Inglorious Basterds
Starting off, this movie seems like it’s going to be sweet. It’s broken into chapters, and the first chapter seeems great. (I am telling the plot now, so stop reading if you don’t want to know)… The first chapter shows a dairy farmer and his family in France being visited by a German soldier, Colonel Hans Landa, who discovers there is a Jewish family hiding beneath the floorboards of his house – one girl gets away. This part is awesome, and the actor who plays the Colonel is genius. Right from the start you figure this is going to be compelling and interesting to watch. His pipe is also awesome in that first scene.
The second chapter was about the Basterds, led by Brad Pitt, who can’t really act too well but is always charasmatic and funny and thus is fun to watch. Quentin Tarantino is a weird guy, but his movies are campy, a little more over the top than Sam Raimi (who I love). I never really liked Tarantino’s stuff because the music is very strange, like western/horror or something – especially in Kill Bill – yuck. But I will say this – you definitely know when you’re watching a Tarantino movie, so at least he leaves his stamp. The guy who played Hitler was okay, but didn’t hold a candle to the genius who played him in Downfall – that guy should always play Hitler.
In the third chapter, the movie got slow and a little boring. I hate when a movie starts out super great and kind of fizzles. Anyway, there’s this plan to burn down a movie theatre (run by the girl who got away in the first chapter) when all the most powerful Nazis, including Hitler, were in attendance. And they totally do it and they totally kill Hitler – when they actually shoot him up it’s awesome. But the show stealer was the actor who played the Colonel – it was just amazing to watch him act because he was perfection. Oh, and by the way, what the hell is Mike Myers doing in this movie? Weird.
Anyway, I enjoyed the film, but not as much as I wanted to. Inglourious Basterds is nominated for Best Picture against Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Precious, and Up In The Air. I honestly can’t imagine any film winning but Avatar, but I fear Precious has a chance. Tarantino is nominated for Best Director, which he might have had a chance at if James Cameron wasn’t nominated. I mean, come on. It’s the future of film. It’s also up for Best Screenplay, which I think it has a chance at – it was funny and smart. And huzzah! Christoph Waltz is nominated (the Colonel) for Best Performance by a Supporting Actor, and I hope he wins. I haven’t seen any of the other nominated performances yet, but Waltz was an absolute genius and should win. Seriously.
The second chapter was about the Basterds, led by Brad Pitt, who can’t really act too well but is always charasmatic and funny and thus is fun to watch. Quentin Tarantino is a weird guy, but his movies are campy, a little more over the top than Sam Raimi (who I love). I never really liked Tarantino’s stuff because the music is very strange, like western/horror or something – especially in Kill Bill – yuck. But I will say this – you definitely know when you’re watching a Tarantino movie, so at least he leaves his stamp. The guy who played Hitler was okay, but didn’t hold a candle to the genius who played him in Downfall – that guy should always play Hitler.
In the third chapter, the movie got slow and a little boring. I hate when a movie starts out super great and kind of fizzles. Anyway, there’s this plan to burn down a movie theatre (run by the girl who got away in the first chapter) when all the most powerful Nazis, including Hitler, were in attendance. And they totally do it and they totally kill Hitler – when they actually shoot him up it’s awesome. But the show stealer was the actor who played the Colonel – it was just amazing to watch him act because he was perfection. Oh, and by the way, what the hell is Mike Myers doing in this movie? Weird.
Anyway, I enjoyed the film, but not as much as I wanted to. Inglourious Basterds is nominated for Best Picture against Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Precious, and Up In The Air. I honestly can’t imagine any film winning but Avatar, but I fear Precious has a chance. Tarantino is nominated for Best Director, which he might have had a chance at if James Cameron wasn’t nominated. I mean, come on. It’s the future of film. It’s also up for Best Screenplay, which I think it has a chance at – it was funny and smart. And huzzah! Christoph Waltz is nominated (the Colonel) for Best Performance by a Supporting Actor, and I hope he wins. I haven’t seen any of the other nominated performances yet, but Waltz was an absolute genius and should win. Seriously.
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