Good movie but not a masterpiece

Rating: 8/10 (6 January 2013)

Today is the 6th of Jan. 2013. The current average IMDb score for this movie is 8.8 and it is over rated.
Foxx's performance was wonderful and he is the one who pulls the movie up and makes it work. The blood, explosions and violence in the movie are exaggerated in a cartoony way which makes it watching easier.
The main problem with this movie is that it has spoilers inbuilt in it throughout the whole movie. Therefore throughout the whole movie I could see a step ahead, and this is why -
1. I will start with Waltz's performance, it is magnificent but the character is not original. It is watching Col. Landa all over again. He is charismatic, funny and surprises you. However since it is exactly how he behaved in previous movies none of the surprises that come from him does not actually surprise you because you expect these surprises. 2. Samuel L. Jackson makes an interesting appearance, but again he always plays a bad S.O.B. and this movie is not exception. Which makes it predictable. 3. Tarantino makes an appearance and when you see Tarantino in a Tarantino movie you just know how long it will last and how it will end.
There is a short comic relief scene with Jonah Hill, which takes the movie to a totally different direction and makes it sound like a cheesy comedy. This totally ripped me apart from the movie.
Technical things that just did not work - The movie uses green screen for some scenes mostly to add/modify nature but they were not properly done, thus ruining the movie experience. The "old person" make up that was used for Samuel. L . Jackson in some shoots was not properly done which resulted in his face shining like a disco ball.
All in all this is a great a movie but it is not the best of Tarantino. A strong 7.5 (since IMDb system does not support fractions I gave it 8).