That was an excellent one.

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Okay, I am really excited to review this movie, because it might just be my favorite movie of all time. It's rare to see a movie that so perfectly balances compelling and downright B movie hilarity. Quentin Tarantino is a great writer, and Robert Rodriguez is the perfect director for a movie like this. George Clooney is great at being the rational center of the movie, and I think Tarantino wrote a perfect role for himself. I know he got a razzie nom, but I think that was just for people to hate on him, because this movie is SUPPOSED to be a little ridiculous. I love watching this movie with people who have no idea what it's about, and listening to them guess all the way to the point where Salma Hayek goes full vamp. Greatest response was from one of my friends who said "Well...that would make for some interesting dinner conversation." right after it happened. It just goes crazy, and I love every second of it.

This film started off as something I really enjoyed, two violent pshycopaths (the gecko brothers) on the run from the law after a series of bank robberies and murders. It had the potential to be a great gangster flick. And the film continued this way up until the brothers and their hotages arrive at the titty twister bar.... from then on as we all know the film completely gets thrown on it's head and turned into what I described as a comedy vampire movie but I wasnt hugely surprised as it is written by Tarrantino. I'm not saying this made me not like the movie because I do rate it, I just believe this film could have been awesome if it avoided the whole vampire idea.......

The script is good, the direction spot on and the performances from Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, even Quentin Tarantino and particularly Juliette Lewis, are excellent. Its just that however tight and exciting the first part is and however daring and innovative and special those special effects are, things could do with a little trim towards the end. I can imagine how excited everybody involved was at the chance to create every sort of vampiric being and then have them die in all the ways we have ever seen and then some. But, it can become a little waring, there is such a thing as overkill and for the viewer, who is not drunk or drugged, there is just too much. It is a shame because not only is the first half so good but the whole idea of the biker bar, strippers and vampires also good, even if a little reminiscent of Vamp, featuring Grace Jones as the mistress of ceremonies. So, all good but just a little too much even if it does all glow and glisten so wonderfully on Blu-ray.

I didn't think I would ever say this, but with "From Dusk Till Dawn", Quentin Tarantino, usually a skilled screenwriter and a masterful creator of dialogue, failed in his writing. The film is not really bad, but the genius of Tarantino is lacking. There's no real wit, no excitement, the dialogues are flat and uninspired and you don't really care about the characters. Apart from the first few minutes at the liquor store in the very beginning of the movie, the only real enjoyment was some impressive creature design and a stellar performance by Juliette Lewis, terrific as always. This picture was not so #7thArt.