Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is better than Pulp Fiction

[Hotlantadude81]

Jackie Brown is easily my favourite Tarantino film aswell. It's an excellent film and often underrated when it comes to Tarantino's best films.

It doesn't hurt that Jackie is somewhat my ideal kind of chick. Kind on roughneck at times, but can be pretty feminine sometimes. She can handle her self also.

[Sonic R]

Aw man, Jackie Brown is too cool for school!

I cannot believe that Jackie Brown doesn't get enough love

[Erudus]

going to see it at 10pm tonight

[Thorpesaurous]

Just walked in. Really loved it. Probably more than most of Tarantino's stuff upon first viewing. It's more purely a plot driven flick than most. Like the Professor said a few posts back, there really isn't any backstory on anyone, except Shoshana. But because the way it plays is as the drive of this plot, I didn't really miss it, and I actually prefer that it was discarded than sprinkled in thin.
I was a little sursprised there wasn't more examples of the Basterds' brutality. But if I can sit through an almost two and half hour movie and still be wondering why there wasn't more of something, than something is being done right.

My concerns about the language barrier were quickly proven unnecessary. It bounces pretty seemlessly between German, French, and English, and even a bit of Eye-Talian ... Grazi!! And a lot of it comes back to Brunch@Fives post. Hans Landa is a great villian. And his command of all the languages, and ability to convey nuance in each, is the lynchpin to this thing. I read that Tarantino was willing to bail on the project without the guy, and that's after spending years working on it, and finally getting financing, and Brad Pitt attatched. It seemed like typical blustery bull**** when I read it, but after seeing it, I think he was genuine.

I was also concerned about the delicacy of the setting, but it plays perfectly. Even during all the comedic relief, and hyper stylized violence, it still feels like a pure revenge flick, and I know when he was writing the script, the Basterds were southern blacks and the Nazis were the KKK, and it would have felt exactly the same. It's not an historical document, but so long as you're aware of that and ok with it going in, and you can just go along with the ride. It's a little like Ocean's 11 except the Casino is a movie theatre, instead of money it's dead Nazi's they're after, and it's Goebbells instead of Andy Garcia.

I really liked the split up story more than usual. The two sides approaching the same event seperately, with such similar motives. It really worked well, and Shoshana was great.

I really loved it, it's a low 90s for me, and I second the notion of Christopher Walz for an early entry for a possible Oscar Nom.



For those who've seen it, when Hans and Shoshana are having strudel, and he says he wanted to ask her something but he forgot, what do you think it was?

[Lamar Doom]

man what a kickass movie. the previews led me to believe it was going to be more tongue in cheek like Grindhouse, it was definitely funny but this will seriously get award nominations. Missed some of the acting because of the subtitles (i don't sprechen ze doitch o francais) but I thought it really added to the story. Holy sh*t Christoph Waltz killed it! I'm a little standoffish about some of Quentin's stuff but this was a full on winner. If it's not my favorite of his, it's close.

[Zombles]

Saw it today, real solid flick if kind of empty. Funny as hell, great dialogue, fine cinematography, and grand performances from pretty much everyone except for the actors who portrayed the Nazi hierarchy and Eli Roth; figure the former is intentional as QT was trying to degrade them into pitiful caricatures. Some people have *****ed about the sequencing of the narrative but they all worked and the interconnectedness of the apparent disconnection paid off in a big way for the finale.

Could've used a better dictator in the editing room. Most of the conversations were intriguing and entertaining, but the movie ran long as is and using the characters to convey to the audience the depth and breadth of your 1920s cinema knowledge was masturrbatory special features fodder.

Don't know where to rank it among his films, and I've liked every single one with Reservoir Dogs the longtime front-runner. He remains the prodigious but limited talent he's always been. Never got the feeling QT comprehended human bonds beyond a superficial or symbolic plain and this film doesn't change that.

Highlights (spoilerlights):


Bonjourno straight from Tennessee.

"You get that for killing Jews?"
"Bravery."

The entire opening scene between the French farmer and Colonel Landa.

"Hell I been chewed out before."

The subplot between Shosanna and the war hero, especially its climax and resolution. Though his sudden switch of character just prior seemed forced.

For those who've seen it, when Hans and Shoshana are having strudel, and he says he wanted to ask her something but he forgot, what do you think it was?

Had the notion it was a cat playing with its food. The look he gave her and the fact he ordered her a glass of milk was his way of letting her know he was aware of her true identity.

[Lamar Doom]

"You get that for killing Jews?"
"Bravery."

f*ck yeah. that was a really well setup/delivered "joke". High fives all around to the writer(s) and actors.

[Lamar Doom]

The entire opening scene between the French farmer and Colonel Landa.

Had the notion it was a cat playing with its food. The look he gave her and the fact he ordered her a glass of milk was his way of letting her know he was aware of her true identity.

quentin snuck in his little foot fetish scene too with the cinderella moment. His f*cking laugh when she told him she hurt her foot mountain climbing, they set up the doom so well. Landa was a remarkable stand out, I'm pretty sure all his scenes were stellar, especially the ones you cited, the opening scene is a monster.

[vapid]

Christopher Waltz was great. So great.

Overall I'd rank it just below Kill Bill 1 and Pulp fiction. I guess I was looking for a little more backstory on the Basterds and the setting (nazi-germany) was not as creative imo as his other works, but still my top film of the year so far. Ridiculously entertaining, loved 80% of the dialog. Could use a little bit more editing but that always happens with QT films.

[Thorpesaurous]

I felt like the attempt to put a human face on some of the lower level Reich was interesting. The young Vilhelm with his son, the whole bar scene really. Most of Zoller's characterizations up, even guilt, until his final turn. Both sequences showed a human side of that soldier who's usually portrayed closer to a snarling emotionless storm trooper. And then in both cases they were shown reverting out of complete fear for their authorities.

[sunsfan1357]

I saw this last night and I loved it. Probably my favorite QT movie and Waltz just may have replaced Bardem as my favorite villain.

[sergiorodriguez]

That does not mean that the movies were bad...
Revolver and RocknRolla weren't simply as hyped as Death Proof.
Ritchie is repetitive, that's true, but all in all I pick him, because he is not as boring as Tarantino.

Plus I'm a hater.

Yes, I admit he borrowed.
Didn't Tarantino build his whole style on borrowing?
Don't critics defend his movies simply by saying "oh, he borrows from..." not that it has anything to do with the value of the picture?

It doesn't matter. Tarantino steals EVERYTHING in his movies from somewhere else. EVERYTHING. He's still better than Tarantino and makes more interesting and watchable movies.

[Norcaliblunt]

LMAO at all this Guy Ritchie crap. Dudes movies suck. You all can keep that British bullchit. He is nowhere even close to QT's level.

[sergiorodriguez]

LMAO at all this Guy Ritchie crap. Dudes movies suck. You all can keep that British bullchit. He is nowhere even close to QT's level.

Tarantino does 3 things-masturbatory dialogue, ripoff sergio leonne and rip off bad C-movies.

Kill Bill, the whole thing was just a Sergio Leonne rippoff, and a bad one at that.

[sunsfan1357]

Kill Bill, the whole thing was just a Sergio Leonne rippoff, and a bad one at that.

I always hear great things about Kill Bill, but I was never able to get into it.