My Dinner with The Squad

Rating: Null/10 (29 June 2005)

"Kill Bill, Volumes 1 & 2": Quentin Tarantino has now sucked all the milk from his earlier teat career. "Wunderkind QT" is no longer inventing. He's caricaturizing everything he and other film makers did. He has learned nothing positive or negative from Warhol or Devo. "Kill Bill 1 & 2" could easily be one film of standard length. It wouldn't make it a better film, but it would reduce the dragging, dull scenes of repetitive slashing (yes, I said dull - there only so many limbs that can be removed in so many ways), and endless pseudo-story-laden philosophizing - "My Dinner with The Squad". I was obviously disappointed. There WERE occasional witty moments, some fun choreographing, pretty animation, and I often liked the atmosphere created by cover songs used in scenes...but even they were overused. Tarantino overuses everything, including himself. The centuries old and still valid challenge to all artists is to know when to STOP on a work...and it IS before you run out of breath. See "Reservoir Dogs", see "Pulp Fiction", and then stop wasting your time.