ALL HYPE...

Rating: Null/10 (20 October 2003)

This movie is ALL HYPE. It is so concerned with being "cool" that it fails to contain anything resembling great cinema. The violence, music and editing only function as a continuous distraction. This is QT merely getting off on himself, -his private little joke. The first two minutes, and the trailer are the only pieces of this film that have any "feel". The rest of the movie fails. Even QT's trademark flashback technique serves little use. I walked away from this film not caring about any of the characters. (If this is the future of cinema we are in sad shape.) QT is hitting us on the head throughout this film, trying too hard, and failing to provide strong characters, a strong, interesting story or a consistent "feel"... If this was a TV movie by another director it would be panned. And I REALLY wanted to like this film...