Over-the-top Tarantino pastiche

Rating: 1/10 (29 April 2014)

A typical Tarantino pastiche. Neither a comedy nor a serious drama. With Pitt and Waltz laughably overacting, as are most of the other characters clichéd. Waltz getting an Oscar? It must be for some other reason that his acting, if you can call it acting. All characters are under- developed, just standing there without anything to say. Tediously long scenes with talking heads going on and on. It is may be OK flick for people who have only seen recent films and have no reference to compare them with some truly great films from the past. Also, the subtitles are tiny and translated in a rather stilted English. The only nice thing I can say about the film is the cinematography. It is inconceivable to me that the Weinstein Brothers would have so much faith in Tarantino and allow him to do his thing. They should have looked at any Coen Brothers film before letting Tarantino go ahead with this script.