Another Hyperbolic Dream Sequence Movie from QT

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2013)

It is as if QT fell asleep during an historical documentary about the United States in the late 1850s and had a hyperbolic dream sequence which we, the audience, also get to see. Its hard to (Spike) criticize the movie since its not happening in any semblance of the real world, rather, its an obscene fairy tale, a violent fable (No, Hitler was not machined gunned to death in a French theater, and Mississippi was not so accepting of black bounty hunters right before they seceded from the Union). Still, if you can let go of trying to rationalize the myth (Brynhildr and Siegfried would agree) what you have here is some incredible acting- and when I say that I mean Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson, who collectively create the most unusual antagonist on screen I have seen in some time (Bravo SLJ- people in the theater were yelling back at you on screen- astonishing performance). Its not as good as Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction, but its certainly a departure from the usual. Cant wait to see what QT does next- America wins in Vietnam maybe?