Inglourious Basterds (2009)

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It was a fairly good film. While I will not critique the film entirely as I usually do, the most striking point is also its weakest. Despite the entertaining dialogue (with many irrelevant but irreverent parts) that was fantastically done as was the first scene, sometimes it did bore and drag on too long.

I would rate this one 6.5/10.

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I enjoyed this film, one of my friends who isn't really into this style didn't get the film, but the rest of us enjoyed the tense scenes, action and the hilarity that ensued from QT's masterpiece.

Col Lans, by far the best character, and when him and 'Aldo' finally meet on screen I couldn't help by laughing at the 'I-talian'. Waltz should definately get an Oscar for this because he played his character perfectly, and I felt Pitt could have been on screen more, but he was still funny when he did. I even found Mike Myers small part to be quite amusing!

I loved seeing Hitler jumping up and down going "NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN"

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Waltz should definately get an Oscar for this because he played his character perfectly

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If he doesn't get an Oscar for this, then there is something wrong. He played his character brilliantly, the talk in the house at the start was one of the best bits of film I've seen for a long time, so tense with the will he, won't he?

and lol @ Hitler's face getting blown to pieces :p

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The way the movie was going for a while i thought it could have been loosly based off of certain things, like a group of jews torturing nazis and the plan to kill all the nazi in the theater, and it just failed horribly.

Then when they start shooting hitler in the face...

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I ordered this on Blu-ray two days ago - It comes out in the UK on 07/12/2009

I was just reading an article that we'll be getting it 15/12/2009, so yay! :D

The disappointing part is that no one expects a lot of extra features on the first released. Considering how bad off The Weinstein Company is, they are probably going to try and milk as much money out this as possible. So first release will have poor extras and then some time next year, probably a year from theatrical release, they'll release a Director's Cut jam packed full of features.

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Oh I really liked this. Whilst at this juncture I think it's his best film since... Kill Bill vol. 2, I think repeat viewings are almost sure to make me like the film even more. QT movies are like that. The only glaring thing I didn't really like was how the plot to destroy the Third Reich came together way too easily in the end. Not everything went smoothly, but everything fixed itself too easily.

My favourite chapter is chapter 3 -- the rendezvous in the basement bar. Perfect. And Chapter 1 is the finest Leone sequence Leone never directed.

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I think you hit the nail on the head when you said it was possibly his most "polished film". It really shows. His really long single-take steady-cam shot in the foyer of the cinema for example, was amazingly well put together.

And Waltz role was just delicious to watch.

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I still think his scene with Aldo, where he's trying to offer his terms of conditional surrender, is his best. The opening scene was brilliant, but this scene shows just how human he is, while stilling being so menacing:

He played his character far better than any other in the film. All of his scenes had a genius twist that makes him totally unpredictable, yet uses humor perfectly in tense situations.

I saw it today...i dont see why people are praising it so much. What is there to like?

Somehow i anticipated something more serious.

The movie is way overrated.

5/10.

Naturally, the more you look into a movie and read reviews before, the more likely you are to head into the theater with higher expectations and then come out of the theater saying it is "overrated." Either this film just doesn't fit your taste or you failed to see the deeper meanings in the scenes. I have to admit, I was not sure myself whether this was worth watching. But I am certainly glad I did.

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I saw it today...i dont see why people are praising it so much. What is there to like?

Somehow i anticipated something more serious.

The movie is way overrated.

5/10.

I guess the movie is best enjoyed in the theaters, which it is no longer playing, or when it comes out on DVD or Blu-ray, that isn't available until December 15. I guess you can't fully enjoy a movie off your computer......

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I guess the movie is best enjoyed in the theaters, which it is no longer playing, or when it comes out on DVD or Blu-ray, that isn't available until December 15. I guess you can't fully enjoy a movie off your computer......

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i watch 90% of movies on my pc, and i enjoy them if they are good, so this has nothing to do with it :p

I like QT's reservoir dogs, and pulp fiction, but kill bill wasnt something to my taste. I guess this isnt either.

SOmehow i dont enjoy watching people being scalped :(

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:D

i watch 90% of movies on my pc, and i enjoy them if they are good, so this has nothing to do with it :p

I like QT's reservoir dogs, and pulp fiction, but kill bill wasnt something to my taste. I guess this isnt either.

SOmehow i dont enjoy watching people being scalped :(

Perhaps you aren't in war movies, but this isn't exactly a war type film like Saving Private Ryan (needs to be on blu-ray), but is almost all to do with story about the war.

I thought the film was amazing, and actually enjoyed the entire thing, beginning to end. At times the film is a tad slow, but it isn't about action really, it is all about the story about how the Americans tried techniques to assassinate Hitler in World War II. It also has to do with showing the way Germans portrayed themselves back in WWII, compared to how the rest of the world sees them.

Whether or not this was based on a true story, I thought it was very cool to see tactics used to kill off the worlds most hated man, since other tactics weren't working.

Anyways, not everyone is going to love this film, but this is definitely something I need to purchase on Blu-ray

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What I've found interesting is how much my view of this film has actually co-incided with MOST critics.

(In case you missed it, I tend to judge movies very differently than they do)

My ONLY issue with this movie was how little time we had with the Basterds. I guess I was expecting

more Rambo and less of a back-story, dialogue feel. That being said, I still thought it was overall

QT genius and I'll definitely be buying it on Blu-Ray.

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