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YouTubecr0m and I saw this on Friday and loved it - this may be Tarantino's best film. I think that Brad Pitt is one of the most underrated actors of our generation. I am not very good at writing movie reviews, and I really need to see this again before I can comment in detail.
I know there are some people very well versed in film on CU - thoughts?
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Inglourious Basterds
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KSquared
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bayrea
Dublin, Oh
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I saw it Sunday night and was only mildly impressed. I guess it did not quite live up to the hype I was reading online. I think it missed the mark a bit with all the subtitles. One of the best parts of Tarantino films is the dialouge and exchanges between characters. Half the movie was in french/german and that banter was lost when I had to read it. On the plus side, the Jew Hunter was one of the best characters/villians I have seen in recent memory and Pitt did a pretty good job as Aldo. All in all I give it a B-. Not quite up to par with Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, or the Kill Bills but still not bad.
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Walker
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After hating Deathproof, I think QT is back in form with Basterds. His trademark of dialogue-heavy scenes felt renewed through the use of foreign languages and subtitles. Not to mention the fact that he properly dispensed them into sense that would create the most suspense and tension. The "bar scene" was definitely one of the best "edge of your seat" bits of cinema I've seen in awhile.
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Walker
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bayrea wrote >>
Pitt did a pretty good job as Aldo.I thought he was probably the weakest lead character. I had a hard time believing that he was the leader of this group of the baddest of bad ass jews due to his ridiculously fake southern accent and constant wisecracks. I mean... I like Brad Pitt as much as the next guy, and I understand that a lot of the material was meant to be campy... but I'd rather have seen him play as a southern military officer than a caricature of a southern military officer.
His character might as well have been named Col. Sanders.
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Tigertree
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@Anne, weird I totally thought it was that guy and moreover, thought he had turned into a real actor that could do more than one thing... too bad.
The movie, however, was unreal. I think it's my favorite Tarantino film. A lot of surprises, Pitt was hilarious, really great.Posted 2 years ago # -
Nitsud Regnifloh
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going to see this on Sunday - cant wait!!
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KSquared
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Great performance by Christoph Waltz. His Col. Hans Landa was perfectly charming in a slimy and sociopathic kind of way, while still being brutal and frightening but also a coward. I was hoping for a brutal death for him, but felt pretty happy with the ending.
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honavery
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KSquared wrote >>
Great performance by Christoph Waltz. His Col. Hans Landa was perfectly charming in a slimy and sociopathic kind of way, while still being brutal and frightening but also a coward. I was hoping for a brutal death for him, but felt pretty happy with the ending.Yeah, that was the stand out performance in this one. I would expect some sort of Oscar nod come awards season.
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lifeontwowheels
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Angel wrote >>
I saw it last night. awesome! i usually am not a big fan of Pitt but I thought he was funny. esp. when he was imitating an Italian.
btw. movie tavern at mill run has $5 tuesday night shows and big beers. :)Saw it tonight and loved it. For all the comments I've seen about Brad Pitt being a little too stereotypical southern in his accent it set that scene up wonderfully.
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DavidF
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lifeontwowheels wrote >>
Angel wrote >>
I saw it last night. awesome! i usually am not a big fan of Pitt but I thought he was funny. esp. when he was imitating an Italian.
btw. movie tavern at mill run has $5 tuesday night shows and big beers. :)Saw it tonight and loved it. For all the comments I've seen about Brad Pitt being a little too stereotypical southern in his accent it set that scene up wonderfully.
I completely agree. It seems to me that Pitts' entire reason for the horrible accent was to prep us for the moment when he tried to speak Italian. Very little dialogue, but it had me spewing my soda over the people in front of me.
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Ltrgman
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If The Jew Hunter doesn't get a nod for an Oscar, I'm burning down the theater :)
That said, really enjoyed Basterds. Like a lot of great films, this one needs another viewing to further appreciate how well made it is. Compared to QT's last flick, Death Proof, I still liked that one more. Yup, one of the few I know. But Basterds is for sure one of the better films of '09 thus far... in a year which I think has been kinda lackluster up to this point.
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patient_zero
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KSquared wrote >>
Great performance by Christoph Waltz. His Col. Hans Landa was perfectly charming in a slimy and sociopathic kind of way, while still being brutal and frightening but also a coward. I was hoping for a brutal death for him, but felt pretty happy with the ending.I saw this last week at Screens at the Continent. Hands down, Christopher Waltz played a most amazing role. I wish I could find that strudel scene with his rapid, obnoxious chewing. I wanted to leap across the table and shove his fork up his nose. He played the role of someone that I loved to hate, someone in the SS elite.
Get the Video Plugin There were some many unexpected twists in the movie as well, and kept me interested throughout.
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jpizzow
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Just saw the film finally. It's definately one of Tarantino's better films, although, for me, the subtitles were a bit too much. I would rather focus my attention on the actual cinematography than the constant reading. When i'm reading, I have to take my eyes off the actors and watching what they are paid to do so well. That being said, the acting was very good, psychopathic, witty fun, Brad Pitt and The Jew Hunter being the standouts. The Samuel L. Jackson and Harvey Keitel cameos were a nice touch. The action scenes were awesome, though too few, but it's a Tarantino film so that's to be expected.
4 out of 5
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patient_zero
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jpizzow wrote >>
for me, the subtitles were a bit too much. I would rather focus my attention on the actual cinematography than the constant reading.That may be your interpretation and that's fine, but I think Tarrantino used the small number of scenes with subtitles to emphasize time and place effectively. This was a World war fought with many nationalities in any given area, in this case German occupied France. The ability to speak and understand other languages was not just important for simple interaction, it was sometimes crucial for survival. There were three scenes where subtitles added to this dimension:
Dairy farm scene - Col Landa greets the farmer in French, but tells him he's going to switch languages (to English or German). He knew French, he was just wanted to take charge of the situation and manipulate the farmer. Also, the Jewish family he was hiding below the floor boards wouldn't understand what they were talking about so Landa could just walk out and let the SS back in to finish them off, unsuspected.
Bar Scene - The Americans were trying to pass themselves off as German officers, but simple improper inflections, or accents, gave their identity away. It ended in a fatal shootout.
Movie theater scene - Brad Pitt and the two other Americans pose as Italian filmmakers in France, but can barely speak a word of Italian. Their inability to Speak Italian blows their cover.
So I think subtitles enhanced the the relevance of the scene, much the same way as subtitles in Monsoon Wedding. About 99% of that film was in English, the other 1% subtitled in Punjab as a reminder of time and place; somewhere in India.
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