Raw excellence.

Rating: 9/10 (14 August 2012)

Inglourious Basterds is nothing short of a masterpiece. The unique Tarantino style: taking a walk with history, historical characters and events and melting it down into a over-the-top cinematic masterpiece.
That what makes Inglourious Basterds great is first this unique style. Tarantino ignores the rules of cinema and creates unique and unorthodox characters and plot. The score is very bizarre, but spot on. In one scene the music can change from modern hardrock into a very old school 30's thriller movie score. And yes, they pull it off.
Also the acting is excellent. Christopher Walz in his role as Hans Landa will haunt you for a long time leading the long list of terrific actors in the flick. People that were negative about the Nazi characters saying they were 'sympathising with them' really didn't get the point. In the very first scene the character of Walz is established as a highly cunning, brutal and despicable character. Comparing jews to rats in a skin-crawling way. Also the way the 'jew-hunter' practices his job is simply horrifying, because he always wears a smile on his face while mentally torturing other characters. This mind-messing way of putting a character out there is not only original but also extremely brilliant.
This movie has (just as many other Tarantino films) the feeling of a comic book, patched with unorthodox scenes and angles, mixed with a bizarre, brutal alternative to reality. Long dialogue in the many thrilling scenes will leave you on the edge of your seat. People that hate this kind of movies don't see the art in this 'devil may care' way of making movies.
This is not a history movie. This is another unique view on making movies by Tarantino. Hate it or love it. This is excellence. There are many who love it, because I remember watching this in the theater and every scene people were cheering. Give this film a try, you might just love it.