Good for your romance language class, not so much for history class

Rating: 4/10 (9 July 2015)

What to do when you find that the dialog you wrote for your historically inaccurate revenge fantasy doesn't quite live up to "Royale with Cheese" standards of your earlier work? Translate it into 3 romance languages. The French (29%) in particular lends an air of sophistication but don't use to much Italian (1%) as it can feel a little cheap unless it is in the context of an opera (see the much better film "Amadeus"). To further extend the faux sophistication extend our your scenes to a wildly unnecessary length. Some of these scenes, particularly the opening interrogation of a French farm family harboring Jewish refugees in Nazi-occupied France and a tense bar scene later in the movie while the murderers who are the good guys (as opposed to the murderers who are the bad guys) try to avoid blowing their cover as Nazi soldiers, draw out so to an interminable length. We all know all Tarantino scenes end with everyone in the scene save one getting shot - can't he just get to the point more expeditiously?
To be fair the costumes and set decoration are excellent. Christop Waltz's performance is stellar particularly in contrast to some overdoing it from Brad Pitt whose accent somehow sounds like he is an European doing an American accent despite being from Pittsburgh.
In short, while self-indulgent and in need of an editor, the film nevertheless will entertain Tarantino's core fan base.