Checked out the 6th film by Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds?

[PC Engine Fan X!]

I went and saw this 6th film out by Quentin Tarantino by the name of Inglourious Basterds on Sunday. It did manage to rake in a cool $38.1 million on opening weekend ending August 23rd, 2009 according to Nielsen EDI.

The main title of IB is shown inscribed on a gun, that is how it gets it's name. But in reality, it is a sly tribute to another film, Enzo Castellari's Inglorious Bastards film. ^_~

Like Tarantino's past films, this new one is divided into five chapters and breaks the mold by following in sequential order this time around. No more going back & forth between the various chapters in random fashion like in Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 films. If you like reading subtitles, there are plently of it since four different languages are spoken in this film (English, German, French and Italian).

The "Bear Jew" and the "Jew Hunter" have their say but I won't spoil it for you. You'll have to see it for yourself to learn what happens to them. And if you just forget what really happened in WWII and watch this IB film with that notion in mind, it would seem to take place in an alternate universe where anything can happen (and will). ^_~

After watching Death Proof with it's tribute to stunt drivers, stunt cars of the past and a sick fetish for portraying bodies being smashed head-on at full speed, it does appeal to the gore crowd as well. Of course, at the end, the femme fatales get their taste of revenge. You just don't know who you might be messing with the wrong gal(s) who just might get even. It's refreshing to see another Tarantino film with more of his trademarked brand of talking between characters and some action scenes thrown in to spice it up. The old cliche standbys of the "Mexican Standoff" is shown once again in this new film (a throwback to the crazy & intense three-way Mexican standoff featured in True Romance circa 1993 between some hired guns, the cops and the Italian mafia -- who'll make it out alive in the ensuing shootout?).

I wonder what Tarantino's 7th film will be like?

And do you remember the cool fake movie trailer "Machete" shown in the double feature of Grindhouse? Director Robert Rodriguez is currently filming it right now as a full-length feature film with the same one-worded title. It would've been nice if all the fake movie trailers were included in the two-disc set of Grindhouse Death Proof and Planet Terror like the trailers of "Don't" and "Thanksgiving" instead of just the single trailer of Machete (like how they were all shown theatrically). ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[cools]

Very factual, but did you enjoy it?

(It's sheer and total brilliance.)

[Skykid]

(It's sheer and total brilliance.)

Agreed, it's terrific.

I got my ass into the UK premiere too, down the red carpet and all that jazz. Tarantino introduced it too. Twas amazing.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

I surely did enjoy this new Tarantino film. With the way how it ended, it left me with a smile walking out of the movie theater that day. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[PC Engine Fan X!]

(It's sheer and total brilliance.)

Agreed, it's terrific.

I got my ass into the UK premiere too, down the red carpet and all that jazz. Tarantino introduced it too. Twas amazing.

Did you get Tarantino's autograph by any chance, Skykid? ^_~

I'm sure it was quite something, it definitely is a once-in-a-lifetime experience to treasure in the years to come. Got any pics to show btw? Or was security pretty tight with no cameras allow type of event? ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Skykid]

(It's sheer and total brilliance.)

Agreed, it's terrific.

I got my ass into the UK premiere too, down the red carpet and all that jazz. Tarantino introduced it too. Twas amazing.

Did you get Tarantino's autograph by any chance, Skykid? ^_~

I'm sure it was quite something, it definitely is a once-in-a-lifetime experience to treasure in the years to come. Got any pics to show btw? Or was security pretty tight with no cameras allow type of event? ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

The security guys were asses, they kept trying to shuffle my brother and I off of the carpet and into the theatre while we were trying to get our autographs from the big T. In a bizarre twist, it was the fans behind the barriers who got the autographs rather than the people going into the theatre (when I told the security I was waiting for one, they just told us it wasn't possible and we had to keep moving.)
Maybe they thought we were waiting to assassinate Brad Pitt or something.

Still, good memories. Great film.

[1up]

going to the movies this friday to watch this.

[MX7]

Brilliant film. Seen it twice already. Can't be arsed to go on a long, raving gush about it, but I'll just say it was pure, unadulterated entertainment.

[TigerCraneFist]

nice! Looking forward to seeing this now... it has to be a good movie to get the wife and I out to it. I trust this to be worth it though

[shinsage]

Far and away one of the best films this decade, and I thought I was going to dislike it.


Nice little commentary by QT at the end, the juxtaposition of Hitler gleefully watching the soldiers getting shot in the movie and then having the two basterds shoot down everyone in the theater -- how does the audience react to that?


Brad Pitt had me laughing quite a few times as well.

[stuminator]

Agree with everyone else so far, I loved it. Tarantino's style of humor and gratuitous violence really keeps me drawn in to his films.

Brad Pitt had me laughing quite a few times as well.

At the part where Pitt's character demonstrated his Italian speaking skills I couldn't help but bust out laughing.

[Warp_Rattler]

Movie of 2009, hands down. I've been meaning to see it again, but wanted to give myself a little more time (made the mistake of seeing Watchmen, a movie I was quite excited about, twice in about three days, and now I can't even bring myself to open the DVD case yet) to digest before diving in once more. The ending was what really did it for me, the fact that the film kept true to its internal logic rather than trying for some kind of neat-and-tidy real ending. I don't think I've ever really seen a 'historical' movie do that, to be honest, and it really scored a lot of points with me for that reason. I ended up seeing it two days after opening, and it was still new enough that we had a nearly packed house, and even brief applause when the credits rolled. In fact, despite it being a passive movie, there were several scenes in which I really felt compelled to clap at the end simply because they were so well done.

I think some of the times I laughed the hardest were during some of the more gruesome scenes; I also suspect that was Tarantino's intention. There's a lot more talking and a lot less action than, well, most of his movies, but it's that kind of psuedo-real life dialogue he writes which I just can't get enough of. Christoph Waltz does an amazing job in his role, and he makes his really very sinister character into a goofy clown the whole way through the movie.

I'm a big fan of the old spaghetti western genre (despite being written by people with little idea of the mythos of the 'old west', these movies feel a lot more authentic than the crap by e.g. John Wayne, where the good guys wear the white hats and the bad guys wear black hats and always kick a dog when they saunter into town so you know just how bad they are) and it was a lot of fun to see that genre's stylistic influence on the movie. Especially hilarious was the dialogue concerning the Mexican standoff, a staple of both spaghetti westerns and Tarantino. The Morricone-heavy soundtrack really sealed the deal.

I've got all sorts of other thoughts on the movie, but they're all just disjointed little thoughts like the above. I was really so entertained the whole way through that any time I tried and formulate some coherent idea of why I liked that particular scene, I'd get caught up in the next one and lose my train of thought.

Really, really great movie, though.

[RGC]

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[cools]

As with anything else, you can pick holes in it. I've read people's dislike of the England scene with Mike Myers (I thought it was superb comedy, classic British style), that Pitt was bumbling and inappropriate (admit I wasn't hugely keen on some of his scenes, looked more than a bit inebriated but of course this was intentional), that it drags on (nope, timing is perfect and it's a breath of fresh air to watch something that isn't trying to jam as much as possible down your throat in one go), all sorts of complaints.

But quite honestly, despite the niggles I could probably hook onto - and I'm particularly good at being negative - it's just a wonderful movie.

Brilliant film. Seen it twice already. Can't be arsed to go on a long, raving gush about it, but I'll just say it was pure, unadulterated entertainment.

This.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

I have to agree with you Warp_Rattler, on Inglorious Basterds being a talkative film and not much action going on...is the same premise with Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2 as well. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[RGC]

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[Skykid]

Pretty good. Some parts I disliked, but overall it was good.

I really like the parts with the guy from the UK. Everytime I think of England...I think everyone speaks and acts like him.............it makes me lol.

Ha ha!