Inglorious Basterds

[snowflame]

"If I had to compare the German people to a beast, I would compare them to the hawk. A noble predator. If I had to compare the Jewish people to a beast, I would suggest the rat. Unlike my fellow Germans, though, I mean this as a compliment. Once a human has abandoned dignity, he can be resourceful indeed." -Hans Landa, paraphrased

Comments

[cruel_angel]

Zoller's raep turnaround was a little left field. Then again, I figure it's more in line with what Shosanna was saying about him: she's the only one refusing when everybody else is kissing his ass.

As for Raine, I figured he was very serious about his intent of killin gnatsies and it went a bit above and beyond his simply being ordered to.

I like how the movie actually took Tarantino's eccentrics and actually made them work with the plot, like his penchant for long dialogues and his foot fetish. It was really cohesive.

[scattercat]

I considered writing up my own lengthy rant, but my basic complaints with the movie are twofold:

1) I find Tarantino's complete lack of moral understanding and his nihilistic worldview to be off-putting in the extreme. It's not even that he espouses morals I disagree with; he seems actively uninterested in even exploring the idea of a moral dimension to existence. The hyper-violence is on the screen not to make a statement about violence, but merely because violence is "fun." The reasons for the violence are unimportant. I got the distinct impression that Tarantino would have just as cheerfully made a movie about Nazis torturing Jews, and that disturbed me