[quote=“Ordell Rodriguez”]
If anything that’s the one thing the critics should get around to talking about. How can you call yourself a film critic and not see that as a major part of the film.
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This film seems to have short circuited critics’ brains somewhat. I keep reading silly reviews where they miss the point and start going on about what they wanted to see in the movie. Saying things like ‘theres no battle scene’ as a negative is awful critiscism. Professional critics should not be comparing this film to some magical version they have playing in their heads but reviewing whats actually up on screen (which in my opinion was freaking awesome). Most of them haven’t even figured out it was meant to be a black comedy.
It’s strange how common opinion about Tarantino has changed over the last decade or so. I can’t figure out why he was hailed as ‘the saviour of mainstream cinema’ back in the 90s and now regarded by many as an immature hack when his style hasn’t really changed.
I think it may be because he has stopped making gangster flicks. There seems to be some kind of unspoken rule that films that involve organised crime somehow exist on a higher echolon than other films and recieve huge amount of gushing praise for decades on end. I’ve never understood this either.