Inglourious Basterds

[Ace of Knaves]

haha Stiglitz is legendary.

And even the British guys like Lt Hicox. They didn't get any development. They were just thrust into the story but the character was just so rich and interesting I connected with him without needing loads of info about him. The scene in the bar when he gets found out was bad ass.

"If this is it, old boy. I hope you don't mind if I go out speaking the King's".

 

[Doctor Jones]

He was probably my favorite character.

My favorite line is still, "That's funny, because my gun has been pointed at your testicles this whole time as well."

 

[Ace of Knaves]

HAHA yea.

I loved the whole love of cinema and film throughout the movie too. Hicox the movie critic, Shosanna with her cinema etc. Some people don't like Tarantino's homages, but I thought it was brilliant in the movie.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I loved that too. It's something only Tarantino can do.

It's nice they mentioned in Europe that they have alot of respect for their film directors. They treated them like movie stars. In the US, it's good and bad. Bad meaning directors don't get the respect they deserve but that comes with attention which leads to the bad thing. I wouldn't want paparazzi on my ass.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

What I really wanted to know is why Landa went from loving his nick name at the start to hating it at the end, was he just playing to different crowds or did he genuinly change?

 

[Doctor Jones]

I don't think he changed. I still think he relished the name but wanted to be remembered and not hated, hence the way he acted, and why he didn't kill Aldo.

 

[vanson]

i think he uses that "i like / dislike my nickname" depending on the situation he is in.

with the farmer he wanted to be intimidating and with aldo... he knew he wants to befriend them in a couple of minutes.. so why do the bad guy anymore?

 

[Cmill216]

Yea you don't need heavily developed characters all the time. If the character is CHARACTERIZED well enough, I couldn't give a toss about their life story or where they are from etc.

The characters in this movie were just so rich and colourful, most of them didn't need back stories or to be more developed.

Very well said.

 

[-Arya-]

Saw it for a 3rd time. Still amazing, and still perfect for me.

 

[omid17]

damn i need to check this movie out asap

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Indeed you do!

Seriously, this is now one of my all time faves. Love it. I've watched it about 4 times over Christmas and I still love it. Usually I get burn out doing that no matter how good the film is.

 

[Dr. Evil]

damn i need to check this movie out asap

yep and you'll find out why Christoph Waltz is getting all of this awards buzz.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I have only managed to watch it once since getting the blu-ray, its scandalous! Will get some more views in this weekend along with a few more of District 9 as well.

 

[Motown Marvel]

Yea you don't need heavily developed characters all the time. If the character is CHARACTERIZED well enough, I couldn't give a toss about their life story or where they are from etc.

The characters in this movie were just so rich and colourful, most of them didn't need back stories or to be more developed.

i dont need them to be heavily developed and know all about their life story, but certain characters do need need to be developed to a degree appropriate for their characterization. i felt too many important characters were under developed, and their characterization fell short to justify it.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

i dont need them to be heavily developed and know all about their life story, but certain characters do need need to be developed to a degree appropriate for their characterization. i felt too many important characters were under developed, and their characterization fell short to justify it.

I wouldnt say that, we found out a whole lot about some characters in this movie in 20 mins than we do a lot of characters in other movies in 2 hours!

I think with each one we got to know enough, except maybe Von Hammersmark, would have liked to know why she worked for us Brits.

 

[El_Citrus]

I finally got around to seeing this film and was highly impressed with it. Tarantino films are just so, out there, in terms of style and directing, that there doesn't seem to be a middle ground amongst people. They either love him or hate him.

I personally love how he took the setting of World War II and told his own fictional story. Most directors are either worried about telling a true story from WWII or historical accuracy within a story abot fictional characters, but Tarantino just says **** it and tells a WWII story how he wants to tell it. his eccentric and balls to the wall attitude is on full display in this film, and it's really something to watch.

The cast was superb, all the way down to BJ Novak, Samm Levine, and Martin Wuttke. Christoph Waltz deserves any awards he receives, as he was just pure GOLD. I didn't even notice Mike Myers (THE Mike Myers) until my second viewing and couldn't stop laughing at his cameo. Everyone blended together so well to make even the sometimes hard to read subtitles a treat. I just would have liked to have seen a little more of the Basterds, but otherwise, the film was truly superb.

9/10

PS: I'd heard that Tarantino used different title card fonts from different movies he loves. Does anyone know which movies some of the fonts came from?

 

[GEO]

I've seen it 4 times and it's still an amazing flick. It's my favorite flick of 2009 and one of all time favorites. I seem to get more out of it with each viewing.

 

[omid17]

Indeed you do!

Seriously, this is now one of my all time faves. Love it. I've watched it about 4 times over Christmas and I still love it. Usually I get burn out doing that no matter how good the film is.

yep and you'll find out why Christoph Waltz is getting all of this awards buzz.

I've seen it 4 times and it's still an amazing flick. It's my favorite flick of 2009 and one of all time favorites. I seem to get more out of it with each viewing.

excellent, can't wait to check it out

 

[Figs]

I had originally posted this in the Last movie watched thread but decided to repost it here to see everyone's opinion on this one scene.

One thing I noticed the second time around was when that one Nazi(forget his name)sits down at the "meeting" table in the bar. When he first sits down and has Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz move over, you can see Stiglitz staring down at the Nazi's crotch area where the Nazi most likely

Spoiler

has his gun pointed at the

British spy(Wilhelm?)from the beginning. At first I thought I was just overthinking that since I knew how the scene played out but if you pay attention to Stiglitz's face, I'm pretty sure he at that point knew what was going on and decided to keep his cool until the **** actually hit the fan.

He is staring down near the Nazi's crotch area for a good amount of time with a look of real bitterness on his face. I don't know if it was just me but I think the Nazi had the gun out the whole time and Stiglitz saw it early on and was just waiting from that point on to kick some ass.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

The British spy is Hicox. And I haven't actually noticed what you mentioned, I'll check it out again tomora.

 

[GEO]

I hadn't notice stiglitz noticing. I'll check it out in a bit, since I'm going to watch it again now. lol

what I noticed on another viewing was that...

Spoiler

the nazi crotch guy was the same one who told shoshana to get her ass in the car. It's hard to pick up the 1st time. On other viewings I really did focus on the sliglitz dude at the table, On 1st viewing I never really understood the insertion of his being whipped at that exact point, but later I realized it was because he was the one who wrote "king kong". He was the guy to the left and that pause was prior to writing the words down.

I also picked up a little better that the Brit was complaining earlier about stiglizts attitude and lack of calm, but it was him who end up blowing his calm and ruining things. I love the irony.

also, small item, but I didn't notice the first time that there was a dog sitting at the table.

I really think this movie needs more than one viewing to absorb the subtlties.

 

[DorkyFresh]

saw this for the first time last night. great movie, but i could probably only watch it once in a while. like all of Tarantino's films, he brought great dialogue and i loved the tension of the bar scene. the antagonist is probably THE best 'villain' i've seen all year. i was a little disappointed with Brad Pitt though. he didn't really get to shine in this movie and i never bought him as a Nazi killing roughneck. i also got a little irked at Tarantino reusing some of Kill Bill's music. otherwise, great film. i'd it a 7.5.

 

[redhawk23]

I hadn't notice stiglitz noticing. I'll check it out in a bit, since I'm going to watch it again now. lol

what I noticed on another viewing was that...

Spoiler

the nazi crotch guy was the same one who told shoshana to get her ass in the car. It's hard to pick up the 1st time. On other viewings I really did focus on the sliglitz dude at the table, On 1st viewing I never really understood the insertion of his being whipped at that exact point, but later I realized it was because he was the one who wrote "king kong". He was the guy to the left and that pause was prior to writing the words down.

I also picked up a little better that the Brit was complaining earlier about stiglizts attitude and lack of calm, but it was him who end up blowing his calm and ruining things. I love the irony.

also, small item, but I didn't notice the first time that there was a dog sitting at the table.

I really think this movie needs more than one viewing to absorb the subtlties.

i've mentioned it before, but the Nazi that then had to identify himself in the game as "King Kong" was a Major.

Major King Kong is the man that rides the atomic bomb in Doctor Strangelove. I may just be overthinking things as well but knowing how many subtle homages Tarantino put into his films it wouldn't suprise me in the least if that was an intentional reference.

 

[DACrowe]

well love this movie a lot. I just finally opened my blu-ray a few days ago and watched it for a third time (saw it twice in theaters). It is still EASILY the best film of 2009. I have yet to see Up in the Air and hope to this weekend, but unless that changes it, Tarantino owned 2009. Every character in this was richly developed as a character (if no backstory was given) and interesting. I'd love to spend more time with HIlcox, Stiglitz, Shosanna, Von Hammersmark, Aldo and yes, Hans Landa. All were great and worth every second they were on and more.

I must add I am disappoitned Melanie Laurent is not being considered for best supporting actress by many awards shows because after Waltz, she was the best part of this movie and very haunting. It is too bad, really.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

I loved that too. It's something only Tarantino can do.

It's nice they mentioned in Europe that they have alot of respect for their film directors. They treated them like movie stars. In the US, it's good and bad. Bad meaning directors don't get the respect they deserve but that comes with attention which leads to the bad thing. I wouldn't want paparazzi on my ass.

Tarrantino wasn't taking shots at American's treatment of their directors. He was taking shots at Nazi Germany propaganda films. Hitler forced German filmmakers to make pro-Nazi propaganda films to brainwash their citizens.