Bit fragmented but enjoyable

Rating: 7/10 (22 August 2014)

I did enjoy this movie, although it is a little bit fragmented and the 'message' (if there is one) is rather confusing.
It's certainly unique. It's great to see a modern movie that isn't frightened to operate in different languages and make a real effort to understand and represent other countries' cultures.
It's also great to see a war movie that focuses on some surprising and quirky settings and characters - the scenes in a bar and in a cinema are excellent.
Best of all, Christoph Waltz's performance as Hans Landa, the 'Jew Hunter', is simply superb as I think many others have said. Brad Pitt does a good job too.
The problem is that the great scenes and performances aren't joined up into a coherent or compelling story. It is basically a revenge plot (like other Tarantino movies) and invites you to glory in the Jews getting one over the Nazis in an alternative-history storyline, but it didn't have any depth or complexity. The ending is bit too neat and satisfying for a movie about WW2.
All in all I did enjoy it but I wouldn't list this under Tarantino's greatest movies.