Poll Winner - Inglorious Basterds
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So, I have always been a fan of Quentin Tarantino films, ever since the first time I saw Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction back-to-back in the same night. They're always funny, witty, grotesque, and delightful. And 'Basterds is absolutely no exception to the rule.
I had been putting off seeing it for some time because it looked a little too silly for my tastes, being the WWII nerd that I am, but I finally gave in and watched it... and laughed my ass off the whole way through. From Lt.Aldo Raine's first monologue at the beginning of the film, all the way to the climax, I was hooked.
Set in Nazi-Occupied France, Inglorious Basterds follows a similar formula to Pulp Fiction, albeit in a much less disjointed fashion. It deals with first the story of Shoshanna Dreyfus, orphaned by SS Col. Hans Landa as she plans to exact her revenge on the Nazi Party for the death of her family / The Basterds, a group of Jewish-American soldiers lead by Lt.Aldo Raine out for one thing: Killin' Nazis. / Lt.Archie Hicox, a British officer sent to formalize plans to kill several high ranking German Officers.
Each of the above stories intermingle and mix in a much more polished way than Tarantino did with Pulp Fiction, as Shoshanna is being courted by Frederich Zoller, a Nazi War Hero whom Goebbles has commissioned a film about and plans to show this film to all of the top ranking Nazis including the Fuhrer himself, so she uses her charms to have the premier moved to her theater. At the same time, the Basterds get wind of this film premier and plan to blow the whole thing straight to hell, but can't get inside so they end up hooking up with Lt.Hicox and his contact Bridget Von Hammersmarck, a German actress and double-agent. When meeting with her, everything goes to hell in a handbasket and all of the German speaking members of the Basterds alone with Hicox himself are killed, so the Basterds must find another way into the premier.
I'm going to leave it at that, and not ruin the film.. but I have to admit it's absolutely hilarious, twisted, and really shows how talented Tarantino has become over time. Brad Pitt is deleriously funny, and keep an eye out for Mike Meyers, as he makes a great cameo that had me in stitches.
-Yearrghsworth
So, I have always been a fan of Quentin Tarantino films, ever since the first time I saw Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction back-to-back in the same night. They're always funny, witty, grotesque, and delightful. And 'Basterds is absolutely no exception to the rule.
I had been putting off seeing it for some time because it looked a little too silly for my tastes, being the WWII nerd that I am, but I finally gave in and watched it... and laughed my ass off the whole way through. From Lt.Aldo Raine's first monologue at the beginning of the film, all the way to the climax, I was hooked.
Set in Nazi-Occupied France, Inglorious Basterds follows a similar formula to Pulp Fiction, albeit in a much less disjointed fashion. It deals with first the story of Shoshanna Dreyfus, orphaned by SS Col. Hans Landa as she plans to exact her revenge on the Nazi Party for the death of her family / The Basterds, a group of Jewish-American soldiers lead by Lt.Aldo Raine out for one thing: Killin' Nazis. / Lt.Archie Hicox, a British officer sent to formalize plans to kill several high ranking German Officers.
Each of the above stories intermingle and mix in a much more polished way than Tarantino did with Pulp Fiction, as Shoshanna is being courted by Frederich Zoller, a Nazi War Hero whom Goebbles has commissioned a film about and plans to show this film to all of the top ranking Nazis including the Fuhrer himself, so she uses her charms to have the premier moved to her theater. At the same time, the Basterds get wind of this film premier and plan to blow the whole thing straight to hell, but can't get inside so they end up hooking up with Lt.Hicox and his contact Bridget Von Hammersmarck, a German actress and double-agent. When meeting with her, everything goes to hell in a handbasket and all of the German speaking members of the Basterds alone with Hicox himself are killed, so the Basterds must find another way into the premier.
I'm going to leave it at that, and not ruin the film.. but I have to admit it's absolutely hilarious, twisted, and really shows how talented Tarantino has become over time. Brad Pitt is deleriously funny, and keep an eye out for Mike Meyers, as he makes a great cameo that had me in stitches.
-Yearrghsworth