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Although Quentin Tarantino has cherished Enzo G. Castellari's 1978 "macaroni" war flick The Inglorious Bastards for most of his film-geek life, his own Inglourious Basterds is no remake. Instead, as hinted by the Tarantino-esque misspelling, this is a lunatic fantasia of WWII, a brazen re-imagining of both history and the behind-enemy-lines war film subgenre. There's a Dirty Not-Quite-Dozen of mostly Jewish commandos, led by a Tennessee good ol' boy named Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) who reckons each warrior owes him one hundred Nazi scalps--and he means that literally. Even as Raine's band strikes terror into the Nazi occupiers of France, a diabolically smart and self-assured German officer named Landa (Christoph Waltz) is busy validating his own legend as "The Jew Hunter." Along the way, he wipes out the rural family of a grave young girl (Melanie Laurent) who will reappear years later in Paris, dreaming of vengeance on an epic scale.
Now, this isn't one more big-screen comic book. As the masterly opening sequence reaffirms, Tarantino is a true filmmaker, with a deep respect for the integrity of screen space and the tension that can accumulate in contemplating two men seated at a table having a polite conversation. IB reunites QT with cinematographer Robert Richardson (who shot Kill Bill), and the colors and textures they serve up can be riveting, from the eerie red-hot glow of a tabletop in Adolf Hitler's den, to the creamy swirl of a Parisian pastry in which Landa parks his cigarette. The action has been divided, Pulp Fiction-like, into five chapters, each featuring at least one spellbinding set-piece. It's testimony to the integrity we mentioned that Tarantino can lock in the ferocious suspense of a scene for minutes on end, then explode the situation almost faster than the eye and ear can register, and then take the rest of the sequence to a new, wholly unanticipated level within seconds.
Again, be warned: This is not your "Greatest Generation," Saving Private Ryan WWII. The sadism of Raine and his boys can be as unsavory as the Nazi variety; Tarantino's latest cinematic protégé, Eli (director of Hostel) Roth, is aptly cast as a self-styled "golem" fond of pulping Nazis with a baseball bat. But get past that, and the sometimes disconcerting shifts to another location and another set of characters, and the movie should gather you up like a growing floodtide. Tarantino told the Cannes Film Festival audience that he wanted to show "Adolf Hitler defeated by cinema." Cinema wins. --Richard T. Jameson
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The new film from director Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, begins in German-occupied France, where Soshanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Soshanna 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 (Brad Pitt) organises a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemies as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Soshanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own...
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DVD Extras:
Extended & Alternated Scenes
- Lunch with Goebbels – Extended Version (7 mins)
- La Lousianne Card Game – Extended Version (2 mins)
- Nation’s Pride Begins – Alternate Version (2 mins)
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- Teaser (1:43)
- Domestic Trailer (2:21)
- International Trailer (2:07)
- Japanese Trailer (1:15)
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35 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Mixed Bag,
By Milne "Ernesto Lynch" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Inglourious Basterds [DVD] (2009) (DVD)
Where do you start with this peculiar film?
It is a mess but it includes some magnificent moments of sheer virtuousity. The acting is generally highly accomplished with the exception of Brad Pitt who appears painfully constipated throughout. His part requires minimal effort and it seems that that was all Pitt was prepared to make. Having said that it may be Tarantino's directing to blame for Pitt's wooden approach. On the other hand Christoph Waltz is simply incredible. His performance is a tour de force with a skilfully delivered balance achieved between palpable menace and grotesque comedy. Waltz is a significant find; a towering talent whose skills in this film deserve recognition with an Oscar. It is worth watching just for his performance alone. The opening scene is deftly done and appears to promise an intelligent adult film that Hollywood did so well in the late sixties and early seventies but the film from there onward fluctuates between farce and magnificence. There is an excellently choreographed set-piece in a Parisian cellar bar that is reminiscent of the best of Sergio Leone and much of the film is a homage to the classic Spaghetti Westerns of the sixties as well as Sam Pekinpah. Even the musical score brings to mind those great Westerns. However, too much of the film is downright infantile and ridiculous with little sense of direction. Worth watching once but only once. Borrow.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Are we rating the same film, Amazon users?,
By MaximumHeat (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Inglourious Basterds [DVD] (2009) (DVD)
Inglorious Basterds is definitely a typical Tarantino film. A vicious plot that relies heavily on script, an intense build up to some explosive scenes and a great mixture of dramatic plots and black humour. So it's nothing we haven't seen before from the guy, but touching on a War theme with his style of direction is a brave thing to do. Luckily, it's a fantastic film, one of his best, and in a decade or so it will be considered a modern classic.It has one of the best intros to a film I have seen in recent film. It's certainly slow paced, but the build up is real gripping stuff. From here, you'll know that Christopher Waltz, who plays The Jew Hunter, will be the immediate stand out performance. And so it is, and a sinister, terrifying performance at that. Brad Pitt also leads The Inglorious Basterds, a cult formed to kill any Nazi's they come across, and plays a fantastic anti-hero. One of his best roles, even if his accent isn't groundbreaking. The two female main characters are portrayed beautifully, and even give a menacing touch to the male dominating film. I also want to point out Eli Roth's character in particular, because his character is suprisingly one of the most likeable in the whole film, and delivers an extremely intense entrance into the movie. The script is pure brilliance, something we've come to accept from all QT's films from now on. It pretty much makes the film. It balances the progression of the story perfectly with the humour, and there's unexpecedly a lot. If there's a few duds, it's similar to most QT's previous films: the pacing is slow, and it feels each stand out scene is filled with unnesecarry material that we could have done without. But I suppose this helps for multiple viewings, and also gives a slightly more intense build up for the dynamic climax to the scene. Oh yeah, and the very last scene is pretty damn clever and a great send off to such a brilliant movie. If you've seen any of his previous films, in particuar Pulp Fiction, you'll most certainly enjoy this film. What's more is, it seems this film can only get better with repeated viewings. After liking the first and adoring the second, the third made Inglourious Basterds one of my favourite of the 00's, something I never would have expected after the first sitting. It seriously is a modern masterpiece and is not to be ignored.
16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Inglourious Basterds,
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This review is from: Inglourious Basterds [Blu-ray][Region Free] (Blu-ray)
`Inglourious Basterds' is a typical Tarantino film and if you are a fan of his films then this will right up your street. This is set in WW2 and follows a group of American commandos who are behind enemy lines and who terrorize nazi soldiers to lower morale. It also features a Jewish cinema owner who plans to enact her own form of revenge; both stories weave their way separately through the film and join up at the end. This is shot in a series of vignettes (very much in the pulp fiction style) and each little episode provides an extra element to the overall story. Some of the dialogue and behaviour of the Basterds will make you laugh, that is until the retribution begins and then you get the usual Tarantino ultra violence that will make you wince as you watch. The Basterds behaviour is as deplorable as the nazis at times, but their delivery and flair raise a wry smile throughout. There is an excellent cast, with many decent actors playing small roles as well as main characters and whilst the direction is stylised it is easily as good as previous films by Tarantino. The ending is ludicrous but is shot with tongue firmly in cheek and although complete fantasy, it is the ending you would want to make this a satisfying film experience. It's not real, but it is good cinema. This was better than I expected and is worth a watch at some point, just note that it is an 18 certificate for a reason.
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