Posted on 08/20/2009 8:48:45 PM PDT by JSDude1
I wish my brave, tough Holocaust survivor grandfather, Isaac, was alive to see “Inglourious Basterds.”
He would love it even more than I did. So would my dad. And they would be cheering and laughing along with me.
Because the movie debuts at Midnight screenings tonight, I am posting this review early, and you’ll note that I was entirely wrong in my expectations for this movie when I first wrote about it, back in February. The movie is riveting. It’s fun and serious at the same time.
It’s not usual that I praise a Quentin Tarantino film or a flick starring Brad Pitt. I’m not a big fan of either. But “Inglourious Basterds” is either the exception to the rule or a new beginning (probably the former, at least in the case of Pitt, who is very good here). After two-and-a-half hours of this fantastic movie, I didn’t want it to end. I wanted more. So well done, so interesting, exciting, and suspenseful, it flew by. Like “The Departed (read my review),” it’s a well-wrapped treasure, with new delights at each uncovered layer. And a few puzzles, some of which aren’t answered but are designed to make you think.
I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this movie.
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Yikes! I’d written this one off BECAUSE of Tarantino and Pitt. This is surprising.
While I read elsewhere that the plot is rather novel and gratifying, it can be pretty gory.
Who IS this woman? She writes like a teenage girl with her first assignment on the high-school paper. I thought it was spoof at first.
Say what you will about Tarantino, his movies, without exception, are riveting...
Tarantino hasn’t made that many films and what he has made is mostly good. Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction , Jackie Brown...
Will the DVD be out by Christmas?
well, I guess I didn’t phrase that right. Move the word “while” around until it makes more sense.
i like her rating system... a 4 Reagan... hahahaha.
I was kind of surprised she didn’t find a way to bash Sarah Palin in this movie review.
I never go to the movies but I’m excited about this!
Me, too.
3rd string “conservative” pundit. Your assessment sums her up pretty nicely.
I think I’d rather spend my money on District 9 even without the review. Pitt makes me want to Puke but not as much as Mike Myers.
She probably likes it because Pitt probably blows away someone who reminds her of Sarah Palin.
Reservoir Dogs gets better as it ages, but it could be me. The scene where the black detective was rehearsing the “cop story” with Tim Roth and that rooftop I walk past almost everyday here in Hollywood...the rooftop of the Ripley’s Believe it or Not on Hollywood/Highland. Pulp Fiction is already a classic.
Jackie Brown I’m still on the fence and Kill Bill 1 was better than the snooze-athon of Kill bill 2.
>> Pitt makes me want to Puke
Snatch was a good flick.
LIke OMG this movie is, like, tubular.
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