A Masterpiece!

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2015)

The film Inglourious Basterds takes place in Nazi-occupied France during WWII. A Jewish girl named Shosanna Dreyfus played by (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the massacre of her family at the hands of Nazi Officer Hans Landa played by (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna barely escapes with her life and later is the owner of a theater. She meets a young Nazi Private named Frederick Zoller played by (Daniel Bruhl), he becomes infatuated with her and later he convinces Nazi Propagandist Joseph Goebbels played by (Sylvester Groth) to have the premier of his film "Nations Pride" played at Shosanna's theater.
This event will be attended by all of the Nazi high command including Adolf Hitler himself played by (Martin Wuttke). This catches the attention of the "Basterds" who are a secret unit whose sole purpose is to kill Nazi's. They are led by Lt. Aldo Raine played by (Brad Pitt), he and his unit meet with British Lt. Archie Hicox played by (Michael Fassbender) and German Actress Bridget Von Hammersmark played by (Diane Kruger) who have a plot to kill all the Nazi's attending the premier. In one fateful evening the plans of both Shosanna and the Basterds will come together to provide a thrilling alternate ending to WWII. I feel that the theme of this film is unbridled revenge.
Another film that has a similar theme to Inglourious Basterds would be the Kill Bill films. In both films you have a strong female who is bent on revenge at any cost. Tarantino used sound and dramatic acting to reinforce the theme. Throughout the film his use of music and sound was excellent. For example, he incorporated music of the 1940's along with music from today. This really added to the ambiance of the theme. Then he used sustained intense dialogue to enrich the theme of the film. For example, the scene's involving Shosanna and Fredrick, you can feel her disgust for the Nazi's as a whole by the intense dramatic acting that she portrayed. You also get this feeling from the Basterds because most are Jewish-Americans who want to see the Nazi's get their just deserts.