Inglourious Basterds
In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own...
Dude, everybody including film students like me admires Quentin Tarantino. As much as his works are examples of technical and filmmaking brilliance, he is not my favorite director. Pulp Fiction is his masterpiece and always will be, but his recent films, as different it turns out, are becoming slip-ups and deals with the same techniques and methods. It is no doubt that Tarantino's way with scriptwriting is astounding.There is something about his dialogues and writing that is so delicious. And it is great to listen to upon the first half. However, it becomes multiple displays of Tarantino's marvelous writing than it is of an actual narrative film. For such a simple plot, it takes a 20-30mins conversation scene dealing with whatever references Tarantino puts in to move one inch of a plot. And it doesn't become much of an enjoyment than rather of an endurance. For the people who doesn't know anything of Tarantino's, you'll be fooled if you come in thinking its an action film. It is 90% of talking while 10% of violence. And sure the violence is very top-notch, horrific and even funny, but there isn't enough. Even though the title is about the band of Nazi-bashing Jews, the film doesn't entirely focus on them as it glides over several key characters such as the cinema-owning Jew girl and the despicable deliciously-evil, Hans Landa aka The Jew Hunter. And you'll love hating the guts out of him. If you like action movies, avoid this. If you love movies with historical-accuracies, avoid this. Want a film with Tarantino back in the game, go ahead and see this.
3 and a half out of 5 stars
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