If you like blood and gore but lack intelligence this is for you!

Rating: 3/10 (18 July 2010)

Violence for the sake of violence.
The film is a history re-write of World War 2. Does this mean that the plot is an exciting unknown which explores what could have happened if only....No!Its a re-write so nobody had to get off their ass and do some research. The plot is very simple and boring. You are made aware of what the plot is very early on in the film and basically have to wait ages for it to happen.
The film is compartmentalised into chapters. In doing this Quentin Tarintino is either being lazy, or is unable to make a "fluid" story. Each chapter/block doesn't quite line up with the one before it, which has the effect of creating a jerky storyline. A bit like a TV programme with advert-breaks in the middle of it.
There is a lot (most of the film in fact) of talking that has nothing to do with the progression of either the story or any character development. Whilst slightly entertaining you do get the feeling that it was just there to pad-out the film.
Its the sort of movie that, if you allow it, will grip you initially and pull you in for a bit, but then if you have any sort of intelligence you will suddenly snap out of it and say to yourself hang on a minute, WHY this, why that, why didn't they just, well that wouldn't happen. No one would do that! etc etc.
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There is a bar scene that lasts most of the film and adds NOTHING to the films story. What this bar-scene does do is get the two ex-Nazis and the British officer killed. You would think that the German ex-Nazis(now allies) would tell the British officer that his accent was a bit weird wouldn't you? Why was the British officer there at all? BOTH of the German Ex-Nazis would be far too valuable to jeopardise as well as the British officer as they were the only three that could speak German in the entire group.
A Jewish person owns a cinema. All of the Top Nazi military-brass including Hitler attend this cinema in order to watch a film of a Nazi-sniper killing 300 allied personnel. Rather unrealistic that the sniper managed to kill 300 people in three days whilst being so exposed. In addition it is also unrealistic that they were making such films during the war. further more it is also unrealistic that all of the Nazi top-brass would meet at such a vulnerable place with just two, yes, just two guards with machine-guns. The Cinema wasn't checked for explosives and none of the additional guests were checked or vetted. Indeed, neither was the Cinema owner.
The remaining "Basterds" with explosives strapped to their legs attend the Premier of this film with a German-speaking actress who is an allied spy. Due to the fact that none of the "basterds" speak German they decide to pretend to be Italian, because, apparently, Germans can't recognise an Italian accent, or lack of one. At the Cinema Brad Pitts character has to engage in conversation with a German officer. (Now remember that they are trying to be Italian)Brad Pitts character lets forth the strongest American accent ever,even for an American! let a lone for a so called Italian. He should have been shot on sight. (I think Germans, particularly an officer would recognise an American accent).
The thing I struggle with is why didn't just one or two Allied people meet with the cinema owner and rig the place with explosives? Why attend the premier at all? Especially if you can't speak the language. Talk about taking chances in ruining the mission. Why did they have to be suicide bombers? Why did the doors to the cinema bolt from the outside? Why did the Jewish person let that annoying Nazi into the projection room? you wouldn't do that! Your mind would be on the mission. I don't remember any communication between the cinema owner and the "Basterds".
This film could be edited to be under an hour in length. The Jewish cinema owner did a better job of killing the Nazis than the stupid "Inglourious Basterds". All the "Basterds" did was create a blood-bath and start shooting to bits Nazis that where going to die soon anyway. I am surprised Tarantino didn't make the cinema seats white to show the blood up more.
The Story/Plot is VERY BAD. The acting by some of the cast is VERY GOOD.
The "acting" by Brad Pitt is VERY BAD. He is charismatic in most of the films he does but unless he plays an American he is hopeless as he can't do accents at all (apart from a mumbling drunk Irish man in snatch).
The only good thing about this film as far as I was concerned was that the English-speakers spoke English, the Germans spoke German and the French spoke French. None of this all American nonsense where everyone sounds the same. (The language is important in most war movies because if an allied character can't speak it/understand it, or if they don't sound right, they get killed. It adds to the tension and suspense).