Too slow to be engaging

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2009)

This film is about two groups of people trying to sabotage a German Nazi film premiere in Paris.
"Inglourious Basterds" as an interesting story, but it does not engage me as much as I hoped. The plot is quite thin, there is not much happening in two and a half hours. A lot of time is spent to make a shot atmospheric. As a result, the pacing is very slow, I keep having to wait a long time for something to happen. For example, the initial scene in a farmhouse lasted over 20 minutes, when in fact it could have been over and done with in five minutes. "Inglourious Basterds" needs very generous editing to shorten the film, in order to enhance its thrill and suspense. The only reason I think that "Inglourious Basterds" managed to be engaging in its current form is because people wanted the good guys to win, and hence stick to their seats to hope their desired finale happen.