I Love This Film!

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2011)

This film to me, is one of the greatest films of all time. I have two favorite films, that tie for my number one spot, this one being one of them, the other being Platoon. Quentin Tarantino is amazing, simply amazing! Christoph Waltz plays a "detective" for the Nazis. He's part of the SS. His character,Colonel Hans Landa, gets under your skin every time he pops up on screen. My stomach had butterflies every time he came on screen, I was afraid of what he was going to do next. Mélanie Laurent, is fantastic as Shoshana. She inspired me, and the part was played so well! Now, "The Basterds" are also a group of characters with wonderful actors playing them. Donny Donowitz,aka "The Bear Jew" is played by Eli Roth. I LOVED THIS CHARACTER! Actually, calling them "Characters" would be an insult. I love Donny. I love Eli Roth! The part is just played so well, especially in the early scene when he beats the German Soldier with the baseball bat. You could feel the hate he had towards the Nazis,and you're afraid to upset him yourself. To feel the wrath of the "Bear Jew" would be an awful way to go, and that's exactly why you love him! Now, there are plenty of other characters to talk about. Fredrick Zoller (played by Daniel Brühl)-Stars in Joseph Goebbels film "Nation's Pride"-Throughout the entire film I wanted to hate him. I really wanted to! He was a Nazi famous for he military exploits. But he seemed like a lost little boy,and you wanted him to snap out of whatever dream world he was in. Joseph Goebbels (played by Sylvester Groth)-In this film you see Joseph Goebbels differently. He's shown as a snarky, immature, brat. He always has a rude remark to say, and of course everyone else laughs. In other Nazi type films you fear Joseph Goebbels, in this one you want him to go sit in the corner with a dunce cap on. He acts like a little child, which is really odd to see. Adolf Hitler( played by Martin Wuttke)-In the film Adolf Hitler is seen as a confused man, to me anyway, paranoid, on edge, snarky. Again, you don't truly fear him, but you think he deserves quite the slap across the face. His laughing pierces your ears and the sight of him makes your eyes roll. He deserves his ending. To keep in mind this film is not based off a true story. You'll see that at the ending. It doesn't show how the war really ended, but it shows how we really wanted it to end. I'm 14 years old, when I grow up I want to be a director myself. Films like this really inspire me, and Quentin Tarantino is an obvious inspiration. This film has a dark humor, which I love. It kept me wide eyed and my stomach in knots, I felt like I was there, I wanted to be part of The Basterds, part of their "assination plot" or Shoshana's plot as well. This is one heck of a film. I watch it every time I get. I LOVE IT. (: