Inglorious Bastards

thanks Omega.

yeah as mentioned you know my stance on Quentin Tarantino. Love his movies to bits.

Inglorius basterds. I dunno hey. It's a complete reversal apposed to his normal stuff. Usually, you are given scenarios with no background info, an left to decypher for yourself. Other times the story unfolds via the viewpoint of another character later on in the story and you piece together yourself.

With this, it's like everything is so "extended". Detailed this detailed that, slow paced, bore fest.

The only part I enjoyed was the Italian Talking bit at that Ball. That was LOL.

But definitely not a DVD going into my collection.
 
Maplassie said:
thanks Omega.

yeah as mentioned you know my stance on Quentin Tarantino. Love his movies to bits.

Inglorius basterds. I dunno hey. It's a complete reversal apposed to his normal stuff. Usually, you are given scenarios with no background info, an left to decypher for yourself. Other times the story unfolds via the viewpoint of another character later on in the story and you piece together yourself.

With this, it's like everything is so "extended". Detailed this detailed that, slow paced, bore fest.

The only part I enjoyed was the Italian Talking bit at that Ball. That was LOL.

But definitely not a DVD going into my collection.
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Im also a pretty big Tatantino fan but this movie was just kak. The idea how i understood it was of these 8 guyz running around France killing Nazi's not this talkathon with so little action i fell asleep for most of chapter 4. It felt disjointed and like he didn't know what he wanted to do with it. Some plot points also didn't make sense. Why did that SS dude kill Frauw Von Hammersmach if he was going to betray the reich anyways. And that french chic's story also didn't make any sense.

If you havent seen it already avoid like the plague, definatly not one to watch on the directors credit.
 
I will see this movie no matter what anyone says.
I have heard from a few people that it is good though.
However in my opinion Tarantino saw greatness in Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 and Resevoir Dogs,
but mediocrity in his other films.
 
Abev said:
I will see this movie no matter what anyone says.
I have heard from a few people that it is good though.
However in my opinion Tarantino saw greatness in Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 and Resevoir Dogs,
but mediocrity in his other films.
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Well i can understand wanting to see it but trust me its like 3 hours long and there are about 50 gun shots in the entire movie.... ok maybe about 60. Thats it. Its really really boring. It doesn't even have some tits or something in to keep you attention. Its just boring.
 
Abev said:
So its like a WW2 version of KillBill2?
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Nah. Not even close. Kill Bill Vol 2 is way more awesome than this. i really feels like he didn't know what he wanted to do. its just deurmekaar. Some of the dialog is well writen but thats about it.
 
Abev said:
I love his movies but hated KB2, such a let down from the first one.
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KB2 was a nessacery evil to complete the story. It filled in all the holes in the first ones plot. But yes wasn't really as good as the first one.
 
Put it like this.

This is like Titanic, with a Tarantino name attached to it.

Long, boring, boring, long....boring......
 
OmegaFenix22 said:
Well i can understand wanting to see it but trust me its like 3 hours long and there are about 50 gun shots in the entire movie.... ok maybe about 60. Thats it. Its really really boring. It doesn't even have some tits or something in to keep you attention. Its just boring.
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Tarantino has always been about dialogue, and that's exactly what IG is about. By keeping the action scenes to a minimum he drew focus to the dialogue, which was some of the best he's written IMHO.

Sure, there were some less impactful bits that could've lasted half as long as they did, but there were moments (such as the end bit when the General is negotiating with the handcuffed Aldo) that were simply brilliant. I reckon you have to allow Tarantino his pretentious creative wanking scenes to let him get to the really good stuff.

Look at the first scene for example: if this was a Michael Bay flick, the shit would've hit the fan without minutes along with a hefty dose of explosions and effects, but Tarantino drew it out so slowly and painfully using nothing but conversation until the entire theatre was holding their breath. Now that's good direction.

IMHO this is a director going back to what he does best, which is great after the atrocity that was Death Proof. (And let us not mention the 'Jackie Brown' incident.)

Can't wait for his next one.
 
I saw it on Saturday, I was tired going into it so it tended to be a bit long in the tooth at times. Apart from being distracted by my aching neck I found it mostly enjoyable. It was a typical talky Tarentino flick, which is what I went in expecting it to be. The intermittent action that usually came out of nowhere was kinda awesome. Not his best movie but mostly enjoyable I thought.
 
I'm very sad to hear this, being a huge Tarantino fan myself, and personally owning most of his movies.

I never liked the sound of the story from the get-go, which is why i haven't rushed to see it yet. I've heard mixed feelings about the movie, some love it, some hate it. I'm not where yet where I will fall, but will make plans to see it over the next few days, and judge it for myself.
 
RustPuppet said:
Tarantino has always been about dialogue, and that's exactly what IG is about. By keeping the action scenes to a minimum he drew focus to the dialogue, which was some of the best he's written IMHO.

Sure, there were some less impactful bits that could've lasted half as long as they did, but there were moments (such as the end bit when the General is negotiating with the handcuffed Aldo) that were simply brilliant. I reckon you have to allow Tarantino his pretentious creative wanking scenes to let him get to the really good stuff.

Look at the first scene for example: if this was a Michael Bay flick, the shit would've hit the fan without minutes along with a hefty dose of explosions and effects, but Tarantino drew it out so slowly and painfully using nothing but conversation until the entire theatre was holding their breath. Now that's good direction.

IMHO this is a director going back to what he does best, which is great after the atrocity that was Death Proof. (And let us not mention the 'Jackie Brown' incident.)

Can't wait for his next one.
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I do agree with this, well put. BUT.

I still didn't like the movie.
 
mcryan said:
I'm very sad to hear this, being a huge Tarantino fan myself, and personally owning most of his movies.

I never liked the sound of the story from the get-go, which is why i haven't rushed to see it yet. I've heard mixed feelings about the movie, some love it, some hate it. I'm not where yet where I will fall, but will make plans to see it over the next few days, and judge it for myself.
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I advise you to do so and make your own judgement. It seems to be very much a love/ hate movie.
 
RustPuppet said:
Tarantino has always been about dialogue, and that's exactly what IG is about. By keeping the action scenes to a minimum he drew focus to the dialogue, which was some of the best he's written IMHO.

Sure, there were some less impactful bits that could've lasted half as long as they did, but there were moments (such as the end bit when the General is negotiating with the handcuffed Aldo) that were simply brilliant. I reckon you have to allow Tarantino his pretentious creative wanking scenes to let him get to the really good stuff.

Look at the first scene for example: if this was a Michael Bay flick, the shit would've hit the fan without minutes along with a hefty dose of explosions and effects, but Tarantino drew it out so slowly and painfully using nothing but conversation until the entire theatre was holding their breath. Now that's good direction.

IMHO this is a director going back to what he does best, which is great after the atrocity that was Death Proof. (And let us not mention the 'Jackie Brown' incident.)

Can't wait for his next one.
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As a writer i can appreciate the dialog and i agree, its well writen but the main plot didn't make sense. It was disjointed and other times just didn't make any sense what so ever. I like his movies for the dialog and the unconventional approach to story telling. But tell me honestly what story was he trying to tell here. The story of a group of soldiers killing Nazi's coz i only saw a bit of that or a story about a plot to assassinate hitler and the Reich? Coz that bit i got but only barely. But to each his own.
 
Yes I agree the the story was a little disjointed, but not to the point of making the movie incomprehensible. I wont say anything for fear of spoiling the story but suffice it to say it was a story of different view points and how it all came together in the end. Thinking about it now it was a little all over the place, and could be confusing. Still a fun movie though.
 
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