Hitler's kaput by Tarantino

Rating: 8/10 (14 July 2013)

Well done, Quentin! What a prankster! Well, how else to acquire refinement in the desire to repeat the success of «Pulp fiction», except not to encroach upon the Holy of holies – untouchable history? I mean the history is not in the abstract sense, but only one of its specific and significant milestone – hard times of great disasters. Intrigues of Nazis don't cease to chafe the itching imagination of figures of cultural and art. Daring daredevil Tarantino also decided on an original experiment in the genre of alternative history and built, in a rollicking manner peculiar to him, his version of the fall of Nazi Germany.
«Inglourious Basterds» - is free and easy, bouncy, very juicy and sparkling show. What the relish and unbridled irony Tarantino mocked the most colorful Nazi bonzes with, giving the unconditional supremacy on parody grotesqueness of Adolf Hitler's image. The expressive and eccentric character's images together with fabulous and extremely funny dialogs successfully compensated the effect of excessive longueur.
Yes, the film is a little boring. But this blemish, in my opinion, is quite explainable. Tarantino, making his way through the throes of art, worked on the script of «Basterds» for more than 7 years, repeatedly disemboweling and cutting out again the storyline. The Director, in his own words, riveting his best masterpiece. And when the spiritual creator turns thoughts to his brainchild, long pining in a belly of his fertile imagination, he is unable to limit and pacify the stream of his creative conscience, which was tore outside. When you make something welcome and inspiring, it is very difficult to interrupt this fascinating process in cold blood.
The movie's atmosphere is already extravagant, blood-aesthetic and bouncy as usual. But acting didn't strike with anything special. The familiar, self confident and moderately histrionic Brad Pitt's type organically merged with the image of Aldo Raine, without showing us any of the amazing wonders of acting. The tacitly eloquent, as if hastily invented image of Hugo Stiglitz, smoothly muffled played by Til Schweiger, rather disappointed. Michael Fassbender, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger and Eli Roth didn't stimulate any visible and distinct emotions at all. Just quite decent, compliance with the spirit of the script, satisfactory acting.
But quite another matter – the image of Hans Landa, effervescently and fantastically embodied by Christoph Waltz. Charming, charismatic «Jew Hunter», tricky villain, aesthete-polyglot, filigree wise cracker Hans Landa – the blinding pearl of movie.
«Inglourious Basterds» - it's not just traditional cinematic product, which is a collection of all necessary components. It's not just a plot, competently stuffed with all sorts of director's godsends, and not another, even original attempt to rethink the historical process. Quentin Tarantino, skillfully playing, weaved the intricate and elaborate cobweb, having thought over and having worked in details each ornament, each texture, providing his unique «design» with indispensable attention and success. This bizarre cobweb, woven from the intriguing plot, expressive characters and images, sparkling humor, numerous art- scene references, fruity dynamics' violence, owing to it's daring specifics won't probably cause unanimous delight and approval, but will reliably provoke the interest and desire to untangle its masterful artful design.
And thankfully, that Tarantino's plots are predictable the non- standard specifics. Tarantino never will disappoint us with a tragic strain and won't cause the attacks of nausea from overly snivel romantic stories.
The attempts of «raids» on the Tarantino's idea to pass the laurels of victory over Nazi Germany to Americans, look like absurd and pathetic efforts. Yeah, say the Russians missed Hitler, but the bunch of Americans, according to Tarantino, plainly fried the whole top of the Third Reich at one bout. Why so seriously to perceive this movie? And why in the world the American director must create to please to the Russian patriotism? If the agility of fictional Americans jars and revolts somebody - save your nerves and don't watch this movie!