Kim Morgan interviews Quentin Tarantino.
He's one of the few directors that compel me to buy an opening night ticket. His latest is "Inglourious Basterds."
I don't want to knock it. It's well-made, well-acted. Brad Pitt doesn't channel Clark Cable, he channels George Clooney channeling Clark Gable.
It's a movie about movies. WW II movies. Tarantino re-writes history. Makes it more satisfying, I suppose. But the Nazi thing has totally been driven into the freaking ground. Talk about a well-travelled road.
I had high expectations. Tarantino has to live up to his own back catalog: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol. 1&2, and Death Proof. He has set a high standard. He has created his own genre with some of his innovations.
Maybe it will sit better the second time around. It didn't totally knock me out. I wanted to be knocked out!