A good but not great film

Rating: 7/10 (14 May 2011)

Quentin Tarantino's alternate take on World War 2 is a mix of the old Hollywood western and B movie gore fest. The story has 2 plot lines one is Shosanna Dreyfus / Emmanuelle Mimieux(Mélanie Laurent) who escapes being killed by Col. Hans Landa(Christoph Waltz) she then makes to Paris where she inherits a cinema which is chosen to premiere a propaganda film where all the top Nazis are in attendance and Shosanna plans to burn down the place killing all the Nazis. The other story revolves around the Basterds lead by Lt. Aldo Raine(Brad Pitt) who are tasked to kill Nazis. They get wind of the premiere and plan to kill all the top party officials.
The film has a feel y spaghetti western with parts of old spy movie thrown in. The movie is way over the top in showing violence a Tarantino trade mark. I must say the first scene is the best one where we really get to see Waltz shine as an actor. The movie does drag in a few places with a lot of dialog in French and German. Overall I enjoyed the film but it is not my favorite Tarrantino film.
Grade B