Just seen Quentin Tarantino’s Basterds. Great film. Brilliant film. From the off I was thrown off-guard on what to expect, but still I loved every second of it.
From the slow aching tension building up over dialogue in chapter one through to the often hilarious and undoubtedly fun blood-bath in chapter five, QT once again manages to construct a thoughtful journey of narratives that twist and turn through each other, crescendo’ing to the wholly satisfying climactic sequence.
The only points that I can pick on for improvement – based on one viewing – are that it is ever so slightly too long. I felt tired once we got into ‘Operation Kino’, and – without spoilers – maybe the dialogue in the bar could’ve been cut by five/ten minutes. That whole waiting section seemed unnecessary and could’ve really done with tightening up. Also – and this is a small also – Mike Myers just annoyed me. Thats just a personal thing, he didn’t work for me.
Otherwise, thoroughly entertaining… it got an enthusiastic round of applause as soon as the credits came up, and if you know my neck of the woods, that is anything but the usual end of film reaction – proof indeed that it’s possibly QTs best movie in yonks.
…now. If you’ve seen the film, then you’ll be aware of Hans Landa, the rather chilling and disturbingly likable Nazi Colonel played by Christoph Waltz. This actor steals the film, I do reckon he’s going to be a serious candidate for the Oscars. I know little about him, so in my googling, came across this article posted on Aint It Cool – the man himself discussing the part of a lifetime with the sites ‘Mr Beaks’ – http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42127
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