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For most people, Tarantino’s work is hit or miss. I for one appreciate his subtle sense of humor and dark undertones, as well as the self-masturbatory dialogue the each and every one of his flicks use.
As far as quality, Basterds is your typical Tarantino movie. Surprisingly, however, the best performance was not that of Brad Pitt’s, or even Eli Roth’s, although they were both awesome in their own right. Christoph Waltz, who played the lead “bad German”, absolutely killed it – giving an amazing performance in not one, but three languages throughout the movie. He’s a German actor, but fuck me if he didn’t portray the most vivid and in depth character in the entire movie.
Everything else that a Tarantino fan would love is here – over the top fight scenes and quiet, tense moments of dialogue punctuated by a graphic reaction or violent event. The movie’s run time is about two and a half hours, I think, and there were a couple of parts that I wished it would just hurry the fuck up and finish with, but right as the thought crossed my mind it would be over and the next scene would start.
Probably the best part of the movie is how engaging the characters are. Every major character in this movie is a “Basterd” in his or her own right – and in some ways, the Nazis are shown to be less violent and savage than Pitt’s crew.
For the thirteen bucks it cost to get in, I was more than happy – hopefully Tarantino will stop trying to make shit like Grindhouse and focus on these types of movies – the plot and dialogue based ones he excels at. At any rate, if you see one flick this summer, make it this one. If you see two flicks this summer, make it this one and District 9… just remember that Avatar will be a whole hell of a lot better.
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