Inglorious Basterds

And to think I start class tomorrow, i have nothing to do with my time except for watching and reviewing movies. Yesterday's movie was more of a 60 year old, rusty ass AK 47 rather than a polished M16 (gun talk). Today's movie is MUCH better.

Inglorious Basterds, the latest film by Quentin Tarantino. Whether you love him or hate him, he did a hell of a job with this remake. Yes, it is a remake of an Italian film called "Inglorious Bastards" that is twisted up a bit.

Now the thing with Tarantino is, he knows what he likes, he likes classic movies or movies that are not well known at all. He also likes incorporating these little things into his movies. Whether you like it or not depends on you, but Tarantino is too stubborn to care what we like, so he wants to present what he finds interesting.

I think his next film should be a spaghetti western, because it is JUST his style. It's interesting and suits that mostly. Also helps that his favorite film is The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

He redeemed himself from Death Proof, which sucked in my opinion, and it was better than Kill Bill. This movie is almost as awesome as Pulp Fiction, but we all know Marcellus Wallace looks like a bitch.

Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) is the head of a jewish rebel army that's in the "nazi killing business" and does all it takes to sabotage the Reich's plan. There is a separate story about a Jewish girl who changes her name and ends up working at a movie theatre where the Germans want to host an exclusive movie night for selected guests, including the Fuher himself, so she gets payback.

Pros:
I loved this movie, beat District 9 for 3rd best film of the summer, and beats Funny People for 2nd. Still can't beat Up though.

The acting is great, especially Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger. Those 4 made the movie. I have to give props to Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa, who plays a fearless nazi colonel, and is a more witty version of Goeth from Schindler's List. Just great.

Dialogue is awesome. I don't mind that it had many languages about. Camera work is amazing, nothing wrong with that.

Cons:

The movie was split up into 5 chapters, and every time they would mention it, you, the viewer, begins realizing how long the previous scene was. It's kinda frustrating actually, when you realize the very concept of time.

Tarantino has always had this problem of making unnecessary dialogue sequences and make them really long. Happens in the Beginning of Reservoir Dogs, happens at the beginning of Pulp Fiction too. Pretty boring.

In the end, you could forgive it because all you see are dying nazis, and they are getting what they deserve. I recommend you see this movie if you can handle the "scalping" parts.

Rating: 8.0/10