I liked the film, I really did. Directionally in can be used as a tutorial to budding directors around the world. But as one peice Tarantino tries too hard. He uses far too many techniques that don't quite gel together. It's as if he's learned these new techniques and put them all together in a collage. Like the animated sequence, then to the black and white sequence (I don't believe the reason that that is too gory for western audiences) and then he had another fight scene using a silhouette technique. It was too much, it didn't blend and I was just waiting for the next cliche to occur - a slow motion sequence.