So overrated.

Rating: 5/10 (21 August 2009)

Inglourious Basterds has a good title. It has good characters. It's awesome in terms of cinematography, and in terms of directing. But the script is fricking awful, as is the plot development. When you compare the dialogue to that of Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, you find yourself wondering what went so wrong in the last 15 years or so for Tarantino. There's no stand-out monologues, or moments of outrageous humour. Even Brad Pitt struggles to look anything other than average. In fact, the only character who has any decent dialogue whatsoever is Colonel Landa, the 'Jew Hunter'. Back to the plot development, which is equally sh*te. The premise of a Nazi-killing crack squad of Jewish-Americans sounds good, but in truth doesn't really ever seem to materialise, aside from a single scene. I found myself really not giving a f**k about the characters, what happened to them, or even if they succeeded in killing Hitler. And when you don't care about whether or not Hitler dies, you know you've got a bit of a sh*te film on your hands.