<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"i know it\u2019s unfair to compare everything tarantino does to \u201cpulp fiction\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s just never gonna happen again. i know that. but \u201cinglourious basterds\u201d left me disappointed. <\/p>\n
the premise of the film is unusual \u2013 an alternative end to WWII in which hitler, his henchmen, a large number of german officers and their escorts are mowed down by machine gun fire, burned in a film theater, and finally exploded with dynamite. <\/p>\n
this abrupt (and dramatic) end to the war is brought about by two separate forces, acting independently of each other: (1) the basterds – a group of american jews led by brad pitt, a hillbilly from tennessee, who are sent in by the CIA to terrorize the nazis. their rule is to kill every nazi they encounter and then scalp him. (2) shosanna – the sole survivor of a jewish family discovered and killed by hans landa, a nazi colonel nicknamed “the jew hunter.” she becomes the proprietor of a film theater and decides to burn it down at a nazi film premiere. <\/p>\n
ok, so here\u2019s what i thought of the film. there is much gratuitous violence, as expected (including frequent scalping shots replete with blood and squelching sound effects) but it isn\u2019t a catalyst for much tension, irony or humor. it\u2019s just gratuitous. the film seems to imply that there is an automatic pleasure to be derived from this mindless savagery. after all, the jews get to stick it to the nazis and it is justifiable payback for the holocaust. but there\u2019s something awful about humanity\u2019s quick race to the bottom of hell. the whole revenge fantasy doesn\u2019t feel right. whether jews are being shot or germans are being scalped and machine gunned in the back while trying to escape a burning building, it\u2019s all part of the same circle of brutality and evil. <\/p>\n
in spite of a bevy of characters with immense potential, all abundantly supplied with catchy names, nicknames, histories and quirks, the film doesn\u2019t give most of them the chance to develop into anything concrete or fully realized. they remain juicy tidbits that can never coalesce into a fully formed, captivating plot. <\/p>\n
finally, sorry but brad pitt\u2019s curled lip and hillbilly accent didn\u2019t quite work for me. mike myers, as a british officer, is surprisingly calm and convincing. hans landa, played by christoph waltz, is probably the most compelling character in the film. wish he had had a much larger role.<\/p>\n
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