Inglourious Basterds
March 10, 2010
Well, what can you say. Quentin Tarantino at his usual fantastic best.
Dialog and character richness in a way that no one else can seem to manage. His movies are becoming a genre of their own since no one else can even come close to making a movie with that kind of substance. With an ensemble cast that’s absolutely stunning. Everyone delivers in this world war II fantasy where they manage to rewrite history.
An elite group or soldiers (Jewish soldiers) called the Basterds are being assembled to do one thing, kill Nazi’s. Lead by Lt. Aldo Raines (Brad Pitt) who tells his small group of men that as of now, they all owe him 100 Nazi scalps. They roam the countryside killing Nazi’s and collecting scalps. The other half of the plot has you following the Jew Hunter,
Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) who proceeds to steal the movie as the man the Germans call in when they need the best. During a raid on a small farm, Landa loses a teenage Jewish girl named
Shosanna (Melanie Laurent) and the film manages to follow her as she grows up and waits for the perfect time to exact her revenge. With the Basterds, Landa, and Shoshana all on a collision course the films last act is just what we all wish would have happened to end the war.
With the acting and dialog at its absolute best, this film was one the five best last year. If you are a fan of Tarantino’s movies (and I don’t know how you couldn’t be) this will be known as his best work since Pulp fiction. Exceptionally bloody and violent, the film is perfection on every level. Don’t miss it.
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3 Comments, Comment or Ping
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Absolutely loved it, the plot and dialog were solid. The action was just cheesy enough to keep my attention… and i want my scalps!
Apr 20th, 2010
Phil
Great, Im glad to help
Jun 27th, 2010
Shaun Thompson
I had a few problems with this movie. The movie’s infrequent violent scenes were not sufficient to hold my attention. I think many of the scenes leading up to the action scenes were supposed to be suspenseful, but they dragged on too long and quickly became boring. In addition, Tarantino’s technique of superimposing the names of certain characters over the action on the screen prevented me from getting more absorbed into the movie.
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