defo not his best work

Rating: 5/10 (19 January 2013)

I'm a Tarentino fan but this movie I felt let down by. Firstly its far too long, coming in at approx. 2hours and 45mins its far too much for what is effectively a spoof movie (and I don't say that likely). The closest thing I can think to compare this to from the Tarantino past catelogue would be 'From dusk till dawn. And to think that this movie is being put forward as a possible Oscar nominee. Secondly the storyline is far too weak and does not do justice to the weight of the genre or indeed the whole deep seated racism that existed in that era. With his last work Inglorious Basterds we had that beauty of a story line to work with - killing loads of Nazis and the carrot at the end of the stick - Hitler himself! From a casting perspective it was so so. I would have to agree with the above column that Samuel L. 's role is the high point with Christoph Waltz coming in a close second. All in all I would give it a generous 6/10