Inglourious Basterds | | |
| Synopsis:
In Nazi occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war hero Fredrick Zoller takes a rapid interest in her and arranges an illustrious movie premiere at the theater she now runs. With the promise of every major Nazi officer in attendance, the event catches the attention of the "Basterds", a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers led by the ruthless Lt. Aldo Raine. As the relentless executioners advance and the conspiring young girl's plans are set in motion, their paths will cross for a fateful evening that will shake the very annals of history. |
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 Just about perfection August 28, 2010
A. Cooper (Texas)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was going to write an in-depth and hopefully witty review of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds, but seeing as there are more than 500 reviews already that have probably covered everything a potential viewer would want to know, let me just say this:
It's darn near as perfect and dazzling a movie as you're going to find.
Well, that's that, then. On to my review of hummingbird feeders...
Artfully Silly, Pure Fantasy, A Masterpiece in Cinematic Folly August 27, 2010
Maria Eloisa Dungo (Cambodia)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Tarantino hits a very raw but fun-starved nerve. I recently had a spate of disappointing viewings (The Spirit, The New Karate Kid) and was not looking forward to this movie being anymore than chewing gum for the brain. I'm glad I was wrong.
Tarantino brings back the old spaghetti westerns but set towards the end of the Second World War. Anybody who grew up on Kelly's Heroes, the Dirty Dozen and spaghetti westerns understand the realm of seriously flawed but adorable heroes.
Everyone was expecting the great American ending when all we get is a big bang heroes fantasy. Its just not-so-good guys versus really bad guys. Its funny in all the unexpected places. Its like a new journey on a familiar road. No tormented good guys just people who would normally be locked-up now wearing the shoes of would-be-saviors.
The dialogue was just amazing.Good thing about DVD is you can rewind it. Every actor was perfect in their place. And that Landa character:the last time evil looked this charming was when it was Hannibal Lecter.
Tarantino takes the top spot from Scorsese on my list on this one.
 Fizzles out at the end August 21, 2010
Melissa Niksic (Chicago, IL United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked the movie "Inglourious Basterds," which is a humorous and violent retelling of World War II history. The film branches off into several interconnected storylines, all of which are fantastic and interesting. The cast is fantastic and the story itself is a good one, but I thought the movie was a bit too long and was very anticlimactic at the end. I'm glad I didn't see this in the theatres because I would have been disappointed, but it's worth checking out on cable or DVD.
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