Like it but disappointed as well.

Rating: 5/10 (26 August 2014)

I feel uncomfortable watching the movie because there are so many impossibilities in the plot, in other words, I find many of the scenes are illogical which rendered it an unrealistic atmosphere in general. For example, the SS Major in the tavern who, as we can all see, did lived up to his name as a cunning SS officer, who could detect the unusual accent of the in-disguise-lieutenant just in a few words, and he did showed his remarkable knowledge when playing cards with the Basterds. But he strangely did not recognize Hugo, who infamously killed 13 SS officers as an enlisted man, the majority of whom are of major rank, same as Hellstrom. And supposedly, Hellstrom had served quite sometimes in France, as we can deduce from his conversation, but it is like he didn't take into account of the Basterds. His decision to point his gun at the English guy, is so premature and risky that I don't think an officer of his calibre would ever take, didn't he know that there are 4 enemies surrounded him when he did that? There were a bunch of soldiers behind him that he can rely on, but he carelessly took the risk alone, what? He is not Heydrich. And after the shooting in the tavern that resulted in the deaths of almost everyone, Hellstrom included, the Willhelm guy taking cover behind the bar stand cautiously with his MP40 pointing out. But when the guy out there negotiated him to drop his gun, he suddenly walked out of cover which makes him immediately vulnerable to gunfire, which was proved true. Seriously? Where is the survival instinct of a father that wanted to live? Moving out of cover right after dropping his gun? There is a separate chamber in the tavern that he could have hidden (where Hellstrom had been reading book), but after all it is just Taratino style of killing characters, abruptly. In other scene, during the film premiere, the re-enactment of Hitler personal security is pathetic. There were only 2 guys guarding him, killing the final boss has never been made so easy, but still it is the director style of abrupt killing, I bet. And before that, there are no guard, not a single German guard in the whole kino! Anyone can run around cooking, sleeping, stair sliding, make-believe suicide bombing,.. in a small place that currently holds more than 300 high profile persons of Nazi war machine. And that helps make the assistant guy block the exit so easily (?) and then burnt it down because no Nazi intelligence knew what "behind the scene" (Landa didn't know, he only knows about the bomb). Even if Landa ordered the guards to leave, it is still strange enough that nobody in the room noticed anything, or none of them wanted to go out during the movie playing to do something "private"? The absolution of how things happen in movie always gives me an uncomfortable feeling. These 350 people are so soulless. And what also matters to me, in the end of the movie, the driver got shot by a single bullet in the belly and fall to his death in a sudden (?). Did no one recall how the Basterds survived 3 or 4 bullets in the tavern and returned fire? That is it for how my disappointment is for the illogicality of the screenplay, or plot. I try to see it as a masterpiece but it just couldn't reach the standard. The only thing that is good is the superb acting of the actors/actresses. There is high profile Brad Pitt on the cover but there are really no memorable moments of the Basterds' individual role that is left in my heart, they are more like supporting crews, while the other German, French actors that are however, truly the great guys that make this film great. The director Taratino famous (as what I have heard) style of character progression is again showed in the movie, he makes us love the characters, then suddenly lets them die in a sudden and violent way, pretty much I have no issue with violence but I just don't like it, because it is so stressful for viewers and the causes that lead to the deaths of his characters are pretty much nonsensical in my views and that does annoy me, but that is maybe because I rarely watch his movies, or recent Hollywood blockbusters in general, so my opinion is not rightfully just, and I do aware that this is just the artistic aspect of movies, Tarantino's that are. All and all, the movie just falls short of, but I do recommend it and I do like it, just not enough for me to say I love it.