Inglorious Bastards (Three-Disc Special Edition)
by Enzo G. Castellari
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Actor: Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson, Ian Bannen, Michel Constantin, Peter HootenDirector: Enzo G. Castellari
Brand: WEA DES Moines Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Severin
Movie Reviews of Inglorious Bastards (Three-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: It is what it is
Summary: 5 Stars
Yeah, I loved the movie but a few weeks later I find myself going through revisionist feelings about it, and they aren't altogether happy ones. I keep thinking that, like many of the other reviewers, I ultimately found the Basterds sections of the movie to be the worst, and really they should have been the best. The fantastic idea is impressive, but it just wasn't carried out with even a fraction of the cleverness or panache Robert Aldrich displayed in The Dirty Dozen. The audience gets cheated out of watching so many scenes (scenes which might have developed a bit more character)--like, how are they smuggled behind enemy lines and how on earth do the Basterds maintain the considerable artillery they seem to have at every turn? Even the detail of the baseball bats gets to seem like a problem, instead of an inspired invention. I know it's a fantasy, but in the great scheme of the movie--and it is a great movie--the individual Basterds, our heroes really--all melt into a featureless glob of stew.
Well, there's Brad Pitt. Did I miss something or was Brad supposed to be Jewish in the movie? If not, how did he become the head of the squadron? Do Jews need a Gentile to lead them into this righteous field of battle? Maybe these questions (such as, how did he get that scar around his neck) get answered in the sequel or prequel (if there is one). The film betrays, perhaps, a lack of proper funding, and feels stretched paperthin. There are maybe three or four sets, and almost no action. Give Tarantino even a quarter of the budget of Saving Private Ryan, and he might come up something fit for the big screen next time.
In the meantime there's plenty to savor about the movie. Melanie Laurent and Diane Kruger are splendid, each of them with one big scene that will be referred to when it comes time to write their obituaries. I didn't buy the great secret plan that Laurent's character hatches, nor is she quite talented enough to make it believable. But during the movie's first half she's unmatchable, and has a scene when Christoph Waltz leaves the room for a minute that ranks high among movie breakdown scenes. Diane Kruger is so interesting to watch on the screen every moment she's on that you don't realize till later you never found out why she does the things she does.
You don't ask for consistency from Tarantino, you just ask for, and are rewarded with, incisive writing and breathless tension. Maybe his "arcs" are a little bit crazy... The Jewhunter's longterm goal, once revealed, is such a 360 degree turn we feel he's just pulled it out of his arsch.... But hey, I don't begrudge him that Oscar. He was great for the first four fifths of the movie. Everybody is.... you can feel the adrenaline that must have been cooking on the set--all the actors thrilled to be given such meaty parts in such a monumental movie. Some of that excitement comes off of the screen in waves, like a heady perfume.
Summary of Inglorious Bastards (Three-Disc Special Edition)
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