Inglourious Basterds

[CELTICPRED]

I never thought I would hear a "lack of action" as a criticism. Usually it's the other way around. That trailer really gave people the wrong idea about the film. Still very excited regardless.

It's like people forgot that they're going to a Tarantino movie.

 

[War Party]

It's like people forgot that they're going to a Tarantino movie.

Apparently so.

 

[Solidus]

It's like people forgot that they're going to a Tarantino movie.

Yea the reviews seem positive. But that is odd. It's a QT movie and I think some must of thought it would be some historically accurate WWII movie?

But it seems some really enjoyed it that knew what QT was trying to do with this. Can't believe we have to wait until Aug 21st though with all these reviews pouring in.

 

[Heisenberg]

New Clip introduced by Quentin Tarantino...
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/inglourious-basterds.html?showVideo=1

 

[Octoberist]

would this considered the 'rough cut' of the movie?

 

[vanson]

found something

Cannes Press Conference with the cast & crew of Inglourious Basterds:
http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/mediaPlayer/9974.html

Cannes Interview with Pitt, Kruger, Tarantino, Waltz & Laurent
http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/mediaPlayer/9973.html

 

[WeaponXProject]

These reviews are so back and forth I don't know what to think...typical first reviews of Tarantino movies. Some hate it and some love it.

 

[MiniBond]

I never thought I would hear a "lack of action" as a criticism. Usually it's the other way around. That trailer really gave people the wrong idea about the film. Still very excited regardless.

i don't care if there's not a lot of action.....I loved Deathproof, the girl-talk amused me !t:

 

[MiniBond]

I saw a retro of the Cannes red carpet today.....QT and Melanie Laurent performed a little Pulp Fiction twist live .....awesome !t:t:

and here's the video......(click on "duplex de laurent weil sur les marches"): http://festival-cannes.canalplus.fr/video/le-grand-journal-de-cannes/le-grand-journal-du-20-mai

 

[vanson]

New Clip introduced by Quentin Tarantino...
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/inglourious-basterds.html?showVideo=1

haha so funny when the one guy makes "uuuaarg" and gets shot...
and nobody really pays attention to it ...

 

[War Party]

i don't care if there's not a lot of action.....I loved Deathproof, the girl-talk amused me !t:

I worded my post wrong. I love talky movies and definitely enjoyed Death Proof and all his films for that matter. Lack of action don't bother me at all. I'm happy this ain't an action film.

 

[xwolverine2]

if you're going for action and not dialoge.... shoot yourself in the face lol

 

[AgentRed]

Is it safe to call Tarantino insane ?

 

[BlackLantern]

Is it safe to call Tarantino insane ?

I think that's being polite

 

[CELTICPRED]

New Clip introduced by Quentin Tarantino...
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/inglourious-basterds.html?showVideo=1

Noice.

 

[Galactus]

Early Reviews Mixed For "Basterds"
By Garth Franklin Wednesday May 20th 2009 02:53PM

Quentin Tarantino's much anticipated "Inglourious Basterds" WW2 Nazi-bashing flick premiered at Cannes this morning, and now a few hours on the reviews have started coming in.

With someone like Tarantino things are tricky - the director has a huge fanbase and loyal support amongst a good portion of critics, meaning many will spout gushing praise about his work even when it's not that good.

In recent years however there's been some notable backpedaling from various reviewers who gushed over the "Kill Bill" saga and "Death Proof" initially but now reluctantly admit they are a long way off from the quality of Tarantino's 90's filmography.

Is he one of the most influential directors around? Certainly. Is he one of the great filmmakers? That's a question more up for debate. His films have such strong supporters and detractors that it's often difficult to get an objective take on them.

The general consensus with 'Basterds' reviews from what I can gather seems to be mixed. Tarantino's signature over-the-top violence and skill with both monologues and banter are generally lauded, but the pacing, structure and lack of action are notably criticized.

Performances for the most part seem to be well received (Christoph Waltz especially), but the scattershot way in which the characters come and go from the action has drawn complaints. The single most common complaint? "Too much talk, not enough action".

Amongst the industry trades, Screen Daily says its an "intermittently-inspired" and illustrates Tarantino's "brilliance and his tendency towards indulgence...the thread of the drama is left disjointed and the focus ever-changing".

Todd McCarthy at Variety loved the film, saying it is "a surprising, nutty, windy, audacious and a bit caught up in its own cleverness, the picture is a completely distinctive piece of American pop art". He does cite that the film doesn't find its tone until halfway through though and could use some trimming before its general release.

The Hollywood Reporter says "the film is by no means terrible...but those things we think of as being Tarantino-esque are largely missing" and "there isn't much chance of the kind of repeat business Tarantino normally attracts".

Amongst the mainstream media The Guardian savaged the film, giving it one star and calling it a "colossal armour-plated turkey from hell...It isn't funny; it isn't exciting; it isn't a realistic war movie, yet neither is it an entertaining genre spoof or a clever counterfactual wartime yarn. It isn't emotionally involving or deliciously ironic or a brilliant tissue of trash-pop references."

The Telegraph gives it three stars and says "there is far too much yakking, some of it thickly accented and hard to follow, most of it without the rhythmic zing of his best work" and adds that it's "not so much inglorious as undistinguished"

Time Magazine says "Basterds is long and, for the hypercharged auteur, surprisingly wan. It has to be declared a misfire". The various conversations "could use either punching up or scrupulous editing".

The online crowd was a bit more generous as expected, but even they weren't gushing in their responses.

IGN gives it a 3.5/5 and calls it an "entertaining yet uneven movie" which is "lacking the requisite action and spectacle to truly to make it a classic of the genre". The site praises all the performances bar Pitt, criticizes its "flat mid-section", and felt a scene with undercover UK agents in a bar didn't click whereas almost every other review praised said sequence.

Empire Online loved it, saying it is a "wonderfully-acted movie that subverts expectation at every turn" while the farmhouse and French bar sequences are "scenes are as tense as anything Tarantino has ever done in his career/"

Finally Hollywood Elsewhere says "It's not great. It's a fairly engaging Quentin chit-chat personality film in World War II dress-up. It's arch and very confidently rendered from QT's end, but it's basically talk, talk, talk...brisk repartee does not a solid movie make."

 

[baerrtt]

It sounds exactly what I'd expected. The Quentin Tarantino we all know doing a summer blockbuster where his personality comes through first and foremost to the likely chagrin of audiences expecting SAVING PRIVATE RYAN 2.

It's why I appreciated KILL BILL Vol 2 when some of the reviews criticised it for being too 'talky' for an action film and thus anti-climatic. Popular cinema should always be pushing boundaries whenever it can so mass audiences aren't continually exposed to lazy, cynical filmaking year in year out that they accept as the norm rather than the exception.

Now whether those audiences lap it up in August we'll see.

 

[vanson]

Christoph Waltz just received the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival !!!

I'm really glad for him, especially because he's a german actor!!
..looking foward to see his performance as Hans Landa!!!

 

[xwolverine2]

critic reviews are pointless for a tarantino flick..

 

[Heisenberg]

Extended "Interrogation" Clip featuring footage of Donnie (Eli Roth)
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/05/2...xclusives-courtesy-of-mtvs-behind-the-screen/

Also two interview clips with Roth.

 

[Dark Victory]

^Great clip!

 

[CELTICPRED]

Awesome. Looks like it should have some good intensity. I think I need to stop with watching the clips.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Yea, "Too Talky" in a review of a Tarantino flick is ridiculous.

 

[redhawk23]

so some of these reviews comment that most of the acting is good except for pitt and roth.

roth is roth and i think they go after him for just that reason but i wonder what exaclty is wrong pits performance i wonder?

 

[CELTICPRED]

Just looking at the IMDB page and saw Mike Myers is in the film. Wow.