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Inglourious Basterds

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Special features: Extended & alternate scenes with intros by director Quentin Tarantino; "Nation's pride:" full feature; "Lucky kids" film excerpt; trailers.
Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Jacky Ido.
During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as "The Basterds." They are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the Nazis at the theater's movie premier, including Adolph Hitler.
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

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Great, though flabby submitted by CasualTim on February 21, 2010, 1:19pm This movie is definitely worth seeing (as long as you're either okay with Tarantino's trademark dwelling on gore or are adept at covering your eyes). There are excellent performances, the story is quite good, it's an entertaining trip. But that trip is somewhat equivalent to getting on a bus from Ann Arbor to Detroit and having the bus stop in Antarctica on the way there. Antarctica may be beautiful, and it may even be something you've never seen before, but your little detour is holding things up at that meeting you had in Detroit.

For all the arts I'm even vaguely familiar with, the challenge for any great artist is letting go of work that you have an emotional attachment to, but which does not contribute to the goal of the piece. I think this challenge is made even more difficult when the art in question is surrounded by huge sums of money (and thus huge numbers of people willing to tell you how wonderful you are). This movie, like 95% of films, would have been nearly perfect at ninety minutes. Inglourious is 153 minutes. That's a full hour after you start to realize your bottom is falling asleep, which is also when you start to wonder whether lingering for so long, while pretty, was necessary in ALL of those scenes. Just remember, Quentin: ninety minutes!

And, guilty as charged, here I am lingering on the negative. Waltz's performance is as good as - if not better than you've heard. Pitt continues to be the guy you want as a best friend. Laurent turns in an amazing, smoky, revolutionary charisma. A must-see for the acting, just remember to utilize your pause button and stretch out during one of Tarantino's five chapter breaks.

terrible, I'm ashamed submitted by RJD on April 14, 2010, 8:34am Pulp Fiction had us believing Tarantino was a genius. This pathetic offering (and his other recent 'films') shows the fellow to be simply...an arrogant, obnoxious, self adoring, 'cult of the glorified imagined self' egotist. What an embarrassment!

chooser of the slain submitted by lekendrick on September 25, 2010, 12:36pm plotting for an comedic, still action adventure take on, "Valkyrie" partial inside studio joke & retort! Meant be big names making part light popcorn fare, but point can't help be made, as cultural relic sad! Rarely, have I been personally insulted the intentional flaw of a movie, but? Prior (read below "submitted by CasualTim") review point out previous, Tarantino, efforts marked by violence the, Pitt, character, southern, native, & jew leads with not resorts to graphic barbaric behavior past! It's the comedy to point screw ball? The fun involved! Because, we love making movies, so very off putting as a sadness develops the nazarene past! In light a joining humor coming from faith community of late your left real impression this has extended passed the secular eighties of Spielberg to issue needing be addressed! Lacking political judgment? Weinstein company, signing on a universal picture stocked with at least a couple, national broadcast company, television personality great! Very good! A production given inception over not a glass, but many bottles house wine, solid effort!

Funny submitted by TripleH123 on June 26, 2011, 4:49pm This movie is very funny.

Interesting submitted by 0liviap0pp on August 22, 2011, 7:06am This is a relatively interesting movie.

Great movie submitted by Ilyjtwya on June 21, 2012, 6:46pm Perhaps I don't take movies as seriously as previous reviewers, but I found no flaw in this movie. It has an interesting premise and the freedom of historical to fiction to deviate from the real events. I enjoyed the pace and the characters. It did not unfold as I expected it but even with the events that I was not happy to see (what happened in certain situations), I was very satisfied with the movie, the surprises and the ending.

nazis submitted by ftan on July 16, 2012, 9:13pm this movie is about nazis hunting jews.

Masterpiece submitted by crazypockets on July 12, 2013, 5:00pm This movie has some of the best cinematic tension I've ever seen or probably will ever see. Christolph Waltz is so creepy and disturbing, a horrible human being (yet oddly likeable??) as a Nazi leader, it's an unbelievable performance and a fantastically-written character.

a fun romp, everybody's over the top, but watchable submitted by hathaway1066 on August 3, 2013, 9:44pm Fun to have things turn out as they do in this movie--a satisfying bit of historical fantasy. And the maxxed-out way that Tarantino has is once again successful, if you're into, at least.

I'd recommend this--but only if you already know what a Tarantino flick involves (i.e. gratuitous violence).

Not a great date movie submitted by Kikumatsu97 on July 26, 2015, 1:57pm I felt like we should probably not watch this after a few scenes that kind of sucked the fun out of it for us. Not one I'd recommend as a light hearted comedy and certainly not in anyway an accurate depiction of any actual events that occurred in history. I guess that being said at least it's entertaining.

Doesn't measure up to kill bill submitted by Isabella Giviyan on August 31, 2015, 2:01pm It's good, not great. There are funny bits, but the plot is a bit too complicated. The characters themselves aren't anything special, but I wouldn't mind re-watching.

Pretty good! submitted by ishhewitt on July 10, 2016, 1:38pm I'd recommend this. Typical of Tarantino's work, which has always been good. Excepting his blatant racism. >:(

Revisionist Dark Comedy submitted by Meginator on July 4, 2017, 5:04pm This is a very interesting, well-made film that surprised me in many ways. It has Quentin Tarantino's trademark obsession with gore and absurd, over-the-top violence that culminates in an iconic climax. The visuals and effects are good, but I feel like I should reiterate that they are often shockingly violent. That said, the story is intriguing and a fun piece of revisionist history buoyed by excellent performances by a group of incredibly talented actors and actresses. Christoph Waltz is insanely good, and his acting alone is worth the time. I do agree that the movie could stand to lose a few scenes here and there, but no single moment stands out as particularly egregious. If you can stomach Tarantino's visual reliance on blood and guts and very dark humor, "Inglorious Basterds" is a perfectly good film.

Fantastic submitted by philiptv on July 7, 2017, 11:03am This is a great movie! Every time I view one of Taratino's films, I am impressed. Christoph Waltz does an amazing job, his acting is definitely one of the many highlights of the film. While many of my fellow reviewers rag on what they call "excessive violence and gore," it is just another element of his work. The film would not flow like it did if the violence was not over-the-top. The ridiculously bloody scenes match the other ridiculous elements of the movie. If the violence were normal, it would be out of place next to the scalping, the baseball bat scene, the horrible Italian imitations, the Stiglitz story, as well as others that have slipped my mind.

In retrospect, I see that this is not a review, but has become little rant, but the concerned mothers who sound like Phyllis Schlafly made me mad.

This is a fantastic movie, I would recommend it to anyone who wants to see an exciting, goofy, action adventure film.

Scary submitted by Clown81 on July 27, 2019, 7:44pm This movie was scary because I saw people heads getting shave to where you see a lot of blood.

Tarantino's Masterpiece submitted by caburr47 on August 3, 2019, 3:37pm I think it is Tarantino's best film. It was the introduction to the world that Christoph Waltz needed, but it is unfortunate that he hadn't had a larger audience earlier in his career. Hans Landa is the villian that most films need, intelligent, charismatic and evil.

Enjoyable submitted by crp on August 12, 2019, 7:17pm I enjoyed this movie; I am not sure why so many negative reviews here. It’s based on historical fiction and has good characters and acting.

Inglourious Basterds submitted by lstorc on August 30, 2019, 3:41pm Inglourious Basterds is a fantastic dark comedy!

Good for Tarantino submitted by jibkidder on July 3, 2022, 11:04am Tarantino is a surface level director, with more or less one goal - to make violence enjoyable to watch. Thankfully, he is a cinema lover and has used his fame to elevate films that are better than the ones he makes. This film is a pretty good one for him, well made and enjoyable if you don't mind blood. But, of course, it's shallow.

incredible movie submitted by jrpolaczyk on June 26, 2023, 11:09am Tarantino at his finest. You'll quote this movie for the rest of your life.

Inglorious Bastards submitted by aec on August 23, 2023, 7:17pm Christoph Waltz did a fabulous job. Otherwise it's an entertaining movie with an interesting plot.