Monday, May 10, 2010

Inglorious Basterds


Written and Directed by the legend himself, Quentin Tarantino.
The man responsible for Pulp Fiction as well.

I thought this movie features a comic flow of events. Like, I know the spelling of Bastards, if Quentin meant that, so I wondered why the A was replaced by an E. Haha! So I guess that has nothing to do with the movie. LOL!

Five chapters rolled in one to tell a story of Jewish vengeance. This was all fictional but nonetheless told a story that revealed how cruel fighting and killing people were before. I admire how Quentin put together all the stories. He touched a very sensitive subject in world’s history, particularly that of Jews’ and Germans’. The first chapter was really significant and I thought the story in chapter one wasn’t that relevant not until Emmanuel showed up in a cinema house in Paris. The second chapter, an introduction of the Inglorious Basterds, is where the handsome hot Brad Pitt appeared. He is still sexy even in military uniform but I was bothered by the way he spoke in the movie. He sounded like a cowboy-turned-into-a-Nazi-hater. Seriously! Can somebody comment about this? Lol! Here, the plot was somehow tragic because the soldiers tend to ‘unscalp’ the Nazis they were able to kill in an encounter. Unhumane. The third chapter, The German Night in Paris, where the only survivor in the Jewish family that was murdered in chapter one appeared. Soshana Dreyfus, appeared German-like woman. She now owns a cinema where lots of German movies were shown and she is hiding her true Jewish identity. Her fancy meeting with a soldier led to her biggest plot of revenge to all the Nazis. In chapter four, the Operation Kino was proposed and everything led to a bloody encounter of fake Nazis and the original ones. In this chapter I could say, I was totally stunned by the actress’ beauty and was totally confused by all the accents. Last but not the least, Chapter five, The Revenge of the Big Face, was the best part! It showed the vengeance plot Soshana and her partner Marcel have been planning. Imagine a big revenge being shown in a big screen where people from different parts of the world watch. Must be outstanding! LOL! It was successful and Aldo’s masterpiece on The Jew Hunter was really rewarding!

Quentin already amazed me with Pulp Fiction but this movie… this movie… amazed me more! I wonder where he gets all the amazing plots. I have watched Valkyrie, another movie with Hitler in it, but this one is different especially how the chain of events led the people involved from chapter one get a very significant and outstanding evening. I love how Emmanuel said her part… “I have a message for Germany… that you are all going to die. And I want you to look deep into the face of the Jew who’s going to do it! Marcel, burn it down. My name is Soshana Dreyfus, and this is the face of Jewish vengeance!” Nice, nice, nice!

The setting, the plot, the shots, the characters… everything! Superb!

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