Despite the minor flaws, it's a film worth seeing. Especially because of Christoph Waltz.

Rating: 8/10 (10 February 2011)

This is one of those movies that got way more credit than it deserves, and that isn't to say it's a bad movie. In fact it's far from it, this movie is actually pretty good but just not a masterpiece like some people are claiming it to be. This really is a self indulgent film for Quentin Tarantino, which can be for the better or worse. Now Quentin Tarantino is known for writing some of the most genius and brilliant dialogues, and the dialogue in this movie is very good just didn't seem all that amazing compared to his past movies. But it's still memorable and there is enough tension to it. This film is basically a war epic, not a historically accurate film which makes things a bit more satisfying especially because of the outcome. This film is not a action movie like the misleading trailers make it out to seem, but mostly revolves around the dialogue, in fact it's mostly about the dialogue. Brad Pitt is the most well known actor in this movie and his portrayal of Lt. Aldo Raine the wise cracking southern accent guy who is the leader of the Inglourious Basterds was done very well. It really was entertaining to watch his performance, but the main scene stealer has to be Christoph Waltz. He really did put on a phenomenal performance in playing the Nazi villain Col. Hans Landa aka The Jew Hunter. His character is smart, intimidating and evil to the point you can't help but be interested in this character. In fact all the scenes he is in, is like some of the best scenes in this. Now another positive aspect of this movie is that the main enemies in this is the Nazis and it's the enemies in movies and even video games where there deaths mean enjoyment for most audiences. On that note, watching the plan come together really is a lot of fun to watch even if the dialogues on the way to get there seem pointless at times and a bit to self indulgent. Diane Kruger was also a excellent choice for this movie, she played Bridget von Hammersmark flawlessly and she was really hot in this. In fact the cast of this whole movie is nearly perfect, I couldn't have thought of a even better cast. The music choice is nearly perfect as well and fit nicely with every scene it was in. The main negative aspect of this movie is the fact that besides Christoph Waltz being the best part about this movie, the most entertaining parts are with Inglourious Basterds but they are just hardly in the movie. The build up of some of the characters are done well, but it just didn't seem like the Quentin did enough with some of the characters that are in the movie. This film is basically sub-plots coming together for one goal and for the most part is done very well and it held my interest. Overall despite the minor flaws, but the set up is done so well to the point I give it a 8.3/10.
8.3/10