I enjoyed this a lot more than Reservoir Dogs. Injections of humour, a more interesting plot and great dialogue made it much more entertaining to me. However, I rate Happy Gilmore as my favourite film of all time, so what do I know?
A quick thought that caused me to re-edit this post: music. The soundtrack was great, and I'd hazard a subconscious guess that this is why I liked the film so much. I'd heard a Radio 4 feature with Quentin Tarantino recently, and he commented on the painstaking thought he put into selecting the music for certain scenes. It certainly showed, although having the memory of a goldfish I can't remember specific examples. This would be where my wannabe-critic tone ends!
I would never have chosen to watch this film (I once did, and didn't make it past Mia ODing because I was being a girl) but am glad I have, it was excellent. Further proof that my lack of film watching has been a travesty, and that forcing myself to catch up with the civillised world is the right thing to do.
Tarantino themes spotted so far: Plenty of smoking, casual racism, intense tension building, battles of attrition between injured people, black suit and tie combos. More to follow I presume!
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After getting abused far too many times for not having seen this or that film, I have taken it upon myself to catch up and watch all manner of cinematic greats before it's too late. Bearing in mind I haven't seen any of the Die Hard, Terminator or Lord of the Rings trilogies, this could take a while...
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