I'm no longer a Tarantino fan after watching this.

Rating: Null/10 (30 December 2012)

I can safely say that I'm no longer a Tarantino fan. Looking back from Jackie Brown to Pulp Fiction to this, I wasn't impressed. One could call this Gratuitous Basterds because a lot of the violence was graphic and over the top, which I don't mind at all, but a lot of it was unnecessary. Movie starts out REALLY, really slow to the point where I was starting to fall asleep. Nothing but table dialogue. Like any movie, it had its moments. I think because this drags out so much is what hurt it for me. If it would've moved a bit faster, I think I would've enjoyed it. Brad Pitt's absurd voice aside, the only other character that was really enjoyable was Hugo Stiglitz. Didn't have much for screen time or dialogue but his appearances and intro were significant enough that he stood out more than most of the other Basterds and characters in the movie. I was really disappointed when they killed him off. Would love to see a movie strictly devoted to him because I like the character that much.
Not much for chicks here but the ones they did have were pretty tight. It's a mostly white male cast and the only black character in the whole movie seems to have lived after the ridiculous movie theater massacre climax. How fitting. Scalpings, chokings, carvings...the violence was pretty graphic when it was on display but it wasn't enough to save this flick. Hitler dying by gunfire in an exploding, flaming movie theater is probably gonna stick with the uninformed who'll think this movie is factual. I give it 5.5 out of 10. Tarantino fans and simpletons who are easy to please and don't require much in the way of plot won't be disappointed. Those who want a little more entertainment will be.