Tarantino does it again !!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (23 August 2009)

Tarantino's war/comedy/western/action movie is quite simply one of the best movies of the year. Here he approaches the movie with the enthusiasm and energy that was shown in "Pulp Fiction". The screwy dialogues, beautiful cinematography, and wonderful performances which adds up to the definition of a trademark Tarantino movie are all evident here. It is so refreshing to know that there are directors with some juice in them who are capable of entertaining an audience in a unique and innovative fashion, during a time when movies have become merely another vehicle to make money.
"Inglourios Basterds" stars Brad Pitt as a man named Aldo Raine with a heavy southern accent who gathers a bunch of men to go behind deep enemy lines and do one thing and one thing only; kill the Nazis. These men with various aliases kill Nazi soldiers in the most shocking ways that one could hardly absorb the shock that these scenes contain. I myself was shocked at a sudden scalping in an early scene of the movie that I was terrified I would throw up. These instances can easily make you fall into the trap of expressing distaste about the violence and coincidently hatred towards the director, but I myself found that the shock those images created filled me with anticipation it made me aware how anything could happen in this movie. That sense of surprise and suspense is what makes Basterds a great movie. The most effective way to not glorify violence is to make it so shocking and sudden. There is a key scene involving a German spy, some basterds and Nazi soldiers, and it is so well constructed that makes you want to applaud the writing and the directing. The cinematography and the use of music are very well done that it creates more vibrancy.
"Inglourious Basterds" is not an easy movie to watch for everyone, it will definitely put people off for its use of sheer violence, but I urge you to watch this movie with open mind in order to be entertained and to be fascinated by a Wonderful director such as "Quentine Tarantino".