Inglourious Basterds Review

After the lacklustered Grindhouse flick, I thought Quentin Tarantino is losing touch and unfortunately it still shows.

On the positive side, Chistoph Waltz as the Nazi Colonel nicknamed “The Jew Hunter”, Hans Landa was the highlight of the movie. His acting was absolutely amazing. The level of instensity he shows strangling Bridget Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) to death was unbelievable but in the good way. There was definitely a great dynamic brewing between him and Brad Pitt that sadly isn’t explored deep enough.

Fassbender’s performance as a British officer impressed me, maybe Burke won’t be so over the top in Jonah Hex as I’ve feared. Eli Roth was okay as The Jew Bear, even with his bad horror reputation.

The biggest problem is the subplot about the Jewish girl’s revenge on the Third Reich ends up stealing the show out from under the feet of characters this film was supposed to be about, making the platton’s entire operation by having dynamite strapped to their legs in the climax so amateurish.

Like his other movies, there are chapters but another issue is the beginning has stained with reused music cues, the most notable being Kill Bill. Once again the director shows lack of editing skills by having the long conversations that are supposed to build tension is overdone real quick.

While Hans was awesome, his 180 about coming out of the war a hero comes totally out of left field. Overall, I liked it but not something I’d put on my favorite list.

Rating: 6