Surprisingly Fantastic

Rating: 10/10 (28 August 2009)

After hearing this movie criticized so much on TV and radio i was quite surprised at how good this is. Firstly, a lot of criticism is directed at Mike Myers in his role as the general. Now i presume most of this is coming from people who have never met an English 'Toff' as he is absolutely fantastic and completely believable and i feel i must stand in his defence. From the outset this movie is much darker than i'd have thought and usually Tarantino films are full on one liners and quotes and this movie moves away from his usual style. I think this was brave and a masterful change of direction. Its a great war movie, and not just war movie, it's great full stop. The acting by everyone is fantastic and Christoph Waltz excels himself, although i will admit that i have seen Brad Pitt perform far better. The cinema-photography is good, the dialogue too (and using actors that actually speak the languages is a great touch and something that should be done every time anyway in my opinion), and like Tarantino himself said 'Should these characters and situation have existed in the war then this storyline is highly plausible,' which i think is true. I am not a Tarantino fan, i thought Jackie Brown was over rated, resevior dogs definitely worth seeing but not all that, and kill bill was aimed at young teenagers, this however is a masterpiece and i can't fault it. Well done Quentin and everyone else involved, and to anyone who reads this then go and watch it, it's well worth the money.