Inglourious Basterds0

Quentin Tarantino graces us with another one of his mas­ter­pieces, as he rewrites his­tory in this fic­tional World War II movie – Inglourious Basterds. The movie encom­passes all the ele­ments that would make Quentin Tarantino fans out there proud. Excessive blood and vio­lence. Check. Long witty dia­logues. Check. Solid act­ing. Check. Sadly, Inglourious Basterds lost out in the race for Oscar glory to Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, which I thought the lat­ter didn’t deserve the hon­ours, but I’ll save that argu­ment for a later review. Set dur­ing World War II, in German-occupied France, Inglourious Basterds tells the tale of two plots to ter­mi­nate the German lead­ers of The Third Reich. The first through the eyes of Shoshanna Dreyfus, who seeks her revenge after her family’s mur­der, and the other, a group of Jewish Allied sol­diers set out to spill German blood. Like most of his films (Kill Bill vol. 1&2, Pulp Fiction etc.), Quentin Tarantino has a knack for using music as a tool to inten­sify the action and per­for­mances on screen. The music used in the movie has also played its part in mak­ing Inglourious Basterds so quirky yet enter­tain­ing. It gave off this good old west­ern feel to it, some­thing you wouldn’t expect from your typ­i­cal war movie, say… Saving Private Ryan, Thin Red Line. Just to name a few. Tarantino def­i­nitely has an acute eye for tal­ent, as seen in his cast­ing of Christoph Waltz as Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. I per­son­ally felt that Christoph Waltz stood out amongst the many tal­ented actors and actresses in the film. His por­trayal as a Nazi Colonel could not have been more bone chill­ing. For me, I would def­i­nitely have to rate him as one of the great­est vil­lains of all time, among the likes of Heath Ledger’s Joker. Now that’s a feat for some­one I’ve not heard before; no won­der he deserved his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Packed with a quirky sense of humour, face­tious dia­logue, and a whole lot of sus­pense, Inglourious Basterds will never fail to enter­tain and leave audi­ences want­ing more. Be reminded, Inglourious Basterds is no his­tory les­son. It is a piece of art. Now that’s a BINGO! Written by Ryan Wong
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