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09/04/09
I loved it. Here's a critic who verbalized his love of it far better than I could: [www.sfgate.com]
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I just saw it, and to be honest didn't have high expectations going in- of course I was letting my dislike of Brad Pitt cloud my judgment. Tarantino makes bad actors seem good all the time (Travolta and Jackson were never as good as they were in Pulp Fiction- not before and not after).
I'll stop rambling- point is, it is as original as a WW2 movie can be, and I should have expected nothing less from Tarantino.
08/23/09
On the INGLORIOUS BASTARDS 3-disc set, which I have, is an interview with QT talking with the director and how he planned to update the IG. While I don't doubt the influence of TDD on this production, as QT is a fan of the "men on a mission" subgenre, you certainly have your "inspired by's" a bit off.
08/22/09
08/22/09
Actually, he ends the film in the cooler. Or are you indulging in some revisionism of your own?
08/22/09
Also, you will soon regret this post after Bon Jovi and his legion of bottle-blonde undead cyborgs hijack the timeline and alter history, making his role in U571 reality, and erasing you from existence.
You may find yourself livin' on a prayer. Best address that prayer to your future god, Bon-Tron 3000.
08/22/09
I get why these movies take the liberties that they do, and it's primarily for storytelling purposes. Sure THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI didn't go down like it did, and MARIE ANTOINETTE couldn't conceive because the King had a giant Swartz(man) and she had a small vajayjay. In most cases, these changes are for dramatic purposes and geared towards making the character's struggles worth investing for the audience and their time.
In Tarantino's defense, he's stated that his movie ends the way it does because he's staying true to the characters adn never wanted to betray them. If that means re-writing history, so be it, and I can accept this argument without issue. Their goal was to kill as many Nattzees as they could, adn work their way to the Big Dog, and they just what they did.
I just wish they did it in a better movie....
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08/21/09
"this never happen"
QT never said it was an Accurate movie or based on a true story.
it's a alternate history movie as he's said so many times
08/22/09
To what great purpose? To see a Hitler look-a-like get killed in a Cinema, whilst Brad Pitt and Eli Roth goof about?
If you want to see Hitler die in a humiliating manner, watch Downfall. The entire film is about his last days and his humiliation.
08/22/09
@Kadayi: Downfall is pretty great. And that scene where Hitler yells about being banned from WOW was priceless.
08/22/09
I appreciate the parodies, they are always amusing, mainly because the acting is top notch. Though the original scene is pretty compelling given its where Hitler realises that the game is finally up, and everything he's strived for is coming to an end.
08/21/09
08/22/09
After the big scene, it was dead silent in my theater, like everyone was trying to figure out what they just watched. Then on guy let out a 'FUCK YEAH' and the whole theater started laughing and cheering and everything. It was fantastic.
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08/21/09
Oh please.. as if tons of writers haven't been doing that for decades. All bow to the ballsy genius of Tarantino..whatever.
08/21/09
As for BASTERDS, I walked out a few hours ago thinking that I'd never seen a movie with so many great scenes that wasn't itself great as a whole. It's a pretty blah movie that meanders around with zero direction. Taratino definitely knows iconic cinema imagery, but unlike, say, KILL BILL, where he was able to wrap that imagery around a solid story, there's not much cohesive material here. There's great performances, but all for characters that are never really developed.
The two stories that run throughout could have been developed into their own films and fleshed out, at least to a degree where one could actually care what's happening on screen rather than just taking it in a cinema sensory overload.
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08/21/09
Still, I don't know that it is alternate history when you're changing events but not really getting into the results of changing those events, as Lauren mentions.
I think Quentin's film reflects the contemporary feeling that reality is whatever we want it to be, both in politics and our lives. Even historical events and figures that were once considered sacred are now questioned and revisited. While I personally think this kind of mentality is an extension of our continuing disconnection from other people and ideas, it makes for interesting cinema.
08/21/09
Hollywood has always played fast and loose with history.
Imagine my frustration as a student of history trying to explain again and again to my mother that no, just because you saw it in a 50's movie, that is not how it actually happened!
08/22/09
But is only genuinely interesting if its going somewhere. Consider Phil.K Dicks the man in the high castle, where in he explores the idea of the Germans and Japanese winning world war 2, and the impact of their victory upon America. That's an interesting alternative history.
Fact of the matter is, IB is not really rewriting history. Hitler and the Nazis were defeated, but not by a misfit bunch of American GIs or a Jewish Cinema owner. They were defeated by the combined efforts of several nations and the sacrifices of millions of lives (particularly the Russians).
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08/22/09
Wait for it to hit DVD, there is little here to recommend a cinematic trip.
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08/22/09
2) How everyone else reacts is secondary to how I react. That other people get off on watching people being tortured and mutilated is their fascination not mine.
08/21/09
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08/21/09
It's worse than you think. Not only did aliens start WW II, but the war started in 1977.
In the parallel universe.
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08/21/09
"What if aliens invade Earth during World War II?"
Haven't you watched season 4 of Enterprise? That's all the historical documents you need, at least according to the Thermians...
08/14/09
08/13/09
I'm not saying hollywood isn't a fetid pool of copy cat horseshit pussies afraid to try anything new, but the same old fucking song and dance every single time gets tiresome. "this is just x." "i liked this better when it was y."
Give it a rest.
08/13/09
08/13/09
*scrolls down* OOOOH...you're talking about the comments. I thought "you people" referred to the staff.
I'm with you.
(sorry for the self reply edit isn't working for me right now)
08/13/09