Inglourious Basterds (2 Viewers)

[TenTimes]

I agree with the critic who said Brad Pitts role seemed forced. All the other guys did good, especially the guy from the Office, and the main bad guy.

I agree with your takes on Pitt and Waltz (who played Landa), but don't really get your love for the guy from the Office. He had all of about 10 minutes of screen time in a two and half our movie, and had maybe four lines. What was it about his performance that stood out for you?

I couldn't help but think it was Ryan Howard sent back in time by Kelly out of spite and he was just overachieving like always

 

[TenTimes]

I wonder if Christoph Waltz will get nominated for some awards. His was performance was damn good.

He won best Actor at Cannes this year for his role as Hans Landa.http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives...ompetition.html

Awesome! One other performance that hasn't been mentioned is Daniel Bruhl as Fredrick Zoller. I thought he was quite good. The characters in this movie were quite odd for me. There were some genuine performances (Shoshana, Fredrick Zoller, Von Hammersmark, Marcel, LaPadite), some total caricatures (Aldo Raine, Hitler, Goebbels, Stiglitz) and then Hans Landa smack in the middle of the two.

 

[Hellfire Snail]

I wonder if Christoph Waltz will get nominated for some awards. His was performance was damn good.

He won best Actor at Cannes this year for his role as Hans Landa.http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives...ompetition.html

Awesome! One other performance that hasn't been mentioned is Daniel Bruhl as Fredrick Zoller. I thought he was quite good. The characters in this movie were quite odd for me. There were some genuine performances (Shoshana, Fredrick Zoller, Von Hammersmark, Marcel, LaPadite), some total caricatures (Aldo Raine, Hitler, Goebbels, Stiglitz) and then Hans Landa smack in the middle of the two.

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Bruhl did a great job playing the faux-modest, full-of-himself d-bag. *** SPOILER ALERT! Click this link to display the potential spoiler text in this box. ***

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[NCCommish]

I wonder if Christoph Waltz will get nominated for some awards. His was performance was damn good.

He won best Actor at Cannes this year for his role as Hans Landa.http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives...ompetition.html

Awesome! One other performance that hasn't been mentioned is Daniel Bruhl as Fredrick Zoller. I thought he was quite good. The characters in this movie were quite odd for me. There were some genuine performances (Shoshana, Fredrick Zoller, Von Hammersmark, Marcel, LaPadite), some total caricatures (Aldo Raine, Hitler, Goebbels, Stiglitz) and then Hans Landa smack in the middle of the two.

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Bruhl did a great job playing the faux-modest, full-of-himself d-bag. *** SPOILER ALERT! Click this link to display the potential spoiler text in this box. ***

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[Hellfire Snail]

 

[NCCommish]

I see where you're coming from.

 

[PatsWillWin]

I didn't think Pitt was that good. Went with two girls and they were debating whether this was his best role.

 

[bigbottom]

I didn't think Pitt was that good. Went with two girls and they were debating whether this was his best role.

The more I think about, the more that I think Pitt's performance was just fine. It's just that Aldo Raines was a caricature lacking any and all depth (and intentionally written that way by QT, I imagine).

 

[NCCommish]

Looks like a strong open. A little over 35 million here and about 25 million internationally.

 

[QUEZILLA]

Quez, it was a huge letdown, but you gave it 8/10.Id say thats a definite "thumbs up", no?

I expected it to be a 10/10, so anything less is a let down. Still a good movie, but certainly not anywhere near the level of Pulp Fiction.

 

[QUEZILLA]

The most disappointing thing was that they sold the movie as an action packed gore-fest about the Inglorious Bastards. I don't necessarily need to have non-stop action for me to like a movie, but they shouldn't sell it that way in the previews if it's not. The most interesting storyline to me was the Inglorious Bastards, and it didn't even seem like half the movie was about them.Another thing, you pretty much can get an idea of the entire movie by watching the extended trailer. There weren't many surprises or twist.

I'm confused. Your first point seems to be that you were misled by the previews as to what the movie was about. But your second point seems to be that the previews (at least the extended one) gave you an idea of what the entire movie is about.

I thought it was going to be more action packed. They showed the baseball bat scene in the previews, and the bomb in the theater. From watching the previews I thought they were going to be bashing in more Nazi heads than just that one guys. And, they showed the theater exploding, so that kind of tempered the suspense seeing as I knew it was going to end up on fire. Still a good movie, but after reading some reviews here and then watching it I was let down. I had been expecting something on the level of Pulp Fiction since I saw the previews, and though it was good it wasn't great. jmho of course.

 

[fissure man]

The most disappointing thing was that they sold the movie as an action packed gore-fest about the Inglorious Bastards. I don't necessarily need to have non-stop action for me to like a movie, but they shouldn't sell it that way in the previews if it's not. The most interesting storyline to me was the Inglorious Bastards, and it didn't even seem like half the movie was about them.Another thing, you pretty much can get an idea of the entire movie by watching the extended trailer. There weren't many surprises or twist.

I'm confused. Your first point seems to be that you were misled by the previews as to what the movie was about. But your second point seems to be that the previews (at least the extended one) gave you an idea of what the entire movie is about.

I thought it was going to be more action packed. They showed the baseball bat scene in the previews, and the bomb in the theater. From watching the previews I thought they were going to be bashing in more Nazi heads than just that one guys. And, they showed the theater exploding, so that kind of tempered the suspense seeing as I knew it was going to end up on fire. Still a good movie, but after reading some reviews here and then watching it I was let down. I had been expecting something on the level of Pulp Fiction since I saw the previews, and though it was good it wasn't great. jmho of course.

Pulp Fiction had what, one shooting scene the entire movie?

 

[Zaxxon]

The most disappointing thing was that they sold the movie as an action packed gore-fest about the Inglorious Bastards. I don't necessarily need to have non-stop action for me to like a movie, but they shouldn't sell it that way in the previews if it's not. The most interesting storyline to me was the Inglorious Bastards, and it didn't even seem like half the movie was about them.Another thing, you pretty much can get an idea of the entire movie by watching the extended trailer. There weren't many surprises or twist.

I'm confused. Your first point seems to be that you were misled by the previews as to what the movie was about. But your second point seems to be that the previews (at least the extended one) gave you an idea of what the entire movie is about.

I thought it was going to be more action packed. They showed the baseball bat scene in the previews, and the bomb in the theater. From watching the previews I thought they were going to be bashing in more Nazi heads than just that one guys. And, they showed the theater exploding, so that kind of tempered the suspense seeing as I knew it was going to end up on fire. Still a good movie, but after reading some reviews here and then watching it I was let down. I had been expecting something on the level of Pulp Fiction since I saw the previews, and though it was good it wasn't great. jmho of course.

Pulp Fiction had what, one shooting scene the entire movie?

There are several shooting scenes. John Travolta gets shot coming out of a bathroom. John Travolta shoots the guy(louis?) in the face in the backseat after going over a bump. Ving Rhames shoots a woman in the stomach while chasing Briuce Willis. Sam Jackson and John Travolta empty out a room of people. I'm probably missing something else as well.

 

[PatsWillWin]

The most disappointing thing was that they sold the movie as an action packed gore-fest about the Inglorious Bastards. I don't necessarily need to have non-stop action for me to like a movie, but they shouldn't sell it that way in the previews if it's not. The most interesting storyline to me was the Inglorious Bastards, and it didn't even seem like half the movie was about them.Another thing, you pretty much can get an idea of the entire movie by watching the extended trailer. There weren't many surprises or twist.

I'm confused. Your first point seems to be that you were misled by the previews as to what the movie was about. But your second point seems to be that the previews (at least the extended one) gave you an idea of what the entire movie is about.

I thought it was going to be more action packed. They showed the baseball bat scene in the previews, and the bomb in the theater. From watching the previews I thought they were going to be bashing in more Nazi heads than just that one guys. And, they showed the theater exploding, so that kind of tempered the suspense seeing as I knew it was going to end up on fire. Still a good movie, but after reading some reviews here and then watching it I was let down. I had been expecting something on the level of Pulp Fiction since I saw the previews, and though it was good it wasn't great. jmho of course.

Pulp Fiction had what, one shooting scene the entire movie?

He's talking about what he expected this movie to be and what this movie ended up being. Has nothing to do with Pulp Fiction.

 

[No. 16]

The most disappointing thing was that they sold the movie as an action packed gore-fest about the Inglorious Bastards. I don't necessarily need to have non-stop action for me to like a movie, but they shouldn't sell it that way in the previews if it's not. The most interesting storyline to me was the Inglorious Bastards, and it didn't even seem like half the movie was about them.Another thing, you pretty much can get an idea of the entire movie by watching the extended trailer. There weren't many surprises or twist.

I'm confused. Your first point seems to be that you were misled by the previews as to what the movie was about. But your second point seems to be that the previews (at least the extended one) gave you an idea of what the entire movie is about.

I thought it was going to be more action packed. They showed the baseball bat scene in the previews, and the bomb in the theater. From watching the previews I thought they were going to be bashing in more Nazi heads than just that one guys. And, they showed the theater exploding, so that kind of tempered the suspense seeing as I knew it was going to end up on fire. Still a good movie, but after reading some reviews here and then watching it I was let down. I had been expecting something on the level of Pulp Fiction since I saw the previews, and though it was good it wasn't great. jmho of course.

Pulp Fiction had what, one shooting scene the entire movie?

He's talking about what he expected this movie to be and what this movie ended up being. Has nothing to do with Pulp Fiction.

Anytime you go into a movie expecting greatness you will be let down.

 

[PatsWillWin]

Pulp Fiction had what, one shooting scene the entire movie?

He's talking about what he expected this movie to be and what this movie ended up being. Has nothing to do with Pulp Fiction.

Anytime you go into a movie expecting greatness you will be let down.

He was expecting more action. This is really not complicated.

The most disappointing thing was that they sold the movie as an action packed gore-fest about the Inglorious Bastards. I don't necessarily need to have non-stop action for me to like a movie, but they shouldn't sell it that way in the previews if it's not. The most interesting storyline to me was the Inglorious Bastards, and it didn't even seem like half the movie was about them.Another thing, you pretty much can get an idea of the entire movie by watching the extended trailer. There weren't many surprises or twist.

 

[Don't Whack Me]

Is it better than

? Truck should have used more ketchup.

 

[whitem0nkey]

[No message]

 

[jmcc]

I am hoping to see this next week. How important are the spoilers in here? I am dying to click on them but I wont if you guys say it is not worth it. Would it ruin the flick if I read them?

 

[flapgreen]

I'm definitely seeing this

 

[PatsWillWin]

 

[TenTimes]

I am hoping to see this next week. How important are the spoilers in here? I am dying to click on them but I wont if you guys say it is not worth it. Would it ruin the flick if I read them?

You won't want to read my first spoiler on page 3

 

[TenTimes]

Agree

 

[Oh Yes!]

Best movie I've seen in the theater in at least a year. Can't really compare the two but Ironman was the closest I'd say. I was with 5 people at the theater. Four loved it and one thought it was "slow"

I'm not really a Tarantino fan. Thought Reservoir Dogs was overrated, Jackie Brown was meh and his Grindhouse movies were terrible. Yes I got them, they just stunk.

im not a superhero movie guy, havent seen any spidermaid movies, but keep hearing good thing about iron man. maybe ill take a look since The Fintm approves

 

[Dexter]

Saw it today: Good

 

[jdoggydogg]

I think Tarantino's female dialogue in Jackie Brown is fantastic.

That's beacuse it was written by Elmore Leonard.Jackie Brown was very faithful to the Elmore Leonard Novel "Rum Punch" as Tarantino was very respectful of the authors work.

I know that. But I assume the script treatment isn't verbatim from the novel.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I wonder if Christoph Waltz will get nominated for some awards. His was performance was damn good.

He's already won best actor at Cannes. It's be a crime if he doesn't get at least an Oscar nomination.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Saw it this afternoon. Surprised at how little action there really was despite the previews and to be honest, I didn't care. I like Tarantino movies for the dialog. Conversations like the one on Tipping in Reservoir Dogs and the foot massage conversation in Pulp Fiction is one of my favorite parts of his movies. In closing, I'd just like to say "Bon Joor No!"

I agree that a few of the dialogue-heavy scenes were just amazing. But it should be pointed out to those who have yet to see the movie that the dialogue in IB isn't the sort of pop culture or random conversation topic like the tipping or foot massages from prior films (which I also loved). Don't expect Pulp Fiction set in Nazi-occupied France.What I particularly like about the dialogue in this movie is the patience that Quentin shows. A couple of the conversations seem to go on for ten minutes or more, which allows the tension to build slowly. Great stuff.

Dialogue is the reason I watch Tarantino's movies.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I don't think it's a stretch to say this is on par with Pulp Fiction. I'd rate it very slightly below. The performances from everyone, in my opinion, were excellent. Melanie Laurent was stunning.More than the dialouge in other Tarantino movies, I thought in this one the suspense was bubbling underneath the dialouge--that it wasn't the dialouge itself. But it's extremely difficult to pull it off, to build suspense effectively with so much going on below what is being said. Agreed, that the conversations in this film are radically different than in other Tarantino films, but no less engaging or purposeful. The climax was magnificent. Just magnificent.

Tarantino will never make another movie that people are willing to rank equally with Pulp Fiction. But that said, this movie is an achievement of a completely different kind and I think deserves consideration as one of his best efforts.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I wonder if Christoph Waltz will get nominated for some awards. His was performance was damn good.

He won best Actor at Cannes this year for his role as Hans Landa.http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives...ompetition.html

Awesome! One other performance that hasn't been mentioned is Daniel Bruhl as Fredrick Zoller. I thought he was quite good. The characters in this movie were quite odd for me. There were some genuine performances (Shoshana, Fredrick Zoller, Von Hammersmark, Marcel, LaPadite), some total caricatures (Aldo Raine, Hitler, Goebbels, Stiglitz) and then Hans Landa smack in the middle of the two.

I thought Michael Fassbender was excellent as the British soldier.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I didn't think Pitt was that good. Went with two girls and they were debating whether this was his best role.

Tell them to watch Kalifornia and SE7EN and get back to me.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I didn't think Pitt was that good. Went with two girls and they were debating whether this was his best role.

The more I think about, the more that I think Pitt's performance was just fine. It's just that Aldo Raines was a caricature lacking any and all depth (and intentionally written that way by QT, I imagine).

QT wrote that role just for Brad Pitt. So I am thinking Pitt played it exactly like QT wanted it.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I am hoping to see this next week. How important are the spoilers in here? I am dying to click on them but I wont if you guys say it is not worth it. Would it ruin the flick if I read them?

Do not read the spoilers. Not worth it.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Best movie I've seen in the theater in at least a year. Can't really compare the two but Ironman was the closest I'd say. I was with 5 people at the theater. Four loved it and one thought it was "slow"

I'm not really a Tarantino fan. Thought Reservoir Dogs was overrated, Jackie Brown was meh and his Grindhouse movies were terrible. Yes I got them, they just stunk.

im not a superhero movie guy, havent seen any spidermaid movies, but keep hearing good thing about iron man. maybe ill take a look since The Fintm approves

Iron Man is my favorite comic book movie - moreso than The Dark Knight.

 

[Oh Yes!]

for the non-movie-snob crowd who loves entertaining movies.... this movies is the ####### shiz. im a huge pitt and tarantinto fan based on pure entertainment. this is a have to see movie.

 

[boubucarow]

Best movie I've seen in the theater in at least a year. Can't really compare the two but Ironman was the closest I'd say. I was with 5 people at the theater. Four loved it and one thought it was "slow"

I'm not really a Tarantino fan. Thought Reservoir Dogs was overrated, Jackie Brown was meh and his Grindhouse movies were terrible. Yes I got them, they just stunk.

im not a superhero movie guy, havent seen any spidermaid movies, but keep hearing good thing about iron man. maybe ill take a look since The Fintm approves

Iron Man is my favorite comic book movie - moreso than The Dark Knight.

Although I can't fully agree that it is better than Dark Knight. Iron Man was a very entertaining movie.

 

[Oh Yes!]

I didn't think Pitt was that good. Went with two girls and they were debating whether this was his best role.

Tell them to watch Kalifornia and SE7EN and get back to me.

does it have anything to do with him not taking his shirt off or being the "Oh Yes!" of a film?btw im gorgeous

 

[Wingnut]

for the non-movie-snob crowd who loves entertaining movies.... this is a have to see movie.

I saw it earlier today, and I agree with this. Im not one who tries to over analyze a movie with film critic type mumbo-jumbo. I go in hoping to be entertained, and I was. IMO, this is one of those movies that you have to see more than once in order to really take it all in. I will probably see it once more in the theater, and again on DVD. Tarantino was on one of the late night talk shows last week and said himself that this is a movie that should be seen more than once because once you know the story and characters, you can pick up on the little things that get by you in the first viewing.Great acting all around, it didnt seem like it was over 2 hours long, and while I thought it dragged a little bit in the middle, overall Id put this behind Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill I as my 3rd favorite Tarantino flick, which is pretty damn good.8.5/10

 

[jdoggydogg]

Best movie I've seen in the theater in at least a year. Can't really compare the two but Ironman was the closest I'd say. I was with 5 people at the theater. Four loved it and one thought it was "slow"

I'm not really a Tarantino fan. Thought Reservoir Dogs was overrated, Jackie Brown was meh and his Grindhouse movies were terrible. Yes I got them, they just stunk.

im not a superhero movie guy, havent seen any spidermaid movies, but keep hearing good thing about iron man. maybe ill take a look since The Fintm approves

Iron Man is my favorite comic book movie - moreso than The Dark Knight.

Although I can't fully agree that it is better than Dark Knight. Iron Man was a very entertaining movie.

I thought Dark Knight was a good movie made great by Heath Ledger. But Bale's constant Batman hiss got old very quickly.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I didn't think Pitt was that good. Went with two girls and they were debating whether this was his best role.

Tell them to watch Kalifornia and SE7EN and get back to me.

does it have anything to do with him not taking his shirt off or being the "Oh Yes!" of a film?btw im gorgeous

 

[jdoggydogg]

Been thinking about the movie all weekend. Way more than I would most movies... Sign of a great one. So many little flourishes and layers make this a great movie. Lots of gray characters. One moment was really, really, really funny and harkens back to the great Sturges-esque comedies of the forties...

I laughed very loudly at that scene. You're right, it hearkens back to old vaudeville material.

 

[No. 16]

Pulp Fiction had what, one shooting scene the entire movie?

He's talking about what he expected this movie to be and what this movie ended up being. Has nothing to do with Pulp Fiction.

Anytime you go into a movie expecting greatness you will be let down.

He was expecting more action. This is really not complicated.

And I quote..."I expected it to be a 10/10, so anything less is a let down. Still a good movie, but certainly not anywhere near the level of Pulp Fiction."

"Still a good movie, but after reading some reviews here and then watching it I was let down. I had been expecting something on the level of Pulp Fiction since I saw the previews, and though it was good it wasn't great."

Pretty sure he went in expecting greatness.

 

[PatsWillWin]

He's talking about what he expected this movie to be and what this movie ended up being. Has nothing to do with Pulp Fiction.

Anytime you go into a movie expecting greatness you will be let down.

He was expecting more action. This is really not complicated.

And I quote...

Still a good movie, but after reading some reviews here and then watching it I was let down. I had been expecting something on the level of Pulp Fiction since I saw the previews, and though it was good it wasn't great.

That was not in this chain of quotes, which is cut short because of this shortbus forum. If that's the quote you're responding to, then respond to that one.

 

[boubucarow]

Best movie I've seen in the theater in at least a year. Can't really compare the two but Ironman was the closest I'd say. I was with 5 people at the theater. Four loved it and one thought it was "slow"

I'm not really a Tarantino fan. Thought Reservoir Dogs was overrated, Jackie Brown was meh and his Grindhouse movies were terrible. Yes I got them, they just stunk.

im not a superhero movie guy, havent seen any spidermaid movies, but keep hearing good thing about iron man. maybe ill take a look since The Fintm approves

Iron Man is my favorite comic book movie - moreso than The Dark Knight.

Although I can't fully agree that it is better than Dark Knight. Iron Man was a very entertaining movie.

I thought Dark Knight was a good movie made great by Heath Ledger. But Bale's constant Batman hiss got old very quickly.

I can see that. I just enjoyed the battle waged by Joker to prove that all humans could be pushed to his moral stance if they just had to face enough hardships. I thought that theme played throughout the movie quite well and elevated it above a more pure enjoyment movie like Ironman. But both were good movies and can see how one could favor either one over the other.

 

[NCCommish]

I thought Dark Knight was a good movie made great by Heath Ledger. But Bale's constant Batman hiss got old very quickly.

Back to the voice again. Batman doesn't wear a full face mask. He has to do something. To me to pick on that one aspect of the film, as so many have, seems nitpicky.

 

[jdoggydogg]

I thought Dark Knight was a good movie made great by Heath Ledger. But Bale's constant Batman hiss got old very quickly.

Back to the voice again. Batman doesn't wear a full face mask. He has to do something. To me to pick on that one aspect of the film, as so many have, seems nitpicky.

Yes, back to the voice. It's annoying.

 

[NCCommish]

I thought Dark Knight was a good movie made great by Heath Ledger. But Bale's constant Batman hiss got old very quickly.

Back to the voice again. Batman doesn't wear a full face mask. He has to do something. To me to pick on that one aspect of the film, as so many have, seems nitpicky.

Yes, back to the voice. It's annoying.

Didn't bother me a bit. I never even noticed it. I was to busy enjoying a great movie.

 

[Joe Bryant]

Saw it tonight and loved it. Sure it was over the top, but Pitt did Maynardville proud. That community is just a few miles north of me. Still want to think about it but went in with sky high expectations and wasn't disappointed. It's by and large a dialog movie. Some pretty hard violence sprinkled in but that's not the star. Really good.

J

 

[Joe Bryant]

Been thinking about the movie all weekend. Way more than I would most movies... Sign of a great one. So many little flourishes and layers make this a great movie. Lots of gray characters. One moment was really, really, really funny and harkens back to the great Sturges-esque comedies of the forties...

I laughed very loudly at that scene. You're right, it hearkens back to old vaudeville material.

Yes. Part of the comedy. How these guys that were pretty much bumbling around could be elite assassins made it funny.J

 

[Joe Bryant]

Probably mentioned already but messing around with the subtitles was funny I thought.

How the guy would say "merci" and the subtitle sometimes would say "thanks" and other times just repeat "merci" was good.

J