Holy way too long, Batman!

Rating: 6/10 (23 August 2009)

Let me start off by saying I'm a die hard QT fan. That said, this was a disappointing flick. It is simply way too long and poorly paced. The directing is great as always, and the actors are superb, but this film has you squirming in your seat far too often.
Normally, a QT flick is virtually defined by the dialogue. To say the man has a style all of his own is an understatement. That said, there are moments in this movie where he is paying homage to himself. A little pretentious by anyone's standard. 80% of the writing is excellent, 20% doesn't feel right, because it's like QT is impressed by his own cleverness. And it's too long. Also, imagine Pulp Fiction with subtitles... how many nuances would be lost, or at least, hard to follow. I'm guessing you get the idea.
This is not a bad movie, but it falls well short of the bar that QT has set for himself. The pure shock factor is a new high, but the rest of the film is crippled by the it's yawn inspiring length.
I strongly suspect I will enjoy this film more on DVD, where it is possible to take a break, a'la Heat, which was painfully long in the theatre, but a masterpiece on video.
BTW, I do not have a short attention span, 3 hour films do not offend me in the least. A great film completely deafens you to any protests from a numb bum, this film seems to ask "Hey, how's your butt feeling?" over and over.
Plain and simple, TOO LONG.