You Crazy Revisionist

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 2010)

If you ever wondered how World War II would have turned out if Hitler had been blown sky high, then this is the movie for you.
After years of reading reviews on IMDb and wondering how pictures could get such different ratings, along comes a film like Inglorious Basterds to answer that question. It is like a combination of the TV show Hogan's Heroes and a bloody WWII flick. Which should make it very appealing to fans of weird cinema.
It is easy to see that some people would take offense. Making the Nazis into such buffoons, as they were in Hogan's Heroes, makes them seem more cuddly than horrible. I would argue that this is a fantasy. It was not meant to be taken seriously. Quentin's comic intentions are obvious from the first frames.
If there is one thing that bothered me about the film it was Brad Pitt's accent. You can almost see the spit flying.