Inglourious Basterds - glourious return of Tarantino

I saw this film last sunday night with great anticipation...

...and I truly loved every single moment of it. A truly mesmerizing film, with some top class performances (namely from Christoph Waltz and Melanie Laurent). Not once did I look at my watch, and never in 2 and a half hours have I chuckled, gripped the seat handles with the tense scenes or gasped so much.

There are some truly iconic moments in this film, and I recommend for any fan of Tarantino's past work. I never thought any moment of this film would compare with the opening scene of Reservoir Dogs, the 'Say what again' scene from Pulp Fiction, the opening scene of Jackie Brown - even the Crazy 88's fight sequence from Kill Bill Vol 1; but as soon as the first scene had ended, I knew Tarantino had done it again.

I would also like to add that Inglourious Basterd's has the only scene ever to rival the greatest Tarantino movie-music moment, which in my eyes (where I agree with JasonWatkins) is 'Across 110th Street' in Jackie Brown.

I would also like to ask, has anyone seen the Inglourious Basterd's SkyMovies special? If so, I have something to ask.

Verdict: 9/10 - Tarantino really is back on form after the slight misstep of Death Proof. (and when I say slight, I mean slight). I don't like giving out such high ratings, but I think this really deserves it. The best new film since 2008's The Dark Knight - and the bets film of 2009 so far.
 
Loved it. Overblown nonsense that it was I loved every minute of it. Didn't feel one second too long

I though Waltz was absolutely superb and I hope he gets an oscar nomination off the back of it

I don't like saying best ever etc but I'm really struggling to think of a tenser scene than the opener

My fave part was when Waltz was listing his demanRAB on the phone and when the Nazi told the BastarRAB exactly what they wanted to know re the map

Easily 8/10 for me, maybe even more on reflection
 
I actually "obtained" this online because my friend had spoken to me about watching the end of it.

We both went to see it at the cinema and both thought it was so utterly terrible we walked out at the end of the scene in the underground bar.

But since the general consensus seemed to suggest we were in a minority, we both started talking about possibly watching the last part from where we originally left out of morbid curiosity.

So we did. Sat down and watched it and within 10 minutes all the feelings of intense irritation and annoyance came flooding back and withing 15 minutes we'd both agreed that we were surprised we hadn't walked out earlier.

We watched it until the bitter end though and also both agreed that if we had actually stayed, we'd have probably both been poking each other's eyes out.

Terrible film. Complete waste of time IMO (and my mate's :))
 
On another note I saw the film today and personally liked it. The whole film fit together and the scenes seemed just the right length and not overlong.
 
Saw this 2night but didnt like it,i normally love quentins movies but i just couldnt get in2 this one, i dont think ill be seeing it again,i liked death proof more than this 1.
 
the opening scene of the good, the bad and the ugly? :D

kidding!

thought it was superb - haven't seen his last few, so went along to this not necessarily expecting too much.

but it was superb - the people saying there was too much dialogue and not much happened are, i think, missing the point.

that's what Tarantino does best - long scenes with brilliant dialogue, cranking up the tension - its only because he does that so well, that the film gets away with the OTT violence that punctuates it.

as said already, the opening chapter, and the one in the bar were superb - the sort of thing that would work brilliantly on any stage. and the whole thing just entertained from start to finish, with some great black humour in there, and oodles of stle throughout.

definite ***** for me. stars that is.

Iain

Iain
 
The opening of Jackie Brown reminded me of the Long Good Friday when Harold is strolling through Heathrow in his own inimitable way. Much longer scene in JB of course but still.
 
I'm a bit torn with Tarantino. Liked Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and Kill Bill. Disliked Reservoir Dogs (sorry fanboys!) and downright hated Deathproof.

But this was just brilliant. Some of the most grippingly tense dialogue scenes I can remember seeing in modern cinema. Brilliant stuff.
 
It was brilliant, like watching a classic wartime drama and a Tarentino piss take stuck together.:D

Some of the scenes were quite chilling.
 
I saw this today and thought it was average.

It felt like Tarantino has become a little too self-referencing, or almost parodying his own work, I dunno really. The two 'tense' scenes as previously mentioned were very well done, particularly the one in the underground bar, but that's it for me. The rest of it feels like Tarantino trying too hard to be what he thinks people want Tarantino to be like.
 
Started off brilliantly, fantastic scene in the farmhouse, well acted (especially by Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa), well written and directed.

Then it went downhill a bit.

Then the bar scene came along and that was pretty damn good.

Then it fell apart and became some kind of mish-mash of movies that were all trying to come together and experiencing a deep-seated identity crisis.

Sheesh, what a mess.

5/10
 
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