Inglorious Basterds: Bastards? Maybe. Inglorious? H*** no.

Rating: 8/10 (28 August 2009)

I've read so many reviews of this movie that complain about the few action scenes there were in reality when the trailer promised more, but I thought that more scenes like that would have dragged the movie out and took away its biting nature. The thing I liked about this movie was the wit and irony which could only be accomplished through the long conversation scenes. I think the "modern" score in this "period" piece added to the irony in that we are looking back on history and wishing that this was how things had actually happened.
This is a movie that truly deserves to be seen in a theatre. It is a communal event, the way that a good movie should be. Films were designed to be seen in theatres, and this is one movie that would not be the same viewed otherwise, no matter how big your home kino is. I felt connected to the other people sitting around me as all one hundred of us clapped when a dick-head officer (I won't say which one and spoil the fun) FINALLY got shot. We laughed when two characters debated through subtitles over whether to start speaking in English. The facetiousness of this film is just too great to be experienced alone.
So, if I were you, I'd go see this movie. I'm probably going to see it again. Yes, it was that good. It made me feel good about being an American (which is something you don't experience too often these days). It made me want to go watch Pulp Fiction for the fiftieth time in a row. And it made me remember that there can be comedy in everything. Even explosions. Especially explosions. In short, this movie just kept getting better with every minute, and although at times it seemed almost too ridiculous, I remembered that that was the point, and if I am not a happier person because of this movie, there is no hope for this world.
Read my original review at http://themoviemistress.blogspot.com/2009/08/inglorious- basterds-basterds-maybe.html