Why that ending?

Rating: 5/10 (5 January 2010)

Inglourious Basterds is a movie that will leave thinking viewers utterly shattered. Its opening scene of the Nazi Jew Hunter and the French farmer is absolutely brilliant. It brings out the evil of the Nazi regime and the agony of the farmer who must choose between life for his family or life for innocent Jewish neighbours. It certainly puts a new spin on why some people in WW2 would have collaborated. After this amazing section the movie jumps crazily between scenes of cruelty, intense suspense, sadness and farce. I knew it was fiction but at least I could see a link between true history and the events of this movie. That was until the ending in the Paris movie theatre. I hated the ending so much as I know what happened in reality to those evil monsters who ruled Germany in World War Two. They got what they deserved. In this movie they get it years in advance. I actually expected a scene after the ending which would set this movie straight with historical reality but it was not to be. A shame as Tarantino is obviously a clever writer and director. Did he run out of steam? Result – would recommend it up to the last scene. Thus I would give it only 5 out of 10 (5 out of 5 up till the theatre events and 0 out of 5 for the ridiculous ending).