pulp. Kill Bill would round out my top five but probably closer to top three. Part 2 is weaker than part 1. The training montage and the trailer fight are pretty much the only highlights of part 2 but they are higher peaks than the majority of 1. Pai Mei might be my favorite character in either volume. I need to continue to dig through old kung-fu movies for Pai Mei research.

YouTube - Pai Mei

While the end fight between The Bride and O-Ren was severely anti-climatic, the Elle fight is entertaining as hell.
YouTube - Trailer Fight

You could probably argue the beginning scene or something with the sword, or Bill are rewatchable, but I don't think any of these top the fight. Somewhere the 89th member of the Crazy 88s is glad he stayed home that night, though someone did get off with a spanking.


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