When we look back, we will regret the waste of Tarantino's talent... unless

Rating: 7/10 (20 May 2016)

Another film that demonstrates how good Q could be IF ONLY he found a good collaborator. So much of this was good and so much better than the appalling self-indulgent nonsense that was Inglorious Bastards (sic). Set up was good, characters were fully (if clumsily) sketched out, script was great.. to a point. BUT... the violence and the monotonous single theme pitch.
Key point - if everyone behaves like a psychopath, then everyone is A BAD GUY. Personally I think that trying to normalise killing someone is a terrible thing to do, and anyone who tries/ does kill someone is at least morally compromised... sadly (and this is not just a QT thing of course) this seems to STILL be a moot point, though way down from the late 90s high/low point. Oddly the thing I liked about Reservoir Dogs was that it made the point that violence always has consequences, not the opposite.
In this film, the killing was gratuitous, frequent, and, most inexcusable of all, made the film worse.
But the thing that made the film dull was the constant - and I mean constant - race references. I mean, seriously? Did they really not talk about ANYTHING else? I mean, not even misogyny - which, judging by this film was at least a constant...
As per Django, the denouement was rubbish. Made no sense and I think was actually impossible. Gave the viewer the sense that they were running out of film...
In short - enjoy the ride. So much was right, so little wrong... but please, please, if you read these -
YOU MAKE A FILM FOR THE AUDIENCE, NOT FOR YOURSELF. GET AN EDITOR.
Peace...