Tarantino stylized, unique storytelling

Rating: 7/10 (16 November 2009)

No doubt this was an entertaining film to watch, if for no other reason than the quality of acting from the cast. Certainly a unique story and characters which has become a painfully absent commodity in Hollywood for quite a few years now. Only problem i had with the film is it seems to have lost some steam or creative energy in the story development in the second half. Maybe thats just QT bucking the traditional expected story arch, or perhaps he had more in mind for the film originally and had to settle for less and compress for time, i dunno. Either way he is exceptionally skilled at bringing whats in his head to life on film, almost to the point where it feels as though im not really watching actors in a movie, but being invited into a vivid daydream. Once again i just felt the last third of the film felt a little flat, could have used some more powerful twists than the ones he tossed in seemingly as an afterthought. QT does tend to come off as a bit of a rambler when hes speaking, to say the least, and i think he has all these grand ideas and just has a hard time fitting them all into a 2 hour flick. Im in no way criticizing the guys ability to make some of the best films ever, or even this movie which was awesome, just rambling a bit myself i guess. I gave it a 7 cause it could have been so much more, and i think that the 9's and 10's are waaaay overused and should be reserved for flicks closer to the masterpieces such as his own Pulp Fiction or Francis Ford's Apocalypse Now, which strangely has the same 8.6 rating, which tells me a lot about how people vote.