Typical Tarantino sadistic incoherence

Rating: Null/10 (18 February 2003)

I had nursed a mild interest in seeing this movie since it came out.
I liked the energy of Desperado, though I despise the pointless, unfunny sadism of Tarantino. I knew he was in it, but I didn't know that he wrote it. I fast-forwarded through the first hour in which Clooney and Tarantino play sociopathic thieves. I wanted to see them both die. I do not find Tarantino's "isn't it just NUTS that nice, innocent people get their brains spattered apart while scumbags live through it all??!?!? huh?!?!!?" aesthetic very interesting, and that's what the first hour was. I kept saying to myself, well, is something going to HAPPEN in this movie? When the vampires finally do arrive, it is just pointless, seemingly unorchestrated attacks, one after another, until the end. I rented this not because I'm an art movie snob, but because I've been on a cheap horror jag, but throwing in all the best bits from all the other movies one has seen does not make a good movie itself. Even during the mayhem, this was BORING. It also seemed so DATED! It was like "Oh yeah, the Tarantino 90s." A friend of mine told me he watched Pulp Fiction, which he worshipped at the time, and it seemed really trite and lame now as well. Our only consolation is that Tarantino's career will soon be forever over. Skip this one.
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