Another cool yet shallow film by Tarantino

Rating: 6/10 (1 September 2009)

I understand the overly enthusiastic user reviews of this movie very well.. I was also 18 once and thoroughly enjoyed all of Tarantino's films. His characters, the conversations, the action were all very cool. And that seems to be the keyword in all of Tarantino's movies: cool.
However, when watching a film of war (or any movie for that matter), I'm interested to see what the director has to say on the subject - what is his philosophy on revenge for instance? This is where Tarantino's films suddenly become very boring, as they contain little more philosophy than, e.g. revenge is sweet.
The other thing that pisses me of, are the shallow characters in this film. After watching the movie's first scene, I thought this was going to be a great movie. The characters were excellent, the suspense was killing, and you felt this could actually have happened.. This was before the "inglorious basterds" entered the screen. What a waste - who were these bastards and where did they come from? Ironically, they spoiled the movie most. Had the movie been about the hunt (and revenge) of Shoshanna I think it would have been much more interesting. Now it became a slap-stick comedy like "Allo Allo" where the Germans were simply ridiculed. 6/10.