Who stuffed the ballot box ?

Rating: 1/10 (30 May 2007)

Did I see a different movie than everyone else?
The Robert Rodrigues segment was o.k.. Hot women, Bruce Willis, gooey zombies, weird plot with strange twists....fairly good. The "trailers" were the best part of the experience, maybe because they were so short. Somewhat imaginative. The Tarantino segment, which I anticipated would be the most interesting part of this experience, was just awful. The only glimmer of satisfaction came from Kurt Russell's appearances, which is the only reason why I stayed 'till the end of the debacle. This whole segment runs about 85 minutes long and has around 55 of those occupied by not one, but TWO separate groups of women spewing Tarantino male oriented jive/trash talk dialog at/to one another. It was unbearable to sit through, TWICE. This segment ends abruptly and left me feeling cheated.
How this movie gets as high a rating as it has is beyond my ability to understand. I've enjoyed all, to one degree or another, Tarantino movies. Maybe I have an unrealistic anticipation of what I have come to expect from him as a creator of film as art. I feel that he takes the risk of producing something different for the movie-going public to experience. Same with Rodrigues. I guess that a lot of money was spent to create a "B" movie feel to this flick. In my opinion, that money was wasted. As with all art, sometimes the creative risk taker scores a big hit, as T. did with "Pulp Fiction". Sometimes the project misses the mark. This project falls into the latter category......BIG TIME.