Take one great performance, two dozen great scenes and blow it all with a juvenile plot

Rating: 4/10 (13 September 2009)

Maybe the film was born like this.. 1) Tarantino had written some great scenes he was excited about that would be set in occupied Europe in WWII 2) He saw Christoph Waltz in a German language film who would fit the bill perfectly as an SS officer 3) He decided to start his film with a Leone-esquire build up of tension
So far so good.. I would have loved him then to have made something dark and magnificent, something to really excite you.
Unfortunately he then decided to tie it all together in such a juvenile stupid way. The band of Nazi-scalpers and the scenes in cinema / end of the film was just crass pandering to the American video-game culture. Very disappointing, it just made the whole thing a sick joke.
This film had so much to offer. Some of the scenes were of the highest drawer, the dialogue was some of Tarantino's best and Christoph Waltz put in one of the best performances you'll see. He was extraordinary.
Damn you Quentin. You could have made a truly great film. Very disappointed.