Inglourious Basterds

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Click here to show this review. Inglourious Basterds isnt as much a war movie as it is a love letter to cinema. Tarantino has based his career solely on refering his favorite movies and filmmakers, but with his latest opus, he goes even further. Basterds is filled with movie references, which he doesnt need to shove down our throat like he did with Death Proof, but also a movie theatre, actors and a film critic turned soldier are part of the plot. He even manages to include a small documentary bit about the type of film used to shoot movies back then. Col. Hans Landa: «Now if one were to determine what attribute the German people share with a beast, it would be the cunning and the predatory instinct of a hawk. But if one were to determine what attributes the Jews share with a beast, it would be that of the rat. If a rat were to walk in here right now as I'm talking, would you treat it to a saucer of your delicious milk? » The opening scene, thats probably the best scene we'll see all year, not only does it balance humor and drama, but it also introduces the audience to an incredible character, Col. Hans Landa, known as 'The Jew Hunter', an amazing Christoph Waltz, deserving a Best Supporting Actor nomination. The tone is set, we're in for a fun ride. Then comes the basterds, led by Brad Pitt's Lt. Aldo Raine. Surprisingly enough, most of the basterds have no lines. The Rhett Butler's looking Pitt does all the speaking with his manerism and his accent - he kind of sound like Forrest Gump sometimes - he's walking on a thin line, looking as much as an actor playing a movie star playing a soldier as he becomes a cartoonish caricature, but always keep the right note. Eli Roth, yeah the guy who directed the Hostel movies is Sgt. Donny 'The Bear Jew' Donowitz, he carries around a baseball bat. The basterds specialize in killing Nazis, and they are pretty good at it. Lt. Aldo Raine: «You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business. And cousin... Business is a-boomin'. » As it should be expected, Inglourious Basterds is chatty, but no dialogues is useless or boring. Its probably Quentin Tarantino's best script since Pulp Fiction. The man is fond of himself, but here, he lets his film live and never overshadows it with his personality. Some scenes might seem to drag a little, but its only to build the tension, which gets unbearable and the outcome inevitable. This WWII is set in a fantasy world, where Jews might get the last word. Its obviously not historically accurate, but it never pretends or try to be. Tarantino doesnt deny history either, the first scene proves it. It's a film, and film always take liberties to entertain, at that, it succeeds 100%. It took about ten years for Tarantino to finally give us this film, it was worth all the wait. But man, do I wish I could see more of those basterds, apparently there is a lot on the cutting floor.