Yes, the spelling is correct for this new film about Nazi hunters, which I went to see last night at Harlow Cineworld with Vanda. It was a great effort by Mr Tarantino and definitely his best film yet. A cross between 'The Dirty Dozen', 'Where Eagles dare' and Tarantino previous, the film tells the story of an American Unit sent to decapitate Nazis across Europe, literally, no scalps spared. But there is much more to it than this. There are various extraordinary elements, involving a Jewish survivor, who hatches a plot to burn down a cinema full of senior Nazis. At the same time, The Inglourious Basterds have their own plan to dynamite the cinema, and are supposed to be assisted by a senior officer from England. The main villain of the piece is a very nasty Nazi and 'Jew hunter', Colonel Hans Landa, who is a Himmler mini-me and an evil version of Inspector Poirot, and Columbo combined.
What is really great about this film is not just the originality, Brad Pitt, Christoph Walz, Melanie Laurent & the cinematography and innate quirkiness, but that it makes the case for vengeance - old fashioned revenge. There is no middle way, no 'compassion', just a war between good and evil - and each are determined to kill each other. The good have no compunction in punishing and destroying every Nazi - forgiveness is not an option. I watched it, enjoying the fantasy that the 'Inglourious Basterds' might have really existed and killed Hitler and hundreds of senior Nazis in one fell swoop, thus ensuring an earlier end to the war. Definitely the best film seen so far this year.
What is really great about this film is not just the originality, Brad Pitt, Christoph Walz, Melanie Laurent & the cinematography and innate quirkiness, but that it makes the case for vengeance - old fashioned revenge. There is no middle way, no 'compassion', just a war between good and evil - and each are determined to kill each other. The good have no compunction in punishing and destroying every Nazi - forgiveness is not an option. I watched it, enjoying the fantasy that the 'Inglourious Basterds' might have really existed and killed Hitler and hundreds of senior Nazis in one fell swoop, thus ensuring an earlier end to the war. Definitely the best film seen so far this year.
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