Not Very Glourious

Rating: 3/10 (2 November 2009)

Overlong, talky, wartime adventure punctuated with moments of sadistic violence. Tarantino seems to have slipped since the stylishly exciting yet derivative mish-mash of KILL BILL VOL 1. His past few films have had their moments just as BASTERDS does, but the moments do not make up for the tedium inbetween. The reflexive filmic quotations are amusing if somewhat corny but there is much to savor in the characterization of Christoph Waltz (bravo!). Still, a turkey is a turkey. Quite frankly I'm surprised that fans are giving him a free pass on this one. I don't hear too many people defending DEATH PROOF, which has about as much substance as BASTERDS. I doubt I'll revisit this one. Where is the director of JACKIE BROWN?