CAN'T WAIT FOR THE COMPUTER GAME

Rating: Null/10 (17 October 2003)

Whilst Quentin Tarantino is undeniably masterful at forming the shorthand of cinema into stunning imagery and unique characterization, his adolescent preoccupation with misogynistic violence has become both wearisome and troubling.
As an auteur, Tarantino quite rightly has complete artistic freedom, but his own ability to sift the post-modern references in his work isn't matched by that of his core audience, who are no doubt comfortable with the familiarity of the computer game violence, pithy dialogue, and MTV promo wrapping.
It's interesting that Jackie Brown is described by Tarantino fans as his most `disappointing' work. Could this be because Grier and Forster's characters were the director's most sympathetic and mature yet?