a dull insulting masturbation session

Rating: 3/10 (11 December 2011)

This movie started well with an intriguing first scene involving some very competent acting, cinematography & scene setting. I thought QT had turned a corner in his film making & development, moving into a more mature phase of his film-making.
Alas no. The film went downhill with the introduction of the Inglorious Basterds... (what is with the graphical text name tags? They're not edgy or cool; in this film they were just kinda redundant). I'm not sure if these guys were meant to be the heroes, I'm neither American nor European & i just ended up hoping they would get killed off as they lent no sympathy to their (historically inaccurate) cause. They seemed psychotic & barbaric with zero redeeming qualities via zero character development. Take them out of the movie and I don't think it would have changed the outcome very much at all.
My fingered hovered over the fast-forward button a few times; the dialog was long & overly drawn out, some scenes were totally unnecessary, it seemed QT was masturbating behind the camera trying to prove how mature & edgy he could be. And then his blood filled scene climaxes... gross dude. Get a tissue & a room. I don't care about your tug sessions, keep it to yourself next time.
The editing was bad, Brad Pitt was awful (i could not understand what he was saying a few times - why you no subtitle Mr Pitt as well?) The plot dysfunctional, the cinematography was.. OK and some of the other cast acting was actually good. But not good enough to hold this history 'basterdisation' together.
Awful.