Tarantino's best since Jacki Brown

Rating: 9/10 (20 February 2010)

this is a case where the trailers betray the movie, even as a Quentin fan, I waited until post theater to watch this on demand, and the only reason was the trailers made it appear ridiculous and too much of a spoof vehicle for Pitt. In truth he's excellent as the lead, best job by him since he was a piker the guy Ritchie film. and Tarantino is back to his heights with unreal/surreal cutting and pacing, great great dialog ala Jackie and pulp, and he just gets so much from his cast. I'm not enough of a cinema bug to know the actor who plays col landa but my god he just has to win the academy award for best supporting. He just captivates his scenes without veering too much from the role. It's a role that will remind you of some great Hitchcock characters. one could argue there is too much gratuitous violence, but fans of Tarantino know this and take it in stride, sometimes averting their eyes for a moment or two. in the end it's worth a certain bit of squeamishness for the masterpiece that he crafts out of whole cloth. everything works here and let's be honest never has a subject matter been more plumbed than this, but this fantastical tale is a whole new way to view history with the freedom of revisionism under the cover of camp.