catharsis

Rating: 10/10 (16 September 2009)

I read some very disappointed reviews but do not agree with them. Its a very very good Tarantino (at parts very Tarantino-untypical: The most brutal scene is at the beginning, but no blood is shown, even no screaming) - and its a fine movie in context of the WWII-theme.
The Apache (Pitt) has a funny accent which has make me watch the movie in "english", not in my mother-language "german" because I knew about the not optimal synchronization. In German, the Apache has a loss of character because of this.
However, there are many details to speak about - there were some scenes when I did thought "normally this and that will happen now - how boring" but it did not happen the way I assumed (i.e. in the tavern as "von Hammersmark" killed the father of the newborn as he capitulates). No time for sentimentality, just realistically.
What I also do not understand is that some people here try to speak about the movie as if it were a historically movie - its not, it plays, aside the very beginning of the movie, in a parallel universe. And that gives the movie the chance to give me at the end what I expected: catharsis. And again - "ingloriuos basterds" does not show, I am afraid so, what really happened in France in WWII. At last, considering Christoph Waltz: give him a price. Excellent playing!