Inglourious Basterds follows Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) and his group of 'basterds' as they invade Nazi-occupied France with the mission to claim Nazi scalps. The basterds team up with German actress Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) when they learn that the Nazis will be attending the French premiere of "The Nation's Pride," a German propaganda film based on the heroic tale of Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brühl). The Basterds hatch an explosive plan to use the premiere to wipe out as many Nazis as they possibly can; yet with diabolical Col. Hans ‘Jew Hunter’ Landa (Christoph Waltz) on their case, would the plan go off as expected. (no pun intended).
Tarantino yet again does a film the way he wants to, and with Inglourious Basterds he writes his own history. As expected, the script and dialogue is phenomenal, heavy, but extraordinarily good. The characters he writes are incredible to watch on screen, and he yet again casts beautifully. However, what stops Basterds from being up their will Pulp Fiction is that the segments that the film is split into, doesn't quite fit together as sweetly as Pulp Fiction did. This film feels more like a bunch of sequences just placed together rather than one individual film, whereas with Pulp, although split into different stories, the sequences fit together so nicely that it worked brilliantly.
As with all Quentin Tarantino, the actors chosen are sublime with the stand-out performance going to Christoph Waltz. Waltz's Hans Landa takes evil to a new level as he interrogates his victim with such confidence, such calmness, that he provokes fear from his reputation and ruthlessness. Landa's personality oozes charm with a straight shooting malice (in four language) that is just outstanding to watch. Hugely deserving of the Oscar for best supporting actor and the making of this film.
For any die-hard QT fan this film will not disappoint. Will it polarize the audience? Possibly.
J.Henderson.
8/10.
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ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree with this review more but I'd give 9/10 just because of Christoph Waltz
ReplyDeleteThanks Armando, I will! The film is definitely up there, QT doesn't do bad films, It's just a case of where this film ranks on his list of great films.
ReplyDeleteOne of my top 5 movies. The characters are some of the best I've ever seen. I didn't really appreciate this movie the first time I saw it. It came on t.v. 6 months ago and I couldn't stop watching. I bought the DVD and have probably watched it 4 times since. Christoph Waltz is an unbelievable actor (he's just as good in Django).The basement bar scene is the best scene in a movie ever made.
DeleteI guess I'm kind of biased because I'm a big QT fan.
Brian, I can completely see where you're coming from, for a QT fan this is perfect. I love this movie, I was just trying to do this review from a neutral's perspective. Trying to let people who may not be die-hard QT fans know what to expect.
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