Posted on 08/20/2009 8:48:45 PM PDT by JSDude1
I wish my brave, tough Holocaust survivor grandfather, Isaac, was alive to see “Inglourious Basterds.”
He would love it even more than I did. So would my dad. And they would be cheering and laughing along with me.
Because the movie debuts at Midnight screenings tonight, I am posting this review early, and you’ll note that I was entirely wrong in my expectations for this movie when I first wrote about it, back in February. The movie is riveting. It’s fun and serious at the same time.
It’s not usual that I praise a Quentin Tarantino film or a flick starring Brad Pitt. I’m not a big fan of either. But “Inglourious Basterds” is either the exception to the rule or a new beginning (probably the former, at least in the case of Pitt, who is very good here). After two-and-a-half hours of this fantastic movie, I didn’t want it to end. I wanted more. So well done, so interesting, exciting, and suspenseful, it flew by. Like “The Departed (read my review),” it’s a well-wrapped treasure, with new delights at each uncovered layer. And a few puzzles, some of which aren’t answered but are designed to make you think.
I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this movie.
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The movie is basically a revenge fantasy. If you're Jewish, go see it and enjoy.
Having seen the trailer, I haven't heard a worse southern accent since Martin Sheen tried to play Robert E. Lee in "Gettysburg." I don't think I could sit through a whole movie of Brad Pitt in that voice. You'd think a guy from Oklahoma could do at least a little better than that.
Her comment about Hollywood refusing to make films casting the Islamo-fascists as the villains is well-taken.
Instead we get Brad Pitt here or Tom Cruise in "Valkyrie" refighting the Nazis in WWII for the umpteenth time. It appears for Hollywood, WWII is the "good war" because we were allied with the communists.
Hollywood has no problem smearing America in movie after movie, and no problem depicting the Nazis as evil, but a film depicting Islamo-fascists (or, in former times, Soviet communists) as the bad guys for some reason is rare indeed.
I'll take a pass on "Basterds."
So was 12 Monkeys but I think that movie was all Terry Gilliam.
Is there a less political filmmaker than Tarantino?
Troy was better storytelling. Gladiator was quite dull.
That was a good movie from what I recall. I remember falling for the twist near the end of the movie. Probably worth seeing again.
With the exception of perhaps Michael Bay (although I wouldn't call his products movies, per se), probably not. At least on this, we can agree.
The DVD Black Book is a must see, I agree. I recommend trying to get it thru your library interlibrary loan system.
Gladiator is an amazing piece of work and Ridley Scott was robbed at the Oscars for not getting best director. The opening scenes of the battle in Germania must be seen on the big screen to appreciate how awesome the total effect can be on the viewer. One of my favorite films of all time.
As for the film Troy, I thought Brad Pitt had terrible material to work with. The part as written was a whiny, petulant hero, a real a@@hole, refusing to support his commander in battle and sleeping late in his tent when the other soldiers were on the field - made no sense to me. Maybe Hollywood was making an antiwar statement, but that did not work for me. Lots of other great performances in that film however.
I saw it in the theater and found that opening scene borderline incoherent especially in comparison to ‘Saving Private Ryan’, its obvious model. The film, as a whole, was dour and totally uninvolving. A lone bright spot coming when he goes to see Marcus Aurelius...who is shown writing.
I kinda remember it, think it was a drive-in movie, but other than it being set in WWII I don't remember much about it.
Later when QT shot Jackie Brown (actually from a Leonard novel) he acknowledged that he wrote Pulp Fiction as if it were a Leonard work.
Heck no . . . he always makes me pay. That is the only way I can get him to date me.
Read the book written about him by a British officer; the book is “Commando Extraordinaire”.
He was quite the guy. A 6'3” gymnast (ponder the strength required for that for a second) and sword fighter with a huge ‘Heidelberg’ scar across his face; his M.O. was to act bold as brass and tell you “Surrender! We have you surrounded!” whether it was true or not - a surprisingly effective tactic.
Yeah, it'll be set in the '00's and it will be about President Bush and the Patriot Act. It will have nothing to do with intercepting calls between terrorist nations and terrorist cells in the U.S.
Sorry I do not support movies with liberals who are doing harm to America. Brad Pitt is a POS and I am sure the movie is too. Tarantino’s films are mega violence as he tries to rip off Peckipah. Junk.
Oh lighten up....it’s not ALL about “us and them.” You’ll end up paranoid and unhappy. Do you check everything you purchase to make sure it was made by a Christian conservative white male from Texas?
Go watch your silly liberal movie and drink the Kool Aide. I have no desire to watch crap from Hollywood. I am a bit more like Quentin than some guy from Texas.
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