{"id":434512,"date":"2009-09-05T12:31:46","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T12:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/09\/05\/glorious-basterds\/"},"modified":"2009-09-05T12:31:46","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T12:31:46","slug":"glorious-basterds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/glorious-basterds\/","title":{"rendered":"Glorious Basterds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simply because the readers demand it, I’m offering up my review of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds<\/em>.\u00a0 For the record, I’m a sometimes Tarantino fan.\u00a0 I respected both Reservoir Dogs<\/em> and Pulp Fiction<\/em>, but both crossed some lines that lessened my enjoyment of the movies (think: Stuck in the Middle with You<\/em>).\u00a0 On the other hand, I adore Kill Bill<\/em> (both ‘volumes’), and left the theater in pure awe after seeing Vol. 1.\u00a0 So I came to Inglourious Basterds<\/em> hopeful, but guarded. I saw the movie with my wife who has seen Pulp Fiction and the Bills, liking both.<\/p>\n

Despite my well harbored reservations, it took all of 5 minutes to be convinced that Basterds was a wonderful movie.\u00a0 From the incredible first “chapter” with Christopher Waltz as the unforgettable “Jew Hunter” Hans Lander, the movie is fraught with tension and brilliance.\u00a0 Before I go further, let it be known that just as much as the Best Supporting Actor Oscar was unquestionably going to Heath Ledger for The Joker last year, so Waltz already has two hands on the statue this year.\u00a0 His performance alone is worth the price of the movie, and Hans Lander will be long remembered as one of the best screen villains of this decade (along with Ledger Joker and Hugo Weaving’s Agent Smith).<\/p>\n

The second chapter of the movie introduces Brad Pitt’s team of Basterds, US Jews assembled to beat the holy hell out of Nazis.\u00a0 Pitt’s performance is slightly distracting at first, but makes more sense as the movie moves along.\u00a0 He’s functioning as a modern day John Wayne, present more to be “the American screen star in a WW II movie” than as a pure ‘actor’.\u00a0 Basterds<\/em>, like most Tarantino films, is a running commentary on cinema itself.\u00a0 Everything he does is calculated and referential.\u00a0 Pitt is a bit ridiculous, but then again, he’s supposed to be.\u00a0 You never forget you are watching Brad Pitt (unlike his turns in Snatch<\/em> or 12 Monkeys<\/em> or even Fight Club<\/em>), it was distracting at first, but by the end of the movie, I was glad for it as his amazing Italian accent almost steals the show (just wait for it).<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there’s only so much I can say about the movie without ruining it.\u00a0 It is significantly less bloody than Bill, and less objectionable than Fiction and Dogs, but remember that’s on a “Taraninto” scale.\u00a0 It’s a Tarantino film, which means it’s wonderfully, viscerally violent.\u00a0 To be frank, it was as emotionally satisfying to my deep seeded lust for bloody vengeance as any movie could be.\u00a0 If you think it would be fun to watch Nazi’s get the crap kicked out of them, then this is the movie for you.\u00a0 The sense of just retribution for the crimes of the Third Reich was immensely gratifying.\u00a0 Tarantino knows what moves young men and plays each note perfectly.<\/p>\n

The movie is violent and funny.\u00a0 The ending is brilliant.\u00a0 Tarantino loves to build scenes to a Hitchcockian level of tension, but with him you know the bomb under the table is going off, and when it does, someone is losing a leg.<\/p>\n

This movie is not as life altering as Kill Bill, but in many ways was just as enjoyable if not more so. It is much more accessible than Bill, but sacrifices nothing in getting there.\u00a0 My wife and I both loved the movie, and I would pay to see it again in a heartbeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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