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Inglourious Basterds
Movie Review
September 13, 2009
Directed by Quenten
Tarantino
Starring Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christopher Waltz, Eli Roth,
Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruhl, and Mike Myers.
Backstory
Being a film geek who became a film geek in the 1990s, reverence has to
be paid to Quenten Tarantino. He's the guy who lived the
dream...a film geek who finally said, "Screw it! I can do
better!" and picked up a camera and did just that. Granted,
out of the indie directors who sprang up in the 1990s doing that, my
love belongs to Kevin Smith. But Tarantino must be
acknowledged, and so I knew I had to go see his World War II opus.
Plot
Lt. Aldo Raine and his troops in World War II work deep behind enemy
lines in Europe. Their mission is to spread terror among the
Nazis by killing as many as brutally as possible. The Germans
soon name them "the Basterds." We also meet Shoshana
Dreyfuss. She was a young Jewish girl when her family was
murdered by the Nazis. Now, she lives in Nazi-occupied Paris
under an assumed identity and runs a movie theatre. These two
groups soon converge when it's revealed that Shoshana's theatre has
been chosen to host the premiere of the latest Nazi propaganda film,
and Hitler himself will be there for the premiere. Several
plots are then hatched to asassinate Hitler in the theatre.
Will the groups succeed and bring an early end to the war?
What I Liked
It's Tarantino, so the violence tends to be over-the-top. As
always, there's some great selections in music. It looks
great. It's funny when it needs to be, and even manages to
create some chilling moments of suspense.
What I
Didn't Like
Tarantino really likes his Mexican standoffs, doesn't he? And
it does get quite talky for a World War II film.
Final
Assessment
It's a solid film, but Kill Bill is still my favourite Tarantino work.
3 Nibs
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