Movie Review-Inglourious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino never ceases to amaze me. From the time I was a young kid who found his movies engrossing, yet completely confusing until I became a teenager who found his films fun and somewhat confusing, until now that i find them artistically superb and sporadically confusing, i have always been a fan.

Tarantino is one of the few directors who works completely outside a rational frame of mind at times and takes massive risks that many directors and some studios shy away from. The difference between them and him is that he usually succeeds. Hell, most of the time he knocks it out of the park. He did so with "Inglourious Basterds".

Plot:
Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) and his group of Jewish-American soldiers known as the Basterds, plot to kill Nazis and assassinate Hitler in France during WWII.

Pros:
The film has everything that makes Tarantino great. The movie doesn't miss a beat in pace and storytelling. It tells the same story but from more than one angle, in the same vein as "Pulp Fiction". Though for advertising and marketing purposes, Pitt is portrayed in trailers and promos as the star, but the film is way more flexible than that. Though i did think that Pitt gave the best performance in the film and I laughed relentlessly to most of his lines, strong performances from the other cast took the film to a higher level. Also, the gore is a turn-off for some, but Tarantino has the ability to make it work to the point that it doesn't overshadow the central themes of the story. In addition, the story bends into different directions but it's not enough to drive everything off base and it has a fair share of surprises.

Cons:
Though it's not an issue for some, maybe most, but i did grow tired of the long scenes that were done almost entirely in German. Of course there were subtitles, but a 10-minute scene in German just didn't work for me, albeit they were still done with great style and performances. The scenes just take a little time to get used to.

Recommendation:
Rent it.

Written by:
Quentin Tarantino

Directed by:
Quentin Tarantino

MAIN CAST:
Brad Pitt ("Seven", "Curious Case of Benjamin Button")
Christoph Waltz
Melanie Laurent
Eli Roth ("Grindhouse", "Southland Tales")
Diane Kruger ("Troy", "Wicker Park")
Til Schweiger ("SLC Punk!", "Far Cry")
Jacky Ido
B.J. Novak (TV's "The Office", "Knocked Up")
Omar Doom ("Grindhouse")
Mike Myers ("Wayne's World", "Shrek")
Samuel L. Jackson ("Pulp Fiction", "Jackie Brown")

Similar Titles:
Inglourious Basterds(1978), Pulp Fiction

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