1. Did I enjoy it? SOME OF IT
Quentin Tarantino's latest picture, up for several Golden Globe nominations and very likely a candidate for Oscar nominations, is a unique approach to World War II, focusing on a small Allied regimen lead by Brad Pitt. Known as The Basterds, the group is known for recruiting individuals who show no mercy to the Nazis and scalp as many officers as they can get their hands on. These scalpings are shown and are very gruesome. Tarantino seems to enjoy showing grizzly images in his films, as he also did with a scene in which a man's ear is cut off during the film Reservoir Dogs. It hardly seems necessary to show these scenes except for their own sake. I did, however, enjoy the story concerning two separate assasination attempts of Adolf Hitler. It's not a secret that Tarantino has a fictionalized ending in which Hitler is indeed killed. I suspect many people have had this fantasy, in which the evil Nazi leader does not escape by taking his own life, but is punished by the Allied Powers. Christoph Waltz also has a great performance as a Nazi Colonel Hans Landa, a ruthless man nicknamed the "Jew hunter." This is a very violent film with an unpleasant attitude about it, although it is well-made, well-acted and the dialogue is first-rate.
2. Would I see it again? MAYBE
I definitely prefer Pulp Fiction and the Kill Bill films to this picture, but because I admire Tarantino's style as a screenwriter and director, it is likely I will see this film again someday.
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