A Master Piece

Rating: 9/10 (2 January 2010)

The cinematography is outstanding. I cannot forget the sharp contrast between the beautiful French country and the shabby, chilling, and deadening cottage's interior...The last scene, the cinema, is something that I have been missing for a very long time...Classic beauty mixed with a modern, hysteric and formalistic taste really took my breath away...I wondered how this could impact on the audience who saw the movie in a theater...It must be too real to ignore...
The acting is outstanding. But I largely refer this to Christophe Woltz. His performance equals what we can see from Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"-creepy, cold-blooded, cultured killers...Other supporting roles were also wonderful. Brad Pitt made some progress in this film, but still lacked something that a top actor would master...something like the gentleman-ship of Humphrey Bogart, the rebelliousness of James Dean, the versatility of Al Pacino, or the leadership in Marlon Brando...He just lacked something that can differentiate him from the rest of the world, not only the rest of the actors...
The music is outstanding...The original score helped to build the atmosphere and added in a somewhat humorous tone in everything...
The screenplay, the editing and the direction are outstanding...Suspense, love, black humor, thrill, even comic...all of the factors were put in the place where they should be...So, bravo Quentin! This is definitely the best works of his since "Kill Bill". This movie makes me see his ambition and achievements in these years...