Spectacular!

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 2009)

Saw Inglorious Basterds last night and I thought it was spectacular! The epic sweep -- the revisionist history -- the whole thing. Just loved it! There hasn't been a climax like that since "Day of the Locusts." I thought Brad Pitt was just terrific. He has a real talent of comedic roles -- a real actors' actor -- a leading man who tackles character roles with gusto and finesse. My major concerns were dramaturgical -- too many scenes depended on someone or something being "discovered" for their dramatic tension -- so much so that it got a little boring and predictably tense. And, I don't know if the Nazi everyone is going crazy over could have lived up to the hype and I wasn't in love with the casting for Shoshona -- but, it all pales in the full experience. I thought it was a great movie. And I wasn't expecting to like it at all -- I really liked Jackie Brown -- and wasn't so hot on Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill.