Probably my least favorite QT movie. It lacks substance, it's overlong and outside of Waltz/Fassbender the acting sucks

Interesting. It's one of my favourite works of QT - possibly number one for me.

SPOILERS (to anybody who stumbles upon this)

To me, the substance of the show comes with his probing around in the "show" itself. He presents a movie where Brad Pitt and Co. are amusing Nazi-smashers and we root for them and love when they pound skulls. But, later on, we see the German soldier lionized for his efforts. He's a scumwad to us, because he's for the Nazis. But we see a cinema full of Nazis laughing and amused. Should we be so amused?

Hans Landa is one of the evilest bastards (not Basterds) in the movies. But, as depicted here, he winds up defecting and contributing to Team Good Guy. Obviously, he's still awful, and was just doing this to save his hide, but war spins morality around. I was thinking about this and other points of morality throughout the film.

I thought it was gutsy for Tarantino to call into question our notions of good and evil as well as to make us question the theatre of violence. After all, he's one of the biggest participants in violent showmanship.

IB gives me a lot to mull over.

But, what of other substance? I must disagree with your assessment of the acting, but that's very subjective. I will say that Waltz is so frickin' good, though, that even if you didn't like the others, it would still average out to a considerable thespian achievement.

Each scene/chapter in the film builds to a climax and holds my attention with drama that constantly ratchets up until it hums. The opening scene is a masterpiece short film by itself, but the encounter in the basement bar is also a masterclass in building tension. The fact that there are basically a bunch of short films making up this larger work is an impressive stylistic accomplishment - in my opinion.

The movie's vibe, I also love, but again, I know that's subjective.

Finally, I really think Shoshana is a compelling main character. We feel her plight, we see her struggle, and the writing and performance might not be flashy, but I think they have great depth, perhaps because of the lower-key nature that they have.

The film never really worked for me and I could never really put my finger on why. Apart from very little happening throughout the middle part of the film, Waltz's performance really was the only thing that really stood out to me. Pitt's performance was distracting & bordered on parody at times with that terrible accent. It was difficult to take him seriously. I found the Hateful Eight to be way more engaging yet people seemed to sleep on that film by comparison.

i agree its pretty bad

I 100% agree. A lot of fanboys adore this movie for some reason. Brad Pitt tries way too hard to look cool IMO. He played a similar character in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It’s as if Tarentino specifically directed him to try to look as cool as possible, but it gets on my nerve because it’s so phony.

I agree. QT standard pacing in a WWII/Spy movie just doesn't mix. The QT tropes, style, and pacing works for Pulp Fiction and Once upon a Time in Hollywood, but it just gets annoying here.

It's not a very good movie. Doesn't come close to Jackie Brown or Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.