Another movie for which I got only good things to tell!
dable way! He is known for overdoing certain things, like the bloodshed, fight sequences which work perfectly, for him, and of course throwing in some awesome dark humor (Pulp Fiction – best example), you will get to see all this in Inglourious Basterds. I might have little bias for the movie, probably because of the duo, Quentin Tarantino–Brad Pitt, and come on, I bet just first look of the movie would have got you hooked on for sure!
I personally find the movies set in the Nazi era very fascinating and also the ones based on racism, like The Pianist and Schindler’s List [Both Oscar winning flicks – must watch btw] based on former, and American History X & Crash, based on latter.
Now coming on to Inglourious Basterds, movie is set in Nazi era showing slaughter of the Jews by the SS and Nazi Army but not to the extent of Schindler’s or even Pianist, more than the Jews, it has gore filled with slaughter of Nazi army, and that too, Gore-Tarantino-Style!
Even though it might appear that the story’s protagonist is Brad Pitt, I really didn’t find that way, in fact I found the story somewhat revolving around Mélanie Laurent (Shosanna Dreyfus) (who btw is a French actress) and what amazing performance she delivered, I’m a fan!
Speaking of performance, do look out for Christoph Waltz, the guy in “negative role” – Nazi Col. Hans Landa, sheer brilliance!
The characters or the “Bastards” if you may, have been hand picked and have done perfect justice. Take for example Eli Roth who played Sgt. Donowitz aka The Jew Bear, great screen presence.
Now, Brad Pitt – Lt. Aldo Raine, supporting a thick Southern accent, gave out a great performance, as always, but didn’t really have a lot of screen time, as I said earlier, not really the protagonist. Mike Myres has a “guest appearance”, nothing that’ll stick to your memory.
There are some really hard hitting sequences in the movie, like at the end when the projector keeps rolling but projection comes on to the Smoke with the sound still on, it sent chills down my spine. Or the one where The Jew Bear lashed out on a Nazi Officer in the middle of the Jungle, whoa!
Now having said all this, the movie did not leave a mark in my memory, which obviously I expected it would. And what could have been better, the background score, there was so much possibility there.
Anyway, this one the biggest movies of this year and worth catching on big screen, and a little heads up, movie has lot of French and German, so keep an I on the screen – subtitles .
P.s. I still have to confirm if Inglourious Basterds is remake of the Italian movie – Quel maledetto treno blindato.
Rating: 4/5
Year: 2009
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