2009 - Rated R - 2 hr 33 min
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Gedeon Burkhard, Mike Myers
You have to appreciate Tarantino's style to like this movie, I'm not gonna lie. It's dirty and gritty and bloody and gorey. It's got that certain flair he's developed so well over the years. And it's not necessarily historically accurate, either...
If you can get past those things, then you'll love it. Brad Pitt veers so far from his usual course, it's a delight to watch. The Basterds are a strangely lovable band of misfit soldiers that share a common love of dead Nazis. The Jew Hunter (Waltz) is dead-on scary, playing his little mind games as he roots out hidden Jews. And the big finale is a well-orchestrated special effects masterpiece with the highest body count I know of.
Even more skillful, however, are the quieter scenes of the movie. The suspense-filled conversations with their double-meanings and hidden messages. The opening scene is one of the most disturbing I've ever seen, but so quietly riveting that I'm glued to the screen. Inglourious Basterds and it's quirky mispelled title live up to the legacy of Tarantino and won't disappoint fans. I don't want to gush, but I really love everything about this movie.
