Inglourious Basterds (2-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray]
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Although Quentin Tarantino has cherished Enzo G. Castellari's 1978 "macaroni" war flick The Inglorious Bastards for most of his film-geek life, his own Inglourious Basterds is no remake. Instead, as hinted by the Tarantino-esque misspelling, this is a lunatic fantasia of WWII, a brazen re-imagining of both history and the behind-enemy-lines war film subgenre. There's a Dirty Not-Quite-Dozen of mostly Jewish commandos, led by a Tennessee good ol' boy named Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) who reckons each warrior owes him one hundred Nazi scalps--and he means that literally. Even as Raine's band strikes terror into the Nazi occupiers of France, a diabolically smart and self-assured German officer named Landa (Christoph Waltz) is busy validating his own legend as "The Jew Hunter." Along the way, he wipes out the rural family of a grave young girl (Melanie Laurent) who will reappear years later in Paris, dreaming of vengeance on an epic scale. Now, this isn't one more big-screen comic book. As the masterly opening sequence reaffirms, Tarantino is a true filmmaker, with a deep respect for the integrity of screen space and the tension that can accumulate in contemplating two men seated at a table having a polite conversation. IB reunites QT with cinematographer Robert Richardson (who shot Kill Bill), and the colors and textures they serve up can be riveting, from the eerie red-hot glow of a tabletop in Adolf Hitler's den, to the creamy swirl of a Parisian pastry in which Landa parks his cigarette. The action has been divided, Pulp Fiction-like, into five chapters, each featuring at least one spellbinding set-piece. It's testimony to the integrity we mentioned that Tarantino can lock in the ferocious suspense of a scene for minutes on end, then explode the situation almost faster than the eye and ear can register, and then take the rest of the sequence to a new, wholly unanticipated level within seconds. Again, be warned: This is not your "Greatest Generation," Saving Private Ryan WWII. The sadism of Raine and his boys can be as unsavory as the Nazi variety; Tarantino's latest cinematic protégé, Eli (director of Hostel) Roth, is aptly cast as a self-styled "golem" fond of pulping Nazis with a baseball bat. But get past that, and the sometimes disconcerting shifts to another location and another set of characters, and the movie should gather you up like a growing floodtide. Tarantino told the Cannes Film Festival audience that he wanted to show "Adolf Hitler defeated by cinema." Cinema wins. --Richard T. Jameson
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 Great movie for the Tarantino fan |
| Review Date: March 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: J. Watson, Moved to El Paso, TX |
| My husband and I loved this movie. As expected from Quentin Tarantino, the movie is absurd in its humor, graphic in its violence, revisionist in its history. We will enjoy watching it over and over again... |
Expect the Unexpected
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| Review Date: April 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Xenomorph, |
Just like Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds has been divided into parts, however in order. Brad Pitt leads a squad of US soldiers in occupied France during WWII, carrying out hit and run attacks on German soldiers...
Unexpected outcome scenes : 1. Bar Scene
2. Interrogation Scene ( Colonel. Hans Landa with Bridget )
3. Projection Room Scene ( Shosanna with Private Fredrick )
4. Ending, didn't expect the movie to end in this way.
If you like Pulp Fiction, you will most probably also like this movie. 79 reviewers gave this movie a 1 star rating,it should at least deserve a 3 stars rating for the twists in the plot.
Won 56 international awards, which include Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Oscar) : Christoph Waltz, Best Actress/Best Screenplay , Original/Best Supporting Actor (Austin Film Critics Award) : Mélanie Laurent/Quentin Tarantino/Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor (BAFTA Film Award) : Christoph Waltz, Best Actor (Cannes Film Festival) : Christoph Waltz, Best Actor/ Best Actress/Best Director (Empire Awards, UK) : Christoph Waltz/Mélanie Laurent/Quentin Tarantino.
Contain violent scenes and brief sexual content. |
Incredible
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| Review Date: February 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Gabriel Gonzalez Jr., EL PASO, TX, US |
| Inglourious basterds is a fictional take on WWII and right form the start this movie grips you into a feel for the characters and story line. From beginning the end the film is oozing with suspense, but also a hint of comedic taste that only Quentin can blend so well. In Inglourious Basterds most of Quentins comedic output is shown through Brad Pitt's character, so to the people complaining about his outlandish accent, it was to compliment or ampilfy the comedic tones of his lines. The most profound actor of the lot in this movie is without question Christoph Waltz (Hans Landa). His acting is superb, believable, and definately worth an oscar. The storyline in the movie is explained mostly through dialogue and where the heart of suspense is. So yes, there will be alot of talking and subtitles, but keep in mind it helps move along the story and build suspense. The film has enough action and gore to keep most people entertained, but some viewers have said that it is to violent or gory. This comment seems to be irrevelant though, after all it is a war movie by Quentin Tarantino and in no way, shape, or form does it take away from the Triple-A quality the movie offers. It is most definately a movie i would highly suggest. |
Inglorious Basterds
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| Review Date: March 30, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Ronald Davis, Knoxville, TN |
| The movie is great! We've watched it 4 times already! Of course, all my family are former military and/or Marines! Brad Pitt is great in the movie... I think he should have gotten an Oscar for his performance. As usual, the DVD arrived within 3-4 days of the order date. "Amazon does it best!" |
Vintage Tarantino Masterpiece!
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| Review Date: April 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: D. A. Martin, |
I've been a fan of Quinton Tarantino's films, and "Inglorious Basterds" is one of his all-time best. Clever, quirky, controversial, envelope-pushing - only Tarantino would have the guts to do a film "reinterpretation" of WWII.
Brad Pitt is funny as heck as the leader to the group of Jewish-American soldiers, "the Basterds," on a mission to kill and scalp any and every Nazi solder they find (not to mention taking a baseball bat to the skulls of captured Nazis who refuse to spill the beans), while giving those whose lives are sparred a little "souvenir." Tarantino hit the mother load casting Austrian actor Christolph Waltz as the Nazi "Jew Hunter" Hans Landa. Like actress-comedienne Mo'Nique's performance in "Precious," Waltz's turn won him every "Best Supporting Actor" award during the 2009 awards season, up to and including the Oscar, for his role in "Basterds." As with Mo'Nique, Mr. Waltz was deserving of the accolades, as his performance in this film is nothing short of outstanding!
I rank "Inglorious Basterds" up there with "Pulp Fiction," "Reservoir Dogs" and the "Kill Bill" films as film-maker Quinton Tarantino operating on all cinematic cyllinders. |
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