Inglourious Basterds

[Cmill216]

FYI, the reason Reitman made that Tarantino mention during his speech wasn't because he was trying to a jab of any kind at Quentin. Reitman has been very vocal in interviews about how much he was influenced by Tarantino back when he was growing up.

I heard him speak at a function in Florida last year, and he talked about how when he started making short films he would bite off his favorite filmmakers, namely guys like Tarantino. It's really weird when you stop and consider how young Reitman was when Pulp Fiction made its big splash. Dude was only 15. The film, and Tarantino in general, made a pretty indelible impact on cinema and on young wannabe's like Reitman.

Now flash forward 15 years. Here he is, Jason Reitman, winning an award over one of the guys he grew up idolizing. It's a humbling experience.

 

[xwolverine2]

You don't think Christoph deserved the award?

You can basically say that about all awards shows. I expect Clooney..err, Up In the Air to sweep at the Oscars.

christophe waltz definatly earned it... he was without question an easy win...

but Avatar winning for best picture and best director is laughable...
they should win some tech and cgi awards...
but best picture??..for a drama?!

who the hell is voting at the goldenglobes?...
critically speaking Avatar had the lowest ratings of all the movies nominated.
i wouldnt be angry if the hurt locker, Up in the Air,etc had beaten Quentin...thats understandable(they were both critically praised more)

and here i thought the oscars were ******ed.. lol

 

[Boom]

In terms of the "big awards," Christoph Waltz has:

Broadcast Film Critics Association's 15th Annual Critics' Choice Awards
-Best Supporting Actor (WON)

Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards
-Best Supporting Actor (WON)

16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
-Best Supporting Actor (TBD)

And we're still waiting on the BAFTA and Academy Award nominations to come in. But my guess is if Waltz takes home the prize this Saturday, the Oscar is his.

 

[xwolverine2]

i think his win is pretty much secured lol...

like meryl streep being nominated every year for something.

 

[BlackLantern]

christophe waltz definatly earned it... he was without question an easy win...

but Avatar winning for best picture and best director is laughable...
they should win some tech and cgi awards...
but best picture??..for a drama?!

who the hell is voting at the goldenglobes?...
critically speaking Avatar had the lowest ratings of all the movies nominated.
i wouldnt be angry if the hurt locker, Up in the Air,etc had beaten Quentin...thats understandable(they were both critically praised more)

and here i thought the oscars were ******ed.. lol

The Globes are run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, but they are known for being the most "corrupt" of the awards shows

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Hot toys figures are coming.
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/01/hot_toys_makes_some_glourious_bastards.php

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Wow that is an amazing likeness.

 

[xwolverine2]

wow...

 

[BestGirl]

Hot toys figures are coming.
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/01/hot_toys_makes_some_glourious_bastards.php

Makes me wish I collected toys. t:

 

[Bunker]

Those are pretty amazing. I could never live with myself knowing I spent $200 on a toy, though.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Full image and breakdown
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/01/22/cool-stuff-hot-toys-lt-aldo-raine-collectible-figure/

 

[Figs]

Kind of hope they make a Hans Landa figure. Only problem is, I would want to get some other great film villain figures so I don't have the Landa figure standing by himself making me look like I support Nazis.

 

[Boom]

Congratulations to Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor.

And congratulations to the cast for Best Ensemble.

 

[Nivek]

FYI, the reason Reitman made that Tarantino mention during his speech wasn't because he was trying to a jab of any kind at Quentin. Reitman has been very vocal in interviews about how much he was influenced by Tarantino back when he was growing up.

I heard him speak at a function in Florida last year, and he talked about how when he started making short films he would bite off his favorite filmmakers, namely guys like Tarantino. It's really weird when you stop and consider how young Reitman was when Pulp Fiction made its big splash. Dude was only 15. The film, and Tarantino in general, made a pretty indelible impact on cinema and on young wannabe's like Reitman.

Now flash forward 15 years. Here he is, Jason Reitman, winning an award over one of the guys he grew up idolizing. It's a humbling experience.

The guys dad is Ivan Reitman. It's kind of hard to see this guy having to "overcome" anything.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I thought Waltz's speech, which he basically devoted to praising Quentin, was bluntly honest. Put yourself in his shoes, and think about where he was. Nobody knew who the heck Christoph Waltz was. He was just another Austrian actor, making local films.

Tarantino found him, put him in the role of a lifetime, and now the guy is a world-renowned actor, cleaning up at every awards show and guild, and is set up to be a familiar face in Hollywood for years to come. And to think, before Tarantino, hardly anyone was aware of his existence. Waltz practically owes his life to Tarantino, and he expressed that so sincerely last night.

Its always nice to see when actors/actrsses are humble enough to admit they got their breaks through their directors, directors dont get enough credit sometimes so this is nice to see.

Waltz is superb in the role though, and I am glad he won, well deserved.

 

[Nivek]

Watched this last night. I hoped Tarantino would have improved after what I thought was his worst film (Death Proof), but I was so underwhelmed after watching it, I have to say I'm really not a fan of his work anymore. Especially when it turns out like IB did. I don't understand where he gets the fan love from anymore, this was an okay film, and it fit with his other films (in structure, pacing, even actors looked similar, hell the one girl could be Uma Thurmans little sister) but in the end nothing stood out to me that much other than "Wow, he kills Hitlerz!!!".

It all seemed incredibly derivative, and I would not be surprised if a couple of the memorable scenes were lifted from another film. The Bar scene alone (which I heard many good things about before seeing it) seemed incredibly familiar to me.

Also, what was with the fixation on Eli Roth and his steroid treatment body? I noticed there were no obvious 'beating you upside the head" foot fetish shots, but we seen Eli flexing his pecks quite a bit. Not a fan of Roth, but come on "The Bear Jew"? It was exactly the reference I thought it would be.

Anyhow, I would give it a 6/10... maybe a 6.5/10.

 

[redfirebird2008]

LMAO at an Avatar fan calling Basterds derivative. Talk about irony. The thing about Tarantino is that he takes certain genre cliches and puts his own twist on them. Pulp Fiction is loaded with this kind of thing and he's talked quite a bit about it over the years. I encourage you to watch Basterds again. I assure you it gets better with repeat viewings. I've even seen comments on various boards by people who had a "meh" reaction the first time but enjoyed it quite a bit more the second time around.

 

[Apollo]

From the first 10 minutes i saw, it was incredible! can't wait to check it out on Netflix/dvd.

Tarantino is the King of Suspense

 

[Apollo]

delete

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Yea the opening scene with Landa and the dairy farmer was brilliant. Now THAT is how you build tension.

And also the scene with Landa and Shosanna in the restaurant was immense. When he ordered her a glass of milk my stomach did a topsy turvy.

 

[Apollo]

I thought this movie was going to be a full fledged world war II comedy.

But Chapter 1 was no comedy.
Yeah it had its funny moments. But that adds realism.
I haven't seen a scene like that since i've seen pulp fiction... and who directed that?

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Yea it was sorta, natural humour. I don't think much, if any of the humour was intended just to get some laughs.

Hitler was hilarious I thought, with his manic "NEIN, NEIN, NEIN, NEIN!"

 

[Nivek]

LMAO at an Avatar fan calling Basterds derivative. Talk about irony.

Good way of making yourself look like a bigger ass by bringing up my enjoyment with Avatar. Which had nothing to do with how I enjoyed this film. Want to bring up other films I enjoyed as well? I'll make a list...

 

[redfirebird2008]

Good way of making yourself look like a bigger ass by bringing up my enjoyment with Avatar. Which had nothing to do with how I enjoyed this film. Want to bring up other films I enjoyed as well? I'll make a list...

You make yourself look like an ass by defending Avatar when anyone makes even the slightest bit of criticism against its lack of originality, then you turn around and make a similar criticism against Basterds. Not very consistent.

 

[Nivek]

You make yourself look like an ass by defending Avatar when anyone makes even the slightest bit of criticism against its lack of originality, then you turn around and make a similar criticism against Basterds. Not very consistent.

As stated, I never thought about Avatar watching Inglorious Basterds. I thought about the Dirty Dozen, Pulp Fiction, and some John Woo movies. I thought how every one of his movies used that cue card thing. I thought about Eli Roth being made out as some Monster Jew, and he looks like some guy in New Kids on the Block. I thought how that one actress looks like and is shot to look like Uma Therman. I thought that it was odd that I didn't see some woman's ugly nasty foot pasted across the screen for over 5 seconds. I thought the bar scene is the best scene in the movie, but it was incredibly familiar. I thought that Brad Pitt is almost painfully pushing that southern accent and Clark gable impersonation at times. I thought the music was pretty much like every other damn movie he has done. I thought that maybe Tarantino doesn't have that much range. I thought it's kind of disappointing that it has some good acting with fresh faces, but it's so missing something to me that I can't enjoy it. I thought it was better than Death Proof.

But Avatar, nope...