The Only Two Good Things In It Are Salma Hayek

Rating: 4/10 (26 February 2014)

When I get round to writing a history of Hollywood I will state that the most over rated film maker of the 1990's was Tarantino. He got lucky with RESERVOIR DOGS and the critics have loved him ever since. What the critics don't seem to notice is his failings as a screenwriter and FDTD best shows up these failings
First up are the two main anti heroes. Are we supposed to empathise with them ? How ? They're a couple of cold blooded killers on the run who blow away a few people in a grocery store at the start of the film . And Tarantino rapes, murder and mutilates a hostage a few scenes later. Sorry but I'm not too keen on serial killers and sex offenders
The dialogue sucks too . I suppose we could all nominate our own worst line from the film , mine's is : " No thanks I already have a wife " . I suppose it's stupid to point out that Clooney's character never mentioned he was married , and was only included because it sounded cool. On top of poor dialogue and unsympathetic characters we have the worst example of " Mixed Genre Film " . Most Hollywood movies are mixed genre to an extent but they don't start off as a violent crime thriller then mutate into a gory horror film. TITANIC is a love story cum disaster movie , TAXI DRIVER is an urban thriller cum redemption plot , APOCALYPSE NOW is a war film cum expressionistic horror movie. These films intertwine the genres, FDTD doesn't, it's just two genres tacked together , and tacked very badly at that. Robert Rodriguez does a good job at the directors helm , I doubt if he'll ever win an Oscar but he casts well . Without doubt the best piece of casting is Selma Hayek . Selma Hayek in a bikini , Selma Hayek in a bikini dancing on a table , Selma Hayek in a bikini dancing on a table in slow motion...... I'm all prepared for slavery