it's what you do with it

Rating: 7/10 (29 January 2010)

sometimes it's just about what a movie does right that matters. At two and a half hours, i expect a little more that is worth my time than this movie gives. The opening scene and the basement scene, despite bravado from the dialouge, are the best ones. The acting is uniformily good, but not all the characters are wrth knowing. (probably should have only been one blonde girl). Also, the director seems in love with his new style of film making but stuck in his campy-teaser mode. Just as i get into a scene, there is an out of place flashback or reference or inside joke. I felt like i wasn't part of the club.
worth a watch but i feel this is a transitional movie for Tarantino. For recent WW2 pics see: Miracle at St. Anna, Black Book, Letters from Iwo Jima