It's a Tarantino film for crying out loud.

Rating: 8/10 (27 December 2009)

Need I say more? Graphic violence....check. Vulgar language....check. Shock value....check. Strange and uniquely done.....check. Odd soundtrack......check. I know Tarantino films are over the top and weird. And, I generally don't care too much for his style, as it IS over the top for my taste. But with that being said, I actually gave this film an 8. And the only reason that I didn't give it a higher score was two-fold. Number one is that some parts were way too long for their own good and it got boring. I know that some films need to be longer for the story to grow and mature, but this one isn't one of them. He could have edited about 1/2 hour out of the film and still have gotten the story across just as well. Number two, and the bigger reason. I don't mind subtitles in films. But I DO mind it when about 1/3 of the time they go by way too fast and you can't catch everything that is being said. Especially when you are watching them with almost the same colored background as the lettering! Plus, when there are that many subtitles, it is also hard to watch what is happening. I'm not some dummy that can't read fast either, so don't go there, and I also have 20/30 vision. :) Other than that, it was a good film that kept me interested right through to the end. Also, you just need to remember that this movie is complete fiction, and not factual. So don't go into it expecting to get any historical value from it besides the obvious Nazi and Hitler atrocities that we all know from history class, because you won't. Brad Pitt actually took away from the film for me. His character was just not believable at all. But, maybe that's how Tarantino wanted him to play it..... over the top.