Inglourious Basterds

Pros: Some cool action and humor, Waltz and Laurent are excellent.
Cons: Dialogue is flat, action is short, film is too long

Is it possible for a Tarantino fan to go into a 2 ½ hour Tarantino movie and come out feeling a little shortchanged? I can’t help scratching my head at the disappointment here. Tarantino stalwarts will be quick to defense. I’ll preface ...

Pros: A solid war film, with top performances from Waltz, Laurent, and Pitt
Cons: I didn't care for the revisionist history or missing characterization

Few enemies, if any, have been as notorious as the Nazis. Some would resort to any means to stop the Nazi madness, such as the title characters of Quentin Tarantino's film, "Inglourious Basterds." Brad Pitt stars as Aldo Raine, the leader of the ...

Pros: Interesting idea for plot.  Good cast.  Few good sequences.
Cons: Too long.  Some scenes drag.  Lack of character development.

Every so often a movie comes out that receives almost unanimous praise, but when I see the movie, I fail to see what is so great about the movie.  Inglourious Basterds is one of those movies for me.  I wasn't even that sure that I ...

Pros: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, excellent dialogue, interesting plot, unique characters.
Cons: Nada.

Inglourious Basterds appealed to me from the very first trailer I viewed.  The limited scenes of Brad Pitt cast as a gritty countrified team leader of a band of Jewish Americans chosen to hunt and kill gnat-zees piqued my interest ...

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For all the press it’s received in the past few weeks, Inglorious Basterds is probably not at all the movie you think it is. The parts receiving the most attention – the brutal killing and scalping of Nazis by the Pitt-led ...

Pros: Writing, directing, casting, performances, score.
Cons: None.

The Nazis have a weapon and he's in German occupied France ferreting out one missing family of Jews. His reputation precedes him, earning him the nickname " Jew Hunter", but he's also known as Colonel Hans Landa. Landa directs his attention to ...

Pros: Tight Plot full of Action and Intrigue.  Incredible performances.  Beautiful visuals, Excellent violence.
Cons: Well, they scalp Nazis on screen.  Is that a negative?

Inglourious Basterds (2009)  From the mind of Quentin Tarentino."My name is Lt. Aldo Raine and I need me eight soldiers. We're gonna be dropped into France, dressed as civilians. We're gonna be doing one thing and one thing only... ...

Pros: Tarantino's Direction/Script, Cinematography, Editing, Music, Sound, Art Direction, & Cast notably Waltz & Laurent.
Cons: None.

One of the premier names in American cinema, Quentin Tarantino is beloved for his fast-paced, rhythmic dialogue and gratuitous take on violence. In the 1990s, Tarantino was clearly the hottest director the decade with three feature films to his ...

Pros: An entertaining summer movie that doesn't assume the audience has brains of broccoli.
Cons: Overblown. But that's the point.

My movie is not about Vietnam... my movie is Vietnam.-Francis Ford Coppola on Apocalypse Now It is possible to see that quote as a prime example of directorial hubris. However, it can be forgiven somewhat if the final result is great. ...

Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing

*Beware of Spoilers....Sorry!*Imagine a Nazi-occupation picture where the Nazis are the ones being massacred. Imagine a Valkyrie-plotted picture that breaks all the rules and doesn't care. Imagine Quentin Tarantino--the ...

Pros: Christoph Waltz and Melanie Laurent are great.  Many fabulous scenes.
Cons: Tarantino is sometimes just too "clever" for his own good.

One of the great pleasures of Quentin Tarantino movies is the wonderfully inventive casting that he employs.  In PULP FICTION, he revived the career of John Travolta, made Samuel Jackson a star, pushed Bruce Willis into another echelon and even ...

Pros: Hilarious, compelling, immersing, dramatic and intriguing.
Cons: Ending is totally wrong.

Quentin Tarantino is one of the few directors I can trust to make a movie that is intriguing, immersing and revolutionary. He is definitely a kid at heart and he definitely has a grasp of directing films and writing scripts to produce a film that reminds ...

Pros: Another classic Tarantino character study.  Riveting performances, outstanding script.  Likely to get Academy Award nominations.
Cons: Gore may be a bit much for some.  Others may expect an action film. 

Let's face it.  Who doesn't like to see Nazis get what's coming to them.  Indiana Jones summed it up when he said "Nazis... I hate these guys."  Some of the most memorable movie Nazis include Ronald Lacey, in Raiders of the Lost Ark, ...

Pros: Superb performances, some restrained effective scenes.
Cons: Derivative trash, some brutal gore

Inglourious Basterds is a ‘what if’ action fantasy film.  It’s closest in spirit to a movie like Dirty Dozen and mixes up suspense, humor, sadism and audience expectations into an audience pleasing stew.  This is ...

Pros: Interesting at times, either by design or inadvertently.
Cons: Dull dialog, overly long.  Obvious presentism is an insult to audience intelligence.

Quentin Tarantino has made a career out of making garbage into art, but this time around, he has merely made garbage.  Self-conscious garbage, for sure--one gets the feeling that unsuccessful attempts at wit are scattered throughout the film--and at ...