Inglourious Basterds (2009)

[broadway86]

Inglourious Basterds (2009)#1

Posted: 8/31/09 at 11:24pm

Has there really not been a thread of this, yet?

I love this movie. Best of the year so far, imho. Seen it three times, and it improves with every viewing.

Absolutely brilliant, with Tarantino's characteristically delicious dialogue, assured and mesmerizing filmmaking, and an astonishing ensemble cast (the standout being an Oscar-worthy Christoph Waltz).

Thoughts?
Updated On: 8/31/09 at 11:24 PM

[BroadwayBound92]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#2

Posted: 8/31/09 at 11:28pm

I saw Inglorious Basterds a couple of days ago. Is it Tarantino's best film? No (I believe Reservoir Dogs is the best). Is it an awesome film? Heck yes! I have this good feeling that Christoph Waltz will be nominated, as his performance was extraordinary to say the least.

[romantico]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#2

Posted: 8/31/09 at 11:29pm

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=997200&boardname=off&dt=35&boardid=2

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[Stage Door Sally]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#4

Posted: 12/27/09 at 5:54pm

That's odd...I can't see my post, plus, this is not the thread I thought I was posting on, I thought I was posting on the longer thread linked to in someone's previous post.

Oh well...

[jrb_actor]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#5

Posted: 12/27/09 at 6:42pm

This film is indeed a heavy contender for Best Picture. Though it's more likely the award will go to Hurt Locker, Avatar, or Up in the Air.

Despite the refrain we hear every year, this was a good year in film. :)

johnraymondbarker.com

[Biff AKA Levi]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#6

Posted: 12/28/09 at 12:26am

Besides being a tad too long, I thought it was fantastic. Great script and fantastic camera work. Its already one of my favorites.

"I want a lap dance from an octopus."

-JG2

[verynewyorkcurious]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#7

Posted: 12/28/09 at 1:01am

I rented this from Netflix last week. It was amazing.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#8

Posted: 12/28/09 at 2:47am

Christoph Waltz will probably win the Oscar this year.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[CapnHook]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#9

Posted: 12/28/09 at 9:22am

This was my third Tarantino film. I only had previously seen the two KILL BILLs. I was surprised to see some of the same storytelling elements (titles, similar music, similar sudden violence) but I guess those are his signatures. I need to see PULP FICTION, I am told...

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[Stage Door Sally]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#10

Posted: 12/28/09 at 9:43am

Since my post seems to have disappeared into thin air, in sum, I thought Christoph Waltz's performance was award worthy, but I thought the film had too many Tarantinoisms in it, and that spoiled it for me.

Let the editor edit. Less is more. We don't need inappropriate pop music, detailed narratives, and stupid drawings with arrows. And the "all fell dead" gunplay has been done to death (pun intended).

Kill Bill was a Kung Fu homage dragged out to fill two crappy movies. Reservoir Dogs was fine. Pulp Fiction was a masterpiece. IB...ehh.


Updated On: 12/28/09 at 09:43 AM

[Roscoe]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#11

Posted: 12/28/09 at 10:12am

PULP FICTION is a big gassy bore, it sinks under its own weight, as opposed to the lean mean RESERVOIR DOGS, still Tarantino's best film. As for BASTERDS, well, when it is good, it is quite good, and when it is bad, you're watching Brad Pitt deliver his least watchable attempt at a performance.

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[Jon]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#12

Posted: 12/28/09 at 1:47pm

As much as this is a war film, it's really Tarantino's film about his love for movies in general. It's a tribute to the power of the cinema.

[jrb_actor]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#13

Posted: 12/28/09 at 3:23pm

Capn, you should def see Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown.

johnraymondbarker.com

[Stage Door Sally]

re: Inglourious Basterds (2009)#14

Posted: 12/28/09 at 4:36pm

For its time, Pulp Fiction was pretty innovative. I was blown away by Tarantino's technique... until he made more movies.

I do agree that Jackie Brown is good.