hardly Tarantino's best

Rating: 7/10 (17 January 2007)

there's one reason i love this flawed film---marsellus---his portrayal of a true 'fundamentalist preacher' hidden away as a hit-man keeps my 'fast-forward' or 'rewind' digits sore. my beefs, with what so many feel is such a classic? first, one could edit much out---the dance scene, the overdose scene---and absolutely re-edit walken's 'bit-part'---truly tasteless, totally predictable---but i guess 'work-is-work', not to be passed on---but to see him, myself a true lover of his great 'the dogs of war' just wasted on a brief 'walk-in' bit of scatology? ridiculous.
and unlike 'natural born killers', where-to-hell is any 'message'---other than a simple mess? none---as 'kill bill'. to me, mr. Tarantino's best was 'jackie brown'---a flawless work nobody seems to notice vs. this.
if were not for marsellus as a splendid crazed black preacher, with a big gun? i wouldn't bother. he steals the show---makes it worth the bunk, and blister on my index-finger.