Saturday, August 29, 2009

Inglorious Basterds - Gloriously Inglorious!

What a refreshing movie, something different amidst alot of the same thing. Tarantino's 10-year-in-the-working film comes to theatres to give audiences a taste of what the war should have been like.

Quentin Tarantino's darkly comical war movie following deathproof tells the stories of small groups of people that, during the events of WW2, aim to end the ongoing war. These include the Basterds, a group of Nazi killing solders, Shoshanna Dreyfus a Jewish escapee who now lives under the guise of a french Cinema owner, and Bridget von Hammersmark a German actress batting for the other side.

To begin with, let it be noted that out of all Tarantino's films, Inglorious Basterds is technically his most tame, there are no really long tracking shots, obscure camera movements or edits, so in fact, this may be Quentin's most original.

The film's dialogue did however tend to drag on a bit even though the monologues were cut short, but nonetheless the film still moved at a reasonable pace with a slight lag in the second quarter.

Acting-wise, there are some superb performances from Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa, Melanie Laurent as Shoshanna and Diane Kruger as Hammersmark, especially from Laurent, I personally felt that her story was the most endearing, her story opens the film and gives it it's "Cinematic" ending.

*edit, on a second viewing of this film explodes in cinema exuberance and the whole film works as a whole.

Hilarious, dramatic, and refreshing storytelling from a master of his art - 10/10


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