Father and Mother all present and correct (Inglourious Basterds (DVD))

Member Name: sympatic

Product:	Inglourious Basterds (DVD)
Date:	13/09/09 (34 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great film

Disadvantages: None

First off Christoph Waltz is outsanding in this film which represents a welcome return to form for Quentin Tarantino and also is the first film that I can remember seeing from him which is based on historical events rather than present day criminal life.

Set during the second world war the film runs for two and a half hours however you will not notice the time as the film is so engrossing with superb plot structure and some excellent dialogue scenes that Tarantino is so good at. The story focuses on eight American paratroopers led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine who is also known as Aldo the Apache and their objective is to kill top ranking Nazi officers in as brutal and horrifying manner as possible by scalping them as well as part of a propoganda campaign, all of the men are of Jewish extract making their hate all the more real and they learn that top Nazi's will be attening a cinema in Paris, unknown to the Nazi's the cinema is run by a Jewish woman who narrowly escaped being killed by the Gestapo and is living under an assumed name and has a plot of her own.

Brad Pitt plays Aldo and he is excellent in the role however Christoph Waltz as Colonel Hans Landa is superb in this film and delivers a polished performance. There are strong performances throughout and Melanie Laurent as the Jewish cinema manager Shosanna Dreyfrus is also very good.

Everything about this film is rather stylish and there is a great deal of attention to detail, it has a super soundtrack as well and the film is probably the best thing Tarantino has done behind Pulp Fiction in my opinion. Certainly one film I can recommend seeing and one that I will get the DVD for when it is released.

Summary: Classic Tarantino