I loved the movie so much. Not much more I can say that has not been said. Having said that, I would like to add a few comments. I dig Omar Doom’s character (Omar) in the movie. He reminds of the Italian character in Inglorious Bastards in so far as every time he comes on-screen he is hilarious and steals the show. His character also reminds me of Brad Pitt’s character in True Romance, not that Omar is a long haired stoner hippie in the movie, but when he is in a scene-hilarity ensues.
I also liked the couple of Scarface homages. One, right before Omar (damn am I gay or do I just have a man crush, I am hoping for the latter) and the Bear Jew burst in there blastin’, during a scene in Stolz der Nation, a man falls from a building into a fountain a la Tony Montana. Second, when Omar (fuck, it might not be the latter) makes a grizzly countenance (with blood on his face resembling a scar) while he is turning the cinema into a bullet festival is pure Scarface. "Say hello to my little friend."
Also, this movie evokes similarities to David Lynch films. I love his interpretations of what is real. In Inglourious Basterds every character, with the exception to Aldo Raine, is not what they seem to be (like the owl in Twin Peaks). Maybe that is why Aldo survives, but that is a whole other story. Back to the story at hand, in the chapter titled “Revenge of the Giant Face,” the Jew Hunter tries to re-write the history books by scheming his way out of his war crimes. It is very plausible that this has happened before in what we call “real life.” Is history really “real?” This brought my attention to actual history books and they are usually written from the winner’s perspective. Is that real? Inglorious Basterds had such a David Lynch feel, which is really not a bad thing.
Sticking with the Lynch theme, in the chapter titled “Operation Kino” during the briefing the room has a similar feel to the Hollywood room in Mulholland Drive and in the wacky rooms in red in Twin Peaks. And in Inglourious Basterds, Winston Churchill is the weird guy in the corner of the room.
Just a few thoughts on the great film that is Inglourious Basterds.
I finally saw it today, was excited alll week, work couldn’t have gone quick enough.
What did I think? I loved every single moment. Words cannot express how much this movie rocked my world. I KNEW Tarantino wouldnt disappoint (me)his loyal fans, and he didn’t…very, very uneasy to watch, specially the opening scene…but man, I can’t stop grinning. I LOVED he used music from KB. I LOVE that Sam L Jackson was narrating.
Definitely different from his other movies, but in a good way. I’d see it again and again.
[quote=“Tornmuscle”]I just saw it and was AMAZED. I’m not the kind of guy who would go see the same movie in a theatre twice, but I can’t wait till it’s released on DVD so I can watch it again![/quote]
Ha yeah i know what you mean apart from seeing Death Proof alone then Grindhouse in its entirety, Inglourious Basterds was the first film ive seen in the cinema twice. Should i see it a third time or wait for the dvd release… who knows! haha
I saw it 3 times yesterday and once today. So that’s four viewings for me. I really liked the way the characters come together until the very end. The way he uses that steady cam shot in the cinema as in Kill Bill. It’s like all of his movies have prepared him for this one. The film felt somewhat patriotic - does anyone agree? Maybe it was jsut Aldo Raine’s character who just glows with patriotism, and it just spews at you and you just can’t help but to feel proud and walk out of the theatre with a huge smile! I felt that way when he does that to Landa - the swastika mark.It’s great how a set of people could change the course of history - Hans Landa prides himself in that moment when he sees the dynamite after killing Bridget. That moment when he comes upon this dynamite - that is the moment when he realizes what he can do. The fate of humanity rests in one decision, and he takes advantage of it by requesting his surrender and many other embellishments that he will get when he becomes an American citizen. It seems to me that Landa was searching for a chance to escape Nazi Germany to avoid persecution - he even says that. It’s a master’s work this movie.
SPOILER
Question…what about when Landa orders a glass of milk for Shoshanna/Emmanuelle?
Did he start his escape plan then?
I don’t think so. It was three years since he had seen her. He definitely knew. Col Landa has the ability to force his targets into submission by using sheer, hard facts. He also uses things to make them remember, like the shoe with Bridget, and the milk with Shosanna - to remind her of the dairy farm I suspect. I think Landa sees himself as God. If he wanted to he could have busted her right then and there. The expression at the end of the conversation and the way he puts out his cigarette. Good question - it could go either way.
This movie was fucking awesome. I have never anticipated a movie so much and am blown away that it actually lived up to my expectations and more…much more.
Best film of 2009 and one of Tarantino’s best (!).
Did anyone catch “The Fox” from Pulp Fiction in the film?
8)
I’m glad to hear that Basterds did good BO on the first day in the US
I loved the movie so much. Not much more I can say that has not been said. Having said that, I would like to add a few comments. I dig Omar Doom’s character (Omar) in the movie. He reminds of the Italian character in Inglorious Bastards in so far as every time he comes on-screen he is hilarious and steals the show. His character also reminds me of Brad Pitt’s character in True Romance, not that Omar is a long haired stoner hippie in the movie, but when he is in a scene-hilarity ensues.
I also liked the couple of Scarface homages. One, right before Omar (damn am I gay or do I just have a man crush, I am hoping for the latter) and the Bear Jew burst in there blastin’, during a scene in Stolz der Nation, a man falls from a building into a fountain a la Tony Montana. Second, when Omar (fuck, it might not be the latter) makes a grizzly countenance (with blood on his face resembling a scar) while he is turning the cinema into a bullet festival is pure Scarface. "Say hello to my little friend."
Also, this movie evokes similarities to David Lynch films. I love his interpretations of what is real. In Inglourious Basterds every character, with the exception to Aldo Raine, is not what they seem to be (like the owl in Twin Peaks). Maybe that is why Aldo survives, but that is a whole other story. Back to the story at hand, in the chapter titled “Revenge of the Giant Face,” the Jew Hunter tries to re-write the history books by scheming his way out of his war crimes. It is very plausible that this has happened before in what we call “real life.” Is history really “real?” This brought my attention to actual history books and they are usually written from the winner’s perspective. Is that real? Inglorious Basterds had such a David Lynch feel, which is really not a bad thing.
Sticking with the Lynch theme, in the chapter titled “Operation Kino” during the briefing the room has a similar feel to the Hollywood room in Mulholland Drive and in the wacky rooms in red in Twin Peaks. And in Inglourious Basterds, Winston Churchill is the weird guy in the corner of the room.
Just a few thoughts on the great film that is Inglourious Basterds.
I thought Inglourious Basterds sucked. Read my review in the Track Your Films topic.
Just back from the forums on IMDb about Inglourious Basterds. Shocked to see how many people are complaining about the level of talking in this movie. I really dont think that there was any more dialogue in this movie compared to other Tarantino movies. Also there is allot of complaints about the level of subtitles again. Seriously i dont see the trouble with subtitles, are people that brain dead?!
Ah man, i really fall in love with the movie. Sometimes i wished that qt had more explicit gore scenes in it. In Germany the movie got a certification of 16. Thats weird at all. The scalping is really nice to watch. Glad that he had KNB FX with him on the trip. All in All, its one hell of a ride.
Does anyone noticed the similarity between PF and ib, in the scene when the british fella lit up a cigarette, with the same expression Vincent Vega does? Great. ;D
[quote]Did anyone catch “The Fox” from Pulp Fiction in the film?[/quote]
Do you mean the Kangaroo thing that the watch hung on? When was it in IB?
Absolutly loved Inglourious Basterds !!! I was all excited when i went to the cinema last friday to see it, it was like a special event, lol. I’ll go see it in cinema again for sure. (Can’t wait for a 1080p blu ray release btw 
Actors did a great job, Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, etc.
I thought we would seen the basterds more often, a few more scenes would have been cool, but its ok.
Btw, did i miss something or we didnt see that scene from the trailer where one of the basterds is running shooting a machine gun ?
The version presented at Canne was 2:40 hours right ? VS 2:33 hours for the us/canadian release. I hope we will get to see the 2.40 hours version when its out in Blu ray !!!
Box office mojo now reports the movie reached 37M ! =D
I’ve seen it twice already in France and it’s awesome, I fall in love with the characters, the tone, the music, the dialogues ! Everything is great, the cinema were full packed both of the times which is really surprising for my cinema ! I heard some people said it was boring, some said it was awesome, others didn’t understand the whole thing ! I’m going to see it again tonight, this is how Tarantino’s movies works on me, everytime I watch them, I discover a new thing that makes me enjoy it even more !
I can understand people who complains it’s too talky but they don’t seem to remember Pulp fiction or reservoir dogs !
[quote=“Grindhouse”]Absolutly loved Inglourious Basterds !!! I was all excited when i went to the cinema last friday to see it, it was like a special event, lol. I’ll go see it in cinema again for sure. (Can’t wait for a 1080p blu ray release btw
Actors did a great job, Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, etc.
I thought we would seen the basterds more often, a few more scenes would have been cool, but its ok.
Btw, did i miss something or we didnt see that scene from the trailer where one of the basterds is running shooting a machine gun ?
The version presented at Canne was 2:40 hours right ? VS 2:33 hours for the us/canadian release. I hope we will get to see the 2.40 hours version when its out in Blu ray !!![/quote]
There were many scenes from the trailer that were missing in the final film.
I’ve seen it for the 3rd time with my parents and brother (who’s 23 years old and usually loves sci fi or action movies (like xXx or Fast and Furious…yeah…), and they all loved it. My bro told me he hadn’t seen such a kick ass movie in ages, my mother told me she loved seeing Hitler getting disfigured, I was sitting just behind her and she almost rose her fist when it happened haha! I’m so glad they liked it I had to tell you guys 
And well…3 times is ok, the parts I like seemed even better than the other times, I’ve never got so much chills watching a movie than today. I almost passed out in the end of the 1st chapter when Landa calls his soldiers into the house…3rd time I was watching it for christ’s sake!! I mean I exactly knew what was going to happen and all…I don’t know, that loud music, all the build up, it’s just so perfect. I’d really rate that scene, with the dialogue that preceeds it, the very best QT ever made. I’m so loving it every time. What will it be next time? Am I gonna shit my pants?
Saw it. Loved it.
Still need to see it again to give my full review/proper rating.
It’s not an out right masterpiece, if only because the structure was a little jumbled and didn’t flow too well. I felt it the most at the beginning of the Operation Kino chapter when they cut from Myers/Fassbender to the basement and Hicox was there. Was a little jarring.
I went with 5 people, and half of us loved it completely, my girlfriend said it was the best Tarantino film she ever saw, my sister said it was better than Kill Bill. My three friends though had a problem with some scenes that went on for too long apparently. Especially they said the La Louisanne scene where the game went on for too long. I didn’t agree because i loved that scene and the tension that built, plus the acting from August Diehl was excellent. Schweiger’s reactions stole the show and Fassbender was just as good. The “pay-off” was a little too short though i found, everyone was dead in a matter of seconds.
Anyway, it’s totally jumbled thoughts here and there because i definitely need to see it again. Waltz stole the show of course, I loved Pitt’s performance and Roth & Doom did not disappoint. I was not as impressed by the use of Bowie’s song as others have been, it actually took me out of the whole film for a little bit and didn’t seem to fit even though it sounded really nice to hear. Best use of music was the first chapter, which is my favorite chapter.
All right, i’ll be back with further thoughts.
8/10 so far. I don’t even know where to place it with his other films yet…
After seeing Basterds last night I remembered a great war film by Jean Renoir from 1937 called La Grande Illusion. That was set in WWI and was about French and British prisoners of war. The dialogue was so much more realistic because the characters spoke in the language they were supposed to speak in. Sometimes it was English, mostly in French and sometimes in German. It just bugs me when Hollywood films have people put on accents to indicate they’re speaking a different language. Half the time it’s just a British Accent which is really strange.
With the box office success of Inglorious Basterds, I hope more films follow the lead and make the language a little more realistic. We also are exposed to some wonderful European actors that are not as well known to North American audiences. It’s such a pleasure to experience riveting performances from people like Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger and Daniel Bruhl.