Inglourious Basterds

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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I like Tarantino (good late night talk show guest) but I don't like most of his movies.

Outside of an Oscar worthy performance by Chris Waltz, I have very little positive to say about this film.

The movie was 20 minutes too long and there were long stretches where I was extremely bored.

Movie Grade: C

Yeah his movies have been sleep inducing lately. I'm ashamed to say I fell asleep briefly watching Basterds and i was hyped for this movie and i thought the 1st 20 minutes or so started off great but then came the dialogue heavy scenes that were slow as molasses and that's when the eyelids got heavy. When I awoke I didn't feel like I missed anything. I may give it one more viewing to see if I can stay awake this time. I guess it was better than Death Proof which put me to sleep for about half the movie and I know i didn't miss anything there and it was a sure cure for insomnia.

[CMH]

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I think it's time for him to branch out and actually make something that is really original and not always dependent on random and trendy dialogue and paying homage to obscure movies from the past. It's getting old and I really thought this movie was gonna be different but it really was a rehash of all his other movies if you peel away the WW2 theme. It was an original concept but done the same old Tarantino way. For me it's like if you've seen one Tarantino movie, you've seen them all. He could take a lesson from David Fincher in how to mix things up stylistically.

Remembering how good his CSI directed episode was I think he really needs to play it straight and make a horror movie about a serial killer in the same vein as Seven. One thing that Tarantino is still master at is creating tension in movies and he would be perfect in that type of genre that needs tension but less emphasis on the gore. As long as didn't make it another homage to past horror movies and kept the pointless banter to a minimum.

It won't happen.

Tarrantino fans like him because of his writing style and it's honestly the only reason he's even a big time director.

I mean, I agree with you. I wish he would find a way to adapt, but I don't think he ever will. I never got the feeling that Tarrantino wants to be considered a great director. I think he just wants to tell his stories.

There's a good and a bad with that. I respect him because he really writes for himself and that's wonderful. He doesn't care what the audience thinks. He makes his films. However, you know there's talent there. Everyone knows he has a great understanding of filmmaking so avid film followers do feel a bit slighted when he doesn't take advantage of that rich film knowledge.

[bjf1377]

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Finally saw this tonight and I loved it. I know some people didn't think it was their cup of tea, but I think I could watch this over and over again.

[Salhus]

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Officially my movie of the year

[bkfount]

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Yeah his movies have been sleep inducing lately. I'm ashamed to say I fell asleep briefly watching Basterds and i was hyped for this movie and i thought the 1st 20 minutes or so started off great but then came the dialogue heavy scenes that were slow as molasses and that's when the eyelids got heavy. When I awoke I didn't feel like I missed anything. I may give it one more viewing to see if I can stay awake this time. I guess it was better than Death Proof which put me to sleep for about half the movie and I know i didn't miss anything there and it was a sure cure for insomnia.

why watch it again?

His movies obviously aren't for you.

[55]

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why watch it again?

His movies obviously aren't for you.

Telling a guy with the screen name "Seymour Scagnetti" that Quentin Tarantino's movies aren't for him is the same thing as telling a guy wearing a Dolphins jersey that he doesn't like Dan Marino.

[bkfount]

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Telling a guy with the screen name "Seymour Scagnetti" that Quentin Tarantino's movies aren't for him is the same thing as telling a guy wearing a Dolphins jersey that he doesn't like Dan Marino.

no it isn't, it could just mean he's a really big fan of a movie. Regardless, I didn't even notice the screen name, but replied based on what he's said just in this thread.

The movie did have flaws, but the "boring" and "slow as molasses" dialogue scenes built tension and pulled me into the film as intended. While this movie followed the same Tarantino formula we've seen before, we actually got tense and meaningful conversation, rather than the usual Tarantino-esque pop culture banter.

[Bornindamecca]

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It won't happen.

Tarrantino fans like him because of his writing style and it's honestly the only reason he's even a big time director.

I mean, I agree with you. I wish he would find a way to adapt, but I don't think he ever will. I never got the feeling that Tarrantino wants to be considered a great director. I think he just wants to tell his stories.

There's a good and a bad with that. I respect him because he really writes for himself and that's wonderful. He doesn't care what the audience thinks. He makes his films. However, you know there's talent there. Everyone knows he has a great understanding of filmmaking so avid film followers do feel a bit slighted when he doesn't take advantage of that rich film knowledge.

Tarantino fans like him because he conveys character. He has stylistic comfort zones, but they aren't gimmicks. Everything he does is geared towards storytelling, and unlike most people in film right now, he actually accomplishes the goal of telling stories. People feel like they get a sense of what it would bee like to watch a football game with Jules, go to a bar with Mr. Pink, or work for the Jew Hunter.

Every film student I know has had some strange love/hate relationship with Quentin's work. Often, it traces back to the group of film students who fetishize his dialogue. Thing is, his work is much more than that. He has a grasp of functional archetypes and structure that eludes most filmmakers today.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I agree with bk - Tarantino has a knack for writing interesting dialogue that either builds the characters or the story or both and that is what draws me into his films.

[JayBee74]

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You deserved to get slapped for saying that.

Bear Jew was the best character in the whole movie...outside of the SS Officer.

Spoiler

B.J. Novak at the end was my favorite part. Nonchalantly scalping a German while answer Pitt...awesome.

I just wish that the pace of this movie was much more even...It starts slow, blurs past some important scenes, goes slow at the bar scene, then flies to the end.

Bear Jew was #4. (IMHO)

1. Jew Hunter
2. Aldo (Pitt)
3. Hugo Stiglitz
4. Bear Jew *

*Any truth to the rumor that Adam Sandler was the first choice for the part of Bear Jew?

[bkfount]

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*Any truth to the rumor that Adam Sandler was the first choice for the part of Bear Jew?

yeah, but he had scheduling conflicts with Funny People.

[Adam Dayton]

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Just saw it. The opening scene felt very classic and well written, and in my opinion was the best part of the movie. As others have said there are many yawn inducing moments (the cavern could easily have been cut in half) and quite frankly the movie itself just did not come together well in my opinion. It's sense of pacing was way off for me and I don't think it was particularly well written in that respect. From a scene to scene standpoint, the dialogue obviously had it's moments since that is what Tarantino does best. Overall, this movie was way overrated in my opinion. Having said that, the "Jew Hunters" acting was superb in addition to the French farmer in the beginning. Pitts was rather meh (he's a good acto r as evidenced in movies like Kalifornia, but I don't think he pulled this role off as good as people make it seem).

[Adam Dayton]

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You're kidding right, Damon or Clooney don't hold a candle to Pitt in the acting dep't.

Watch Seven, Kalifornia, Fight Club, 12 Monkeys or Jesse James and get back to me that Pitt can't act. Clooney is as generic as they come and the only role that Damon was really good in was the Talented Mr Ripley. And no the Bourne movies aren't big acting achievements.

Don't forget the stoner character in True Romance. He's a very good actor and can play a list of characters within his element (stoners, crazy, cool bad *** guys, etc). Having said that, I don't think the character of Aldo Raine was necessarily within his element. He wasn't horrible, but it didn't come together as well as I had hoped. It's kind of funny since Tarantino was so hell bent on getting him for the role.

[Adam Dayton]

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yeah, but he had scheduling conflicts with Funny People.

Another movie with unnecessarily lengthy and boring scenes that should have been cut down substantially.

[ZB9]

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just watched this again and it gets better every time I see it

these scenes are all time classics

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