Inglourious Basterds (2009) review

[ObsoleteSoul]

Loved it, but then again, I love fun. I always enjoy Tarantino the most when he is being irreverent and clearly having a good time.

 

[OldTimer]

It was good until it turned into Shoshana the movie halfway into the movie.

Just another Uma Thurman lookalike for Tarantino to jerk of to

Way better than Uma

 

[Frode Falch]

Way better than Uma

Still very much clear to see the reason why she was put into the movie

 

[chill doggie]

There has been speculation that Hans Landa puts out the cigarette on the strudel to make a reference to the LaPedite cabin which had a chimney.

I had not seen compelling evidence to make a strong argument for it, but I was just remembering that as Tarantino developed the character with Christopher Waltz they were going over the initial interrogation scene when they decided that Landa doesn’t really smoke.

The big calabash pipe he takes out is a deliberate use of a prop as part of his theatrical interrogation tactics, everything he does and says has a purpose, to intimidate, coerce, manipulate, and so on.
He researches everything and knows LaPadite does smoke a pipe so he brings a bigger one both as a power move and as a Sherlockian symbol of his detective prowess.

So if he doesn’t smoke why did he bring out cigarettes?
I went back to the strudel scene and noticed that right after he lights one for Shosanna and then one for himself only a few seconds pass before he puts it out.
The ashes on his cigarette also show very little consumption (actually more than could be expected for the 3 seconds that elapse, but still 80% left of it, practically new.)



If he is someone who always operates meticulously under the capacity of a proud detective this seems to be strong evidence of utilizing cigarettes as a prop, and the fact that he is someone who finds humor in his work and delights himself by toying with his interrogation subjects makes me think the act could be indeed a playfully evil reference to the massacre for his personal amusement.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

It’s a movie worth watching only for a few scenes and a few performances. Outside of that it’s a pretty boring experience.


The story is the biggest problem with this film, it’s just a dumb story to begin with. Django suffers from the same fate imo but Django also suffers from the casting of Jaime Foxx too which adds to Djangos shittiness.


I’ll add ‘Once Upon a Time..’ to the list of QT films that suffer from basically having not real story to tell. Of course all these films are shot very well and at least have some QT ‘moments’ in them, but they’re boring films that don’t really bring you anywhere you don’t already know you’re going.


This is why I hope QT really brings something to the table for his final film. Put together an actual story and put just as much into the telling of that story as is put into the dialogue and shooting of said story. I’d absolutely love to see a ‘Jackie Brown’ type of film from him in his finale but that’d most likely require him to use someone else’s story.