Check out me and Roth’s video review of Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Inglourious Basterds. Watch as we discuss what we liked about it (a lot of stuff) and a few minor weaknesses with the movie. Let us know what you think of our review, thanks!
- Dennis
Before I saw your review, I gave this film a 7 out of 10… you reminded me of some of the scenes that I liked so it's now a 7.5 out of 10…I did like the David Bowie song that was in the movie and actually went out and downloaded the song…the song was better in the movie than a stand alone track
Good review!
Thanks for checking out the review Mac, I'm glad we can influence you, even by a small half point margin, hahahha
Dennis
You know – they say if you reach one person…:) Thanks Mac!
Hi guys, great review. I just wanted to add my 2 cents to the mix.
Hans Landa's murder of the actress and quick change of loyalties made perfect sense to me. Landa struck me a Hannibal Lecter type of sociopath. Intelligent, resourceful and charming but below this veneer lurks a monster who takes great personal satisfaction in his job as the Jew Hunter and later his restraint totally cracks as he throttles the actress with his bare hands. You are right when you say Landa doesn't specifically hate the Jews but I think he would be a killer even if he wasn't a Nazi. As for the speed of his transformation, it is important to remember that the end of the movie takes place several years after the first scene. Landa is completely self-interested and he can see the writing on the wall that war is almost over and the Nazi's will lose. Hitler mentions in the movie that the Allies have already landed in France so this takes sometime after the Normandy Invasion. Landa is just a rat fleeing a sinking ship.
I do think this movie does have some interesting things to say and that it is not just a fun, violent revenge fantasy. Tarantino has a lot to say about the destructive and redemptive power of film in society. It is very interesting that the people fighting Hitler include a movie critic, a film actress, a cinema owner and a projectionist and that what kills most of the Nazis is the burning of old film. It is also fascinating to compare the Nazi audience reaction to the fictional German film "Pride of the Nation" to the audience reaction to Inglourious Basterds.
I loved this film and think it is Tarantino's best since Pulp Fiction. Keep up the good work.
That's a good point about the passage of time between the first scene until the last, I didn't really notice that, but it makes sense. I guess within watching the movie, and how few actual scenes there are in the movie, you don't get that time difference from it.
I liked the movie a lot as well, just wish that they could have cut some extraneous stuff and added perhaps more depth to the 'Basterds' characters.
Dennis