The formula for a great movie again This review focuses on Tarantino's ability to make a film that would never happen, but you could ALMOST imagine it happening, but nothing quite that cool ever does happen. His ability to direct an unassuming actor into such a quirky hero is amazing. From Tim Roth in Reservoir Dogs to now Christopher Waltz in consecutive films (albeit not the hero in Inglorious Basterds)is unparalleled. The biggest complaint I have ever had with his films is his own acting, or lack thereof, and bringing a scene down. But he stepped up this time and threw in a little quirkiness of his own, and he did a great job of it (I really don't think that Tarantino being in his own film counts as a spoiler, but I figured better to be safe) and the scene was terrific.