# Tarantino's new film to be split into two parts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-new-film-to-be-split-into-two-parts/189040 "2003-07-17T02:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![codeloss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@codeloss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codeloss)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-new-film-to-be-split-into-two-parts/189040/1 "2003-07-17T02:30:23Z")
> **[New Tarantino Film to Be Released in 2 Parts (Published 2003)](https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/16/movies/new-tarantino-film-to-be-released-in-2-parts.html)** > > Miramax Films, in potentially risky move, plans to release Quentin Tarantino's new martial arts action-adventure film, Killer Bill, as two movies; Miramax co-founder Harvey Weinstein says first installment will be released on October 10 and second,... I always wondered how long it would be before the studios realized, “Why have a three hour film when you can have two 90 minute films instead?” sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-new-film-to-be-split-into-two-parts/189040/2 "2003-07-17T02:46:35Z")
I believe the first film is entitled “Kill.” The second, “Bill.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-new-film-to-be-split-into-two-parts/189040/3 "2003-07-17T02:56:22Z")
And the prequel - “Must”? ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-new-film-to-be-split-into-two-parts/189040/4 "2003-07-17T03:14:36Z")
Well I’m sure that won’t screw with the pacing at all. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-new-film-to-be-split-into-two-parts/189040/5 "2003-07-17T03:19:40Z")
That seems to be the Hollywood trend. The Matrix and Terminator3 are both “half movies”. Very annoying. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarantinos-new-film-to-be-split-into-two-parts/189040/6 "2003-07-17T06:25:45Z")
But there’s a difference between **The Matrix, Terminator 3** , and (my perception of) **Kill Bill**. The first two have been made into franchises, and very effective ones. The first **Terminator** was made to be a stand alone, but people liked it so much, it was made into consequent movies, plus comics, toys, etc. **The Matrix** was designed to be a trilogy. The first movie is a stand alone, but the sequels are supposed to finish up a bigger picture. To my knowledge, **Kill Bill** is a stand alone story that really has no point being split up. It looks fun, and I know they do it for seemingly everything nowadays, but I don’t think there’s much push for a toyline, comic series, or franchise to come out of this film. A stand alone storyline should be just that…stand _alone_. Sure, there may be more to build on with the characters after the initial story is told, but that initial story should be told in it’s entirety first.