Funny Daydream

Rating: 8/10 (6 January 2010)

Chapter 1: Once upon the time, in Nazi occupied France in 1941, the shrewd and sadistic SS Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) presses a French farmer to disclose the hideout of the Jewish Dreyfus family he has hidden and executes all the members except Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) that escapes.
Chapter 2: Inglorious Bastards is the name of the brutal Jewish-American elite forced teamed up by Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) in 1941 to terrify the Nazis, scalping and slaughtering their troops. They become famous in France, sparing the German soldiers that collaborate with them but marking a swastika in their foreheads.
Chapter 3: A German Night in Paris. In 1944, Shosanna changed her identity to Emmanuelle Mimieux and owns a movie theater in Paris. When the decorated sniper Private Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brühl) meets her, he tries to flirt with her ; then he convinces Joseph Goebbels (Sylvester Groth) to bring the screening for the summit of Nazi leaders of the film "Nation's Pride" about his deed to her movie theater. Shosanna plots to trap the Germans inside and set on fire the theater.
Chapter 4: Operation Kino: Meanwhile the British command uses the German actress and collaborator Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) to plot a scheme to bomb the movie-theater. They schedule a meeting in a tavern, but things go wrong and the three Bastards that speak German are murdered and a shooting.
Chapter 5: Revenge of the Giant Face: Col. Landa discovers the plan to attempt against the Nazi leaders and arrest Lt. Raine. However, he surprisingly asks to negotiate with Aldo's superior to surrender. Meanwhile both plans against the Nazi leaders are set in motion.
"Inglorious Bastards" is a funny daydream of Quentin Tarantino that makes a joke with the history of World War II along five chapters of insanity. The first chapter is the best part of this movie; the second is silly; the third is also great; the fourth is boring; and the last one is madness on the screen. I found this movie entertaining, despite the lack of respect with history and with those that indeed fought in 1941 in France, with a caricatured and annoying Brad Pitt in the role of a ruthless military. The production is very careful and unusual in American movies, with the characters speaking German, French, English and Italian. Inclusive there is a joke of Bridget von Hammersmark with Lt. Aldo Raine when she tells that Americans are unable to speak a second language. Christoph Waltz steals the film in the role of a sadistic and smart Jew Hunter Nazi, and Diane Kruger is extremely beautiful in the role of a famous actress. But the greatest joke is the nomination to the Oscar. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Bastardos Inglórios" ('Inglorious Bastards")