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08-21-2009, 02:03 PM
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Rating: 9/10
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger
Run time: 153 min
Inglourious Basterds, the new film from Quentin Tarantino. When I first saw the trailer for this, I was immediately excited, and how can't I be? With such films as; Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Death Proof, Tarantino is a master at what he does. Many people don't care for his movies too much due to the extensive dialogue and subject matter, but when you look past all that, he does something great. Many directors have a few good hits and then the shit runs down hill. Tarantino is different in the fact that he makes a great movie every time and his imagining of WW2 and Nazi Occupied France just shows his genius.
The first thing I have to mention is the acting. All of the actors gave incredible performances, but Christoph Waltz gives the absolute best performance in the film. He's terrifying and smart and steals the show. (This reminds me of The Dark Knight, for the fact that every scene in The Dark Knight, you wanted to see The Joker because of Ledgers acting and scary atmosphere he brings with him). Mélanie Laurent is absolutely stunning in this. The story surrounding her is both funny at times and extremely sad and she pulls off both with flying colors. Like I said, every actor in this film was great. Eli Roth was a fantastic psychopath known as "The Bear Jew", Til Schweiger is terrifying throughout the entire movie with his non-emotional look the entire time and Brad Pitt does a great job as the Inglourious Basterds Lt. and leader. He acts like a... 40's American. The things he says and how he says it, you can picture it coming out of an individual from the 40's. I was worried about Pitt, but he delivered an excellent performance.
The film's plot is something I have huge interest in. I am a history nut, and even though this doesn't follow actual events, it was still very interesting. The movie is divided into five Chapters. Each chapter following a different event at a different time and then coming together in the end. It's a typical Tarantino movie, but that's good and bad for the film. While the film goes towards a more serious side, there are many comedic moments. For example, when they announce one of the Basterds, they play funky music and all you hear is Samuel L. Jackson talking about the character. At this point I was looking around going uhh.. to see if anyone else was confused. Don't get me wrong, Samuel L. Jackson is my hero and it was a great treat to see him back, even for a small part, in a Tarantino film, but it just didn't fit here. It didn't fit, kind of like how Mike Myers was a general in this movie. He had a ton of makeup on and an English accent. I felt like I was watching Austin Powers again. Good thing he just made a small cameo and was not a major part of this film. But, I think the best cameo in the movie was when you hear Harvey Keitel's voice pops up towards the end of the film.
The makeup department did a great job. From scalps getting cut off, to people getting shot. It all looked great and very realistic. A scene where Eli Roth takes a bat to a German is probably the best scene in the movie. How realistic it looked made everyone in the theater cringe with delight. It will be one of those scenes you look up on youtube after the film has been released on DVD. Nothing in this film looked fake.
Overall, this is a fantastic film. I usually hate going to the theater because of the idiotic crowd, but this is a must. This is a very violent movie, but keep in mind, it is Tarantino. There is A LOT of talking in it. A chapter or two is dedicated on it, so get ready to sit yourself in the theater seat for a while. But, when you look past all the very small and limited flaws, you will have a lot of fun with this. I know many of you don't really care for Tarantino and his movies, but if you love Tarantino's films like I do, you'll love it.
Rating: 9/10
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger
Run time: 153 min
Inglourious Basterds, the new film from Quentin Tarantino. When I first saw the trailer for this, I was immediately excited, and how can't I be? With such films as; Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Death Proof, Tarantino is a master at what he does. Many people don't care for his movies too much due to the extensive dialogue and subject matter, but when you look past all that, he does something great. Many directors have a few good hits and then the shit runs down hill. Tarantino is different in the fact that he makes a great movie every time and his imagining of WW2 and Nazi Occupied France just shows his genius.
The first thing I have to mention is the acting. All of the actors gave incredible performances, but Christoph Waltz gives the absolute best performance in the film. He's terrifying and smart and steals the show. (This reminds me of The Dark Knight, for the fact that every scene in The Dark Knight, you wanted to see The Joker because of Ledgers acting and scary atmosphere he brings with him). Mélanie Laurent is absolutely stunning in this. The story surrounding her is both funny at times and extremely sad and she pulls off both with flying colors. Like I said, every actor in this film was great. Eli Roth was a fantastic psychopath known as "The Bear Jew", Til Schweiger is terrifying throughout the entire movie with his non-emotional look the entire time and Brad Pitt does a great job as the Inglourious Basterds Lt. and leader. He acts like a... 40's American. The things he says and how he says it, you can picture it coming out of an individual from the 40's. I was worried about Pitt, but he delivered an excellent performance.
The film's plot is something I have huge interest in. I am a history nut, and even though this doesn't follow actual events, it was still very interesting. The movie is divided into five Chapters. Each chapter following a different event at a different time and then coming together in the end. It's a typical Tarantino movie, but that's good and bad for the film. While the film goes towards a more serious side, there are many comedic moments. For example, when they announce one of the Basterds, they play funky music and all you hear is Samuel L. Jackson talking about the character. At this point I was looking around going uhh.. to see if anyone else was confused. Don't get me wrong, Samuel L. Jackson is my hero and it was a great treat to see him back, even for a small part, in a Tarantino film, but it just didn't fit here. It didn't fit, kind of like how Mike Myers was a general in this movie. He had a ton of makeup on and an English accent. I felt like I was watching Austin Powers again. Good thing he just made a small cameo and was not a major part of this film. But, I think the best cameo in the movie was when you hear Harvey Keitel's voice pops up towards the end of the film.
The makeup department did a great job. From scalps getting cut off, to people getting shot. It all looked great and very realistic. A scene where Eli Roth takes a bat to a German is probably the best scene in the movie. How realistic it looked made everyone in the theater cringe with delight. It will be one of those scenes you look up on youtube after the film has been released on DVD. Nothing in this film looked fake.
Overall, this is a fantastic film. I usually hate going to the theater because of the idiotic crowd, but this is a must. This is a very violent movie, but keep in mind, it is Tarantino. There is A LOT of talking in it. A chapter or two is dedicated on it, so get ready to sit yourself in the theater seat for a while. But, when you look past all the very small and limited flaws, you will have a lot of fun with this. I know many of you don't really care for Tarantino and his movies, but if you love Tarantino's films like I do, you'll love it.