Director: Quentin Tarantino
Year of Release: 2009
Starring: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, and Eli Roth
3 out of 5 stars
There are many things that make a historical movie good or bad. One of them is how closely events that occured are portrayed. In "Saving Private Ryan," Normandy Beach was showed for what it truely was, a massacre. The same thing in almost all other movies.
What makes Tarantino's 'Basterds' so exceptional is that all historical events are blown out the door. Scenes show how harsh Nazi's were in real life, and how Jewish runaways were treated. But no one watched this movie to see history class acted out on Brad Pitt's face, but to see how Tarantino was going to deliver such a harassed theme in a fresh and colorful new way. It is safe to say that he did pretty well. However, the lack of character development and forced excessive violence really brought down the shining story line. However, certain character's did shine bright in character, for example, Christopher Waltz as "the Jew Hunter." The curtness of his voice and the cold pride he takes in hunting Jews catches the audiences breath and steals it. The best part of this movie was, the mix in the story. Spoiler Alert: Hitler does die at the hands of two Americans and a crazy Jew with a black man. How many non-comedic WWII movies do that? The bigger question, how many make it look good? None that this writer can think of. So the final conclusion on "Inglourious Basterds," is that this is one of those movies you watch to be able to carry a conversation at the lunch table.
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