Inglourious Basterds Reviews

Nice little Tarantino flick of revenge set against the backdrop of WWII. The actors are top notch and the carnage is just right.

A

So fucking great. It's tied with Django Django and Pulp Fiction as my favorite QT film. Suspenseful, funny, and very well-acted.

tbh there were two good scenes in this. qt really needs a decent editor

without question basterds is my favorite tarantino film, and the first of his that ive actually loved. the film wasnt perfect as it didnt develop its characters well, but the film also did a lot of things very well. the dialogue was as good as a tarantino film has ever had, the humor was appropriate and used very well, the violence was gritty, and the acting performances were excellent across the board. the overall story here was just very good and i couldnt wait to see where it ended up. even with all of this i think that the best part of the film was the tension built by so many scenes, and each scene led in a direction other than the most predictable one. a wonderful film that gives me hope that i might enjoy some of tarantinos work in the future.

Tarantino overindulges more than usual with Inglorious Basterds, which results in an overly-long and in many ways, super-manipulative film. Even so, the winking self-awareness that pervades every scene, the piercing dialogue that proves Tarantino is a master of tension-building as well as the powerhouse performance that Christoph Waltz gives us, cements Inglourious Basterds as the very epitome of the director's line of work.

Quentin Tarantino's feel on the World-War-II-consumed story is thrilling and remarkable. The unbelievable dialogue and performance from its stars (especially a diabolical Christoph Waltz) and Tarantino's signature taunt of violence makes the picture spectacular. 4/5

A daring take on WWII with director Quentin Tarintino actually rewriting history. Its fun, unsubtle, and silly. A first time viewer of Tarintino films will enjoy this and understand his unique dialogue style and his ability to make actors reach their career best (Diane Krugar). A great addition to Tarintino's collection.

I had to rewatch this one a few times before I rated it and figured out where it goes in the ranking of QT's films With fantastic dialogue, great casting, ofcourse a terrific score and amazing visuals, with the style of Kill Bill but from a more mature filmmaker. This film has so much to say and so much detail, it goes much deeper than "poking fun" at WWII. It's closest comparison is Dr. Strangelove.

Tarantino is a great director, but very overrated. Like many of his films, this one has time-wasting banter, extreme violence, and spins in circles until it finds a conclusion. However, the time-wasting banter is entertaining, the extreme violence in necessary, and the spinning story provides quite the ride. Tarantino is excellent at executing his ideas, I'm just not a huge fan of his ideas.
P.S. Great performance by Christoph Waltz

Best Tarantino movie yet.

A truly amazingly clever film, Brad Pitt puts the bullet on the cake.

A little long in the run time I felt, but overall a very entertaining film with great performances from Brad Pitt and Christopher Waltz. The second half of the film is better as a plot to assassinate the top Nazi's in one hit slowly unravels with a few twists and turns.

One of Quentin Tarantino's best movies. There's something about Tarantino movies that is hard to put our finger on but yet its undeniably entertaining and worthy to be considered a cinematic wonder. The editing style is very unpredictable and the traditionally long takes Tarantino loves to place into his movies isn't a perfect match for an adventure war movie, but they're unyieldingly magnetic. One masterful scene comes to mind -- the bar scene.

"Inglourious Basterds" is a movie to be remembered for a long time for its ferocious yet patient narrative that's irresistibly entertaining. It exudes the cinema magic we all strive for. "Inglourious Basterds" is a bound-to-be classic.

Waltz deservedly won the academy award for best supporting actor for his amazing performance as a powerful nazi official bent on destroying the basterds. Brad Pitt and all of it's cast imitate the emotion of the characters struggle at the time of war almost perfectly. Tarantino typically doesn't hold back on the violence yet again, as its another one of his films where violence is neccesary and not mindless. The plot seems a bit average but its turned into a masterpiece by the behind the scenes and on camera talent.

Violent, humorous, and stylish, Inglorious Basterds is a classic entertainer that features a unhinged performance by Christoph Waltz and Melanie Laurent.

Inglorious Basterds is a movie I get chills from watching. The story is incredible and just proves Quentin taratino is one of the coolest directors out there who knows what the viewers want. The cast is great, Christoph Waltz was one of the most synical and evil human beings I have ever seen in a film, and Brad Pitt was great as well. The direction from Taratino is basically what made this film perfect, it may be that any other director would've failed but not this genius man. inglorious Basterds is a fun, bloody,, and cool World War 2 film that is hard to forget, and trust me, it will never leave your mind.

02/10/2011 (ONLINE)

Wow! Only Tarantino could make something as awesome as this.

This is the film i've been waiting from Quentin Tarantino. We have witnessed his talents in films like Jackie Brown and Kill Bill 1-2, but finally he has reached the top of his career. Inglourious Basterds is wonderful mix of different genres. There is a war-film in it in the vein of Robert Aldrich's Dirty Dozen, with touches of Sergio Leone and his spaghetti-westerns. All this wrapped in a tight and suspenseful story that even Hitchcock would envy. But at it's core, this is one nasty revenge-film in the vein of Brian De Palma's Carrie. This is easily Tarantino's most mature and controlled film. It is the film he has been moving towards his whole career. Even finishing the script took nearly two decades from him, and he has tated himself this film being as his pet project. It is unbelieavable how well Tarantino holds all of his material together here. In the hands of a less talented director this could have ended up a bloody mess, but Tarantino keeps his grip masterfully from the start till the end. He makes everything flow so smoothly and the dialogue is just honey for your ears. I could just sit and watch his characters talking for weeks and weeks. That is where Tarantino has been extremely talented always, but never before hasn't he showed this kind of visual poetry as he does here. Every one of Tarantino's films has his signature in them, but somehow they are all different from each other and brings everytime something new into mix. Do not miss this experience. It may have flaws in form of Brad Pitt's hammy performance and some of the scenes towards the climax go way over the top. Inglourious Basterds is still experience like no other and holds some brilliant dialogue in it.