An overrated movie

We (at least, the decent Tarantino fans) heard about this awesome project that Quentin Tarantino was working on for many years, some kind of WWII Dirty dozen style war flick. When I heard that he was finally making it happen, I thought it was a great idea and I was pretty sure that it would be a total riot. Apparently, after 'Grindhouse' flopped, Tarantino decided to finally take on this project because he knew it was pure gold. Eventually, when it was released, it was a huge critical success, his biggest hit at the box-office so far and, once again, an instant classic. However, what did I think personally of this flick ? Unfortunately, once gain, after 'Kill Bill 1 & 2', this was just another so-called Tarantino classic... Indeed, in my opinion, Quentin Tarantino dwells much too long on some parts while some characters (like the ones played by Brad Pitt and Diane Kruger) were barely developed. Furthermore, I think that the whole thing was not really well written. I mean, some scenes were great but some others didn't add much to the whole thing and all those sub-plots were pretty much half-baked in my opinion. The best example is the bar scene. It is in fact a great scene, the actors, the dialogs, the directing, everything was quite awesome but after spending at least 30 minutes biting your nails wondering how it will all end, eventually it all ends up in some huge bloodbath... How underwhelming... It gives the feeling that Tarantino seriously doesn't know how to conclude such situations and the only thing he can think off is to let the characters shoot each other. But don't misunderstand me, I actually liked this movie. Indeed, there was a terrific cast, Tarantino remains a great director but I just think that the whole thing could have been much better than this. To conclude, it is a nice and entertaining film but not great at all. Still, it is worth a look though, especially if you enjoyed Tarantino's previous efforts but it must be one of the most overrated movies ever made, at least, that's my opinion.

7/10