Comments | sisterjune: Inglourious Timing. (yes this is a basterds post!)

sisterjune

Inglourious Timing. (yes this is a basterds post!)

Mar 09, 2010 22:56

Guess who just saw Inglourious Basterds? Yep me! :D Finally right? Man it took me forever. and shit you know what? I dont think I've ever seen a tarantino movie in the theater! (I keep spelling theater as theatre and I dont know why, I must secretly want to be european or something) I got to see this via less than uh legitimate means, if you know ( Read more... )

yay and yay and yay!, movies, i am a fangirl hear me squee

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firthgal March 10 2010, 04:30:40 UTC

I AGREE WITH ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IN THIS POST. Especially the bit about Landa's ending. I mean, he was so giddy about getting everything that he wanted and the audience is just left kind of seething that this dude gets glory for what he's done, but at the same time, I am smiling, because DAMN is he amazing, but then when he is actually upholding honor, when he is actually following the rules and trusting that his adversary will have the same honor, HE GETS HIS JUST DESSERTS. His utter horror at Aldo killing the other German dude was just so well played. Here is this character that was so horrifyingly in control through the whole film, but then through his own cockiness he ends up being completely vulnerable. AND THEN HE GETS A SWASTIKA CARVED INTO HIS HEAD. And with that one act all of his plans are ruined. I almost feel sorry for him! Which is just weird, but after all that, all of his scheming and betraying his own country, his admiration and capture of Aldo and the Basterds, the way it seems like he is completely ( ... )

sisterjune March 10 2010, 13:56:42 UTC

Yay! I was hoping you'd comment, I just realized I only have like 3 big tarantino/basterds fans on my flist. Horrors! D:

when he is actually following the rules and trusting that his adversary will have the same honor, HE GETS HIS JUST DESSERTS. His utter horror at Aldo killing the other German dude was just so well played. Here is this character that was so horrifyingly in control through the whole film, but then through his own cockiness he ends up being completely vulnerable. AND THEN HE GETS A SWASTIKA CARVED INTO HIS HEAD.Omg yes, yes and yes. You totally got it right on, he finally does the honorable thing and THAT'S when he gets his ass handed to him. and I loved his horror at Aldo killing that guy, it's funny cause that's the first time he seemed bothered the whole film and I was surprised he got so upset, but it was only a fabulous prelude to Aldo carving a swastika in his head. and exactly yeah he was so full of hubris so sure he'd gotten away with it at all and then BAM, retribution. and you're right about how scary and ( ... )

mareeana March 10 2010, 14:43:31 UTC

I really liked Inglourious Basterds, I need to see it again. I'm not fond of revenge fantasies or justice by your own hands type things so what I liked about it wasn't what you liked about it but I still loved it. I think it's an excellent film more because of all the talky bits than despite them haha. I think it's absolutely stunning visually and the script is really smart. Everyone in the film is perfect and it works so well for what it is, a violent, badass Tarantino movie. Must watch again!

this is obscenely late but I havent been on lj for like a week since I was busy with school ): sisterjune March 15 2010, 22:36:41 UTC

I like a well done revenge fantasy but they are indeed very overdone in films these days, however Tarantino manages to make them compelling even as he does them over and over....

I loved the talky bits really! I enjoy conversation and pretty cinematography as much as I do a good brutal Nazi beatdown. I am complex like that.
The script is quite good but I only felt like it really shined when Landa was talking and in that bar scene with Von Hammersmack and the Basterds undercover. Landa totally has all the best lines, and then Shosanna is a close second with her awesome lines at the very end of her story. Man so many great lines!
Have you seen Pulp Fiction? I want to say if you loved IB you'd love Pulp since it has an even more amazing script but this film is really different from anything Tarantino has done before. Since it's on a much grander scale. But still, I'd recommend it anyway. (and Jackie Brown cause it has the awesome heroine ever <3)

sibarita March 10 2010, 16:45:19 UTC

Ignores long post because for onece and weird thing in me I dont want to be spoiled.
Goes to the closest Blockbuster to rent the movie xD

trailer_spot March 10 2010, 18:37:31 UTC

I saw the movie a while ago at the theatre but I'm looking forward seeing it again, this time as intended in all the different languages (the English part got dubbed here into German).
Landa was certainly the highlight. I think one way to see him, is that he's sort of a professional. A sociopath, but also someone who just wants to do his job exceptionally well. And when he gets the feeling that his current employer is finished, he's looking for a new one.

With Waltz constantly in the spotlight recently I also have to say that Mélanie Laurent playing Shosanna didn't get enough praise for her role. Though I'm sure a lot of people took note of her performance. Professionals as well as fangirls. :)

Some thoughts I wrote back then.

sisterjune March 10 2010, 20:52:57 UTC

I have always hated dubbing, even when I dont understand the language being dubbed over I find that it really takes away from a film for me. I cant imagine how much more annoying this would be for me if the language being dubbed over was one I also spoke fluently (as in your case ( ... )