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Inglourious Basterds
Professor Snuggles:
This movie is really good. Performances were great, Chris Waltz especially had one of the best performances I've seen in a while, and the fact that he set it up in the trailers as this Nazi Killin' action movie and then had it be almost entirely about German cinema I thought was actually pretty awesome! The final scene i the theater is a masterpiece of filmmaking, the random narration is hilarious, the Angry Jewess is smokin' hot, and if you don't laugh at the King Kong scene you have no sense of humour.
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--- Quote from: KvP on 23 Aug 2009, 01:19 ---I think there was a good premise in the whole idea of the Basterds but as far as I'm concerned the movie was a big misfire.
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Agreed. Tarantino has eight more of my dollars, and for the first time ever, I want my money back. Pitt and Waltz were fantastic, as were those extended scenes of nail biting tension - particularly the one in the tavern basement. I can live with one big fantasy wankfest of Nazi killing if I'm left with a decent film in the end. This ain't it.
The audience loved it though, those giggling idiots laughed at every word out of Pitt's mouth. During the final scene, the fat guy next to me (in between gasps for breath) chuckled hysterically, repeating "Oh shit! Oh shit!" Regrettably, he stopped just short of saying "Oh no he didn't!" That, I think, would've made the entire ordeal worthwhile.
Lise:
I just finished watching Inglourious Basterds, and I have to say, it's a major improvement from Death Proof (which I thought was one of QT's weakest films, by the way, ugh). However, if you walk into the theater expecting an non-stop action/comedy Nazi-killin' fest like the trailer implies, you'll probably be disappointed. I could tell several members of the audience were fidgety during the long dialogue scenes, including myself at certain points. I attribute all that to QT's style, though (same with the random cuts in music, which are pretty jarring).
The ending payoff was amaaazing. The acting was great all around, and I was happy to see Daniel Bruhl on screen again (whee! I have a bit of a crush on him). Christopher Waltz, like everyone's been saying, definitely deserves some recognition for his role. And not to mention any spoilers or anything, but I thought the ending showdown in the projectionist room was spectacular in a Romeo-Juliet type way (emotional, even).
I was expecting buckets of gore like in Kill Bill, but the violence wasn't anything that outrageous. If you can stomach Kill Bill, you can stomach Inglourious Basterds. And go see it if you haven't!! Historical inaccuracy aside, it's worth watching.
PS: Random Mike Myers cameo, wtf? It's a shame the scene with the Brits wasn't more comedic like I was hoping.
pulpfiction21:
As you can tell by my name, i am a pretty big Tarantino fan. I was really looking forward to seeing Inglourious Basterds. I was completely expecting something different from the movie then what I got but that isn't all a bad thing. Going into it thinking I was going to see a lot of Brad Pitt and the Basterds going around killing nazi's but instead getting 5 or 6 twenty minute scenes of tension laden dialogue really threw me off. It was hard to appreciate the movie for what it was because I was constantly waiting for something that wasn't coming. It's an enjoyable movie but I think it will take me seeing it a second time before I can really enjoy it since that time I won't be expecting one thing and getting another.
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http://www.movieline.com/2009/08/tarantino-britney-spears-jason-mraz-helped-inspire-inglourious-basterds.php
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