"I think this might just be my masterpiece"

Rating: 9/10 (21 August 2009)

I just got home from the Swedish premiere of 'Inglourious basterds' and there is really only one thing to say to summit my impression of the film: It was worth the wait.
The movie is, much like 'Kill Bill', divided into chapters, and they all have a different style in both cinematography as music and screenplay that stretches from classic spaghetti western to old noir style to modern action thrilled movie style. I think most of you already know about the plot so I won't go in to that a lot but the movie is roughly about vengeance, again much like 'Kill Bill'.
There was a lot of positive surprises about the acting, Eli Roth and B.J Novak gives spot on performances , but there was one man that stole all the spotlight from the much bigger names on the screen: if Christoph Waltz doesn't get an Oscar for best supporting role there is something seriously wrong with the members of the academy. The only thing i found a little too much was the forced southern accent of Lt. Aldo Raine, played by Brad Pitt. It just seems a little too much at times, but it's really nothing that big at all and overall Brad Pitt delivers an exceptional performance just like we are used to. Even Mike Myers holds back and really pulls off the English officer that he's playing.
There are a lot of scenes in this movie that will definitely be remembered many years from now, especially the wonderful opening scene. We all know that Tarantino is all about conversations and I in this movie he still delivers spot on conversations in both English, German, French and even Italian. Also, as usual, the music is matched perfectly with every scene and sometimes it is just an orgasm of feelings that will hit the viewers as the scenes are mixed with both classic and popular music. Many hardcore Tarantino fans will also have a great time looking for all the hints and references to other Tarantino movies and popular culture. But even if you aren't that big of a Tarantino fan you will still enjoy the, to quote the movie poster for the grindhouse feature films, "two and a half hours of pure dynamite" that 'Inglourious Basterds' is. And don't get angry if the story doesn't follow the real history of World War II, because after all, it is just that: a movie.
Overall I think this is a really, really good movie and definitely one of the best movies I have seen in cinema for many years and I strongly recommend it to everyone who likes anything about cinema.
The movie ends with the phrase "I think this might just be my masterpiece", and I think that could very much be true. It's not a new 'Pulp Fiction', but it's close, very close.