Mr. Landa You Flatter Me.

Rating: 8/10 (8 September 2014)

I really enjoyed "Inglourious Basterds" overall. It has all the Tarantino mannerisms you could shake a stick at, but I did get pretty bored halfway through. In a nutshell it's 2 hours of solid dialogue and directing, culminating with the final 20 minutes being an utter absurd spectacle.
I'm glad Brad Pitt finally make his way into a directed Tarantino film, and his presence doesn't upset the balance or feel out of place in anyway. Eli Roth as Donny Dolowitz was a solid performance, and the appearances of Michael Fassbender, Mike Myers, Lea Seydoux, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Rod Taylor and Daniel Bruhl make for one of the greatest casts of that year. But you all know who stole the show, WHAT an unbelievable find in Christoph Waltz, who won so many deserved awards and I still thought that under-rated him. Tarantino went on to say he believed he wrote a character who couldn't be performed, and that Waltz had "Gave him his movie". What an incredible performance from a completely unknown actor.
Like I said earlier I really enjoyed this film, but I hope Tarintino starts shaking up the formula in his films. I loved "Kill Bill Vol. 1" (2003), but "Vol.2" suffered a major pacing problem as well as "Death Proof" (2007), even though that finale was amazing.
Final Verdict: Very good stuff, as always you can look forward to a Tarintino movie. 8.5/10.