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INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS.
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CloseSo I and some friends went to the midnight showing of Tarantino's latest movie, Inglourious Basterds. Personally, I thought we were going to see District 9, but halfway there my friends corrected me and it was actually this. Whoops. So yeah, apparently this is Tarentino's best masterpiece. Reviews are really good, and as for my opinion? Not what I expected, but it's definitely Tarentino's work. Very good, even if it drags for a bit in the middle.
Anyone see this or plan to see this?
Anyone see this or plan to see this?
Eike
2708
I am pretty excited about this, only recently actually getting into Tarantino at all... I'm planning to see it very soon! I'm probably going with my friend who's massively into war movies, but by the looks of things, this might be a bit different...
Blind
2262
This actually doesn't look that enticing to me, but his films have (largely) never disappointed me before, so I'll probably check it out simply in that regard!
Brent Murray
16
I'll be waiting for a rent for this one! I'm sure we'll be renting this one sometime down the road. Looks not too shabby, looking at the trailers.
maladroithim
1495
Isn't this the most expensive movie ever? I've been reading that Hollywood is in trouble financially, and not really because of ticket sales being down (they are slightly down, but not catastrophically), but because actors like Brad Pitt cost tens of millions of dollars these days and post-production is more expensive than ever. I'm sure I'll see it and I'll enjoy it a lot, because I like Tarantino's gimmicky exploitation movies.
Shinan
4314
I saw this yesterday and all this lukewarm response in this topic baffles me.
This film was FUCKING AWESOME. (Spoilers may follow. Since the trailers are essentially nothing like the film I guess everything said about the film could be spoilerific, though I may try to keep spoilers minimal)
Let's take the opening scene. It's all about talking. The whole film is mostly about talking and it's definietly what Tarantino does best. The movie is Slow but it's so deliberately Slow that you sit there on the edge of your seat. The opening scene is the perfect example.
Also the Tavern scene. And the Strudel scene. As I said almost every scene!
The action is also wonderfully brutal and quick when it does happen. Essentially you could say it's a bit of that philosophy I tend to have to stories "kill 'em off!" Oooh and I love it so.
There's so much to say about this movie really. For example (this is where spoilers come in) the actual basterds don't really do much in the film's plot. And the multilanguage of it all is also one of those lovely things, it's like a eurothriller.
Like the spaghetti western was Europeans making movies about America. This is an American making a movie about Europe.
And getting it.
This film was FUCKING AWESOME. (Spoilers may follow. Since the trailers are essentially nothing like the film I guess everything said about the film could be spoilerific, though I may try to keep spoilers minimal)
Let's take the opening scene. It's all about talking. The whole film is mostly about talking and it's definietly what Tarantino does best. The movie is Slow but it's so deliberately Slow that you sit there on the edge of your seat. The opening scene is the perfect example.
Also the Tavern scene. And the Strudel scene. As I said almost every scene!
The action is also wonderfully brutal and quick when it does happen. Essentially you could say it's a bit of that philosophy I tend to have to stories "kill 'em off!" Oooh and I love it so.
There's so much to say about this movie really. For example (this is where spoilers come in) the actual basterds don't really do much in the film's plot. And the multilanguage of it all is also one of those lovely things, it's like a eurothriller.
Like the spaghetti western was Europeans making movies about America. This is an American making a movie about Europe.
And getting it.
While the dialogue was indeed excellent, the acclaim about the talking...sort of flew over my head. I know it was supposed to have the 'keep you on the edge of your seat' effect, but for example, the Tavern, part of my thinking was more along the lines of 'Yeah yeah I know they're going to get caught so hurry the fuck up and stop talking and get to it already'.
Shinan
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I did not really know whether they were going to get caught or not. In fact I had no idea where the movie was going in a lot of cases, so for me the suspense was always up there.
But also the dialogue itself was so wonderfully casual that I could have listened to them talk for forever and ever.
But also the dialogue itself was so wonderfully casual that I could have listened to them talk for forever and ever.
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Let's take the opening scene. It's all about talking. The whole film is mostly about talking and it's definietly what Tarantino does best.
I would contest this. In my viewings of Tarantino films, Tarantino crafts mind-blowing action scenes that deliver in punch while staying classy and well presented.
While Inglourious Basterds delivered on many of the fronts mentioned, I felt the film could have been edited down by about 30-40 minutes, which really would have compressed it time-wise (I felt it was WAY too long) and helped it deliver on that edge-of-your-seat feeling. While the dialogue was, as all have said, very well crafted, there was too damn much of it.
Personally, I enjoyed all the german and french, but many moviegoers I know who saw it didn't appreciate having to wade through two and a half hours of subtitles to get to the really great Tarantino-style action.
Shinan
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I could see how taking out a couple of chapters might have shortened the film without doing too much to it. But I do think the actual scenes themselves are perfectly paced in 90% of the cases.
Of course I personally would have loved to see more chapters. Perhaps having more stuff on the Basterds, though I also appreciate how the Basterds didn't really "fit into" the move. They were more of a legend than real characters and a perfect backdrop.
Of course I personally would have loved to see more chapters. Perhaps having more stuff on the Basterds, though I also appreciate how the Basterds didn't really "fit into" the move. They were more of a legend than real characters and a perfect backdrop.
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