"INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" Review

[ladylavinia]

Comments

[spaceyplum]

Lovely review of what has turned out to be one of my favorite Tarantino movies as well (although with the exception of perhaps Four Rooms I've liked them all to varying degrees.) I thought Pitt was hilarious and Waltz was simply superb, what a fantastic find! I agree that the women did a great job as well, Kruger in particular managed to impress me a lot as I've never thought much of her as an actress.

I've actually always liked that about Quentin, he writes interesting roles for women in his films which is quite rare. He has a gift for writing characters that simply stay with you and for casting them to perfection.

His vision is so clear that I don't even mind his occasional lapses of self-indulgence although I personally found the two scenes you mentioned perfectly timed. I was so tense throughout that bar scene that when all hell finally broke loose it actually caught me off guard even though I was waiting for it to happen.

What I found most interesting is the use of language in the movie. I saw Tarantino at Times Talks and he said he wanted to cast actors from the nationality of each character because he wanted them to sound authentic to the audiences of each country (as opposed to say Melanie Griffith in A Stranger Among Us, his example ;-) and watching the movie it makes total sense. The fascinating thing is that you never lose the rhythm of his dialogue (there's just a rhythm to his words that is distinctly Quentin) despite the fact that they're speaking in different languages.

Anyway, great review... made me want to go see the movie again plus I must make some icons :-)