Well this line from the film opitimizes the whole vibe of the film in more ways than one. The newest installment from director/screenwriter Quentin Tarantino takes you on a tremendously fun ride through a business of sorts..."the killin Nazi business" and after watching the film, business was booming...lol. This film was vintage Tarantino, had everything from the signature QT dialogue, soundtrack and some outstanding performances - one in particular done by Austrian actor(Christoph Walz) who portrays the devious,calculating Colonel Hans Landa. After watching Inglorious Basterds I personally thoroughly enjoyed the film but I do believe its one of those films you have to decide for yourself on whether or not you liked the film. But I personally feel you should always adopt that particular attitude when watching a new film.
The film starts out with the great introduction of Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Walz) in the film and his interrogation of a french family accused of hiding jews from the nazis. This scene was one of Tarantino's best written scenes I have to say it was a wonderful way to open the film and that's all I will say. At the end of the scene we are introduced to a young lady who will play a major part by the films climax , and her name is Shoshanna Dreyfuss(Melanie Laurent).[Pause for a moment I also just had to stop and take a moment to predict like a lot of other viewers who saw the film and that is that Christoph Walz should receive an oscar nomination for his performance, just a little prediction....lol, unpause]
The next chapter we are intoduced to the BASTERDS, a group of Jewish American soldiers who are brought together by Lt. Aldo Raine(Brad Pitt) to form a platoon that does one thing and one thing only and that's killing Nazis. We get to see two of the most interesting Basterds, Staff Sergeant Donny Donowitz aka "The Bear Jew"(Eli Roth) and Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger) who give fun and interesting performances in the film and are definitely memorable.
In the next two chapters we get to see how Shoshanna's life is after the incident that occured in the first chapter of the film and are also introduced to a young Nazi marksman named Frederick Zoller(Sylvester groth)tries to suit young Shoshanna and even coaxes the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels (Sylvester Groth) into holding the premiere for a new Nazi Propaganda film at the cinema that Shoshanna owns and operates. The Nazis want to show the love for the Third Reich and the whole SS, but young Shoshanna has something else in mind, something more powerful and meaningful. But, Shoshanna isn't the only one with a plan, the Basterds and the British Secret Service have a plan in mind for the Nazis as well-(cue sly smirk...lol). The final chapter, standoff, showdown is beyond memorable and fictionally speaking-history changing.
As I said at the beginning of this review I will leave it up to you the viewer to judge this film for yourself, just don't let the Ennio Morricone style music, Tarantino dialogue, or over-the-top violence sway you in any way....lol.
Overall grade for this film - B+
Randy Watson III,et3
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